Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Telecommunications
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 52 45
Rank change year-on-year -26 -7 +19
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 3 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.48% 0.46% 1.82%
As % of the General category 0.69% 0.71% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £273 - -
25th Percentile £288 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £225 £651
Median % change year-on-year +42.22% -65.45% +21.73%
75th Percentile £346 £238 £669
90th Percentile £357 - £680
South Yorkshire median daily rate £275 £225 £651
% change year-on-year +22.22% -65.45% +21.73%

All General Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 436 280 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 69.32% 64.97% 69.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 141 165
10th Percentile £312 £300 £400
25th Percentile £400 £425 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £587
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% -12.33% +14.35%
75th Percentile £538 £595 £688
90th Percentile £638 £650 £745
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £506 £550
% change year-on-year -6.13% -8.00% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile £14.08 £13.14 £18.65
25th Percentile £14.43 £15.22 £18.88
Median hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile - £21.50 £19.88
90th Percentile - - £19.95
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +5.26%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Backup Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) DBA
1 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle DBA
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) BMC
1 1 (33.33%) EMC
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Toshiba