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 advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 115 141
Rank change year-on-year +27 +26 -28
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 36 55 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.66% 1.55% 1.19%
As % of the General category 2.50% 2.48% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 41 42
10th Percentile £297 £425 £333
25th Percentile £400 £516 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £607 £725 £595
90th Percentile £679 £788 £720
Central London median daily rate £474 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -27.12% +23.81% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £16.44 £38.58
25th Percentile - £17.86 £42.06
Median hourly rate - £20.71 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year - -57.96% +310.42%
75th Percentile - £36.97 £56.56
90th Percentile - £46.44 £60.13
Central London median hourly rate - £20.71 £49.25
% change year-on-year - -57.96% +310.42%

All General Skills
City of London

Telecoms is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,439 2,216 2,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.41% 62.40% 57.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,019 1,560 1,756
10th Percentile £338 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £610 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £681
90th Percentile £825 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £560 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 27
10th Percentile £19.13 £14.40 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £15.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -51.72% +148.57%
75th Percentile £27.00 £52.75 £60.25
90th Percentile £32.05 £57.75 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year +14.29% -51.72% +148.57%

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 7 May 2024.

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 2 (5.56%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.78%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.22%) AWS
2 4 (11.11%) Azure
3 3 (8.33%) GCP
4 2 (5.56%) WhatsApp
5 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.78%) IaaS
5 1 (2.78%) PaaS
5 1 (2.78%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) Firewall
1 3 (8.33%) VoIP
1 3 (8.33%) VPN
2 2 (5.56%) PBX
2 2 (5.56%) PSTN
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (2.78%) CTI
3 1 (2.78%) IP Telephony
3 1 (2.78%) MPLS
3 1 (2.78%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (2.78%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.78%) SMS
3 1 (2.78%) WAN
3 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 14 (38.89%) Finance
2 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.89%) Legal
4 4 (11.11%) Marketing
5 3 (8.33%) Electronics
5 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 3 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Military
6 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Back Office
7 1 (2.78%) Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Front Office
7 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 5 (13.89%) Developer
2 5 (13.89%) Senior
3 4 (11.11%) Architect
4 3 (8.33%) Consultant
4 3 (8.33%) IT Support
4 3 (8.33%) Java Developer
4 3 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Security Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (5.56%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Telecoms Specialist
6 1 (2.78%) Telecoms Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) AngularJS
1 3 (8.33%) Kafka
2 2 (5.56%) Middleware
2 2 (5.56%) Web Services
3 1 (2.78%) Ajax
3 1 (2.78%) CSS
3 1 (2.78%) Django
3 1 (2.78%) HTML
3 1 (2.78%) JSON
3 1 (2.78%) SOAP
3 1 (2.78%) XML
3 1 (2.78%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Blackberry
1 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
1 2 (5.56%) Public Cloud
1 2 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.78%) CMDB
2 1 (2.78%) IVR
2 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
2 2 (5.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.78%) Linux
3 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (19.44%) Agile
2 6 (16.67%) Project Management
3 5 (13.89%) Programme Management
4 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (8.33%) Customer Experience
5 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (8.33%) Identity Management
5 3 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (5.56%) Asset Management
6 2 (5.56%) Budget Control
6 2 (5.56%) Change Management
6 2 (5.56%) Data Protection
6 2 (5.56%) Information Security
6 2 (5.56%) Network Architecture
6 2 (5.56%) PRINCE2
6 2 (5.56%) Problem Management
6 2 (5.56%) Risk Management
6 2 (5.56%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) Java
2 2 (5.56%) PHP
2 2 (5.56%) Python
3 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.33%) Degree
3 2 (5.56%) CISSP
3 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.78%) CISM
4 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (2.78%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) NIST
2 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.33%) Docker
2 2 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.78%) Firmware
3 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Cisco
2 3 (8.33%) SAP
3 2 (5.56%) Bloomberg
3 2 (5.56%) BT
3 2 (5.56%) Citrix
3 2 (5.56%) Dell
3 2 (5.56%) VMware
4 1 (2.78%) Avaya
4 1 (2.78%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.78%) Genesys
4 1 (2.78%) Google
4 1 (2.78%) Juniper
4 1 (2.78%) Okta
4 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow