Telecoms Contracts in England

Telecommunications
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 81 72
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 -6
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 1,189 1,477 2,392
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.22% 2.96% 3.36%
As % of the General category 5.53% 5.00% 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 1,015 1,532
10th Percentile £200 £228 £250
25th Percentile £327 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £738 £725 £694
UK median daily rate £450 £491 £500
% change year-on-year -8.40% -1.75% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 38 29
10th Percentile £12.15 £19.20 £20.00
25th Percentile £13.00 £20.22 £25.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £41.52
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +26.45% +42.68%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £61.45
90th Percentile £85.00 £98.63 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +4.76% +40.00% +40.06%

All General Skills
England

Telecoms is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,500 29,564 40,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.31% 59.19% 56.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,863 20,752 28,094
10th Percentile £275 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £687 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,783 967 1,315
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.62 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £30.16 £32.30 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% +50.23% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.91 £60.66 £46.59
90th Percentile £65.03 £70.98 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -7.69% +47.73% -2.22%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024. 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 0 348 £418 +1.39% 148
London -5 333 £514 -2.19% 211
South West +20 219 £578 +0.43% 72
North of England +53 101 £410 -13.68% 118
Midlands +45 79 £434 +23.86% 96
East of England +20 62 £375 -21.05% 68
West Midlands +42 61 £450 - 64
North West +29 50 £365 -21.08% 80
Yorkshire +41 44 £450 -10.00% 25
East Midlands +14 15 £275 +15.79% 32
North East +19 7 £493 +47.01% 14
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 35 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.18%) OpenStack
3 12 (1.01%) Apache
4 11 (0.93%) Confluence
4 11 (0.93%) SAS
5 10 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.50%) IIS
6 6 (0.50%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.34%) CMS
7 4 (0.34%) nginx
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.084%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.084%) Appian
9 1 (0.084%) Drupal
9 1 (0.084%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.084%) MTS
9 1 (0.084%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.084%) WebLogic
Applications
1 76 (6.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (5.89%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.76%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.25%) SPSS
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.17%) Maya
10 1 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.084%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.084%) Revit
10 1 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (0.76%) SAP BRIM
2 9 (0.76%) SAP Hybris
2 9 (0.76%) SAP PSCD
3 8 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.42%) SmartPlant
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.17%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.084%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.084%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.084%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.084%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.084%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 81 (6.81%) Azure
2 66 (5.55%) AWS
3 41 (3.45%) PaaS
4 39 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (2.69%) Power Platform
6 23 (1.93%) SaaS
7 20 (1.68%) GCP
8 19 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.43%) IaaS
10 12 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (0.84%) Serverless
12 9 (0.76%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 8 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (0.59%) Snowflake
15 6 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (0.50%) Azure Functions
15 6 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.50%) Entra ID
16 5 (0.42%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 64 (5.38%) 5G
2 60 (5.05%) WAN
3 51 (4.29%) Firewall
3 51 (4.29%) Radio Access Network
3 51 (4.29%) VoIP
4 49 (4.12%) 4G
5 43 (3.62%) Wireless
6 41 (3.45%) PBX
7 37 (3.11%) VPN
8 35 (2.94%) LAN
9 34 (2.86%) DNS
9 34 (2.86%) MPLS
10 31 (2.61%) Internet
11 30 (2.52%) LTE
12 27 (2.27%) Wireshark
13 25 (2.10%) 3G
14 24 (2.02%) TCP/IP
15 23 (1.93%) SD-WAN
16 20 (1.68%) BGP
17 19 (1.60%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.78%) Metadata
1 33 (2.78%) NoSQL
2 25 (2.10%) Power BI
2 25 (2.10%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.77%) Data Vault
4 17 (1.43%) Tableau
5 16 (1.35%) Qlik Sense
6 15 (1.26%) Metadata Repository
7 13 (1.09%) QlikView
8 12 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
10 9 (0.76%) GIS
11 7 (0.59%) Crystal Reports
12 6 (0.50%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.50%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.50%) Ingres
12 6 (0.50%) Pentaho
12 6 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.42%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 37 (3.11%) JIRA
2 25 (2.10%) Git
3 21 (1.77%) Rational DOORS
4 14 (1.18%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.93%) ERwin
6 8 (0.67%) Subversion
7 6 (0.50%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.50%) GitLab
8 5 (0.42%) NUnit
8 5 (0.42%) Postman
9 4 (0.34%) gcov
9 4 (0.34%) GDB
9 4 (0.34%) Gradle
10 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.17%) Liquibase
11 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.084%) Appium
12 1 (0.084%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.084%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.084%) TestRail
General
1 419 (35.24%) Finance
2 330 (27.75%) Public Sector
3 323 (27.17%) Marketing
4 302 (25.40%) Manufacturing
5 301 (25.32%) Electronics
6 299 (25.15%) Social Skills
7 88 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
8 54 (4.54%) Legal
9 33 (2.78%) Retail
10 31 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.68%) Billing
14 20 (1.68%) Mandarin Language
