Telecoms Project Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Project Manager - Telecommunications
England > London

The median Project Manager - Telecommunications daily rate in London is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 378 418
Rank change year-on-year +10 +40 +133
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Project Manager 2 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.015% 0.032% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.034% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +72.22% +12.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £438 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate - £67.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,626 14,784 19,120
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.03% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,377 9,568 13,908
10th Percentile £331 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 163 209
10th Percentile £17.08 £17.25 £18.13
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.98 £22.00
Median hourly rate £26.78 £37.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% -7.41% +24.62%
75th Percentile £47.50 £59.38 £61.53
90th Percentile £65.57 £80.75 £76.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -39.40% -9.55% +55.53%

Telecoms Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Telecoms Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Telecoms Project Manager job vacancy trend in London

Telecoms Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telecoms Project Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telecoms Project Manager job vacancies in London

Telecoms Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Telecoms Project Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Telecoms Project Manager job vacancies in London

Telecoms Project Manager Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, Telecoms Project Manager 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 London region featuring Telecoms Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SDH
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP

Telecoms Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (50.00%) SDH
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco