Telecoms Contract Job Trends 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 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 20 79
Rank change year-on-year -48 +59 +4
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 25 69 14
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.89% 7.59% 1.08%
As % of the General category 3.96% 13.97% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 55 8
10th Percentile £155 £366 £221
25th Percentile £325 £478 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £428
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +34.50% +21.28%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £644
90th Percentile £655 £738 £721
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £425
% change year-on-year -1.48% +19.41% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.50 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.34 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.46% - -
75th Percentile £23.50 £28.17 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.01 £26.34 £31.25
% change year-on-year -24.04% -15.73% -39.02%

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 632 494 608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 47.88% 54.35% 46.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 350 344
10th Percentile £213 £267 £269
25th Percentile £375 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 27 50
10th Percentile £15.69 £20.06 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.75 £26.44
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -36.36% +82.82%
75th Percentile £25.03 £72.50 £61.88
90th Percentile £53.17 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -51.08% -15.00% +60.51%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Hampshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Hampshire

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Telecoms

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 19 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
Southampton - 11 £500 - 8
Portsmouth -5 4 £160 -59.77% 4
Farnborough -9 2 £625 -10.71% 1
Basingstoke -36 2 £301 -49.92%
Winchester -5 1 - -
Fareham -7 1 - - 1
Romsey - 1 £740 -
Andover - 1 £158 - 2
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) GCP
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Firewall
1 3 (12.00%) VPN
2 2 (8.00%) BGP
2 2 (8.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (8.00%) MPLS
2 2 (8.00%) Multicast
2 2 (8.00%) OSPF
2 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.00%) VLAN
2 2 (8.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (4.00%) DMVPN
3 1 (4.00%) DNS
3 1 (4.00%) IPsec
3 1 (4.00%) Network Security
3 1 (4.00%) SSL
3 1 (4.00%) WAN
3 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.00%) Wireless
General
1 15 (60.00%) Finance
2 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (32.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (24.00%) Electronics
4 6 (24.00%) Manufacturing
4 6 (24.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Back Office
5 1 (4.00%) Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (12.00%) Desktop Support
3 3 (12.00%) IT Support
3 3 (12.00%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Business Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Cash Management Business Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) CRM Architect
4 2 (8.00%) CRM Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Service Design Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Test Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Test Validation Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Validation Tester
4 2 (8.00%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.00%) NHS
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Migration
2 6 (24.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (24.00%) Digital Marketing
2 6 (24.00%) Programme Management
2 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (20.00%) Workflow
3 5 (20.00%) Workflow Management
4 4 (16.00%) Business Analysis
4 4 (16.00%) Business Enablement
4 4 (16.00%) Emotional Intelligence
4 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 4 (16.00%) Record to Report
4 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (16.00%) Test Planning
4 4 (16.00%) Validation
4 4 (16.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (12.00%) ITIL
6 2 (8.00%) Critical Success Factor
6 2 (8.00%) CRM
6 2 (8.00%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) Bash
1 2 (8.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (32.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) CCIE
3 3 (12.00%) CCNP
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) APMP
5 1 (4.00%) CFA
5 1 (4.00%) CIMA
5 1 (4.00%) Degree
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (4.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Ansible
1 2 (8.00%) Iperf
1 2 (8.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Cisco
1 6 (24.00%) SAP
2 3 (12.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (8.00%) HubSpot
3 2 (8.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (8.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.00%) Blue Coat
4 1 (4.00%) F5
4 1 (4.00%) Google
4 1 (4.00%) IBM
4 1 (4.00%) Juniper