Telecoms Contracts in Birmingham

Telecommunications
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 28 24 41
Rank change year-on-year -4 +17 -25
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 22 44 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.21% 5.69% 3.76%
As % of the General category 6.51% 10.76% 6.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 24 20
10th Percentile £424 - £213
25th Percentile £450 £325 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £424 £492
Median % change year-on-year +20.80% -13.81% -1.55%
75th Percentile £531 £514 £563
90th Percentile - £575 £643
West Midlands median daily rate £513 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +13.89% - -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £13.75 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +5.77% -
75th Percentile - £14.00 £17.34
90th Percentile - - £19.65
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.00 £13.75 £13.00
% change year-on-year +1.82% +5.77% -

All General Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 338 409 532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 64.75% 52.91% 58.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 280 361
10th Percentile £163 £212 £263
25th Percentile £375 £373 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +11.05% -12.15% +10.81%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £510 £510
% change year-on-year -6.86% - +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 32 28
10th Percentile - £11.78 £11.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.73 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.70 £25.33 £17.39
Median % change year-on-year -41.95% +45.61% +0.83%
75th Percentile £24.06 £48.75 £29.12
90th Percentile £45.95 £56.25 £74.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £19.59 £17.85
% change year-on-year -8.12% +9.75% +5.00%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Birmingham

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Birmingham

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Birmingham

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) BGP
1 4 (18.18%) Firewall
1 4 (18.18%) IPsec
1 4 (18.18%) Network Security
1 4 (18.18%) OSPF
1 4 (18.18%) SSL
1 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
1 4 (18.18%) VLAN
1 4 (18.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Back Office
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Administrator
2 4 (18.18%) Check Point Expert
3 2 (9.09%) QA Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Genesys Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Genesys Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Junior
4 1 (4.55%) Junior IT Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Product Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Site Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Site Reliability Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) SIEM
2 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (18.18%) High Availability
4 3 (13.64%) Agile
4 3 (13.64%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
5 2 (9.09%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Performance Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Project Management
5 2 (9.09%) Regression Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Resilience Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Resource Management
5 2 (9.09%) Scalability Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Software Engineering
5 2 (9.09%) Statistics
5 2 (9.09%) Test Strategy
5 2 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (9.09%) User Experience
5 2 (9.09%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) CCSE
2 2 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.55%) Ansible
2 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) CheckPoint
1 4 (18.18%) Fortinet
2 2 (9.09%) Genesys