Telecoms Contracts in the North East

Telecommunications
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies advertised in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 52 49
Rank change year-on-year +19 -3 -4
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 7 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 2.05% 1.22% 0.99%
As % of the General category 3.98% 2.43% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile £389 £213 £161
25th Percentile £399 £269 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £335 £200
Median % change year-on-year +47.01% +67.50% -17.36%
75th Percentile £616 £413 £538
90th Percentile £666 £458 £545
England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +8.11%

All General Skills
North East

Telecoms is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 176 206 229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 51.61% 50.24% 45.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 165 179
10th Percentile £189 £231 £135
25th Percentile £402 £370 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +8.25% +18.65%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £588
90th Percentile £720 £723 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 0 12
10th Percentile £11.41 - £10.73
25th Percentile £12.13 - £12.96
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £15.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.00%
75th Percentile £46.69 - £17.50
90th Percentile £49.88 - £18.63
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.40 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.86% +50.70% -4.44%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the North East

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the North East over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the North East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the North East

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 East region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Tyne and Wear +20 4 £410 +42.61% 7
Durham +3 3 £700 +64.71% 2
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) LTE
2 3 (42.86%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) GIS
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) SCADA Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Telephony Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) SCADA
2 2 (28.57%) CCTV
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
1 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA