Telecoms Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Telecommunications
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 47 59
Rank change year-on-year -11 +12 +5
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 24 10 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.39% 1.69% 1.03%
As % of the General category 4.07% 2.65% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 4
10th Percentile - - £87
25th Percentile £154 £173 £113
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £400 £158
Median % change year-on-year -60.63% +153.97% -33.68%
75th Percentile £480 £647 £279
90th Percentile £500 £664 £457
England median daily rate £470 £513 £450
% change year-on-year -8.29% +13.89% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £16.85 - -
25th Percentile £19.68 - £12.28
Median hourly rate £23.83 - £12.57
75th Percentile £24.62 - £12.85
90th Percentile £25.00 - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £32.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -26.69% -40.91% +10.00%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 589 378 409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 58.67% 64.07% 52.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 243 282
10th Percentile £199 £200 £160
25th Percentile £358 £318 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.18% +6.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £534
90th Percentile £600 £600 £649
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 13 50
10th Percentile £13.07 £13.93 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.11 £14.06
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £25.11 £31.76 £32.13
90th Percentile £29.65 £38.49 £51.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.76% +17.12% -15.09%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the East Midlands

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
Lincolnshire - 18 £158 - 1
Nottinghamshire -7 3 - - 2
Derbyshire -7 3 £413 +135.71% 3
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.17%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.33%) SaaS
3 1 (4.17%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.17%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Wireless
2 2 (8.33%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 18 (75.00%) Finance
2 15 (62.50%) Electronics
2 15 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 15 (62.50%) Marketing
2 15 (62.50%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (25.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 6 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 6 (25.00%) IT Support
2 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 4 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Migration Technician
4 3 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Support Technician
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Support
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Sales Executive
6 1 (4.17%) Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Java Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Java Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (8.33%) Hedge funds
2 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Android
1 6 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
1 15 (62.50%) Digital Marketing
1 15 (62.50%) Programme Management
2 6 (25.00%) Migration
2 6 (25.00%) Workflow
3 4 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 3 (12.50%) Hardware Maintenance
4 3 (12.50%) Logistics
4 3 (12.50%) Storage Management
4 3 (12.50%) Workflow Management
5 2 (8.33%) B2B Sales
5 2 (8.33%) Business Development
5 2 (8.33%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (8.33%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (8.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Software Engineering
5 2 (8.33%) Telesales
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (58.33%) SC Cleared
1 14 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) SAP
2 6 (25.00%) Apple
2 6 (25.00%) Cisco
2 6 (25.00%) Dell
2 6 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (4.17%) Genesys
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Zoho