Telecoms Contract Job Trends in the Home Counties

Telecommunications
South East > Home Counties

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in the Home Counties. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Home Counties 11.11% - 12.50%
As % of the General category 14.29% - 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £135
75th Percentile - - £143
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £503 £425
% change year-on-year -0.50% +18.24% +6.25%

All General Skills
Home Counties

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 the Home Counties.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7 1 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties 77.78% 33.33% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile £570 - £299
25th Percentile £600 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £530
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.83%
75th Percentile £950 - £550
90th Percentile £1,070 - £570
South East median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.10% - -

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in the Home Counties

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Home Counties 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Planner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Levelling
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft