Telecoms Contracts in Manchester

Telecommunications
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 69 76
Rank change year-on-year +34 +7 +26
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 36 26 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.03% 1.82% 2.00%
As % of the General category 6.92% 3.80% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 17 19
10th Percentile £360 - £365
25th Percentile £427 £256 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £305 £450
Median % change year-on-year +73.77% -32.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £348 £575
90th Percentile £726 £421 £733
North West median daily rate £530 £303 £450
% change year-on-year +75.21% -32.78% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.22
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year - +69.04% -
75th Percentile - - £21.19
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - £28.75 £20.71
% change year-on-year - +38.86% -

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 520 684 887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 58.17% 47.80% 49.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 447 626
10th Percentile £248 £300 £300
25th Percentile £383 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £546 £575 £588
90th Percentile £666 £653 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 62 34
10th Percentile - £12.27 £15.80
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £16.85
Median hourly rate £17.97 £23.80 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.52% +19.00% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £34.50 £27.91
90th Percentile £76.75 £59.75 £38.32
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £19.18 £26.00
% change year-on-year +49.90% -26.23% +12.91%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Manchester

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Manchester

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Manchester over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Manchester

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Manchester

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 29 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
Salford -1 7 £716 - 5
Telecoms
North West

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (50.00%) Azure
2 11 (30.56%) Entra ID
2 11 (30.56%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (27.78%) IaaS
4 7 (19.44%) AWS
4 7 (19.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (30.56%) Firewall
1 11 (30.56%) Intrusion Detection
1 11 (30.56%) Network Security
2 3 (8.33%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (2.78%) PBX
3 1 (2.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (30.56%) SQL Server
2 10 (27.78%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (27.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (27.78%) Gradle
1 10 (27.78%) Jenkins
1 10 (27.78%) JUnit
1 10 (27.78%) Liquibase
1 10 (27.78%) Mockito
2 5 (13.89%) GitLab
General
1 12 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 10 (27.78%) Electronics
2 10 (27.78%) Finance
2 10 (27.78%) Manufacturing
2 10 (27.78%) Marketing
3 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 7 (19.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Architect
2 7 (19.44%) Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 7 (19.44%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (13.89%) Developer
3 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Java Developer
3 5 (13.89%) Java Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Java Software Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) React Developer
3 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Software Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Network Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Network Operations Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Operations Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Administrator
5 2 (5.56%) Network Administrator
6 1 (2.78%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (2.78%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.78%) Kafka
1 10 (27.78%) OpenAPI
1 10 (27.78%) React
1 10 (27.78%) Spring
1 10 (27.78%) Spring Boot
1 10 (27.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (2.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (30.56%) Windows
1 11 (30.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) Software Engineering
2 13 (36.11%) Change Management
3 11 (30.56%) Agile
3 11 (30.56%) Business Continuity
3 11 (30.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 10 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (27.78%) CI/CD
4 10 (27.78%) Containerisation
4 10 (27.78%) DevOps
4 10 (27.78%) Digital Marketing
4 10 (27.78%) Microservices
4 10 (27.78%) Migration
4 10 (27.78%) Programme Management
4 10 (27.78%) TDD
5 9 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (22.22%) BCP
6 8 (22.22%) Business Continuity Planning
6 8 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (30.56%) PowerShell
2 10 (27.78%) Java
2 10 (27.78%) SQL
2 10 (27.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 17 (47.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 16 (44.44%) Security Cleared
4 10 (27.78%) Degree
5 7 (19.44%) AWS Certification
5 7 (19.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 7 (19.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) QA
2 2 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (30.56%) Active Directory
1 11 (30.56%) vSphere
2 10 (27.78%) Docker
3 9 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (30.56%) VMware
3 10 (27.78%) SAP
4 7 (19.44%) Google
5 1 (2.78%) Ericsson
5 1 (2.78%) Mitel
5 1 (2.78%) Siemens