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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 55 60
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +11
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 3 13 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.38% 1.64% 1.06%
As % of the General category 0.62% 2.84% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 9
10th Percentile £205 £165 £186
25th Percentile £268 £171 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £338 £350
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £378 £563 -
90th Percentile - £575 £513
England median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
England median hourly rate £20.38 £67.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -69.81% +28.57% +77.97%

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 common skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 481 458 419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 60.96% 57.68% 49.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 276 286
10th Percentile £214 £250 £248
25th Percentile £331 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £638
90th Percentile £589 £626 £740
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 36 27
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.75 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.56 £15.96
Median hourly rate £21.39 £17.00 £31.76
Median % change year-on-year +25.82% -46.47% +64.99%
75th Percentile £25.15 £44.97 £51.50
90th Percentile £30.30 £53.45 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
Leicestershire -2 2 £375 +127.27% 12
Derbyshire 0 1 £175 - 13
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CCTV
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft