Fibre Engineer Contracts

Fibre Engineer
UK

The median Fibre Engineer daily rate in the UK is £194 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 686 841
Rank change year-on-year +114 +155 -118
Contract jobs requiring a Fibre Engineer 13 3 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.005% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.006% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 14
10th Percentile £170 - £186
25th Percentile £176 £406 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £194 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year -53.09% -8.33% +45.75%
75th Percentile £204 £419 -
90th Percentile £247 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 - £289
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year +40.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,738 53,234 84,137
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,861 37,175 59,182
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,776 1,475 2,018
10th Percentile £12.81 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +87.50% +6.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.50 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Fibre Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Fibre Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Engineer in the UK

Fibre Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fibre Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Fibre Engineer in the UK

Fibre Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fibre Engineer over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Engineer in the UK

Fibre Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fibre Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Fibre Engineer in the UK

Fibre Engineer
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fibre Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +115 12 £194 -53.09% 6
London +92 7 £194 - 1
UK excluding London +40 6 £200 - 5
Work from Home +107 3 £200 -
South East +16 2 £180 - 2
Midlands - 2 £200 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £200 - 1
North of England - 1 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £311 -
North West - 1 - -

Fibre Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Fibre Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Fibre Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (15.38%) Power BI
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
2 2 (15.38%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (15.38%) MegaStream
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) CCTV
2 2 (15.38%) WFM
2 2 (15.38%) Time Management
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) OpenUP
2 2 (15.38%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 1 (7.69%) MicroStation
3 1 (7.69%) Data Entry
3 1 (7.69%) Data Validation
3 1 (7.69%) Validation
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (7.69%) SDH
3 1 (7.69%) Process Management
3 1 (7.69%) GIS
3 1 (7.69%) ArcGIS
3 1 (7.69%) Smallworld

Fibre Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) ArcGIS
1 1 (7.69%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Autodesk Inventor
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) MegaStream
1 2 (15.38%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (15.38%) WAN
2 1 (7.69%) DWDM
2 1 (7.69%) Internet
2 1 (7.69%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) GIS
General
1 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) CCTV
1 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
1 2 (15.38%) OpenUP
1 2 (15.38%) Time Management
1 2 (15.38%) WFM
2 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (7.69%) Data Entry
2 1 (7.69%) Data Management
2 1 (7.69%) Data Validation
2 1 (7.69%) Network Design
2 1 (7.69%) Network Planning
2 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (7.69%) Process Management
2 1 (7.69%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) BC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Autodesk
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft