Gigabit-Capable Passive Optical Network (G-PON)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for GPON skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GPON over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 703 838
Rank change year-on-year +123 +135 -145
Contract jobs citing GPON 3 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.003% 0.008%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.054% 0.027% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £268 - £429
25th Percentile £275 £363 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £375 £463
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -18.92% -19.57%
75th Percentile £325 £388 £484
90th Percentile £333 - £486
UK excluding London median daily rate - £375 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

GPON is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,566 7,337 9,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.82% 12.36% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,329 4,767 6,321
10th Percentile £205 £241 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 424 479 357
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% -3.51%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%

GPON
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GPON as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GPON in the UK

GPON
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for GPON in the UK

GPON
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GPON within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Work from Home +128 3 £300 -20.00% 3

GPON
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) Broadband
1 2 (66.67%) IGMP
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
1 2 (66.67%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) PPP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) IP Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (66.67%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Debian
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre Operations
1 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) JNCIS
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Icinga
1 1 (33.33%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) MikroTik
1 1 (33.33%) TP-LINK
1 1 (33.33%) ZyXEL