Telecoms Contracts in Hampshire

Telecommunications
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 78 64
Rank change year-on-year +40 -14 +1
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 31 17 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 4.16% 1.06% 2.49%
As % of the General category 7.26% 2.50% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 2 22
10th Percentile £325 £328 £162
25th Percentile £394 £374 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £449 £309
Median % change year-on-year +28.06% +45.31% -28.56%
75th Percentile £638 £525 £475
90th Percentile £649 £570 £530
South East median daily rate £491 £406 £413
% change year-on-year +20.80% -1.52% -0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £60.50 £51.25
25th Percentile £24.50 £61.25 £56.88
Median hourly rate £26.34 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.86% -3.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile £28.17 £63.75 £69.38
90th Percentile - £64.50 £70.00
South East median hourly rate £26.92 £45.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -40.18% -14.29% -8.70%

All General Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 427 681 744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 57.24% 42.30% 52.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 315 487
10th Percentile £281 £284 £230
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £671 £627
90th Percentile £650 £738 £718
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 118 77
10th Percentile £19.24 £12.71 £18.25
25th Percentile £21.88 £18.32 £30.00
Median hourly rate £56.25 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% -0.26% +187.50%
75th Percentile £75.00 £61.30 £68.75
90th Percentile - £63.25 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Hampshire

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Hampshire

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Hampshire

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Hampshire

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Basingstoke +35 13 £610 +104.70% 20
Winchester +7 6 £413 -31.25% 1
Farnborough - 5 £330 -
Southampton +4 1 - - 27
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) AWS
1 1 (3.23%) Azure
1 1 (3.23%) GCP
1 1 (3.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.13%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (12.90%) 5G
3 3 (9.68%) 4G
3 3 (9.68%) 5G NR
3 3 (9.68%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (9.68%) DHCP
3 3 (9.68%) DNS
3 3 (9.68%) Firewall
3 3 (9.68%) LTE
4 1 (3.23%) iSCSI
4 1 (3.23%) SAN
4 1 (3.23%) VLAN
General
1 9 (29.03%) Finance
2 7 (22.58%) Public Sector
2 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Electronics
3 6 (19.35%) Manufacturing
3 6 (19.35%) Marketing
4 4 (12.90%) Banking
4 4 (12.90%) Legal
5 3 (9.68%) Retail
6 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Billing
7 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.23%) French Language
7 1 (3.23%) German Language
Job Titles
1 4 (12.90%) Architect
1 4 (12.90%) Service Manager
2 3 (9.68%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (9.68%) Field Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Network Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Network Field Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Network Security Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Security Architect
2 3 (9.68%) Security Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery Manager
2 3 (9.68%) Subject Matter Expert
3 2 (6.45%) Analyst
3 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Telecoms Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Consultant
4 1 (3.23%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.23%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Cloud Native
2 3 (9.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) CMDB
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Smart Meter
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) ITIL
1 7 (22.58%) Programme Management
1 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (19.35%) Digital Marketing
2 6 (19.35%) Project Delivery
2 6 (19.35%) Service Delivery
3 5 (16.13%) Change Management
3 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (16.13%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (12.90%) Risk Management
4 4 (12.90%) Service Management
5 3 (9.68%) Agile
5 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.68%) DevOps
5 3 (9.68%) Fault Management
5 3 (9.68%) High Availability
5 3 (9.68%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (9.68%) Security Operations
5 3 (9.68%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) Security Cleared
2 7 (22.58%) DV Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.23%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) SLA
2 3 (9.68%) JSP 440
3 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.23%) NIST
3 1 (3.23%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Ansible
2 1 (3.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (3.23%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) SAP
2 4 (12.90%) Cisco
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.68%) CheckPoint
4 2 (6.45%) Ericsson
4 2 (6.45%) LogRhythm
4 2 (6.45%) Remedy
5 1 (3.23%) F5
5 1 (3.23%) Nokia
5 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow