Telecoms Contracts in Berkshire

Telecommunications
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 8 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 223 254 321
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.01% 12.80% 17.74%
As % of the General category 30.18% 22.54% 28.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 87 175
10th Percentile £350 £245 £324
25th Percentile £412 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +15.47% - -
75th Percentile £588 £500 £531
90th Percentile £700 £536 £625
South East median daily rate £491 £406 £413
% change year-on-year +20.80% -1.52% -0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £31.17 £20.80 £18.80
25th Percentile £50.19 £24.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £61.50 £25.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +145.98% +11.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.50 £27.69
90th Percentile - £66.25 £31.63
South East median hourly rate £26.92 £45.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -40.18% -14.29% -8.70%

All General Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 739 1,127 1,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 63.00% 56.80% 62.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 551 708
10th Percentile £300 £205 £325
25th Percentile £413 £325 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £632 £589 £631
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 87 27
10th Percentile £19.91 £22.75 £19.10
25th Percentile £30.25 £42.50 £22.33
Median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +161.59%
75th Percentile £65.62 £69.47 £68.11
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Berkshire

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Berkshire

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Berkshire

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Berkshire

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in Berkshire

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +6 156 £550 +22.77% 64
Slough +2 19 £450 +12.50% 20
Wokingham - 3 £350 - 1
Bracknell +15 2 £550 +175.00%
Maidenhead - 1 - - 8
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.90%) Appian
2 2 (0.90%) Camunda
2 2 (0.90%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.90%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (2.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.45%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 28 (12.56%) Azure
2 8 (3.59%) AWS
2 8 (3.59%) GCP
2 8 (3.59%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (2.69%) OpenShift
4 4 (1.79%) Azure AKS
4 4 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.79%) SaaS
5 3 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (1.35%) GitHub
6 2 (0.90%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (0.90%) Figma
6 2 (0.90%) PaaS
6 2 (0.90%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.90%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.90%) Serverless
6 2 (0.90%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.45%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.11%) MPLS
2 24 (10.76%) LTE
3 22 (9.87%) Ethernet
4 21 (9.42%) WAN
5 20 (8.97%) Wireshark
6 19 (8.52%) Radio Access Network
7 18 (8.07%) LAN
7 18 (8.07%) SAN
7 18 (8.07%) VPN
8 16 (7.17%) 5G
8 16 (7.17%) ATM
8 16 (7.17%) Frame Relay
8 16 (7.17%) GPRS
8 16 (7.17%) GSM
8 16 (7.17%) SDH
8 16 (7.17%) UMTS
9 13 (5.83%) 3G
9 13 (5.83%) 4G
10 10 (4.48%) BGP
11 7 (3.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.79%) Power BI
2 3 (1.35%) Power Query
3 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.90%) Redis
3 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.45%) Big Data
4 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.45%) MySQL
4 1 (0.45%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.59%) JIRA
2 5 (2.24%) Git
2 5 (2.24%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.79%) Selenium
4 3 (1.35%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.90%) GitLab
5 2 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.90%) Vite
6 1 (0.45%) ERwin
6 1 (0.45%) Subversion
6 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (24.22%) Finance
1 54 (24.22%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.63%) Marketing
2 46 (20.63%) Public Sector
3 36 (16.14%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (15.70%) Electronics
4 35 (15.70%) Manufacturing
5 19 (8.52%) Billing
6 15 (6.73%) Legal
6 15 (6.73%) Retail
7 10 (4.48%) Law
8 9 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.35%) Military
11 2 (0.90%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Back Office
12 1 (0.45%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 40 (17.94%) Architect
2 23 (10.31%) Senior
3 21 (9.42%) Active Directory Architect
4 17 (7.62%) Test Engineer
5 16 (7.17%) IP Engineer
6 15 (6.73%) Analyst
7 14 (6.28%) IT Manager
8 12 (5.38%) Designer
8 12 (5.38%) IT Operations Manager
8 12 (5.38%) Operations Manager
8 12 (5.38%) Telecoms Manager
9 11 (4.93%) Developer
9 11 (4.93%) Performance Manager
10 10 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (4.48%) Network Engineer
11 9 (4.04%) Project Manager
11 9 (4.04%) Solutions Designer
12 8 (3.59%) Information Security Specialist
12 8 (3.59%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 8 (3.59%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.59%) REST
1 8 (3.59%) Web Services
2 6 (2.69%) CSS
2 6 (2.69%) HTML
3 5 (2.24%) JSON
4 4 (1.79%) PySpark
4 4 (1.79%) XML
4 4 (1.79%) YAML
5 3 (1.35%) Ajax
5 3 (1.35%) Gherkin
5 3 (1.35%) React
5 3 (1.35%) SOAP
6 2 (0.90%) Framer.js
6 2 (0.90%) GraphQL
6 2 (0.90%) Node.js
6 2 (0.90%) Prisma
6 2 (0.90%) RESTful
7 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (0.45%) Blazor
7 1 (0.45%) TanStack
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.11%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (7.62%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.93%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.04%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.14%) TM Forum
6 6 (2.69%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.24%) CMDB
7 5 (2.24%) Frameworx
8 4 (1.79%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.90%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.45%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.45%) IoT
11 1 (0.45%) N-Tier
11 1 (0.45%) PMI
11 1 (0.45%) Tandem
11 1 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.11%) Windows
2 17 (7.62%) Linux
2 17 (7.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (23.77%) Agile
2 41 (18.39%) Business Intelligence
3 38 (17.04%) Project Management
4 37 (16.59%) Programme Management
5 35 (15.70%) Digital Marketing
5 35 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (13.00%) Test Automation
7 23 (10.31%) Test Strategy
8 22 (9.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (9.42%) Identity Access Management
10 19 (8.52%) Customer Experience
10 19 (8.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (7.62%) CI/CD
11 17 (7.62%) Roadmaps
12 16 (7.17%) Fault Management
12 16 (7.17%) Regression Testing
13 14 (6.28%) Actionable Insight
14 13 (5.83%) DevOps
14 13 (5.83%) ITIL
15 12 (5.38%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.21%) PowerShell
2 16 (7.17%) Java
3 15 (6.73%) Python
4 8 (3.59%) SQL
5 4 (1.79%) Bash
5 4 (1.79%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.35%) VBA
7 2 (0.90%) Bicep
8 1 (0.45%) C#
8 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 45 (20.18%) Security Cleared
2 29 (13.00%) DV Cleared
3 22 (9.87%) ISEB
4 18 (8.07%) CCNP
4 18 (8.07%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (7.17%) ISTQB
5 16 (7.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 15 (6.73%) Degree
6 15 (6.73%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.59%) CISM
8 5 (2.24%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.79%) PMP
10 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.45%) APMP
11 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.45%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.45%) CISSP
11 1 (0.45%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.38%) QA
2 8 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (1.35%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.35%) GDPR
3 3 (1.35%) NCSC
3 3 (1.35%) SLA
4 2 (0.90%) GRC
5 1 (0.45%) COBIT
5 1 (0.45%) NIST
5 1 (0.45%) P3O
5 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (9.42%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.14%) Docker
3 2 (0.90%) Ceph
3 2 (0.90%) NFS
3 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.90%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (6.28%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.69%) Ansible
3 3 (1.35%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (0.90%) Argo
4 2 (0.90%) vRealize
4 2 (0.90%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.45%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 42 (18.83%) Microsoft
2 35 (15.70%) SAP
3 30 (13.45%) Cisco
4 19 (8.52%) Juniper
5 13 (5.83%) Splunk
6 12 (5.38%) Virgin Media
7 11 (4.93%) Dynatrace
8 10 (4.48%) Databricks
9 9 (4.04%) ServiceNow
10 8 (3.59%) Remedy
11 7 (3.14%) BT
12 6 (2.69%) VMware
13 5 (2.24%) BMC
13 5 (2.24%) Salesforce
14 4 (1.79%) Dell
14 4 (1.79%) Nokia
15 3 (1.35%) Cramer
15 3 (1.35%) Openreach
15 3 (1.35%) Rakuten
16 2 (0.90%) Google