Communications Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Communications Engineer
West London > Hillingdon

The median Communications Engineer daily rate in Hillingdon is £238, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
27 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Communications Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 1.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £231 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 - -
75th Percentile £244 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median daily rate £238 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hillingdon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hillingdon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Hillingdon with a recognized job title 59 38 102
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 73.75% 95.00% 93.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 31 80
10th Percentile £180 £240 £192
25th Percentile £324 £414 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £407 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.42% -13.64% +28.65%
75th Percentile £450 £550 £600
90th Percentile £500 £588 £700
West London median daily rate £431 £450 £533
% change year-on-year -4.17% -15.49% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile £19.21 - £16.30
25th Percentile £19.54 - £16.38
Median hourly rate £20.82 £100.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -79.18% +455.56% -60.00%
75th Percentile £21.46 - £19.88
90th Percentile £34.11 - £20.10
West London median hourly rate £25.00 £24.90 £55.25
% change year-on-year +0.40% -54.93% +59.64%

Communications Engineer Skill Set
Top 1 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, Communications Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hillingdon region featuring Communications Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling

Communications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
3 Communications Engineer jobs in London