Telecoms Contracts in Merseyside

Telecommunications
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 28 43
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 -
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 3 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 1.79% 2.19% 1.17%
As % of the General category 2.86% 4.00% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £573
25th Percentile £513 £254 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £258 £625
Median % change year-on-year +103.88% -58.80% -
75th Percentile £538 £261 £663
90th Percentile - - £678
North West median daily rate £525 £350 £500
% change year-on-year +50.00% -30.00% -4.76%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 105 125 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 62.50% 54.82% 56.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 58 129
10th Percentile £150 £155 £393
25th Percentile £305 £213 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £423 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.55% -15.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £545 £494 £588
90th Percentile £641 £588 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 35 9
10th Percentile £13.28 £14.50 £16.15
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +2.86% +34.62%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.22 £37.18 £25.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Merseyside

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Merseyside

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Merseyside

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 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
Liverpool +6 3 £525 +103.88% 19
Telecoms
North West

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) GPON
1 2 (66.67%) IPv6
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (33.33%) Billing
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Core Network Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) CRM
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft