Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Telecommunications
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 37 39
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -9
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 5 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.35% 1.97% 1.60%
As % of the General category 2.53% 3.37% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £290 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £291 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.38% - -
75th Percentile £291 £405 -
90th Percentile - £432 -
East of England median daily rate £308 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -23.06% - -8.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.50 £18.38 £48.56
% change year-on-year -4.76% -62.16% +33.96%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 198 208 236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 53.37% 58.59% 54.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 71 59
10th Percentile £188 £213 £270
25th Percentile £363 £387 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +0.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £566 £650 £586
90th Percentile £595 £688 £650
East of England median daily rate £478 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.45% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 76 109
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile - £14.47 £15.62
Median hourly rate £14.22 £16.00 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -11.13% -1.42% +11.93%
75th Percentile £17.00 £18.50 £16.85
90th Percentile £32.00 £31.00 £48.75
East of England median hourly rate £30.58 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +21.59% -34.02% +115.12%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough - 3 £291 - 2
Cambridge +2 2 - - 19
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) 2G
1 1 (20.00%) 3G
1 1 (20.00%) 4G
1 1 (20.00%) 5G
1 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Field Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (40.00%) Validation
1 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (20.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Ericsson
1 2 (40.00%) Nokia
2 1 (20.00%) EMC
2 1 (20.00%) Huawei
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft