FCAPS Contracts in the South East

FCAPS
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring FCAPS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FCAPS over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 206 213
Rank change year-on-year +53 +7 +55
Contract jobs citing FCAPS 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.032% 0.018% 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.18% 0.086% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £365 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £379 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.36% - -
75th Percentile £394 £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £379 £598 -
% change year-on-year -36.57% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

FCAPS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 556 1,164 994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.80% 20.51% 17.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 560 587
10th Percentile £220 £212 £240
25th Percentile £325 £390 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £700
England median daily rate £493 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.40% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 141 72
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.63 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.76 £36.75 £32.38
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +125.49%
75th Percentile £58.72 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.56 £85.65 £78.97
England median hourly rate £37.50 £46.69 £20.71
% change year-on-year -19.68% +125.50% -17.18%

FCAPS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing FCAPS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for FCAPS in the South East

FCAPS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FCAPS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for FCAPS in the South East

FCAPS
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FCAPS within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +24 1 £379 -39.36% 2
Berkshire +19 1 £379 -39.36% 2
FCAPS
England

FCAPS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia