Telecoms Contracts in England

Telecommunications
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 64 82
Rank change year-on-year -20 +18 -11
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 740 1,221 1,507
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.04% 3.28% 2.99%
As % of the General category 4.75% 5.62% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 655 1,031
10th Percentile £313 £200 £231
25th Percentile £400 £332 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -1.00%
75th Percentile £605 £588 £625
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £495 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 91 41
10th Percentile - £12.15 £19.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £24.17 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.06% +4.76% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.24 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -58.18% +4.76% +61.54%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15,588 21,714 29,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.01% 58.38% 59.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,124 13,995 20,957
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 672 1,789 975
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £13.97
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%
75th Percentile £56.25 £51.91 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in England.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in England.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +11 296 £491 +20.80% 332
London -30 225 £530 +3.21% 453
South West -23 74 £525 -8.70% 91
North of England -14 68 £524 +39.67% 185
North West +8 47 £525 +50.00% 116
Midlands -22 34 £513 +13.89% 142
East of England -9 27 £400 +6.67% 120
West Midlands -23 25 £513 +13.89% 87
Yorkshire -24 12 £550 +22.22% 55
East Midlands +4 9 £625 +127.27% 46
North East +2 9 £419 -14.97% 17
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.35%) Confluence
3 10 (1.35%) OpenStack
4 7 (0.95%) CMS
5 4 (0.54%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.27%) Appian
6 2 (0.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.27%) Camunda
6 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) SAS
7 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.14%) WinCC
Applications
1 20 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.08%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) Revit
6 1 (0.14%) Simulink
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.95%) SAP BRIM
2 7 (0.95%) SAP Hybris
2 7 (0.95%) SAP PSCD
3 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.14%) Primavera
4 1 (0.14%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.14%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 96 (12.97%) Azure
2 56 (7.57%) AWS
3 38 (5.14%) GCP
4 26 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (2.16%) Entra ID
6 16 (2.16%) SaaS
7 13 (1.76%) IaaS
7 13 (1.76%) OpenShift
7 13 (1.76%) PaaS
8 12 (1.62%) Power Platform
9 7 (0.95%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 6 (0.81%) Snowflake
11 5 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.68%) GitHub
12 4 (0.54%) Azure AKS
12 4 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 4 (0.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 65 (8.78%) 5G
2 57 (7.70%) Radio Access Network
3 52 (7.03%) LTE
4 47 (6.35%) Firewall
5 46 (6.22%) 4G
6 43 (5.81%) MPLS
7 41 (5.54%) Network Security
8 39 (5.27%) VPN
9 38 (5.14%) WAN
10 33 (4.46%) BGP
11 30 (4.05%) Wireless
12 29 (3.92%) LAN
13 27 (3.65%) VoIP
14 25 (3.38%) Wireshark
15 24 (3.24%) Ethernet
15 24 (3.24%) OSPF
15 24 (3.24%) SAN
16 20 (2.70%) 3G
16 20 (2.70%) SDH
17 18 (2.43%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (3.38%) Relational Database
3 16 (2.16%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.08%) Power BI
5 8 (1.08%) Tableau
6 5 (0.68%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.68%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.68%) Power Query
7 4 (0.54%) Big Data
7 4 (0.54%) GIS
8 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.41%) MySQL
9 2 (0.27%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.27%) IDMS
9 2 (0.27%) Metadata
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 35 (4.73%) Jenkins
2 26 (3.51%) GitLab
3 21 (2.84%) Gradle
3 21 (2.84%) JIRA
3 21 (2.84%) JUnit
3 21 (2.84%) Liquibase
3 21 (2.84%) Mockito
4 18 (2.43%) Git
5 9 (1.22%) Selenium
6 5 (0.68%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.68%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.54%) Postman
8 3 (0.41%) Appium
8 3 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.41%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.41%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.27%) NUnit
9 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 240 (32.43%) Finance
2 213 (28.78%) Public Sector
3 198 (26.76%) Marketing
4 187 (25.27%) Social Skills
5 181 (24.46%) Manufacturing
6 180 (24.32%) Electronics
7 96 (12.97%) Analytical Skills
8 39 (5.27%) Billing
8 39 (5.27%) Legal
9 21 (2.84%) Retail
10 13 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.49%) Banking
11 11 (1.49%) Law
12 10 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.95%) Military
15 4 (0.54%) Brand Awareness
15 4 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.41%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 90 (12.16%) Architect
2 71 (9.59%) Developer
3 66 (8.92%) Senior
4 42 (5.68%) Analyst
5 39 (5.27%) Network Engineer
6 36 (4.86%) Lead
7 31 (4.19%) Consultant
7 31 (4.19%) Telecoms Manager
8 29 (3.92%) Project Manager
9 27 (3.65%) Test Engineer
10 23 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
