Telecoms Contracts in Essex

Telecommunications
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 29 35
Rank change year-on-year +10 +6 +19
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 3 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 2.80% 2.27% 1.78%
As % of the General category 4.69% 4.17% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 £100 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £105 -
Median % change year-on-year +214.29% - -
75th Percentile £335 £271 -
90th Percentile - £551 -
East of England median daily rate £388 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -21.05% -8.65%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 64 120 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 59.81% 54.55% 58.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 74 111
10th Percentile £170 £211 £213
25th Percentile £231 £300 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -17.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £425 £575 £575
90th Percentile £491 £634 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 10
10th Percentile - £16.78 £22.01
25th Percentile £13.25 £22.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £41.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.40% -33.60% +56.25%
75th Percentile £40.25 £64.25 £75.31
90th Percentile £48.64 £85.05 £80.94
East of England median hourly rate £30.32 £38.12 £18.26
% change year-on-year -20.46% +108.82% +17.77%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Essex

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Essex

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Essex

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Essex region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Harlow - 2 £330 - 2
Brentwood +3 1 - - 1
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Field Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Network Field Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) EMC
2 1 (33.33%) F5