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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 67 52
Rank change year-on-year -18 -15 +9
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 1 4 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.080% 0.53% 1.60%
As % of the General category 0.17% 0.86% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 6
10th Percentile - £205 £165
25th Percentile - £268 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile - £378 £563
90th Percentile - - £575
England median daily rate £481 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.75
Median hourly rate - - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £14.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £18.97 £57.50
% change year-on-year +10.70% -67.01% -4.17%

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 598 465 413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 47.76% 61.10% 55.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 318 267
10th Percentile £224 £222 £220
25th Percentile £394 £331 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £402 £450
Median % change year-on-year +24.38% -10.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £476 £575
90th Percentile £675 £588 £626
England median daily rate £525 £503 £538
% change year-on-year +4.48% -6.51% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 37 37
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.80 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.74 £18.38 £14.27
Median hourly rate £18.38 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.11% +27.78% -64.00%
75th Percentile £27.44 £25.15 £50.71
90th Percentile £56.25 £32.99 £53.14
England median hourly rate £31.90 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +26.84% -34.02% +35.37%

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
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 August 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
Nottinghamshire - 1 - - 10
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Value-Added Service
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Asset Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow