Telecoms Contracts in the South East

Telecommunications
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 24 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 -6 +3
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 348 443 674
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.30% 7.67% 8.65%
As % of the General category 12.44% 13.11% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 271 346
10th Percentile £200 £205 £175
25th Percentile £205 £281 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% -2.94% -
75th Percentile £511 £500 £505
90th Percentile £544 £588 £597
England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 3
10th Percentile £24.40 £19.20 £31.65
25th Percentile - £23.25 £40.88
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% +49.35%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.81 £66.88
90th Percentile - £69.13 £71.75
England median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £41.52
% change year-on-year +4.76% +26.45% +42.68%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,797 3,379 4,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.64% 58.49% 54.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,550 2,296 2,810
10th Percentile £205 £243 £212
25th Percentile £355 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.52%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 170 215
10th Percentile £12.93 £18.24 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.54 £22.27 £14.76
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +131.25% -21.57%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £31.79
90th Percentile £70.07 £73.71 £48.75
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.63% +50.23% -4.44%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the South East

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the South East

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in the South East

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 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
Thames Valley -3 274 £425 - 60
Berkshire -3 257 £425 - 50
Kent 0 18 £205 - 10
Hampshire -12 17 £449 +25.07% 26
Buckinghamshire +27 12 £425 +58.88% 8
West Sussex -9 11 £518 +7.97% 3
Surrey +4 9 £475 +69.64% 18
Oxfordshire +11 6 - - 2
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (2.87%) SAS
2 6 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.15%) Confluence
4 2 (0.57%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.29%) MTS
5 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 23 (6.61%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.86%) SPSS
5 2 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.57%) Maya
5 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.57%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (2.59%) SAP BRIM
1 9 (2.59%) SAP Hybris
1 9 (2.59%) SAP PSCD
2 5 (1.44%) SmartPlant
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 13 (3.74%) Power Platform
2 12 (3.45%) Azure
3 9 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (2.59%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 7 (2.01%) Snowflake
5 5 (1.44%) AWS
5 5 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (1.15%) Azure Functions
6 4 (1.15%) Serverless
7 2 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.57%) ChatGPT
7 2 (0.57%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.57%) SaaS
8 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.29%) IaaS
8 1 (0.29%) PaaS
8 1 (0.29%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.47%) 5G
2 24 (6.90%) Radio Access Network
3 16 (4.60%) Firewall
4 14 (4.02%) 4G
5 13 (3.74%) 3G
5 13 (3.74%) Network Security
6 12 (3.45%) LTE
7 11 (3.16%) Wireless
8 9 (2.59%) MPLS
9 8 (2.30%) BGP
9 8 (2.30%) Diameter Protocol
9 8 (2.30%) DNS
9 8 (2.30%) Internet
9 8 (2.30%) SGSN
9 8 (2.30%) VoLTE
9 8 (2.30%) WAN
10 7 (2.01%) GGSN
10 7 (2.01%) VPN
11 6 (1.72%) LAN
12 5 (1.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.02%) Tableau
2 13 (3.74%) Power BI
3 8 (2.30%) Electronic Patient Records
4 7 (2.01%) Crystal Reports
4 7 (2.01%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.15%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.15%) Oracle Database 11g
6 3 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (0.86%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.57%) Big Data
8 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.29%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.31%) JIRA
2 5 (1.44%) Git
3 4 (1.15%) Subversion
4 1 (0.29%) GitLab
4 1 (0.29%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.29%) Selenium
4 1 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 100 (28.74%) Social Skills
2 89 (25.57%) Finance
3 61 (17.53%) Marketing
4 54 (15.52%) Public Sector
5 45 (12.93%) Electronics
5 45 (12.93%) Manufacturing
6 28 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (6.61%) Legal
9 14 (4.02%) Billing
10 9 (2.59%) Law
11 8 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.72%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.72%) Multimedia
