Telephony Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Telephony Engineer
UK > England

The median Telephony Engineer daily rate in England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 502 547
Rank change year-on-year -37 +45 +187
Contract jobs requiring a Telephony Engineer 11 11 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.035% 0.038% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.040% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 7
10th Percentile £258 £213 £273
25th Percentile £260 £316 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £419 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +4.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £525 £506 £481
90th Percentile £545 £641 £558
UK median daily rate £445 £419 £438
% change year-on-year +6.27% -4.29% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 28,356 27,251 35,230
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 92.91% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,121 16,963 24,204
10th Percentile £290 £300 £292
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,744 892 1,356
10th Percentile £14.35 £15.64 £15.29
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £19.87
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.35 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%

Telephony Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Telephony Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Telephony Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Telephony Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telephony Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telephony Engineer job vacancies in England

Telephony Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telephony Engineer in England over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telephony Engineer in England

Telephony Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Telephony Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Telephony Engineer job vacancies in England

Telephony Engineer
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 Telephony Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Midlands -36 5 £275 -38.89% 1
London +3 4 £425 +21.43% 1
West Midlands -36 3 £265 -41.11% 1
South East +3 2 £265 -31.61% 1
North West -19 2 £265 +17.78%
North of England -37 2 £265 +17.78%
East Midlands - 2 £500 -
South West -11 1 £550 -13.04% 1
Telephony Engineer
UK

Telephony Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Telephony Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Telephony Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Unified Communications
4 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (18.18%) Cisco
4 2 (18.18%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Experience
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) PBX
4 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Atlassian
5 1 (9.09%) BGP
5 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
5 1 (9.09%) CCNP
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Confluence
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) Infoblox
5 1 (9.09%) JFC
5 1 (9.09%) JIRA
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (9.09%) NsoIT
5 1 (9.09%) OSPF
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) Service Management

Telephony Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Unified Communications
2 2 (18.18%) PBX
3 1 (9.09%) BGP
3 1 (9.09%) OSPF
3 1 (9.09%) Skype
3 1 (9.09%) VLAN
3 1 (9.09%) VoIP
3 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
2 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) JFC
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Handset
2 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Customer Experience
1 2 (18.18%) Migration
1 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (9.09%) Agile
2 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (9.09%) NsoIT
2 1 (9.09%) Project Management
2 1 (9.09%) Service Management
2 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (18.18%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) CCNP
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) Atlassian
3 1 (9.09%) Infoblox