Telecoms Contracts in Bristol

Telecommunications
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Bristol. 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 13 7 31
Rank change year-on-year -6 +24 -17
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 53 134 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 9.87% 12.68% 6.45%
As % of the General category 18.34% 24.19% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 69 62
10th Percentile £250 £242 £392
25th Percentile £355 £450 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £570 £543
Median % change year-on-year -32.02% +5.07% +20.56%
75th Percentile £563 £625 £638
90th Percentile £605 £650 £770
South West median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 32 8
10th Percentile - - £68.25
25th Percentile - £67.50 £77.81
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £91.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -23.29% -
75th Percentile - £85.00 £101.25
90th Percentile - £95.00 £101.63
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £91.25
% change year-on-year +7.14% -23.29% +356.25%

All General Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 289 554 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 53.82% 52.41% 47.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 301 416
10th Percentile £213 £225 £278
25th Percentile £340 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £551 £625 £630
90th Percentile £640 £688 £697
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 133 67
10th Percentile £18.13 £36.25 £23.72
25th Percentile £29.82 £43.75 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £59.50 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -3.25% +89.23%
75th Percentile £69.75 £72.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £92.16
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Bristol

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Bristol

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

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

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Bristol

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (5.66%) Confluence
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.53%) Azure
2 11 (20.75%) AWS
3 8 (15.09%) GCP
3 8 (15.09%) SaaS
4 7 (13.21%) PaaS
5 2 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.89%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.75%) 5G
2 10 (18.87%) PBX
2 10 (18.87%) VoIP
3 7 (13.21%) 4G
4 5 (9.43%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (7.55%) 2G
5 4 (7.55%) Broadband
5 4 (7.55%) Unified Communications
5 4 (7.55%) WAN
6 3 (5.66%) Firewall
6 3 (5.66%) ISDN
6 3 (5.66%) SD-WAN
7 2 (3.77%) Wireless
8 1 (1.89%) LAN
8 1 (1.89%) LTE
8 1 (1.89%) VPN
8 1 (1.89%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.89%) Git
2 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.89%) NUnit
2 1 (1.89%) Postman
2 1 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (49.06%) Finance
2 24 (45.28%) Public Sector
3 23 (43.40%) Electronics
3 23 (43.40%) Manufacturing
4 22 (41.51%) Marketing
4 22 (41.51%) Social Skills
5 7 (13.21%) Billing
6 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.66%) Military
8 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.89%) Legal
8 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (13.21%) Applications Engineer
1 7 (13.21%) Applications Support
1 7 (13.21%) Applications Support Engineer
1 7 (13.21%) Azure Developer
1 7 (13.21%) Azure Engineer
1 7 (13.21%) C# Developer
1 7 (13.21%) Developer
1 7 (13.21%) Project Manager
1 7 (13.21%) Support Engineer
2 6 (11.32%) Applications Developer
2 6 (11.32%) C# Application Developer
2 6 (11.32%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 4 (7.55%) Coordinator
3 4 (7.55%) Delivery Manager
3 4 (7.55%) Lead
3 4 (7.55%) OSS Project Manager
3 4 (7.55%) Project Coordinator
3 4 (7.55%) Senior
3 4 (7.55%) Telecoms Manager
3 4 (7.55%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.98%) .NET
2 7 (13.21%) CSS
2 7 (13.21%) HTML
3 1 (1.89%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.89%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.89%) Playwright
3 1 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Management Information System
2 6 (11.32%) Blackberry
2 6 (11.32%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (7.55%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.55%) Fibre Optics
3 4 (7.55%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.66%) IVR
5 2 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.89%) NHS
6 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.89%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.77%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Linux
2 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (41.51%) Business Intelligence
1 22 (41.51%) Digital Marketing
1 22 (41.51%) Programme Management
2 17 (32.08%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (28.30%) Agile
4 13 (24.53%) Project Management
5 12 (22.64%) Service Management
5 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (20.75%) CI/CD
6 11 (20.75%) Software Delivery
7 10 (18.87%) Continuous Integration
7 10 (18.87%) Service Delivery
7 10 (18.87%) Test Automation
8 9 (16.98%) Continuous Delivery
8 9 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (16.98%) Software Engineering
8 9 (16.98%) TDD
9 8 (15.09%) Migration
9 8 (15.09%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (15.09%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.09%) C#
2 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.66%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.77%) SQL
5 1 (1.89%) Bash
5 1 (1.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (33.96%) Security Cleared
2 14 (26.42%) Degree
3 11 (20.75%) SC Cleared
4 9 (16.98%) CCNP
4 9 (16.98%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (15.09%) DV Cleared
6 7 (13.21%) Azure Certification
6 7 (13.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (11.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (7.55%) PMI Certification
8 4 (7.55%) PMP
9 3 (5.66%) CCNA
10 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (3.77%) CISA
10 2 (3.77%) CISM
10 2 (3.77%) CISSP
11 1 (1.89%) CIMA
11 1 (1.89%) CRISC
11 1 (1.89%) ISACA
11 1 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.89%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.89%) GRC
2 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.77%) Docker
3 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (3.77%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (1.89%) Ansible
3 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.89%) Puppet
3 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (41.51%) SAP
2 18 (33.96%) Ericsson
3 17 (32.08%) Nokia
4 10 (18.87%) Cisco
5 7 (13.21%) F5
5 7 (13.21%) Google
5 7 (13.21%) Juniper
5 7 (13.21%) Palo Alto
6 6 (11.32%) Avaya
6 6 (11.32%) Ribbon
6 6 (11.32%) VMware
7 4 (7.55%) Amdocs
7 4 (7.55%) Ciena
7 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
7 4 (7.55%) NetCracker
8 1 (1.89%) Citrix