Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Telecommunications
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 30 41
Rank change year-on-year -17 +11 +29
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 5 9 12
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.11% 4.29% 2.46%
As % of the General category 2.48% 7.44% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile £440 £363 £171
25th Percentile £538 - £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £400 £215
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% +86.05% -59.53%
75th Percentile - £500 £534
90th Percentile £665 £523 £825
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £450 £215
% change year-on-year +22.22% +109.30% -59.53%

All General Skills
Milton Keynes

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 general skills in Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 202 121 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 44.89% 57.62% 57.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 84 203
10th Percentile £252 £240 £217
25th Percentile £363 £363 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.70%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £723
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £503 £475
% change year-on-year -5.52% +5.84% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 19
10th Percentile £18.32 £13.65 £17.64
25th Percentile £23.51 £16.13 £19.00
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.85 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +57.08% -20.63% +58.33%
75th Percentile - £32.88 £25.72
90th Percentile - £55.15 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £19.00 £23.88
% change year-on-year +55.84% -20.42% +40.44%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 24 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Milton Keynes

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) GCP
2 3 (60.00%) GitHub
2 3 (60.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MySQL
1 3 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (60.00%) JUnit
1 3 (60.00%) Storybook
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Electronics
2 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Billing
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Fibre Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) CSS
1 3 (60.00%) HTML
1 3 (60.00%) React
1 3 (60.00%) RESTful
1 3 (60.00%) Spring
1 3 (60.00%) Spring Boot
1 3 (60.00%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) User Experience
3 3 (60.00%) AI
3 3 (60.00%) API Development
3 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
3 3 (60.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
3 3 (60.00%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (60.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Front End Development
3 3 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
3 3 (60.00%) Secure Coding
3 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (20.00%) PHP
3 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) BT
2 1 (20.00%) Openreach