Telecoms Contract Job Trends in the North West

Telecommunications
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 91 98
Rank change year-on-year -52 +7 +9
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 32 34 31
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.87% 1.57% 1.18%
As % of the General category 1.64% 2.67% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 10
10th Percentile £218 £286 £131
25th Percentile £456 £409 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £281
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +86.67% -37.50%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £304
90th Percentile - £631 £438
England median daily rate £475 £481 £477
% change year-on-year -1.25% +0.84% -1.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 4
10th Percentile £15.34 - £26.25
25th Percentile £19.75 - £31.88
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £41.78
75th Percentile £178.75 - £51.91
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.75 £15.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +46.77% -73.04% +53.33%

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,949 1,273 1,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 52.86% 58.94% 54.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,104 814 861
10th Percentile £266 £272 £276
25th Percentile £395 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £464 £493
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% -5.93% -1.40%
75th Percentile £584 £575 £576
90th Percentile £650 £675 £665
England median daily rate £525 £513 £534
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.03% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 112 168
10th Percentile £16.50 £12.84 £13.31
25th Percentile £25.38 £14.73 £16.06
Median hourly rate £36.00 £29.01 £23.48
Median % change year-on-year +24.10% +23.58% +4.33%
75th Percentile £70.94 £51.37 £43.10
90th Percentile £85.00 £72.27 £51.91
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.28 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.34% -24.91% +16.57%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in the North West

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the North West over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the North West

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in the North West over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in the North West

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
Manchester -45 21 £550 +3.77% 31
Cheshire -1 7 £506 - 7
Merseyside -15 2 - - 2
Cumbria - 1 £250 -
Lancashire - 1 - - 20
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (3.13%) DNS
1 1 (3.13%) Firewall
1 1 (3.13%) LAN
1 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.13%) SMS
1 1 (3.13%) WAN
General
1 13 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Finance
4 5 (15.63%) Retail
5 3 (9.38%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Legal
7 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) IT Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) IT Support
2 7 (21.88%) IT Support Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Support Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Engineering Manager
3 5 (15.63%) Telecoms Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Service Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (3.13%) Help Desk Support Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Support
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Telecoms Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 5 (15.63%) EPoS
3 4 (12.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Windows
1 7 (21.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) ITIL
2 10 (31.25%) Customer Service
3 9 (28.13%) Service Management
4 8 (25.00%) Project Management
4 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (21.88%) Computer Science
5 7 (21.88%) Conflict Resolution
5 7 (21.88%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 7 (21.88%) Inventory Management
5 7 (21.88%) Knowledge Management
5 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.50%) AI
6 4 (12.50%) Generative AI
6 4 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 3 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (9.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
7 3 (9.38%) Service Design
8 2 (6.25%) Agile
8 2 (6.25%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) A+ Certification
1 7 (21.88%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (21.88%) Degree
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (21.88%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (3.13%) CCNA
2 1 (3.13%) CCNP
2 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.13%) City & Guilds
2 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (21.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.13%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco
3 1 (3.13%) VMware