Telecoms Contracts in the North of England

Telecommunications
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 105 132
Rank change year-on-year -13 +27 +18
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 53 85 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.51% 1.75% 1.37%
As % of the General category 2.49% 3.24% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 38 50
10th Percentile £359 £189 £198
25th Percentile £425 £256 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £345 £450
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% -23.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £555 £450 £550
90th Percentile £700 £480 £688
England median daily rate £490 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +8.89% -7.12% -3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 18 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £12.15 £20.22
Median hourly rate - £12.30 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year - -40.59% +47.89%
75th Percentile - £12.45 £21.19
90th Percentile - £26.25 -
England median hourly rate £18.31 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -70.71% +19.05% +40.00%

All General Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,126 2,621 3,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 60.59% 53.91% 55.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,348 1,497 2,082
10th Percentile £263 £263 £274
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £493 £511
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -3.57% +4.87%
75th Percentile £568 £576 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 311 103
10th Percentile £12.64 £12.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.20 £13.50 £16.78
Median hourly rate £22.14 £16.06 £21.36
Median % change year-on-year +37.86% -24.81% +9.76%
75th Percentile £48.75 £35.23 £32.45
90th Percentile £75.25 £48.75 £46.61
England median hourly rate £27.94 £32.29 £28.07
% change year-on-year -13.47% +15.03% +20.01%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the North of England

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the North of England

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the North of England over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the North of England

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the North of England

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
North West +10 40 £525 +100.00% 145
Yorkshire -25 12 £513 +13.89% 120
North East -6 1 - - 23
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 12 (22.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 16 (30.19%) Azure
2 12 (22.64%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (20.75%) Entra ID
4 10 (18.87%) IaaS
5 5 (9.43%) GCP
6 4 (7.55%) AWS
7 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.64%) Network Security
2 11 (20.75%) Firewall
2 11 (20.75%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (11.32%) MPLS
4 5 (9.43%) BGP
5 3 (5.66%) DNS
5 3 (5.66%) EIGRP
5 3 (5.66%) IPv4
5 3 (5.66%) OSPF
5 3 (5.66%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (5.66%) SD-WAN
5 3 (5.66%) WAN
6 2 (3.77%) Broadband
6 2 (3.77%) GPON
6 2 (3.77%) IPv6
7 1 (1.89%) IPsec
7 1 (1.89%) LAN
7 1 (1.89%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.75%) SQL Server
2 10 (18.87%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (18.87%) Relational Database
3 3 (5.66%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.89%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 10 (18.87%) Gradle
1 10 (18.87%) Jenkins
1 10 (18.87%) JUnit
1 10 (18.87%) Liquibase
1 10 (18.87%) Mockito
2 5 (9.43%) GitLab
General
1 12 (22.64%) Finance
1 12 (22.64%) Public Sector
2 11 (20.75%) Marketing
3 10 (18.87%) Electronics
3 10 (18.87%) Manufacturing
3 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
4 8 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.43%) Legal
6 1 (1.89%) Automotive
6 1 (1.89%) Billing
6 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (15.09%) Analyst
2 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 5 (9.43%) Architect
3 5 (9.43%) Developer
3 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 5 (9.43%) Java Developer
3 5 (9.43%) Java Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) Java Software Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) React Developer
3 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) Software Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) 1st Line Support
4 4 (7.55%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) IP Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Network Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Network Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Network Operations Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.87%) Kafka
1 10 (18.87%) OpenAPI
1 10 (18.87%) React
1 10 (18.87%) Spring
1 10 (18.87%) Spring Boot
1 10 (18.87%) Swagger
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.77%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (1.89%) IVR
2 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (28.30%) Windows
2 14 (26.42%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.66%) Linux
4 1 (1.89%) Android
4 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.85%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (30.19%) Change Management
3 14 (26.42%) Agile
3 14 (26.42%) Software Engineering
4 12 (22.64%) Microservices
4 12 (22.64%) Migration
5 11 (20.75%) Business Continuity
5 11 (20.75%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 10 (18.87%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (18.87%) CI/CD
6 10 (18.87%) Containerisation
6 10 (18.87%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (18.87%) DevOps
6 10 (18.87%) Digital Marketing
6 10 (18.87%) Programme Management
6 10 (18.87%) TDD
7 8 (15.09%) Business Continuity Planning
7 8 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (15.09%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.53%) PowerShell
1 13 (24.53%) SQL
2 10 (18.87%) Java
2 10 (18.87%) TypeScript
3 3 (5.66%) Bash
3 3 (5.66%) Perl
3 3 (5.66%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (33.96%) SC Cleared
1 18 (33.96%) Security Cleared
2 15 (28.30%) Azure Certification
3 14 (26.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (15.09%) Degree
5 6 (11.32%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (7.55%) AWS Certification
6 4 (7.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (5.66%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) QA
2 3 (5.66%) SLA
3 1 (1.89%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 14 (26.42%) Active Directory
2 11 (20.75%) vSphere
3 10 (18.87%) Docker
4 9 (16.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.89%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 12 (22.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (33.96%) Microsoft
2 11 (20.75%) VMware
3 10 (18.87%) SAP
4 9 (16.98%) Cisco
5 5 (9.43%) Google
6 4 (7.55%) BMC
6 4 (7.55%) Oracle
7 3 (5.66%) Huawei
7 3 (5.66%) Remedy
8 1 (1.89%) Avaya
8 1 (1.89%) Genesys
8 1 (1.89%) Hitachi
8 1 (1.89%) Juniper
8 1 (1.89%) Toshiba