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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 97 67
Rank change year-on-year -11 -30 +42
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 42 35 62
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.76% 1.83% 2.64%
As % of the General category 2.72% 2.47% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 22 24
10th Percentile £336 £406 £350
25th Percentile £446 £486 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -1.72% -13.22%
75th Percentile £648 £650 £624
90th Percentile £694 £777 £675
London median daily rate £500 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -11.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £31.25 - £40.25
25th Percentile £34.63 £19.79 £53.75
Median hourly rate £41.50 £20.19 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +105.55% -73.95% -
75th Percentile £48.63 £20.60 £92.50
90th Percentile £52.15 - £126.25
London median hourly rate £30.00 £31.60 £57.50
% change year-on-year -5.05% -45.05% -32.35%

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 1,544 1,418 1,568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 64.74% 74.32% 66.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 992 964 980
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £456 £420 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% -2.50%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £688
90th Percentile £776 £775 £800
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 14
10th Percentile £15.45 £17.25 £14.60
25th Percentile £20.25 £20.63 £24.60
Median hourly rate £32.91 £28.33 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +16.19% -16.07% +50.00%
75th Percentile £63.19 £41.81 £56.50
90th Percentile £95.41 £63.75 £88.38
London median hourly rate £28.47 £31.49 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.58% -10.03% +7.69%

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 9 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in Central London over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in Central London

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 9 October 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 -18 29 £516 +0.68% 49
City of Westminster -8 4 £675 +42.11% 15
West End of London -7 2 £675 -12.62% 2
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 1 (2.38%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.52%) Azure
2 3 (7.14%) AWS
2 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 3 (7.14%) GCP
3 2 (4.76%) dbt
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.76%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (2.38%) BlazeMeter
4 1 (2.38%) GitHub
4 1 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) DNS
1 3 (7.14%) Firewall
1 3 (7.14%) VoIP
2 2 (4.76%) RTP
2 2 (4.76%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.76%) Value-Added Service
2 2 (4.76%) Wireshark
3 1 (2.38%) 4G
3 1 (2.38%) 5G
3 1 (2.38%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (2.38%) Intelligent Network
3 1 (2.38%) IP Telephony
3 1 (2.38%) Network Security
3 1 (2.38%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.38%) tcpdump
3 1 (2.38%) VLAN
3 1 (2.38%) VPN
3 1 (2.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Tableau
2 1 (2.38%) GIS
2 1 (2.38%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) GitLab
1 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
1 1 (2.38%) JMeter
1 1 (2.38%) Locust
1 1 (2.38%) Newman
1 1 (2.38%) Robot Framework
1 1 (2.38%) TestCafe
General
1 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.43%) Finance
3 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Retail
5 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.38%) Electronics
5 1 (2.38%) Legal
5 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (52.38%) Architect
2 11 (26.19%) ServiceNow Architect
3 8 (19.05%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
4 7 (16.67%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
4 7 (16.67%) Telecoms Architect
5 6 (14.29%) Mobile Solutions Architect
6 4 (9.52%) Designer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior
7 2 (4.76%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Desktop Support
7 2 (4.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Lead
7 2 (4.76%) Network Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Senior Architect
7 2 (4.76%) Senior Enterprise Architect
7 2 (4.76%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.76%) Support Engineer
8 1 (2.38%) QA Automation Engineer
8 1 (2.38%) Telephony Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.81%) REST
1 10 (23.81%) SOAP
2 1 (2.38%) Ajax
2 1 (2.38%) CSS
2 1 (2.38%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (2.38%) HTML
2 1 (2.38%) LDAP
2 1 (2.38%) Servlets
2 1 (2.38%) Taurus
2 1 (2.38%) Terraform
2 1 (2.38%) Web Services
2 1 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) CMDB
2 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.76%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.38%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.38%) Media Streaming
4 1 (2.38%) NHS
4 1 (2.38%) Social Media
4 1 (2.38%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.52%) Mac OS
2 3 (7.14%) Windows
3 1 (2.38%) CentOS
3 1 (2.38%) Linux
3 1 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) ITSM
2 12 (28.57%) ITIL
3 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (21.43%) Roadmaps
4 9 (21.43%) Service Management
5 7 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 7 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (14.29%) Order Management
6 6 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
7 5 (11.90%) CAD
7 5 (11.90%) Customer Service
7 5 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (11.90%) IT Asset Management
7 5 (11.90%) Security Operations
7 5 (11.90%) Technology Roadmap
8 4 (9.52%) Agile
8 4 (9.52%) Matrix Organization
8 4 (9.52%) Migration
8 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (9.52%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) JavaScript
2 3 (7.14%) Python
3 1 (2.38%) Java
3 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) CCNA
3 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (2.38%) CCNP
4 1 (2.38%) CISM
4 1 (2.38%) CISSP
4 1 (2.38%) MOS
4 1 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) GRC
2 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.38%) NCSC
2 1 (2.38%) NIST
2 1 (2.38%) PMO
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) Docker
2 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) ServiceNow
2 6 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.52%) Cisco
4 3 (7.14%) Adobe
5 2 (4.76%) Anaplan
5 2 (4.76%) Autodesk
5 2 (4.76%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (4.76%) CyberArk
5 2 (4.76%) Metaswitch
5 2 (4.76%) Samsung
5 2 (4.76%) Symantec
6 1 (2.38%) Apple
6 1 (2.38%) Dialogic
6 1 (2.38%) Google
6 1 (2.38%) Oracle
6 1 (2.38%) Qualys
6 1 (2.38%) VMware
6 1 (2.38%) Zscaler