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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 83 104
Rank change year-on-year -11 +21 +45
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 28 43 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.54% 2.02% 1.64%
As % of the General category 2.09% 3.01% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 46
10th Percentile £383 £368 £459
25th Percentile £485 £400 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -16.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £619 £610 £725
90th Percentile £711 £668 £781
Central London median daily rate £500 £523 £600
% change year-on-year -4.31% -12.92% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £83.25 £16.44
25th Percentile £61.25 £93.75 £17.86
Median hourly rate £62.50 £112.50 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +443.35% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £131.25 £36.97
90th Percentile - £141.75 £46.44
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 £112.50 £20.71
% change year-on-year -44.44% +443.35% -

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 1,340 1,428 2,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 73.71% 66.95% 63.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 852 972 1,555
10th Percentile £338 £340 £363
25th Percentile £437 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £738
90th Percentile £775 £824 £838
Central London median daily rate £564 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.96% -4.17% +4.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 13
10th Percentile £17.02 £19.13 -
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% +50.00% -58.01%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.25 £42.32
90th Percentile £89.88 £92.75 £53.55
Central London median hourly rate £34.24 £26.78 £20.71
% change year-on-year +27.86% +29.34% -51.28%

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 6 July 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 3 (10.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.57%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.57%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.57%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) GCP
2 3 (10.71%) AWS
3 2 (7.14%) Apigee
3 2 (7.14%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) GitHub
3 2 (7.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 2 (7.14%) Stackdriver
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) HTTP
2 1 (3.57%) BGP
2 1 (3.57%) DNS
2 1 (3.57%) MPLS
2 1 (3.57%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (3.57%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
2 2 (7.14%) GitLab
2 2 (7.14%) Gradle
2 2 (7.14%) Maven
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Legal
3 3 (10.71%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Back Office
5 1 (3.57%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) French Language
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Law
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Developer
2 4 (14.29%) Consultant
3 3 (10.71%) Angular Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 3 (10.71%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) Administrator
4 2 (7.14%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Security Architect
4 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (7.14%) Web Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Procurement Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Procurement Manager
5 1 (3.57%) SAP Business Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) SAP CO Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) CSS
1 5 (17.86%) HTML
2 3 (10.71%) AngularJS
2 3 (10.71%) HTML5
2 3 (10.71%) Next.js
2 3 (10.71%) React
3 2 (7.14%) GraphQL
3 2 (7.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Algorithms
1 2 (7.14%) IVR
2 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (10.71%) Agile
2 3 (10.71%) Analytics
2 3 (10.71%) B2B
2 3 (10.71%) Business Development
2 3 (10.71%) CRM
2 3 (10.71%) Data Privacy
2 3 (10.71%) Front End Development
2 3 (10.71%) Order Management
2 3 (10.71%) Software Engineering
3 2 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (7.14%) Machine Learning
3 2 (7.14%) Microservices
3 2 (7.14%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (7.14%) SABSA
3 2 (7.14%) Security Architecture
3 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (7.14%) Supplier Management
3 2 (7.14%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) TypeScript
2 2 (7.14%) C++
2 2 (7.14%) Java
2 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
1 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) CISM
2 2 (7.14%) CISSP
3 1 (3.57%) CCIE
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.57%) JNCIE
3 1 (3.57%) JNCIP
3 1 (3.57%) JNCIS
3 1 (3.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 2 (7.14%) GDPR
1 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.14%) Docker
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.57%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Ansible
1 2 (7.14%) Istio
1 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.14%) Puppet
1 2 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
1 3 (10.71%) Salesforce
2 2 (7.14%) Google
2 2 (7.14%) MuleSoft
2 2 (7.14%) SAP
2 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.14%) Splunk
2 2 (7.14%) VMware
3 1 (3.57%) Avaya
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) Citrix
3 1 (3.57%) Dell
3 1 (3.57%) Juniper