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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 40 32
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 +22
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 8 7 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.29% 1.63% 3.80%
As % of the General category 3.86% 2.98% 5.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile - - £328
25th Percentile £363 - £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.67%
75th Percentile £405 - £538
90th Percentile £428 - £556
East of England median daily rate £388 £400 £449
% change year-on-year -3.13% -10.86% -0.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +175.00% -
75th Percentile - £57.50 £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £18.38 £48.56 £36.25
% change year-on-year -62.16% +33.96% -39.58%

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 common skills in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 207 235 346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 59.31% 54.65% 65.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 60 115
10th Percentile £213 £273 £202
25th Percentile £365 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £585 £538
90th Percentile £688 £650 £633
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 107 180
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +11.93% -
75th Percentile £18.50 £16.85 £17.72
90th Percentile £31.00 £48.75 £20.56
East of England median hourly rate £30.00 £38.12 £17.72
% change year-on-year -21.30% +115.12% -10.55%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms 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 17 September 2025. 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
Cambridge -5 3 £450 - 14
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) 5G
1 5 (62.50%) LTE
2 1 (12.50%) GSM
2 1 (12.50%) WCDMA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Field Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Field Test Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Test Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) IT Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Procurement Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Junior IT Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) IoT
1 2 (25.00%) Life Science
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 2 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
2 1 (12.50%) Data Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
2 1 (12.50%) Fintech
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Ariba
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow