Field Telecoms Engineer Contract Job Trends in Peterborough

Field Telecommunications Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Field Telecommunications Engineer daily rate in Peterborough is £291, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Field Telecoms Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Peterborough 1.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £290 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £291 - -
75th Percentile £291 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £291 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Peterborough. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Peterborough with a recognized job title 69 73 123
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.57% 79.35% 64.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 17
10th Percentile £163 £149 £175
25th Percentile £193 £167 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £200 £277
Median % change year-on-year +100.13% -27.89% -32.77%
75th Percentile £584 £450 £419
90th Percentile £594 £474 £616
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £510 £500 £425
% change year-on-year +2.00% +17.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 46 74
10th Percentile £13.37 £14.50 £14.16
25th Percentile - £14.84 £14.48
Median hourly rate £14.22 £16.30 £16.66
Median % change year-on-year -12.76% -2.18% +14.91%
75th Percentile £14.60 £29.29 £21.37
90th Percentile £18.66 £37.99 £30.47
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.50 £16.74 £21.37
% change year-on-year -7.41% -21.67% +20.60%

Field Telecoms Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 19 August 2026, Field Telecoms Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Peterborough region featuring Field Telecoms Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Field Telecoms Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia
Field Telecoms Engineer jobs