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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 41 52
Rank change year-on-year -23 +11 +13
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 22 9 13
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.18% 1.76% 1.70%
As % of the General category 3.89% 2.77% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 7
10th Percentile - £261 £105
25th Percentile £154 £393 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £625 £180
Median % change year-on-year -54.40% +247.22% -24.21%
75th Percentile £500 £656 £406
90th Percentile - £668 £545
England median daily rate £475 £510 £450
% change year-on-year -6.86% +13.33% -8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £16.85 - -
25th Percentile £19.68 - £12.28
Median hourly rate £23.83 - £13.03
75th Percentile £24.62 - £14.25
90th Percentile £25.00 - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.75 £26.75
% change year-on-year -17.13% +7.48% -49.05%

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 566 325 378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 56.10% 63.60% 49.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 225 256
10th Percentile £200 £185 £156
25th Percentile £363 £308 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -10.11%
75th Percentile £538 £503 £550
90th Percentile £625 £570 £644
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 14 56
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.01 £12.28
25th Percentile £16.21 £16.68 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.13 £26.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.48% +51.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £25.50 £31.40 £33.69
90th Percentile £30.93 £45.13 £51.50
England median hourly rate £25.50 £30.00 £26.02
% change year-on-year -15.00% +15.32% -25.67%

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 30 March 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 30 March 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 - 15 £158 - 1
Nottinghamshire - 4 - - 7
Derbyshire -11 3 £413 +135.71% 1
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 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.55%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.09%) SaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Wireless
2 1 (4.55%) Broadband
2 1 (4.55%) Value-Added Service
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 16 (72.73%) Finance
2 13 (59.09%) Electronics
2 13 (59.09%) Manufacturing
2 13 (59.09%) Marketing
2 13 (59.09%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.64%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (22.73%) IT Support
2 4 (18.18%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 4 (18.18%) Desktop Support
2 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 4 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Migration Technician
3 3 (13.64%) Support Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Support Technician
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Support
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) IT Support Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Sales Executive
5 1 (4.55%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (9.09%) Hedge funds
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Android
1 4 (18.18%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Business Intelligence
1 13 (59.09%) Digital Marketing
1 13 (59.09%) Programme Management
2 6 (27.27%) Migration
2 6 (27.27%) Workflow
3 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
4 3 (13.64%) Hardware Maintenance
4 3 (13.64%) Logistics
4 3 (13.64%) Storage Management
4 3 (13.64%) Workflow Management
5 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
5 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (9.09%) ITIL
5 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.09%) Software Engineering
6 1 (4.55%) B2B
6 1 (4.55%) Change Management
6 1 (4.55%) CRM
6 1 (4.55%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) Apple
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco
2 4 (18.18%) Dell
2 4 (18.18%) HP
3 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) Genesys
4 1 (4.55%) Zoho