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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 64 48
Rank change year-on-year -11 -16 +18
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 5 4 16
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.43% 0.53% 2.02%
As % of the General category 0.89% 0.88% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile - - £165
25th Percentile - £373 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile - £508 £563
90th Percentile - £586 £575
England median daily rate £475 £478 £477
% change year-on-year -0.52% +0.10% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £12.28
25th Percentile - - £12.40
Median hourly rate - - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £14.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.17 £15.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +62.39% -74.17% +4.35%

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 561 453 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 48.57% 60.40% 53.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 308 278
10th Percentile £228 £213 £200
25th Percentile £398 £322 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £402 £445
Median % change year-on-year +24.38% -9.66% -6.32%
75th Percentile £583 £488 £561
90th Percentile £673 £546 £626
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 36 44
10th Percentile £13.46 £15.19 £12.28
25th Percentile £17.28 £18.47 £12.75
Median hourly rate £19.04 £23.75 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year -19.83% +41.24% -66.37%
75th Percentile £30.19 £25.15 £42.35
90th Percentile £58.58 £37.99 £51.91
England median hourly rate £33.99 £25.32 £38.12
% change year-on-year +34.24% -33.58% +26.96%

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 28 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
Lincolnshire - 3 £500 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 - - 6
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 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Value-Added Service
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) IT Support
1 1 (20.00%) IT Support Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (20.00%) Hedge funds
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) Service Management
1 1 (20.00%) Software Asset Management
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow