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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 30 45
Rank change year-on-year +3 +15 -30
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 20 32 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.93% 4.35% 3.44%
As % of the General category 6.21% 8.33% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 17
10th Percentile £415 £325 £363
25th Percentile £428 £334 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £424 £510
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% -16.81% +4.51%
75th Percentile £503 £575 £638
90th Percentile £520 £680 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £513 £535 £485
% change year-on-year -4.21% +10.42% -3.10%
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 322 384 506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 63.26% 52.17% 57.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 263 341
10th Percentile £163 £216 £278
25th Percentile £381 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +9.47%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £700 £705 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £505
% change year-on-year -5.10% -0.99% +5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 32 30
10th Percentile - £11.89 £11.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.97 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.70 £24.65 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.37% +26.41% +16.42%
75th Percentile £22.08 £48.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £47.30 £56.25 £68.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.84
% change year-on-year - -8.82% +26.29%

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

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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 6 (30.00%) BGP
1 6 (30.00%) Firewall
1 6 (30.00%) IPsec
1 6 (30.00%) Network Security
1 6 (30.00%) OSPF
1 6 (30.00%) SSL
1 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
1 6 (30.00%) VLAN
1 6 (30.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Back Office
2 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Administrator
2 6 (30.00%) Check Point Expert
3 1 (5.00%) Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Genesys Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Product Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Site Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (35.00%) SIEM
2 6 (30.00%) High Availability
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.00%) Agile
4 1 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (5.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.00%) Data Science
4 1 (5.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (5.00%) ETL
4 1 (5.00%) Market Research
4 1 (5.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (5.00%) Project Management
4 1 (5.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (5.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (5.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 1 (5.00%) Statistics
4 1 (5.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (5.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (5.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) CCSE
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.00%) Ansible
2 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) CheckPoint
1 6 (30.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.00%) Genesys