Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Norfolk

Telecommunications
East of England > Norfolk

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Norfolk. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 8 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 8 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Norfolk 4.26% 5.45% -
As % of the General category 6.96% 12.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £175 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £198 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.42% - -
75th Percentile £225 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £513 £450 £375
% change year-on-year +13.89% +20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.75 - -
East of England median hourly rate £22.00 £48.56 £43.78
% change year-on-year -54.70% +10.92% -35.14%

All General Skills
Norfolk

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 Norfolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 115 25 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Norfolk 61.17% 45.45% 65.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 9 21
10th Percentile £126 £139 £175
25th Percentile £186 £200 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £203 £280 £375
Median % change year-on-year -27.68% -25.33% +88.44%
75th Percentile £334 £370 £538
90th Percentile £488 £478 -
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 7 6
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.02 £12.88
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.01 £14.13
Median hourly rate £14.11 £20.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.45% +25.00% +0.30%
75th Percentile £22.81 - £17.81
90th Percentile £23.75 £20.23 £22.13
East of England median hourly rate £18.50 £26.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -30.19% +32.50% +0.96%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Norfolk

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Norfolk

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Norfolk

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Norfolk

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Norfolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Norfolk region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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
Norwich -15 4 £190 - 2
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norfolk 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 3 (37.50%) Firewall
1 3 (37.50%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) LAN
2 2 (25.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Health
1 2 (25.00%) Electronics
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Health Technology
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Procurement Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (25.00%) Contract Management
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Network Management
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CCNA
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (12.50%) Mitel