Telecoms Contracts in England

Telecommunications
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 81 73
Rank change year-on-year +16 -8 -7
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 1,148 1,420 2,360
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.15% 2.95% 3.36%
As % of the General category 5.42% 4.98% 5.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 963 1,501
10th Percentile £200 £228 £263
25th Percentile £325 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £593
90th Percentile £738 £725 £694
UK median daily rate £450 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 39 26
10th Percentile £12.15 £19.30 £20.00
25th Percentile £13.13 £20.22 £25.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £39.51
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +32.88% +45.69%
75th Percentile £72.50 £71.88 £60.77
90th Percentile £85.00 £98.25 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +4.76% +40.00% +45.83%

All General Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,191 28,524 39,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.14% 59.28% 56.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,658 20,029 27,973
10th Percentile £281 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £790 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,777 927 1,298
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.43 £18.04 £14.75
Median hourly rate £30.12 £32.30 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +50.23% -4.10%
75th Percentile £51.91 £60.88 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.45 £71.77 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in England.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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
South East 0 340 £425 +3.03% 148
London -2 332 £500 -4.76% 186
South West +16 215 £595 +3.48% 71
North of England +35 89 £370 -21.07% 114
Midlands +38 67 £500 +33.33% 91
East of England +13 58 £375 -20.00% 59
West Midlands +37 50 £535 +14.50% 49
Yorkshire +32 43 £450 -10.00% 31
North West +3 39 £345 -23.33% 68
East Midlands +8 14 £388 +63.16% 42
North East +18 7 £493 +38.73% 16
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 32 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.22%) OpenStack
3 11 (0.96%) Apache
3 11 (0.96%) Confluence
3 11 (0.96%) SAS
4 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.52%) IIS
6 5 (0.44%) CMS
6 5 (0.44%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.35%) nginx
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.087%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.087%) Drupal
9 1 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.087%) MTS
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.087%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.087%) WebLogic
Applications
1 77 (6.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.39%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.78%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.44%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.26%) SPSS
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.17%) Maya
10 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.087%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.087%) Revit
10 1 (0.087%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.44%) SAP BRIM
3 5 (0.44%) SAP Hybris
3 5 (0.44%) SAP PSCD
3 5 (0.44%) SmartPlant
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.17%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.087%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.087%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.087%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.087%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 80 (6.97%) Azure
2 66 (5.75%) AWS
3 37 (3.22%) PaaS
4 33 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (2.79%) Power Platform
6 27 (2.35%) GCP
7 24 (2.09%) SaaS
8 17 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (1.05%) IaaS
10 8 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (0.70%) Serverless
11 7 (0.61%) Entra ID
11 7 (0.61%) Snowflake
12 6 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (0.52%) GitHub
12 6 (0.52%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.44%) ChatGPT
13 5 (0.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 5 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 67 (5.84%) 5G
2 56 (4.88%) WAN
3 55 (4.79%) Radio Access Network
4 54 (4.70%) VoIP
5 52 (4.53%) 4G
6 45 (3.92%) Firewall
7 43 (3.75%) Wireless
8 42 (3.66%) PBX
9 36 (3.14%) DNS
10 34 (2.96%) LTE
11 33 (2.87%) VPN
12 32 (2.79%) LAN
13 30 (2.61%) MPLS
14 28 (2.44%) Internet
14 28 (2.44%) Wireshark
15 24 (2.09%) 3G
16 23 (2.00%) TCP/IP
17 22 (1.92%) SD-WAN
18 18 (1.57%) DHCP
19 17 (1.48%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.87%) NoSQL
2 30 (2.61%) Metadata
3 25 (2.18%) Power BI
4 24 (2.09%) SQL Server
5 21 (1.83%) Data Vault
6 17 (1.48%) Tableau
7 16 (1.39%) Qlik Sense
8 15 (1.31%) Metadata Repository
8 15 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.13%) QlikView
10 10 (0.87%) GIS
11 9 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
12 7 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.61%) Crystal Reports
13 6 (0.52%) Hadoop
13 6 (0.52%) Ingres
13 6 (0.52%) Pentaho
13 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.44%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 38 (3.31%) JIRA
2 22 (1.92%) Git
3 21 (1.83%) Rational DOORS
4 11 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.78%) ERwin
6 8 (0.70%) Subversion
7 7 (0.61%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.52%) GitLab
8 6 (0.52%) Postman
9 4 (0.35%) gcov
9 4 (0.35%) GDB
9 4 (0.35%) Gradle
10 3 (0.26%) NUnit
10 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.17%) Liquibase
11 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.087%) GoCD
12 1 (0.087%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.087%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.087%) TestRail
General
1 383 (33.36%) Finance
2 294 (25.61%) Public Sector
3 288 (25.09%) Marketing
4 277 (24.13%) Social Skills
5 271 (23.61%) Manufacturing
6 266 (23.17%) Electronics
7 81 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
8 49 (4.27%) Legal
9 36 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (2.79%) Retail
11 29 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (1.66%) Mandarin Language
15 16 (1.39%) Aerospace
16 15 (1.31%) Billing
17 13 (1.13%) Military
18 12 (1.05%) Law
18 12 (1.05%) Multimedia
19 7 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 184 (16.03%) Architect
2 104 (9.06%) Analyst
3 83 (7.23%) Solutions Architect
4 81 (7.06%) Lead
5 75 (6.53%) Project Manager
6 71 (6.18%) Senior
7 60 (5.23%) Network Engineer
8 58 (5.05%) Developer
9 53 (4.62%) Support Engineer
10 52 (4.53%) Consultant
11 49 (4.27%) Telecoms Manager
12 41 (3.57%) Network Architect
13 33 (2.87%) Data Architect
14 32 (2.79%) Lead Architect
15 29 (2.53%) Systems Architect
16 25 (2.18%) Business Analyst
17 24 (2.09%) Delivery Manager
18 23 (2.00%) Coordinator
19 22 (1.92%) Senior Analyst
20 21 (1.83%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.66%) Web Services
2 17 (1.48%) XML
3 15 (1.31%) HTML
4 14 (1.22%) AngularJS
4 14 (1.22%) JSON
5 13 (1.13%) CSS
5 13 (1.13%) RESTful
6 12 (1.05%) REST
7 10 (0.87%) .NET
7 10 (0.87%) LDAP
8 9 (0.78%) Kafka
9 8 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (0.70%) Node.js
10 7 (0.61%) SOAP
11 6 (0.52%) React
12 5 (0.44%) Django
12 5 (0.44%) Middleware
12 5 (0.44%) YANG
13 4 (0.35%) LAPP Stack
13 4 (0.35%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.62%) Management Information System
2 45 (3.92%) NHS
3 43 (3.75%) Data Protection Act
4 38 (3.31%) Data Centre
5 34 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 28 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
7 26 (2.26%) Driving Licence
8 21 (1.83%) Reference Data
9 19 (1.66%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.48%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
12 13 (1.13%) Blackberry
13 11 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
13 11 (0.96%) Fibre Optics
13 11 (0.96%) IVR
14 10 (0.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 9 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.78%) Operational Technology
15 9 (0.78%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 88 (7.67%) Windows
2 70 (6.10%) Linux
3 23 (2.00%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.74%) Unix
5 15 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.96%) Windows 7
7 8 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.52%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.44%) CentOS
9 5 (0.44%) VMS
10 4 (0.35%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.087%) Android
13 1 (0.087%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.087%) Solaris
13 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.087%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 285 (24.83%) Programme Management
3 266 (23.17%) Digital Marketing
4 122 (10.63%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (10.63%) Project Management
5 117 (10.19%) Agile
6 101 (8.80%) ITIL
7 91 (7.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 77 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 77 (6.71%) Project Delivery
9 69 (6.01%) Roadmaps
10 61 (5.31%) Customer Service
11 55 (4.79%) DevOps
12 54 (4.70%) Decision-Making
13 53 (4.62%) Change Management
13 53 (4.62%) Computer Science
14 52 (4.53%) Customer Experience
15 50 (4.36%) Analytics
16 47 (4.09%) Data Protection
17 42 (3.66%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 69 (6.01%) Python
2 65 (5.66%) SQL
3 27 (2.35%) JavaScript
4 22 (1.92%) C
5 18 (1.57%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.48%) C++
6 17 (1.48%) Java
7 13 (1.13%) Bash
7 13 (1.13%) C#
8 9 (0.78%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.70%) Go
10 6 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.52%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.44%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.44%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.35%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.26%) PHP
13 3 (0.26%) R
14 2 (0.17%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 257 (22.39%) Security Cleared
2 180 (15.68%) Degree
3 175 (15.24%) SC Cleared
4 97 (8.45%) DV Cleared
5 54 (4.70%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (2.96%) CCNP
7 24 (2.09%) CCNA
7 24 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.92%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.39%) CISSP
11 14 (1.22%) HND
11 14 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.05%) CCIE
12 12 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
13 11 (0.96%) AWS Certification
14 9 (0.78%) CCIE Data Center
14 9 (0.78%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.78%) PMP
15 8 (0.70%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.31%) QA
2 29 (2.53%) GDPR
2 29 (2.53%) SLA
3 27 (2.35%) PMO
4 22 (1.92%) NIST
5 16 (1.39%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.87%) NIST 800
8 8 (0.70%) HL7
9 6 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.44%) COBIT
10 5 (0.44%) GRC
10 5 (0.44%) JSP 440
10 5 (0.44%) RMADS
11 4 (0.35%) GAAP
11 4 (0.35%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.35%) IFRS
11 4 (0.35%) JTAG
11 4 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (2.87%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.35%) Docker
3 13 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.70%) NFS
6 6 (0.52%) Firmware
7 5 (0.44%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.35%) HDFS
9 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.087%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.087%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (2.18%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.39%) Ansible
3 14 (1.22%) Terraform
4 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.61%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.52%) SCCM
6 5 (0.44%) Grafana
6 5 (0.44%) OpenView
6 5 (0.44%) Puppet
7 4 (0.35%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.26%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.17%) Ambari
9 2 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
9 2 (0.17%) CA Service Virtualization
9 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.17%) Nessus
9 2 (0.17%) Oozie
9 2 (0.17%) SCOM
9 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.087%) VxRail
Vendors
1 276 (24.04%) SAP
2 166 (14.46%) Microsoft
3 99 (8.62%) Cisco
4 48 (4.18%) Nokia
5 39 (3.40%) Juniper
6 34 (2.96%) BT
7 29 (2.53%) Ericsson
8 28 (2.44%) ServiceNow
9 26 (2.26%) Oracle
10 23 (2.00%) Avaya
10 23 (2.00%) Palo Alto
11 22 (1.92%) Google
12 21 (1.83%) IBM
13 18 (1.57%) Sparx
14 17 (1.48%) VMware
15 15 (1.31%) Huawei
16 12 (1.05%) Actix
16 12 (1.05%) Ribbon
17 11 (0.96%) Informatica
17 11 (0.96%) Salesforce