Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Telecommunications
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Bradford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 8 18
Rank change year-on-year -11 +10 -
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 1.43% 4.76% 2.86%
As % of the General category 2.33% 7.14% 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £135
25th Percentile £406 £513 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £525 £193
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +172.73% -
75th Percentile £419 £538 £229
90th Percentile - - £251
West Yorkshire median daily rate £469 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -14.29%

All General Skills
Bradford

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 general skills in Bradford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 43 14 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford 61.43% 66.67% 55.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 5 37
10th Percentile £406 £360 £294
25th Percentile £500 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +31.11% -8.16% -6.67%
75th Percentile £618 - £625
90th Percentile £681 £503 £659
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 0
10th Percentile £14.16 - -
25th Percentile £17.90 - -
Median hourly rate £20.09 £22.14 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% - -
75th Percentile £46.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.12 £22.14 £13.50
% change year-on-year -22.67% +64.00% -27.81%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Telecoms relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford.

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Bradford

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Bradford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) IOS XR
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (100.00%) SSH
1 1 (100.00%) TACACS
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ciena
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki