Telecoms Contract Job Trends 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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 20 31
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 +20
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 0.80% 1.56% 2.11%
As % of the General category 1.52% 2.63% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £713 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £725 £650
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% +30.00%
75th Percentile - £738 £700
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £375 £400 £449
% change year-on-year -6.25% -10.86% -0.28%

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 66 76 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 52.80% 59.38% 55.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 42 90
10th Percentile £161 £180 £255
25th Percentile £225 £300 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £520
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -32.63% +4.95%
75th Percentile £511 £497 £575
90th Percentile £637 £598 £601
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 6
10th Percentile - £18.79 £31.67
25th Percentile £13.25 £21.88 £47.19
Median hourly rate £22.50 £50.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.45% -27.86% +127.64%
75th Percentile £50.00 £64.25 £79.38
90th Percentile £74.30 £66.95 £84.72
East of England median hourly rate £30.00 £38.12 £17.72
% change year-on-year -21.30% +115.12% -10.55%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Telecoms

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 15 September 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
Brentwood +2 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC