Ciena Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Ciena
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of Ciena products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ciena over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Ciena Corporation.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 363 373
Rank change year-on-year - +10 +49
Contract jobs citing Ciena 0 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London - 0.040% 0.027%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.083% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £413 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 £408
Median % change year-on-year - +4.29% +3.56%
75th Percentile - £438 £411
90th Percentile - - £486
UK median daily rate - £425 £408
% change year-on-year - +4.29% +3.56%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Ciena falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 10,854 7,263 7,987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 40.17% 47.82% 43.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,625 4,441 4,851
10th Percentile £283 £225 £213
25th Percentile £403 £363 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.38% -4.20% -
75th Percentile £590 £581 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +1.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 936 591 744
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.92 £15.21
Median hourly rate £33.99 £22.32 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +52.32% -18.11% -23.24%
75th Percentile £67.12 £43.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% -10.18% -33.85%

Ciena
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ciena relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Ciena job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Ciena
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ciena.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ciena

Ciena
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ciena.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ciena