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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 7 29
Rank change year-on-year -8 +22 -15
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 57 123 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 10.02% 11.68% 6.51%
As % of the General category 18.27% 22.95% 14.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 61 58
10th Percentile £260 £263 £400
25th Percentile £355 £463 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £553 £638 £638
90th Percentile £602 £650 £740
South West median daily rate £525 £595 £575
% change year-on-year -11.76% +3.48% +16.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 33 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 £67.50 £70.00 £91.25
% change year-on-year -3.57% -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 312 536 545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 54.83% 50.90% 46.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 286 390
10th Percentile £213 £241 £280
25th Percentile £355 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £560 £625 £625
90th Percentile £660 £688 £688
South West median daily rate £510 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.37% +10.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 136 54
10th Percentile £18.13 £36.25 £31.87
25th Percentile £31.00 £43.75 £56.50
Median hourly rate £57.37 £58.39 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -5.82% +77.14%
75th Percentile £66.38 £72.50 £79.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £92.63
South West median hourly rate £57.25 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +23.40% -23.13% +38.62%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Bristol over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Bristol

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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 (5.26%) Confluence
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.32%) Azure
2 11 (19.30%) AWS
3 8 (14.04%) GCP
3 8 (14.04%) SaaS
4 7 (12.28%) PaaS
5 4 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.75%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.54%) 5G
1 10 (17.54%) PBX
1 10 (17.54%) VoIP
2 4 (7.02%) 4G
2 4 (7.02%) Broadband
2 4 (7.02%) Unified Communications
2 4 (7.02%) WAN
3 3 (5.26%) Firewall
3 3 (5.26%) ISDN
3 3 (5.26%) SD-WAN
4 2 (3.51%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (3.51%) Wireless
5 1 (1.75%) 2G
5 1 (1.75%) LAN
5 1 (1.75%) LTE
5 1 (1.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.75%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.75%) NUnit
2 1 (1.75%) Postman
2 1 (1.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (54.39%) Finance
2 25 (43.86%) Electronics
2 25 (43.86%) Manufacturing
2 25 (43.86%) Public Sector
3 24 (42.11%) Marketing
3 24 (42.11%) Social Skills
4 9 (15.79%) Billing
5 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Military
7 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.75%) Legal
7 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (21.05%) Project Manager
2 9 (15.79%) Azure Developer
2 9 (15.79%) C# Developer
2 9 (15.79%) Developer
3 7 (12.28%) Applications Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) Applications Support
3 7 (12.28%) Applications Support Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) Azure Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) Support Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Applications Developer
4 6 (10.53%) C# Application Developer
4 6 (10.53%) Lead
4 6 (10.53%) OSS Project Manager
4 6 (10.53%) Senior
4 6 (10.53%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Telecoms Manager
4 6 (10.53%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Network Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Network Project Manager
6 4 (7.02%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (19.30%) .NET
2 7 (12.28%) CSS
2 7 (12.28%) HTML
3 3 (5.26%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.75%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.75%) Playwright
4 1 (1.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) Management Information System
2 6 (10.53%) Blackberry
2 6 (10.53%) Cloud Native
2 6 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 6 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (7.02%) Fibre Optics
3 4 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.26%) IVR
5 2 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.75%) NHS
6 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
1 24 (42.11%) Digital Marketing
1 24 (42.11%) Programme Management
2 18 (31.58%) Agile
2 18 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (31.58%) Project Management
3 17 (29.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (26.32%) Service Management
5 13 (22.81%) Service Delivery
6 11 (19.30%) CI/CD
6 11 (19.30%) Continuous Delivery
6 11 (19.30%) Software Delivery
6 11 (19.30%) TDD
7 10 (17.54%) Continuous Integration
7 10 (17.54%) Scrum
7 10 (17.54%) Test Automation
8 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (15.79%) Software Engineering
8 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (14.04%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.54%) C#
2 7 (12.28%) JavaScript
3 5 (8.77%) PowerShell
4 4 (7.02%) SQL
5 1 (1.75%) Bash
5 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (28.07%) Security Cleared
2 14 (24.56%) Degree
3 11 (19.30%) SC Cleared
4 9 (15.79%) CCNP
4 9 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (14.04%) DV Cleared
6 7 (12.28%) Azure Certification
6 7 (12.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (10.53%) PMI Certification
7 6 (10.53%) PMP
7 6 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (5.26%) CCNA
9 2 (3.51%) CISA
9 2 (3.51%) CISM
9 2 (3.51%) CISSP
10 1 (1.75%) ACCA
10 1 (1.75%) CIMA
10 1 (1.75%) CRISC
10 1 (1.75%) ISACA
10 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.75%) GRC
2 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.51%) Docker
3 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (10.53%) Amdocs OSS
2 5 (8.77%) NSN NetAct
3 3 (5.26%) Terraform
4 1 (1.75%) Ansible
4 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.75%) Puppet
Vendors
1 24 (42.11%) SAP
2 20 (35.09%) Ericsson
3 19 (33.33%) Nokia
4 10 (17.54%) Cisco
5 7 (12.28%) F5
5 7 (12.28%) Google
5 7 (12.28%) Juniper
5 7 (12.28%) Palo Alto
6 6 (10.53%) Amdocs
6 6 (10.53%) Avaya
6 6 (10.53%) Ciena
6 6 (10.53%) Microsoft
6 6 (10.53%) NetCracker
6 6 (10.53%) Ribbon
6 6 (10.53%) VMware
7 1 (1.75%) Citrix