Fibre Optics Contracts

Fibre Optics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 656 796
Rank change year-on-year +115 +140 -124
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 32 44 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.077% 0.070%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.23% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 38 50
10th Percentile £173 £251 £150
25th Percentile £176 £300 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £406 £425
Median % change year-on-year -53.23% -4.41% +54.55%
75th Percentile £528 £475 £451
90th Percentile - £555 £594
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £422 £356
% change year-on-year -54.95% +18.39% +21.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £14.54 - £29.50
25th Percentile £14.59 - £35.50
Median hourly rate £15.38 - £43.74
75th Percentile £16.34 - £46.50
90th Percentile £16.51 - £47.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.38 - £36.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.59%

All Generic Skills
UK

Fibre Optics is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,885 18,988 28,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.28% 33.25% 33.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,301 13,052 20,257
10th Percentile £269 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £674 £676 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 890 627 724
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.14 £10.63 £17.23
Median hourly rate £31.25 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.98% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.04
% change year-on-year +29.55% +4.56% -12.33%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in the UK

Fibre Optics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Fibre Optics in the UK

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fibre Optics over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Optics in the UK

Fibre Optics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Fibre Optics in the UK

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Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fibre Optics within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 +90 29 £190 -52.11% 79
UK excluding London +60 27 £190 -54.95% 66
South East +23 12 £515 +30.88% 25
East of England +16 7 £185 +23.33% 3
Work from Home +111 4 £538 +36.59% 7
London +92 4 £409 +20.22% 15
South West - 4 £190 - 18
Yorkshire - 2 £165 - 3
North of England - 2 £165 - 10
Scotland - 1 £210 - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £311 -

Fibre Optics
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:

Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Abaqus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (6.25%) Broadband
2 2 (6.25%) Firewall
2 2 (6.25%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (3.13%) ADSL
3 1 (3.13%) DSL
3 1 (3.13%) GSM
3 1 (3.13%) LAN
3 1 (3.13%) LTE
3 1 (3.13%) WAN
3 1 (3.13%) Wireless
General
1 13 (40.63%) Telecoms
2 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Digital Health
4 1 (3.13%) Local Government
4 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Cabling Engineer
2 14 (43.75%) Data Engineer
3 2 (6.25%) Network Engineer
3 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Build Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Design Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Fibre Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Network Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Project Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Real Time Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.13%) iPad
2 1 (3.13%) iPhone
2 1 (3.13%) NHS
2 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.13%) SCADA
2 1 (3.13%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (9.38%) Project Management
4 2 (6.25%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.13%) Capacity Management
5 1 (3.13%) Feasibility Study
5 1 (3.13%) Finite Element Analysis
5 1 (3.13%) Network Design
5 1 (3.13%) Order Management
5 1 (3.13%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (3.13%) Project Delivery
5 1 (3.13%) Stress Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) CCNA
1 2 (6.25%) CCNP
1 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.13%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) Openreach
2 2 (6.25%) Cisco
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.13%) ANSYS
3 1 (3.13%) BT