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 14 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 90 97
Rank change year-on-year -14 +7 +16
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 20 29 37
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.04% 1.59% 1.54%
As % of the General category 1.57% 2.37% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 28
10th Percentile £409 £364 £281
25th Percentile £453 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £505 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +12.22% -25.00%
75th Percentile £659 £597 £629
90th Percentile £875 £679 £688
Central London median daily rate £522 £505 £475
% change year-on-year +3.37% +6.32% -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £32.50 -

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 general skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,272 1,225 1,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.08% 67.20% 64.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 733 1,123
10th Percentile £350 £348 £338
25th Percentile £450 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £688
90th Percentile £800 £793 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 12
10th Percentile £20.18 - £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 - £19.19
Median hourly rate £34.00 £22.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% -8.33% -40.74%
75th Percentile £42.65 £27.88 £47.63
90th Percentile £52.80 £31.40 £71.40
Central London median hourly rate £26.81 £32.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -17.52% +32.65% -39.51%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend 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 14 February 2026.

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
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (15.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) LAN
1 3 (15.00%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (15.00%) WAN
2 2 (10.00%) 4G
2 2 (10.00%) 5G
2 2 (10.00%) NaaS
2 2 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (5.00%) 2G
3 1 (5.00%) 3G
3 1 (5.00%) 3GPP
3 1 (5.00%) BT 21CN
3 1 (5.00%) LTE
3 1 (5.00%) NGN
3 1 (5.00%) Softphone
3 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Tableau
2 1 (5.00%) GIS
General
1 6 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Billing
2 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.00%) Electronics
3 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing
3 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) IT Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Network Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Data Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Lead
3 2 (10.00%) Network Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Procurement Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 2 (10.00%) SAP Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Business Process Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) IoT
2 1 (5.00%) iPad
2 1 (5.00%) NB-IoT
2 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
1 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Change Management
1 4 (20.00%) Logistics
1 4 (20.00%) Scrum
2 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (15.00%) Project Management
2 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (15.00%) Time Management
2 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (10.00%) AI
3 2 (10.00%) Analytics
3 2 (10.00%) Coaching
3 2 (10.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (10.00%) Migration
3 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.00%) Agile
4 1 (5.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (5.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.00%) Service Management
4 1 (5.00%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) PMO
2 2 (10.00%) GRC
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Arista
2 3 (15.00%) Cisco
2 3 (15.00%) SAP
2 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (10.00%) Databricks
3 2 (10.00%) VMware
4 1 (5.00%) Ariba
4 1 (5.00%) BT
4 1 (5.00%) Polycom
4 1 (5.00%) Progress