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 3 months leading up to 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

3 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 60 84
Rank change year-on-year -31 +24 +9
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 22 29 13
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.22% 2.72% 0.93%
As % of the General category 2.22% 4.85% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 5
10th Percentile £432 £359 £272
25th Percentile £456 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £300
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +75.00% -32.20%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £305
90th Percentile - £648 £377
England median daily rate £500 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +4.06% +6.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £15.31 - -
25th Percentile £21.00 - -
Median hourly rate £96.75 - £22.50
75th Percentile £178.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £47.00 £14.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year +235.71% -32.53% -60.48%

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 989 598 735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 54.73% 56.15% 52.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 359 462
10th Percentile £238 £311 £300
25th Percentile £393 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £479 £493
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% -2.84% -1.40%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £585
90th Percentile £650 £665 £669
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 53 93
10th Percentile £18.48 £13.00 £13.05
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.44 £15.92
Median hourly rate £35.53 £30.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +69.30% -36.35%
75th Percentile £74.26 £58.58 £36.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.00 £51.91
England median hourly rate £35.00 £26.04 £37.50
% change year-on-year +34.41% -30.56% -6.25%

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 3 months to 24 April 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 3 months to 24 April 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 3 months to 24 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 3 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -37 15 £550 +3.77% 31
Cheshire -5 5 £463 - 3
Merseyside -11 2 - - 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
3 1 (3.03%) AWS
3 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) MPLS
1 1 (3.03%) NGN
1 1 (3.03%) SDH
1 1 (3.03%) SNMP
1 1 (3.03%) TACACS
1 1 (3.03%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 13 (39.39%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Finance
4 4 (12.12%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Retail
5 2 (6.06%) Financial Institution
5 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.03%) Electronics
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.03%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (51.52%) Analyst
2 9 (27.27%) IT Analyst
2 9 (27.27%) IT Support
2 9 (27.27%) IT Support Analyst
2 9 (27.27%) Support Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) Engineering Manager
3 6 (18.18%) Telecoms Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Service Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (6.06%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Support
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Telecoms Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Telecoms Support Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Commercial Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Data Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) Onboarding
2 4 (12.12%) EPoS
3 2 (6.06%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.06%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) Windows
1 9 (27.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) ITIL
2 13 (39.39%) Customer Service
3 11 (33.33%) Service Management
4 9 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 9 (27.27%) Conflict Resolution
4 9 (27.27%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 9 (27.27%) Inventory Management
4 9 (27.27%) Knowledge Management
4 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (27.27%) Project Management
5 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.12%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
6 4 (12.12%) Service Design
7 3 (9.09%) Agile
8 2 (6.06%) AI
8 2 (6.06%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 2 (6.06%) Contract Management
8 2 (6.06%) DevOps
8 2 (6.06%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) Degree
2 9 (27.27%) A+ Certification
2 9 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (27.27%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) SLA
2 1 (3.03%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (3.03%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco
3 1 (3.03%) Nokia
3 1 (3.03%) SAP