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 8 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 19 30
Rank change year-on-year -12 +11 +8
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 4 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.37% 2.73% 2.33%
As % of the General category 2.55% 4.55% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
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 £190 £388 £400
% change year-on-year -50.97% -3.13% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
75th Percentile £18.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.50 £20.75 £15.73
% change year-on-year -15.66% +31.91% -70.04%

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 general skills in Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 157 66 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 53.58% 60.00% 54.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 37 74
10th Percentile £308 £170 £211
25th Percentile £363 £231 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £330 £413
Median % change year-on-year +51.52% -20.00% -17.50%
75th Percentile £563 £425 £575
90th Percentile £600 £491 £634
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 13 13
10th Percentile £15.25 - £16.78
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.25 £22.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -49.40% -33.60%
75th Percentile £21.82 £40.25 £64.25
90th Percentile £37.98 £48.64 £85.05
East of England median hourly rate £21.25 £31.64 £38.12
% change year-on-year -32.84% -17.00% +108.82%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Telecoms relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Telecoms job vacancy trend 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 8 July 2026. 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
Chelmsford - 4 - - 1
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 (25.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) SNMP
2 1 (25.00%) TACACS
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Technician
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Infrastructure Technician
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Technician
3 1 (25.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (25.00%) OpenConfig
1 1 (25.00%) RESTCONF
1 1 (25.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) High Availability
1 3 (75.00%) Information Governance
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCIE
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) JNCIE
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) F5
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Juniper
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft