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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 9 2
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Telecoms 17 7 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 33.33% 7.87% 21.85%
As % of the General category 36.96% 19.44% 35.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 15
10th Percentile £324 £421 £400
25th Percentile £386 £447 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.07% +8.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile - £532 £465
90th Percentile £480 £558 £501
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £481 £425
% change year-on-year +4.06% +13.06% -5.56%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 46 36 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 90.20% 40.45% 61.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 21 45
10th Percentile £163 £375 £330
25th Percentile £320 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +5.14%
75th Percentile £545 £638 £600
90th Percentile £620 £675 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £70.25 £19.73
25th Percentile - £70.63 £24.95
Median hourly rate £18.87 £77.50 £34.80
Median % change year-on-year -75.65% +122.70% +65.71%
75th Percentile - £86.88 £44.55
90th Percentile - £88.75 £49.71
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £56.06
% change year-on-year -47.97% +9.88% +149.16%

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

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Slough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Slough over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Slough

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Telecoms

Telecoms
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (76.47%) Wireshark
2 11 (64.71%) ATM
2 11 (64.71%) Ethernet
2 11 (64.71%) Frame Relay
2 11 (64.71%) GPRS
2 11 (64.71%) GSM
2 11 (64.71%) LAN
2 11 (64.71%) LTE
2 11 (64.71%) MPLS
2 11 (64.71%) SAN
2 11 (64.71%) SDH
2 11 (64.71%) UMTS
2 11 (64.71%) VPN
2 11 (64.71%) WAN
3 2 (11.76%) 5G
3 2 (11.76%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (11.76%) SIGTRAN
3 2 (11.76%) SMS
3 2 (11.76%) SS7
3 2 (11.76%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 15 (88.24%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) IP Engineer
1 10 (58.82%) Test Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Network Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) IP Network Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) IP Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) IP Network Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Network Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Network Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Senior
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Network Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Test Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Test Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Network Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Product Owner
6 1 (5.88%) SOC Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) Systems Test Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 11 (64.71%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Private Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (70.59%) Unix
2 11 (64.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (70.59%) Test Strategy
3 11 (64.71%) Fault Management
3 11 (64.71%) Project Management
3 11 (64.71%) Regression Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (11.76%) Defect Management
4 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
4 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.76%) Validation
5 1 (5.88%) Backlog Management
5 1 (5.88%) Blue Team
5 1 (5.88%) Customer Experience
5 1 (5.88%) Incident Response
5 1 (5.88%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (5.88%) Product Backlog
5 1 (5.88%) Product Vision
5 1 (5.88%) SOAR
5 1 (5.88%) Story Mapping
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) CCNP
1 11 (64.71%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (64.71%) ISEB
1 11 (64.71%) ISTQB
1 11 (64.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (5.88%) CISM
2 1 (5.88%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) GCED
2 1 (5.88%) GCIA
2 1 (5.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 11 (64.71%) Cisco
2 11 (64.71%) Juniper
3 1 (5.88%) Nokia
3 1 (5.88%) Splunk