Telephony Engineer Contract Job Trends in Preston

Telephony Engineer
Lancashire > Preston

The median Telephony Engineer daily rate in Preston is £265, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
5 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Telephony Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £258 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £265 - -
75th Percentile £273 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £265 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 87 46 80
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 97.87% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 23 30
10th Percentile £146 £200 £272
25th Percentile £400 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% +54.55%
75th Percentile £604 £599 £500
90th Percentile £678 £627 £625
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 43
10th Percentile £40.77 £20.39 £20.58
25th Percentile £41.94 £24.48 £21.68
Median hourly rate £46.29 £37.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +25.11% -19.88% +22.17%
75th Percentile £73.24 £59.69 £50.88
90th Percentile £75.79 £67.77 £71.89
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £40.33 £46.18
% change year-on-year +12.73% -12.68% +22.19%

Telephony Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Telephony 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 Preston region featuring Telephony Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications

Telephony Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (100.00%) Handset
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
4 Telephony Engineer jobs Nationwide