Telecoms Contracts in the City of London

Telecommunications
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 95 119
Rank change year-on-year -6 +24 +27
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 22 32 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.25% 1.46% 1.56%
As % of the General category 1.76% 2.20% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 25 42
10th Percentile £341 £294 £429
25th Percentile £451 £400 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £650
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -30.77% +24.05%
75th Percentile £634 £576 £725
90th Percentile £692 £628 £786
Central London median daily rate £510 £450 £650
% change year-on-year +13.33% -30.77% +23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £16.44
25th Percentile £61.25 - £17.86
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £20.71
75th Percentile £63.75 - £36.97
90th Percentile - - £46.44
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 - £20.71
% change year-on-year - - -57.96%

All General Skills
City of 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 common skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,248 1,455 2,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.07% 66.38% 62.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 780 1,034 1,603
10th Percentile £332 £338 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -4.96% +5.22%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 13
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.13 £15.10
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £16.61
Median hourly rate £29.58 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.23% +14.29% -53.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £96.38 £32.05 £58.75
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.15% -31.43% -23.08%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.55%) SAP CO
2 1 (4.55%) SAP FI
2 1 (4.55%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) AWS
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
1 2 (9.09%) GCP
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) 4G
1 2 (9.09%) 5G
1 2 (9.09%) HTTP
1 2 (9.09%) LTE
1 2 (9.09%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (9.09%) VSAN
2 1 (4.55%) 3G
2 1 (4.55%) 5G NR
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) PBX
2 1 (4.55%) PSTN
2 1 (4.55%) VLAN
2 1 (4.55%) VoIP
2 1 (4.55%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Law
3 1 (4.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Senior
2 3 (13.64%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Developer
3 2 (9.09%) Administrator
3 2 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Security Architect
3 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow Developer
3 2 (9.09%) Web Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Angular Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Designer
4 1 (4.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (4.55%) Operations Director
4 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Senior SAP Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Technology Director
4 1 (4.55%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) CSS
1 3 (13.64%) HTML
2 1 (4.55%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.55%) HTML5
2 1 (4.55%) Next.js
2 1 (4.55%) React
2 1 (4.55%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
1 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 2 (9.09%) Private Cloud
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Unix
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (13.64%) B2B
2 3 (13.64%) Business Development
2 3 (13.64%) CRM
2 3 (13.64%) Data Privacy
2 3 (13.64%) Order Management
2 3 (13.64%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
3 2 (9.09%) Agile
3 2 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security
3 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (9.09%) Machine Learning
3 2 (9.09%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (9.09%) SABSA
3 2 (9.09%) Security Architecture
3 2 (9.09%) Supplier Management
3 2 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (9.09%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) C++
2 2 (9.09%) Java
2 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) CISM
2 2 (9.09%) CISSP
3 1 (4.55%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 2 (9.09%) GDPR
1 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (9.09%) NIST
2 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) VMware NSX
2 2 (9.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Ansible
1 1 (4.55%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Salesforce
1 3 (13.64%) VMware
2 2 (9.09%) Ericsson
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Avaya
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Mavenir
3 1 (4.55%) Nokia