15 16 (1.35%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.09%) Law
16 13 (1.09%) Military
17 11 (0.93%) Multimedia
18 8 (0.67%) German Language
Job Titles
1 183 (15.39%) Architect
2 109 (9.17%) Analyst
3 86 (7.23%) Lead
4 80 (6.73%) Project Manager
5 75 (6.31%) Solutions Architect
6 68 (5.72%) Senior
7 63 (5.30%) Network Engineer
8 59 (4.96%) Consultant
9 57 (4.79%) Support Engineer
10 56 (4.71%) Developer
11 51 (4.29%) Telecoms Manager
12 39 (3.28%) Network Architect
13 36 (3.03%) Data Architect
14 35 (2.94%) Lead Architect
15 28 (2.35%) Systems Architect
16 25 (2.10%) Desktop Engineer
17 24 (2.02%) Business Analyst
17 24 (2.02%) Coordinator
17 24 (2.02%) Delivery Manager
18 23 (1.93%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.43%) Web Services
2 15 (1.26%) XML
3 14 (1.18%) .NET
3 14 (1.18%) JSON
3 14 (1.18%) RESTful
4 13 (1.09%) HTML
5 12 (1.01%) AngularJS
6 11 (0.93%) REST
7 10 (0.84%) CSS
7 10 (0.84%) LDAP
8 9 (0.76%) Kafka
9 8 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (0.67%) Node.js
10 7 (0.59%) YANG
11 5 (0.42%) GraphQL
11 5 (0.42%) React
11 5 (0.42%) SOAP
11 5 (0.42%) YAML
12 4 (0.34%) Django
12 4 (0.34%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.12%) NHS
2 46 (3.87%) Management Information System
3 44 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 40 (3.36%) Data Centre
5 33 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
7 27 (2.27%) Onboarding
8 26 (2.19%) Driving Licence
9 25 (2.10%) Product Ownership
10 21 (1.77%) Reference Data
11 17 (1.43%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
13 14 (1.18%) Operational Technology
14 12 (1.01%) Blackberry
15 11 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
15 11 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
15 11 (0.93%) Wiki
16 10 (0.84%) CCTV
16 10 (0.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 10 (0.84%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 98 (8.24%) Windows
2 69 (5.80%) Linux
3 30 (2.52%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.68%) Unix
5 18 (1.51%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.01%) Windows 7
7 9 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.59%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.42%) CentOS
9 5 (0.42%) VMS
10 4 (0.34%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.34%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.17%) Android
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.084%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.084%) Solaris
13 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.084%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.084%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (26.91%) Business Intelligence
2 318 (26.75%) Programme Management
3 299 (25.15%) Digital Marketing
4 134 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
5 125 (10.51%) Project Management
6 112 (9.42%) Agile
7 109 (9.17%) ITIL
8 89 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
9 79 (6.64%) Project Delivery
10 78 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (6.31%) Roadmaps
12 61 (5.13%) Customer Service
13 58 (4.88%) Change Management
13 58 (4.88%) Decision-Making
14 49 (4.12%) Data Protection
14 49 (4.12%) DevOps
15 48 (4.04%) Computer Science
16 47 (3.95%) Analytics
17 43 (3.62%) Data Modelling
17 43 (3.62%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (5.55%) Python
2 64 (5.38%) SQL
3 23 (1.93%) JavaScript
4 21 (1.77%) C
5 20 (1.68%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.43%) C++
7 16 (1.35%) C#
7 16 (1.35%) Java
8 13 (1.09%) Bash
9 9 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.67%) Go
11 7 (0.59%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.50%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.34%) Assembly Language
13 4 (0.34%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.25%) PHP
14 3 (0.25%) R
15 2 (0.17%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 264 (22.20%) Security Cleared
2 181 (15.22%) SC Cleared
3 179 (15.05%) Degree
4 95 (7.99%) DV Cleared
5 56 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (3.03%) CCNP
7 27 (2.27%) CCNA
8 21 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.43%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.35%) CISSP
12 15 (1.26%) PMP
13 14 (1.18%) HND
14 13 (1.09%) PMI Certification
15 12 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (0.93%) AWS Certification
16 11 (0.93%) CCIE
17 10 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
18 9 (0.76%) CCIE Data Center
19 8 (0.67%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.70%) QA
2 31 (2.61%) GDPR
3 29 (2.44%) PMO
4 28 (2.35%) SLA
5 22 (1.85%) NIST
6 18 (1.51%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.84%) NIST 800
9 8 (0.67%) HL7
10 5 (0.42%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.42%) COBIT
10 5 (0.42%) GRC
10 5 (0.42%) JSP 440
10 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.42%) RMADS
11 4 (0.34%) GAAP
11 4 (0.34%) IFRS
11 4 (0.34%) JTAG
12 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.19%) Docker
3 13 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.67%) Firmware
5 8 (0.67%) NFS
6 5 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.34%) HDFS
8 3 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.084%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.084%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.084%) vSphere
10 1 (0.084%) XenApp
10 1 (0.084%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (2.02%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.85%) Terraform
3 17 (1.43%) Ansible
4 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.50%) SCCM
7 5 (0.42%) Grafana
7 5 (0.42%) OpenView
7 5 (0.42%) Puppet
8 4 (0.34%) CA Service Virtualization
8 4 (0.34%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.25%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.25%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.25%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.17%) Ambari
10 2 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
10 2 (0.17%) Nessus
10 2 (0.17%) Oozie
10 2 (0.17%) SCOM
10 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 313 (26.32%) SAP
2 169 (14.21%) Microsoft
3 96 (8.07%) Cisco
4 47 (3.95%) Nokia
5 37 (3.11%) Juniper
6 34 (2.86%) BT
7 29 (2.44%) ServiceNow
8 24 (2.02%) Oracle
9 23 (1.93%) Ericsson
10 21 (1.77%) Avaya
10 21 (1.77%) IBM
10 21 (1.77%) Sparx
11 20 (1.68%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.43%) Google
12 17 (1.43%) VMware
13 15 (1.26%) Huawei
14 12 (1.01%) Actix
14 12 (1.01%) Dell
14 12 (1.01%) Salesforce
15 11 (0.93%) Informatica