Telecoms Contracts in the City of London

Telecommunications
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 114 146
Rank change year-on-year +21 +32 -41
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 32 59 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.45% 1.62% 1.16%
As % of the General category 2.19% 2.61% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 43 42
10th Percentile £294 £433 £325
25th Percentile £400 £518 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £524
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +24.05% +4.80%
75th Percentile £576 £731 £580
90th Percentile £628 £798 £675
Central London median daily rate £450 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -30.77% +23.81% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £16.44 £38.58
25th Percentile - £17.86 £42.06
Median hourly rate - £20.71 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year - -57.96% +310.42%
75th Percentile - £36.97 £56.56
90th Percentile - £46.44 £60.13
Central London median hourly rate - £20.71 £49.25
% change year-on-year - -57.96% +310.42%

All General Skills
City of London

Telecoms is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,459 2,263 2,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.26% 62.22% 57.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 1,593 1,776
10th Percentile £340 £363 £354
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £694 £738 £680
90th Percentile £803 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £560 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 26
10th Percentile £19.53 £15.61 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £19.32 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £28.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -37.08% +154.29%
75th Percentile £27.38 £55.00 £57.00
90th Percentile £52.60 £58.75 £64.13
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +122.50%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 2 (6.25%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) AWS
2 3 (9.38%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) GCP
3 2 (6.25%) WhatsApp
4 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.13%) IaaS
4 1 (3.13%) PaaS
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Firewall
1 2 (6.25%) PBX
1 2 (6.25%) PSTN
1 2 (6.25%) VoIP
1 2 (6.25%) VPN
2 1 (3.13%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (3.13%) IP Telephony
2 1 (3.13%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (3.13%) SMS
2 1 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 13 (40.63%) Finance
2 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Legal
4 4 (12.50%) Marketing
5 3 (9.38%) Electronics
5 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
5 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Military
6 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Back Office
7 1 (3.13%) Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Front Office
7 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Project Manager
2 5 (15.63%) Senior
3 4 (12.50%) Developer
4 3 (9.38%) Consultant
4 3 (9.38%) IT Support
4 3 (9.38%) Java Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Desktop Support
5 2 (6.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (6.25%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Telecoms Specialist
6 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (3.13%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) Kafka
2 2 (6.25%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.13%) Django
3 1 (3.13%) Middleware
3 1 (3.13%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Blackberry
1 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
1 2 (6.25%) Public Cloud
1 2 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.13%) Linux
3 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) Project Management
2 5 (15.63%) Programme Management
3 4 (12.50%) Agile
3 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (9.38%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (9.38%) Identity Management
5 2 (6.25%) Asset Management
5 2 (6.25%) Budget Control
5 2 (6.25%) Change Management
5 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
5 2 (6.25%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (6.25%) Information Security
5 2 (6.25%) Presales
5 2 (6.25%) PRINCE2
5 2 (6.25%) Problem Management
5 2 (6.25%) Risk Management
5 2 (6.25%) Server Building
5 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Java
2 2 (6.25%) PHP
2 2 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) CISSP
2 2 (6.25%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) GDPR
1 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.13%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
1 3 (9.38%) Docker
2 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.13%) Firmware
3 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) SAP
3 2 (6.25%) Bloomberg
3 2 (6.25%) BT
3 2 (6.25%) Citrix
3 2 (6.25%) Dell
3 2 (6.25%) VMware
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco
4 1 (3.13%) Okta