Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Central London

Telecommunications
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 97 98
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +17
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 28 27 39
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.31% 1.30% 1.50%
As % of the General category 2.01% 1.94% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 12 30
10th Percentile £411 £361 £289
25th Percentile £478 £394 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £489 £523
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -6.46% -12.92%
75th Percentile £659 £619 £608
90th Percentile £831 £680 £688
London median daily rate £460 £523 £538
% change year-on-year -11.91% -2.79% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
London median hourly rate £37.50 £33.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% -32.50% +75.44%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,390 1,392 1,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 65.23% 66.79% 64.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 901 869 1,199
10th Percentile £350 £348 £333
25th Percentile £450 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £686 £680 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £802
London median daily rate £530 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -7.83% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 8 16
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.52 £27.30 £20.15
Median hourly rate £26.11 £31.75 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.76% +29.59% -39.51%
75th Percentile £42.47 £35.00 £53.94
90th Percentile £52.96 £80.75 £69.38
London median hourly rate £28.55 £39.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year -26.79% +34.48% +1.75%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Central London

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Central London over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Central London

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Central London region over the 6 months to 22 February 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
City of London -12 19 £550 +12.53% 24
City of Westminster - 3 £425 - 2
West End of London - 1 £773 -
Telecoms
London

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) Appian
2 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (10.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.57%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) BrowserStack
3 1 (3.57%) Miro
3 1 (3.57%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) WAN
2 3 (10.71%) LAN
2 3 (10.71%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (7.14%) 4G
3 2 (7.14%) 5G
3 2 (7.14%) NaaS
3 2 (7.14%) Network Security
3 2 (7.14%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (3.57%) 2G
4 1 (3.57%) 3G
4 1 (3.57%) 3GPP
4 1 (3.57%) BT 21CN
4 1 (3.57%) LTE
4 1 (3.57%) NGN
4 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Tableau
2 1 (3.57%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) GitLab
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.57%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.57%) Postman
2 1 (3.57%) Robot Framework
2 1 (3.57%) Selenium
2 1 (3.57%) SonarQube
General
1 6 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Billing
3 2 (7.14%) Marketing
3 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.14%) Retail
4 1 (3.57%) Banking
4 1 (3.57%) Electronics
4 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Analyst
2 7 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) IT Manager
4 4 (14.29%) Architect
4 4 (14.29%) Business IT Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) IT Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) IT Business Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Network Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Senior
6 2 (7.14%) Data Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 2 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Network Architect
6 2 (7.14%) Network Project Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Procurement Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Programme Manager
6 2 (7.14%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) ADO
1 1 (3.57%) Jinja
1 1 (3.57%) JSON
1 1 (3.57%) NETCONF
1 1 (3.57%) XML
1 1 (3.57%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) IoT
3 1 (3.57%) NB-IoT
3 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
1 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Logistics
2 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (25.00%) Migration
4 6 (21.43%) Business Analysis
4 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (17.86%) Scrum
6 4 (14.29%) Agile
6 4 (14.29%) Change Management
6 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (10.71%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.71%) Project Management
7 3 (10.71%) Time Management
7 3 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (7.14%) B2B
8 2 (7.14%) Case Management
8 2 (7.14%) CI/CD
8 2 (7.14%) Coaching
8 2 (7.14%) Customer Experience
8 2 (7.14%) Service Management
8 2 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
1 2 (7.14%) Python
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) PMO
2 2 (7.14%) GDPR
2 2 (7.14%) GRC
3 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.57%) QA
3 1 (3.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) SCCM
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Cisco
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.71%) Arista
3 3 (10.71%) SAP
3 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.14%) Databricks
4 2 (7.14%) VMware
5 1 (3.57%) Ariba
5 1 (3.57%) BT
5 1 (3.57%) Meraki
5 1 (3.57%) Progress
5 1 (3.57%) Veracode