Telecoms Contracts in the North West

Telecommunications
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 114 121
Rank change year-on-year +30 +7 -42
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 55 44 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.98% 1.37% 1.42%
As % of the General category 3.69% 2.65% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 27 47
10th Percentile £256 £370 £378
25th Percentile £309 £409 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £517 £600 £625
90th Percentile £738 £693 £715
England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.71 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% - -
England median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +40.00% +22.15%

All General Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,492 1,658 1,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.59% 51.46% 49.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 923 1,140 1,404
10th Percentile £300 £304 £213
25th Percentile £400 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.15%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £569
90th Percentile £687 £675 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -2.27% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 88 116
10th Percentile £12.29 £14.72 £11.85
25th Percentile £14.50 £18.76 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -10.11%
75th Percentile £36.25 £38.75 £44.03
90th Percentile £49.80 £53.09 £56.88
England median hourly rate £28.75 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% +62.79% -4.44%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the North West

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the North West

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the North West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the North West

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the North West

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Manchester +33 49 £350 -30.00% 25
Merseyside +20 5 £258 -58.80% 12
Cheshire +3 1 - - 18
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (10.91%) Apache
1 6 (10.91%) IIS
1 6 (10.91%) Tomcat
2 3 (5.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.91%) AWS
2 5 (9.09%) IaaS
3 3 (5.45%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.45%) PaaS
3 3 (5.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.73%) 5G
2 6 (10.91%) H.323
2 6 (10.91%) HTTP
2 6 (10.91%) TCP/IP
3 3 (5.45%) 3G
3 3 (5.45%) 4G
3 3 (5.45%) InfiniBand
4 2 (3.64%) 2G
4 2 (3.64%) Wireless
5 1 (1.82%) BGP
5 1 (1.82%) EIGRP
5 1 (1.82%) MPLS
5 1 (1.82%) OSPF
5 1 (1.82%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (1.82%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.27%) Metadata
2 3 (5.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) ERwin
1 4 (7.27%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.82%) Cucumber
General
1 21 (38.18%) Finance
2 18 (32.73%) Social Skills
3 13 (23.64%) Public Sector
4 12 (21.82%) Electronics
4 12 (21.82%) Manufacturing
4 12 (21.82%) Marketing
5 8 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (10.91%) Legal
7 4 (7.27%) Retail
8 3 (5.45%) Back Office
8 3 (5.45%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 8 (14.55%) Architect
2 7 (12.73%) Lead
3 6 (10.91%) Analyst
4 5 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 5 (9.09%) Telecoms Analyst
4 5 (9.09%) Telecoms Data Analyst
4 5 (9.09%) Telecoms Manager
5 4 (7.27%) Cloud Architect
5 4 (7.27%) Data Architect
5 4 (7.27%) Enterprise Architect
5 4 (7.27%) Enterprise Data Architect
5 4 (7.27%) IT Support
5 4 (7.27%) Network Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Programme Manager
5 4 (7.27%) Team Leader
5 4 (7.27%) Telecoms Programme Manager
6 3 (5.45%) AWS Architect
6 3 (5.45%) Coordinator
6 3 (5.45%) Lead Cloud Architect
6 3 (5.45%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (1.82%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) Management Information System
2 6 (10.91%) IVR
3 5 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (7.27%) Wiki
5 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.45%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (3.64%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.82%) CCTV
7 1 (1.82%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.82%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.36%) Windows
2 6 (10.91%) Linux
2 6 (10.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (5.45%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.82%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.82%) Business Intelligence
1 12 (21.82%) Digital Marketing
1 12 (21.82%) Programme Management
2 7 (12.73%) Change Management
3 6 (10.91%) Proactive Maintenance
4 5 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 5 (9.09%) ITIL
4 5 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (9.09%) Service Management
4 5 (9.09%) WFM
4 5 (9.09%) Workforce Optimisation
5 4 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (7.27%) Data Architecture
5 4 (7.27%) Data Flow Diagram
5 4 (7.27%) Data Governance
5 4 (7.27%) Data Management
5 4 (7.27%) Data Strategy
5 4 (7.27%) Domain Models
5 4 (7.27%) Physical Data Model
5 4 (7.27%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.45%) MATLAB
2 1 (1.82%) Apex Code
2 1 (1.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (9.09%) Degree
2 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
2 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.45%) AWS Certification
3 3 (5.45%) MCSE
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.82%) CCNA
4 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) Data Quality
1 4 (7.27%) GDPR
2 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.82%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.45%) Firmware
3 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.82%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (5.45%) Terraform
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (21.82%) SAP
2 10 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 9 (16.36%) Red Hat
4 6 (10.91%) Avaya
5 5 (9.09%) Verint
6 4 (7.27%) Sparx
7 3 (5.45%) Dell
7 3 (5.45%) Isilon
8 2 (3.64%) BMC
9 1 (1.82%) Adobe
9 1 (1.82%) Ciena
9 1 (1.82%) MuleSoft
9 1 (1.82%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.82%) VMware