14 4 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.86%) French Language
16 2 (0.57%) German Language
16 2 (0.57%) Mandarin Language
17 1 (0.29%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 42 (12.07%) Analyst
2 30 (8.62%) Telecoms Manager
3 26 (7.47%) Consultant
4 23 (6.61%) Project Manager
4 23 (6.61%) Support Engineer
5 21 (6.03%) Architect
5 21 (6.03%) Desktop Engineer
6 20 (5.75%) Desktop Support
6 20 (5.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 20 (5.75%) Senior
7 18 (5.17%) Network Engineer
8 17 (4.89%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (4.31%) Lead
10 11 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (2.87%) Developer
11 10 (2.87%) Programme Manager
11 10 (2.87%) Supplier Manager
12 9 (2.59%) Data Analyst
12 9 (2.59%) Designer
12 9 (2.59%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.72%) HTML
2 4 (1.15%) React
2 4 (1.15%) REST
2 4 (1.15%) XML
3 3 (0.86%) D3.js
3 3 (0.86%) Django
3 3 (0.86%) JSON
3 3 (0.86%) Node.js
3 3 (0.86%) React Native
3 3 (0.86%) YANG
4 2 (0.57%) CSS
4 2 (0.57%) Flash
4 2 (0.57%) RESTful
5 1 (0.29%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.29%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.29%) jQuery
5 1 (0.29%) MDX
5 1 (0.29%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.29%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.34%) NHS
2 9 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (2.30%) LIMS
3 8 (2.30%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (2.01%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.44%) Smart Meter
7 4 (1.15%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.15%) Device Driver
7 4 (1.15%) Social Media
8 3 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.57%) IoT
9 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (10.06%) Windows
2 19 (5.46%) Linux
3 18 (5.17%) Windows 10
4 13 (3.74%) Unix
5 1 (0.29%) Android
5 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (16.09%) Business Intelligence
2 47 (13.51%) Programme Management
3 45 (12.93%) Digital Marketing
3 45 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (10.34%) Project Management
5 28 (8.05%) Project Delivery
6 27 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (7.18%) Agile
8 24 (6.90%) Customer Experience
9 22 (6.32%) Risk Management
9 22 (6.32%) Roadmaps
10 21 (6.03%) Analytics
10 21 (6.03%) Collaborative Working
11 20 (5.75%) Infrastructure Management
12 19 (5.46%) Migration
12 19 (5.46%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (5.17%) Incident Management
13 18 (5.17%) User Stories
14 17 (4.89%) Contract Management
15 16 (4.60%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.18%) SQL
2 16 (4.60%) Python
3 9 (2.59%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.44%) C
4 5 (1.44%) C++
4 5 (1.44%) Java
4 5 (1.44%) Shell Script
5 4 (1.15%) Assembly Language
5 4 (1.15%) MATLAB
6 3 (0.86%) R
7 2 (0.57%) Bash
7 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.29%) C#
8 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.29%) Scala
8 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (16.38%) Degree
2 28 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.31%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.45%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.30%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.01%) CCNP
8 6 (1.72%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.44%) CISM
9 5 (1.44%) CISSP
9 5 (1.44%) PMP
10 4 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.15%) CCNA
10 4 (1.15%) CIPD
10 4 (1.15%) ICAEW
10 4 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.15%) PhD
11 3 (0.86%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.33%) QA
2 12 (3.45%) NIST
3 10 (2.87%) GDPR
4 9 (2.59%) PMO
5 8 (2.30%) HL7
6 6 (1.72%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.44%) COBIT
7 5 (1.44%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.15%) GAAP
8 4 (1.15%) IFRS
8 4 (1.15%) JTAG
9 3 (0.86%) GRC
9 3 (0.86%) SLA
10 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.57%) ITGC
10 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.29%) PMBOK
System Software
1 4 (1.15%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (1.15%) Firmware
1 4 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.29%) Docker
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.86%) Ansible
2 2 (0.57%) Nessus
3 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (15.23%) SAP
2 43 (12.36%) Microsoft
3 18 (5.17%) Cisco
4 16 (4.60%) BT
5 11 (3.16%) Juniper
6 10 (2.87%) Oracle
7 8 (2.30%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.01%) IFS
9 6 (1.72%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.72%) Splunk
10 5 (1.44%) Empirix
10 5 (1.44%) NetScout
10 5 (1.44%) Nokia
10 5 (1.44%) VMware
11 4 (1.15%) Ab Initio
11 4 (1.15%) Informatica
11 4 (1.15%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.86%) Ericsson
13 2 (0.57%) Remedy
13 2 (0.57%) TOWER Software