Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Telecommunications
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 15 24
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 +4
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.60% 1.82% 1.05%
As % of the General category 2.70% 3.51% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £180
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +247.22% -57.65%
75th Percentile £675 £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £425
% change year-on-year -1.48% +19.41% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £23.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.01 £26.34 £31.25
% change year-on-year -24.04% -15.73% -39.02%

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 111 57 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 59.04% 51.82% 57.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 33 75
10th Percentile £222 £166 £194
25th Percentile £313 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £638 £566
90th Percentile £600 £673 £665
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 13
10th Percentile £15.54 £23.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £17.31 £23.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £22.27 £25.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.67% -1.94% +11.02%
75th Percentile £28.00 £42.50 £32.32
90th Percentile £89.63 £57.50 £45.46
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -51.08% -15.00% +60.51%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Carterton - 2 - -
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Migration Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP