Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Devon

Telecommunications
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 3 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.98% - 3.49%
As % of the General category 1.94% - 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £165
Median % change year-on-year - - -70.00%
75th Percentile £369 - £177
90th Percentile - - £182
South West median daily rate £450 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% +1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £17.94 - -
25th Percentile £18.27 - -
Median hourly rate £18.83 - -
75th Percentile £19.38 - -
90th Percentile £19.71 - -
South West median hourly rate £21.00 £28.55 £70.00
% change year-on-year -26.44% -59.21% -17.65%

All General Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 155 80 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 50.65% 52.63% 44.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 32 62
10th Percentile £146 £145 £158
25th Percentile £305 £186 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £557 £413 £465
Median % change year-on-year +34.96% -11.29% -7.00%
75th Percentile £669 £538 £600
90th Percentile £828 £588 £660
South West median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 13
10th Percentile £15.23 £20.03 £13.02
25th Percentile £17.25 £22.76 £13.86
Median hourly rate £18.50 £26.28 £25.28
Median % change year-on-year -29.60% +3.98% -57.88%
75th Percentile £19.42 £27.64 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.99 £28.46 £62.50
South West median hourly rate £41.71 £23.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +77.49% -50.53% -15.62%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Devon

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Telecoms

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Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Devon region over the 6 months to 22 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Plymouth - 2 - - 1
Exeter - 1 £363 - 1
Telecoms
South West

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) PSTN
1 1 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco