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 9 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 65 76
Rank change year-on-year -29 +11 +2
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 753 1,018 1,334
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.71% 3.06% 2.97%
As % of the General category 4.22% 5.32% 5.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 497 894
10th Percentile £306 £249 £211
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £483 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% -1.03% -2.50%
75th Percentile £599 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £485
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 94 30
10th Percentile - £12.15 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.31 £24.50
Median hourly rate £15.50 £64.25 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -75.88% +11.74% +94.92%
75th Percentile £51.25 £72.50 £86.56
90th Percentile £65.25 £77.13 £101.25
UK median hourly rate £22.13 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -61.52% -11.54% +138.53%

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 17,839 19,141 26,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.12% 57.57% 59.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,375 12,333 18,545
10th Percentile £278 £300 £313
25th Percentile £401 £419 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £685
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 955 1,235 953
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.41 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.39 £18.00 £16.77
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +11.58%
75th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £74.50 £70.39 £72.47
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £30.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% +27.07% +20.00%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 9 August 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
London +3 269 £481 -3.80% 438
South East -1 241 £500 +4.82% 221
South West -6 91 £550 - 79
Midlands -13 52 £380 -30.91% 135
North of England -33 49 £513 +13.89% 175
West Midlands 0 48 £380 -30.91% 103
North West +2 36 £530 +105.83% 88
East of England -10 31 £375 -6.25% 68
Yorkshire -34 12 £388 -13.89% 69
East Midlands -16 4 £375 -3.23% 31
North East -6 1 - - 23
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 20 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.12%) OpenStack
3 11 (1.46%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.46%) CMS
3 11 (1.46%) Confluence
3 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.06%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.53%) Camunda
6 2 (0.27%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) InVision
6 1 (0.13%) Simulink
6 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
2 7 (0.93%) Oracle EBS R12
2 7 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.66%) Endur
3 5 (0.66%) SAP BRIM
3 5 (0.66%) SAP Hybris
3 5 (0.66%) SAP PSCD
4 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.27%) Primavera
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 86 (11.42%) Azure
2 76 (10.09%) AWS
3 48 (6.37%) GCP
4 39 (5.18%) SaaS
5 24 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (3.19%) Power Platform
6 13 (1.73%) PaaS
7 11 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.33%) IaaS
9 9 (1.20%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.20%) OpenShift
10 7 (0.93%) GitHub
10 7 (0.93%) Snowflake
11 6 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (0.80%) dbt
12 5 (0.66%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 4 (0.53%) Figma
13 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 4 (0.53%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 62 (8.23%) Firewall
2 41 (5.44%) LAN
2 41 (5.44%) VPN
2 41 (5.44%) WAN
3 38 (5.05%) 5G
4 35 (4.65%) Network Security
5 34 (4.52%) BGP
6 31 (4.12%) MPLS
7 28 (3.72%) OSPF
8 27 (3.59%) LTE
8 27 (3.59%) Radio Access Network
8 27 (3.59%) Wireless
9 23 (3.05%) Wireshark
10 22 (2.92%) Broadband
11 21 (2.79%) VoIP
12 20 (2.66%) DNS
12 20 (2.66%) SD-WAN
13 19 (2.52%) 4G
14 17 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (2.12%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.45%) Relational Database
2 25 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (2.79%) Power BI
3 21 (2.79%) Tableau
4 13 (1.73%) Big Data
4 13 (1.73%) GIS
5 11 (1.46%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
7 9 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.80%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.66%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.66%) QGIS
10 4 (0.53%) Metadata
10 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.40%) Power Query
11 3 (0.40%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.27%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.27%) MySQL
12 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
12 2 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 27 (3.59%) Jenkins
2 25 (3.32%) GitLab
3 24 (3.19%) Gradle
4 21 (2.79%) JUnit
4 21 (2.79%) Liquibase
4 21 (2.79%) Mockito
5 20 (2.66%) Git
6 16 (2.12%) JIRA
7 8 (1.06%) Postman
8 4 (0.53%) Clang
8 4 (0.53%) GCC
8 4 (0.53%) Selenium
9 3 (0.40%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.40%) Maven
9 3 (0.40%) Subversion
10 2 (0.27%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.27%) Vite
11 1 (0.13%) GoCD
11 1 (0.13%) MLflow
General
1 239 (31.74%) Finance
2 205 (27.22%) Social Skills
3 185 (24.57%) Public Sector
4 152 (20.19%) Marketing
5 150 (19.92%) Manufacturing
6 149 (19.79%) Electronics
7 95 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
8 31 (4.12%) Billing
9 28 (3.72%) Legal
10 20 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.59%) Law
13 11 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.33%) Automotive
14 10 (1.33%) Retail
15 9 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.06%) French Language
17 6 (0.80%) Back Office
18 5 (0.66%) Banking
18 5 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 110 (14.61%) Architect
2 69 (9.16%) Developer
3 62 (8.23%) Analyst
4 53 (7.04%) Consultant
4 53 (7.04%) Network Engineer
4 53 (7.04%) Senior
5 47 (6.24%) Project Manager
6 32 (4.25%) Lead
7 29 (3.85%) Test Engineer
8 27 (3.59%) Telecoms Manager
9 20 (2.66%) Active Directory Architect
9 20 (2.66%) Business Analyst
9 20 (2.66%) Support Engineer
10 17 (2.26%) Administrator
10 17 (2.26%) Network Manager
10 17 (2.26%) Security Consultant
10 17 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (1.99%) React Developer
11 15 (1.99%) Telecoms Architect
12 14 (1.86%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.91%) React
2 27 (3.59%) Swagger
3 26 (3.45%) Kafka
4 24 (3.19%) OpenAPI
5 23 (3.05%) HTML
5 23 (3.05%) Spring
6 22 (2.92%) CSS
6 22 (2.92%) Spring Boot
7 19 (2.52%) REST
8 14 (1.86%) .NET
9 13 (1.73%) JSON
9 13 (1.73%) Node.js
10 11 (1.46%) AngularJS
10 11 (1.46%) Next.js
10 11 (1.46%) Web Services
11 10 (1.33%) XML
12 6 (0.80%) GraphQL
12 6 (0.80%) RESTful
12 6 (0.80%) RFC 2544
13 5 (0.66%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.25%) Data Centre
2 30 (3.98%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (3.59%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.92%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.66%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.99%) Fibre Optics
9 12 (1.59%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
11 10 (1.33%) Blackberry
11 10 (1.33%) TM Forum
12 9 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.06%) CMDB
13 8 (1.06%) NHS
14 7 (0.93%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.66%) Distributed Computing
15 5 (0.66%) Frameworx
15 5 (0.66%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 64 (8.50%) Windows
2 51 (6.77%) Linux
3 18 (2.39%) Unix
4 12 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.80%) Check Point GAiA
6 4 (0.53%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.27%) Android
7 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.27%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.27%) VMS
7 2 (0.27%) Windows 8
7 2 (0.27%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (23.11%) Business Intelligence
2 156 (20.72%) Programme Management
3 154 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
4 147 (19.52%) Agile
4 147 (19.52%) Digital Marketing
5 84 (11.16%) Stakeholder Management
6 83 (11.02%) Migration
7 71 (9.43%) CI/CD
7 71 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 68 (9.03%) DevOps
8 68 (9.03%) Project Management
9 62 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (7.70%) ITIL
11 56 (7.44%) Change Management
12 55 (7.30%) Project Delivery
13 54 (7.17%) Service Management
14 51 (6.77%) Microservices
15 47 (6.24%) Roadmaps
15 47 (6.24%) Service Delivery
16 45 (5.98%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 79 (10.49%) Python
2 72 (9.56%) SQL
3 57 (7.57%) Java
4 44 (5.84%) PowerShell
5 32 (4.25%) TypeScript
6 24 (3.19%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.52%) C#
8 17 (2.26%) Bash
9 13 (1.73%) C++
10 9 (1.20%) C
11 4 (0.53%) ABAP
11 4 (0.53%) Go
12 3 (0.40%) PHP
12 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.40%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (0.40%) VBA
13 2 (0.27%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.27%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.27%) R
14 1 (0.13%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 180 (23.90%) Security Cleared
2 123 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 69 (9.16%) Degree
3 69 (9.16%) DV Cleared
4 50 (6.64%) Cisco Certification
5 35 (4.65%) CCNP
6 23 (3.05%) CISSP
7 20 (2.66%) Master's Degree
8 19 (2.52%) Azure Certification
9 17 (2.26%) CISM
10 16 (2.12%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (1.86%) PMP
12 12 (1.59%) ISTQB
12 12 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 11 (1.46%) CCIE
13 11 (1.46%) CCNA
13 11 (1.46%) ISEB
14 10 (1.33%) CCSE
14 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.59%) SLA
2 25 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (3.19%) QA
4 16 (2.12%) NIST
5 10 (1.33%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.33%) GDPR
5 10 (1.33%) NCSC
5 10 (1.33%) RMADS
6 8 (1.06%) GRC
6 8 (1.06%) JSP 440
6 8 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.66%) P3O
9 4 (0.53%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.53%) PMO
10 3 (0.40%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.40%) WCAG
11 2 (0.27%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.27%) OASIS TOSCA
11 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (5.84%) Active Directory
2 42 (5.58%) Docker
3 25 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.39%) vSphere
5 5 (0.66%) iptables
6 4 (0.53%) Ceph
6 4 (0.53%) Firmware
6 4 (0.53%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.40%) FreeRADIUS
7 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.40%) XenApp
8 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 43 (5.71%) Kubernetes
2 34 (4.52%) Ansible
3 27 (3.59%) Terraform
4 11 (1.46%) Amdocs OSS
4 11 (1.46%) NSN NetAct
5 10 (1.33%) Puppet
6 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.80%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.66%) Grafana
8 5 (0.66%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.40%) Cacti
9 3 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.40%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.40%) Istio
9 3 (0.40%) Nagios
9 3 (0.40%) Netcool
9 3 (0.40%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 172 (22.84%) SAP
2 112 (14.87%) Microsoft
3 88 (11.69%) Cisco
4 43 (5.71%) Nokia
5 41 (5.44%) Ericsson
6 34 (4.52%) Juniper
7 33 (4.38%) VMware
8 29 (3.85%) Google
9 28 (3.72%) Salesforce
10 27 (3.59%) ServiceNow
11 24 (3.19%) F5
12 23 (3.05%) Remedy
13 21 (2.79%) Oracle
14 20 (2.66%) CheckPoint
14 20 (2.66%) Fortinet
15 16 (2.12%) Databricks
16 15 (1.99%) Virgin Media
17 13 (1.73%) Palo Alto
18 12 (1.59%) BMC
18 12 (1.59%) Splunk