Telecoms Contract Job Trends 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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 71 111
Rank change year-on-year -18 +40 +31
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 30 61 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.70% 2.91% 1.58%
As % of the General category 2.27% 4.26% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 25 39
10th Percentile £406 £374 £389
25th Percentile £488 £420 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £598
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% -12.13% -0.42%
75th Percentile £641 £628 £694
90th Percentile £710 £675 £740
Central London median daily rate £498 £525 £586
% change year-on-year -5.24% -10.45% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £23.93 £60.50 -
25th Percentile £30.15 £70.63 -
Median hourly rate £41.35 £81.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.11% - -
75th Percentile £52.96 £106.56 -
90th Percentile £59.43 £131.88 -
Central London median hourly rate £41.35 £81.25 -
% change year-on-year -49.11% - -

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 1,322 1,431 1,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 74.99% 68.21% 63.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 885 893 1,333
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £723
90th Percentile £764 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 13
10th Percentile £17.02 £13.73 -
25th Percentile £24.00 £17.06 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.25 £27.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% +42.11% -54.22%
75th Percentile £63.75 £74.38 £38.00
90th Percentile £67.89 £98.13 £63.46
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +25.93% +42.11% -53.66%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Telecoms

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 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 4 (13.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.33%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) GCP
2 3 (10.00%) Apigee
2 3 (10.00%) AWS
2 3 (10.00%) GitHub
2 3 (10.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 3 (10.00%) Stackdriver
3 2 (6.67%) Azure
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.67%) SaaS
4 1 (3.33%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Firewall
1 2 (6.67%) HTTP
1 2 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (6.67%) Modbus
1 2 (6.67%) Softphone
1 2 (6.67%) Wireless
2 1 (3.33%) BGP
2 1 (3.33%) DNS
2 1 (3.33%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) GitLab
1 4 (13.33%) JIRA
2 3 (10.00%) Gradle
2 3 (10.00%) Maven
3 1 (3.33%) Cypress.io
3 1 (3.33%) Postman
General
1 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Legal
4 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.00%) Marketing
5 1 (3.33%) Back Office
5 1 (3.33%) Banking
5 1 (3.33%) Electronics
5 1 (3.33%) French Language
5 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Law
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Developer
2 4 (13.33%) Consultant
2 4 (13.33%) Senior
3 3 (10.00%) Angular Developer
3 3 (10.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 3 (10.00%) Lead
4 2 (6.67%) Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Category Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Procurement Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Security Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Security Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Web Consultant
5 1 (3.33%) Head of Production
5 1 (3.33%) Salesforce Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) CSS
1 5 (16.67%) HTML
2 3 (10.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (10.00%) GraphQL
2 3 (10.00%) HTML5
2 3 (10.00%) Next.js
2 3 (10.00%) Node.js
2 3 (10.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (10.00%) IVR
2 2 (6.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (6.67%) Insider Threat
2 2 (6.67%) iPad
2 2 (6.67%) Life Science
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (6.67%) SCADA
2 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.33%) Agile
2 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (13.33%) CRM
2 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (13.33%) DevOps
3 3 (10.00%) Analytics
3 3 (10.00%) B2B
3 3 (10.00%) Business Development
3 3 (10.00%) Data Privacy
3 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (10.00%) Information Security
3 3 (10.00%) ITIL
3 3 (10.00%) Microservices
3 3 (10.00%) Network Design
3 3 (10.00%) Server Management
3 3 (10.00%) SOA
3 3 (10.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (10.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (6.67%) C++
2 2 (6.67%) Java
2 2 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (6.67%) CCNA
3 2 (6.67%) CCNP
3 2 (6.67%) CISM
3 2 (6.67%) CISSP
3 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) CCIE
4 1 (3.33%) JNCIE
4 1 (3.33%) JNCIP
4 1 (3.33%) JNCIS
4 1 (3.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (6.67%) GDPR
2 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (6.67%) NIST
3 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.33%) QA
3 1 (3.33%) SLA
3 1 (3.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (10.00%) Docker
2 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Ansible
1 3 (10.00%) Istio
1 3 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (10.00%) Puppet
1 3 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Salesforce
3 3 (10.00%) Google
3 3 (10.00%) MuleSoft
3 3 (10.00%) Splunk
4 2 (6.67%) Polycom
4 2 (6.67%) Rockwell
4 2 (6.67%) SAP
5 1 (3.33%) Avaya
5 1 (3.33%) Cisco
5 1 (3.33%) Citrix
5 1 (3.33%) Dell
5 1 (3.33%) Juniper
5 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.33%) VMware