11 22 (2.97%) Designer
12 21 (2.84%) Active Directory Architect
12 21 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
13 20 (2.70%) IP Engineer
14 19 (2.57%) Administrator
14 19 (2.57%) IT Manager
14 19 (2.57%) Support Engineer
15 18 (2.43%) Delivery Manager
16 17 (2.30%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.05%) React
2 24 (3.24%) OpenAPI
2 24 (3.24%) Swagger
3 22 (2.97%) Kafka
3 22 (2.97%) Spring
3 22 (2.97%) Spring Boot
4 21 (2.84%) CSS
4 21 (2.84%) HTML
5 15 (2.03%) .NET
6 13 (1.76%) REST
7 12 (1.62%) Web Services
8 10 (1.35%) AngularJS
8 10 (1.35%) Node.js
9 9 (1.22%) JSON
9 9 (1.22%) XML
10 7 (0.95%) RESTful
11 6 (0.81%) PySpark
12 5 (0.68%) Gherkin
12 5 (0.68%) SOAP
13 4 (0.54%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.73%) Onboarding
2 33 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (3.51%) Cloud Native
4 24 (3.24%) Product Ownership
5 20 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 20 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.57%) NHS
7 15 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (2.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 12 (1.62%) Blackberry
9 11 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.08%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.95%) CMDB
12 7 (0.95%) IoT
12 7 (0.95%) TM Forum
13 6 (0.81%) Fibre Optics
13 6 (0.81%) PKI
13 6 (0.81%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 77 (10.41%) Windows
2 54 (7.30%) Linux
3 19 (2.57%) Unix
4 18 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.89%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.54%) Check Point GAiA
8 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.14%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.14%) Android
9 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
2 184 (24.86%) Programme Management
3 179 (24.19%) Digital Marketing
4 174 (23.51%) Problem-Solving
5 150 (20.27%) Agile
6 84 (11.35%) CI/CD
7 80 (10.81%) DevOps
7 80 (10.81%) Project Management
8 63 (8.51%) Test Automation
9 60 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 59 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (7.97%) Migration
11 54 (7.30%) ITIL
12 51 (6.89%) Roadmaps
12 51 (6.89%) Software Engineering
13 50 (6.76%) Change Management
14 44 (5.95%) Containerisation
14 44 (5.95%) Service Delivery
15 42 (5.68%) Service Management
16 41 (5.54%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 87 (11.76%) Python
2 60 (8.11%) SQL
3 58 (7.84%) Java
4 53 (7.16%) PowerShell
5 34 (4.59%) TypeScript
6 26 (3.51%) JavaScript
7 18 (2.43%) Bash
8 15 (2.03%) C#
9 13 (1.76%) C++
10 6 (0.81%) Perl
11 5 (0.68%) C
12 4 (0.54%) Groovy
12 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.41%) Bicep
13 3 (0.41%) Go
13 3 (0.41%) VBA
14 2 (0.27%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.27%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.27%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 163 (22.03%) Security Cleared
2 100 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 90 (12.16%) Degree
4 59 (7.97%) DV Cleared
5 46 (6.22%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (4.86%) CCNP
7 28 (3.78%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.11%) ISEB
9 22 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (2.43%) ISTQB
12 17 (2.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 14 (1.89%) CISM
14 12 (1.62%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.49%) PMI Certification
16 10 (1.35%) CISSP
16 10 (1.35%) PMP
16 10 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 9 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 8 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.86%) QA
2 23 (3.11%) SLA
3 18 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.16%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.35%) GDPR
6 9 (1.22%) NIST
7 8 (1.08%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.81%) GRC
9 5 (0.68%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.54%) WCAG
11 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.41%) NCSC
11 3 (0.41%) PMO
12 2 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.27%) DICOM
12 2 (0.27%) HL7
12 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.27%) RMADS
13 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 44 (5.95%) Docker
3 33 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.43%) vSphere
5 7 (0.95%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.68%) Firmware
6 5 (0.68%) iptables
6 5 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.41%) FreeRADIUS
8 2 (0.27%) Ceph
8 2 (0.27%) NFS
8 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 42 (5.68%) Kubernetes
2 38 (5.14%) Ansible
3 17 (2.30%) Terraform
4 16 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (1.62%) NSN NetAct
6 7 (0.95%) Amdocs OSS
7 6 (0.81%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.81%) Grafana
8 5 (0.68%) Puppet
9 4 (0.54%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.41%) Cacti
10 3 (0.41%) Nagios
10 3 (0.41%) Netcool
10 3 (0.41%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.41%) SCCM
10 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.27%) Argo
11 2 (0.27%) SELinux
11 2 (0.27%) vRealize
11 2 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 192 (25.95%) SAP
2 126 (17.03%) Microsoft
3 74 (10.00%) Cisco
4 49 (6.62%) VMware
5 46 (6.22%) Ericsson
6 45 (6.08%) Nokia
7 33 (4.46%) Juniper
8 26 (3.51%) Google
9 24 (3.24%) Splunk
10 23 (3.11%) ServiceNow
11 18 (2.43%) F5
11 18 (2.43%) Virgin Media
12 15 (2.03%) Remedy
13 14 (1.89%) Databricks
13 14 (1.89%) Palo Alto
13 14 (1.89%) Salesforce
14 13 (1.76%) Avaya
14 13 (1.76%) Oracle
15 11 (1.49%) CheckPoint
15 11 (1.49%) Red Hat