Telecoms Contracts in Slough

Telecommunications
Berkshire > Slough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Slough. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 7 1
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 19 8 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 26.76% 10.53% 37.50%
As % of the General category 35.85% 28.57% 53.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 62
10th Percentile £319 £295 £361
25th Percentile £419 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -3.03% -2.94%
75th Percentile - £488 £465
90th Percentile - £575 £538
Berkshire median daily rate £491 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +15.47% - -

All General Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 53 28 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 74.65% 36.84% 69.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 24 106
10th Percentile £178 - £275
25th Percentile £265 £280 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £328 £413
Median % change year-on-year +37.40% -20.61% -2.94%
75th Percentile £538 £419 £500
90th Percentile £640 £546 £622
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £70.25 £17.68
25th Percentile - £70.63 £19.81
Median hourly rate £24.66 £77.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -68.18% +252.27% +25.71%
75th Percentile - £86.88 £23.50
90th Percentile - £88.75 £24.40
Berkshire median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +161.59%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Slough.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Slough

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in Slough.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Slough

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Daily Rate Histogram in Slough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Slough over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Slough

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in Slough.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Slough

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough 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 18 (94.74%) Wireshark
2 16 (84.21%) ATM
2 16 (84.21%) Ethernet
2 16 (84.21%) Frame Relay
2 16 (84.21%) GPRS
2 16 (84.21%) GSM
2 16 (84.21%) LAN
2 16 (84.21%) LTE
2 16 (84.21%) MPLS
2 16 (84.21%) SAN
2 16 (84.21%) SDH
2 16 (84.21%) UMTS
2 16 (84.21%) VPN
2 16 (84.21%) WAN
3 2 (10.53%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (10.53%) SIGTRAN
3 2 (10.53%) SMS
3 2 (10.53%) SS7
3 2 (10.53%) VoLTE
3 2 (10.53%) VoWiFi
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 19 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (78.95%) IP Engineer
2 14 (73.68%) Test Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) IP Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) IP Network Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Network Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Network Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Network Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 16 (84.21%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Linux
1 16 (84.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (84.21%) Fault Management
2 16 (84.21%) Project Management
2 16 (84.21%) Regression Testing
2 16 (84.21%) Test Strategy
3 2 (10.53%) Defect Management
3 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
3 2 (10.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (84.21%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (84.21%) CCNP
1 16 (84.21%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (84.21%) ISEB
1 16 (84.21%) ISTQB
1 16 (84.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Firmware
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Cisco
1 16 (84.21%) Juniper
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft