Telecoms Contracts in Belfast

Telecommunications
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Belfast. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +8
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 7 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 4.49% 5.98% 5.70%
As % of the General category 5.26% 12.96% 10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £194 - £193
25th Percentile £249 £550 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £600 £304
Median % change year-on-year -40.42% +97.69% -28.59%
75th Percentile £474 £650 £395
90th Percentile £535 - £436
County Antrim median daily rate £358 £600 £304
% change year-on-year -40.42% +97.69% -28.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £21.70 - £15.53
25th Percentile £22.00 - £15.56
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £16.25
75th Percentile £30.75 - £17.13
90th Percentile £34.50 - £17.29
County Antrim median hourly rate £23.00 - £16.25

All General Skills
Belfast

Telecoms falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 133 54 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 85.26% 46.15% 53.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 29 48
10th Percentile £156 £197 £156
25th Percentile £287 £281 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -2.30%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £503
90th Percentile £625 £650 £627
County Antrim median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 9
10th Percentile £14.78 - £13.88
25th Percentile £18.14 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £29.00 £15.38 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.56% -0.77% +46.19%
75th Percentile £65.39 £16.12 £16.88
90th Percentile £78.47 £17.50 £18.16
County Antrim median hourly rate £23.00 £16.12 £15.50
% change year-on-year +42.68% +4.00% +11.59%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Belfast

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Belfast

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Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Belfast over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Belfast

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Belfast

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Belfast

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in Belfast over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in Belfast

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 1 (14.29%) Anypoint
1 1 (14.29%) Mule
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Electronics
4 2 (28.57%) Marketing
4 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
5 1 (14.29%) Banking
5 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Ab Initio Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) MuleSoft Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) JMS
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) JWT
1 1 (14.29%) Kafka
1 1 (14.29%) OAuth
1 1 (14.29%) OpenAPI
1 1 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (14.29%) RAML
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) RESTful
1 1 (14.29%) SAML
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
1 1 (14.29%) Swagger
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) BYOD
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) ETL
1 2 (28.57%) Financial Modelling
1 2 (28.57%) Migration
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 1 (14.29%) API Development
2 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (14.29%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (14.29%) Microservices
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Server Management
2 1 (14.29%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ACCA
2 1 (14.29%) CIMA
2 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
1 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (14.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Ab Initio
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) MuleSoft
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce