Telecoms Contract Job Trends in the South East

Telecommunications
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 17 24
Rank change year-on-year -66 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 139 254 355
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.30% 8.55% 6.24%
As % of the General category 4.79% 14.04% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 174 127
10th Percentile £208 £304 £200
25th Percentile £380 £400 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £494 £448
Median % change year-on-year -8.91% +10.27% +8.61%
75th Percentile £518 £583 £528
90th Percentile £641 £700 £650
England median daily rate £475 £495 £450
% change year-on-year -4.04% +10.00% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 16
10th Percentile £19.35 £26.71 £31.00
25th Percentile £22.38 £39.48 £45.00
Median hourly rate £42.25 £61.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.30% +17.13% +162.50%
75th Percentile £46.19 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £52.00 - -
England median hourly rate £24.16 £27.40 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.82% -52.35% +9.52%

All General Skills
South East

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 general skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,901 1,809 2,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 48.08% 60.87% 49.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,731 1,155 1,529
10th Percentile £250 £211 £210
25th Percentile £400 £375 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year - +1.42% -1.40%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £608
90th Percentile £695 £660 £688
England median daily rate £515 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 362 138 348
10th Percentile £13.53 £13.00 £12.88
25th Percentile £21.35 £14.23 £18.32
Median hourly rate £48.61 £20.72 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +134.66% -53.97% -10.00%
75th Percentile £82.25 £57.81 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £70.24
England median hourly rate £32.00 £28.18 £30.83
% change year-on-year +13.56% -8.58% -2.94%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in the South East

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the South East over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the South East

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in the South East over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in the South East

Telecoms
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 Telecoms within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. 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 -48 106 £450 -9.09% 81
Berkshire -30 102 £450 -9.09% 59
Hampshire -33 16 £475 -17.39% 28
West Sussex -13 13 £469 -8.75% 9
Buckinghamshire -43 4 £525 +31.25% 17
Surrey -20 3 £1,150 +489.74% 19
Kent -5 1 £625 +204.88% 5
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (3.60%) Appian
2 4 (2.88%) Confluence
3 2 (1.44%) IIS
3 2 (1.44%) JBoss
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.44%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.44%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.72%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.72%) Smallworld
Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.44%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.72%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (8.63%) SAP PSCD
2 10 (7.19%) SAP BRIM
2 10 (7.19%) SAP Hybris
3 5 (3.60%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (1.44%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.44%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.72%) SmartPlant
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.91%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 8 (5.76%) AWS
3 6 (4.32%) Azure
4 4 (2.88%) GCP
5 3 (2.16%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.44%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.44%) AWS Step Functions
6 2 (1.44%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.44%) Figma
6 2 (1.44%) Serverless
7 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.72%) Canva
7 1 (0.72%) IaaS
7 1 (0.72%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.72%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.72%) PaaS
7 1 (0.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.79%) MPLS
2 10 (7.19%) WAN
3 9 (6.47%) Broadband
4 8 (5.76%) BGP
4 8 (5.76%) Internet
4 8 (5.76%) VPN
5 7 (5.04%) Firewall
5 7 (5.04%) Wireshark
6 6 (4.32%) 5G
6 6 (4.32%) Radio Access Network
7 5 (3.60%) 2G
7 5 (3.60%) LAN
7 5 (3.60%) OSPF
7 5 (3.60%) SD-WAN
8 4 (2.88%) 4G
8 4 (2.88%) GSM
8 4 (2.88%) LTE
8 4 (2.88%) Multicast
8 4 (2.88%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (2.88%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.88%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.16%) Power BI
3 2 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.44%) MySQL
3 2 (1.44%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.44%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.44%) Tableau
4 1 (0.72%) GIS
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (4.32%) JIRA
2 2 (1.44%) Git
3 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 45 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 26 (18.71%) Finance
3 20 (14.39%) Public Sector
4 15 (10.79%) Billing
5 14 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.04%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.04%) Marketing
7 5 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.88%) Electronics
8 4 (2.88%) Retail
9 3 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.44%) Aviation
10 2 (1.44%) Legal
11 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (10.07%) Consultant
2 13 (9.35%) Architect
3 12 (8.63%) SAP Consultant
4 11 (7.91%) Analyst
4 11 (7.91%) Senior
5 10 (7.19%) Functional Consultant
5 10 (7.19%) IP Engineer
5 10 (7.19%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 9 (6.47%) Designer
6 9 (6.47%) Network Engineer
7 8 (5.76%) Developer
7 8 (5.76%) Lead
7 8 (5.76%) Project Manager
7 8 (5.76%) Test Engineer
8 7 (5.04%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.04%) IP Network Engineer
9 6 (4.32%) Cabling Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Author
10 5 (3.60%) Mobile Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.60%) REST
2 4 (2.88%) .NET
2 4 (2.88%) SOAP
3 3 (2.16%) RESTful
4 2 (1.44%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.44%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.44%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.44%) Blazor
4 2 (1.44%) J2EE
4 2 (1.44%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (1.44%) Web Services
5 1 (0.72%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.72%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.72%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.72%) React
5 1 (0.72%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.76%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.04%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.32%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.60%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.16%) NHS
7 2 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.44%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.44%) CMDB
7 2 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.44%) FMCG
7 2 (1.44%) N-Tier
7 2 (1.44%) PMI
7 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.72%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.72%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.72%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.60%) Windows
2 3 (2.16%) Linux
3 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (15.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (15.11%) Agile
3 14 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (9.35%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (9.35%) Project Delivery
5 12 (8.63%) Change Management
5 12 (8.63%) Roadmaps
6 11 (7.91%) ITIL
6 11 (7.91%) Revenue Management
6 11 (7.91%) Workshop Facilitation
7 10 (7.19%) Network Design
7 10 (7.19%) Test Automation
8 9 (6.47%) Customer Experience
8 9 (6.47%) Customer Service
8 9 (6.47%) Project Management
8 9 (6.47%) Service Design
8 9 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (6.47%) Validation
9 8 (5.76%) ITSM
10 7 (5.04%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.04%) Python
2 6 (4.32%) SQL
3 3 (2.16%) Bash
4 2 (1.44%) C#
4 2 (1.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.72%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.72%) Bicep
5 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.72%) SOQL
5 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (20.86%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.39%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.76%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (5.04%) CCNP
4 7 (5.04%) Degree
5 6 (4.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.60%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.88%) BC Cleared
8 3 (2.16%) CCIE
8 3 (2.16%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.44%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.44%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.72%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.72%) JNCIE
10 1 (0.72%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.72%) OCP
10 1 (0.72%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.60%) SLA
2 4 (2.88%) QA
3 3 (2.16%) NCSC
4 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.72%) GRC
4 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (2.88%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.16%) Ansible
3 2 (1.44%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (1.44%) Iperf
3 2 (1.44%) Nmap
3 2 (1.44%) NSN NetAct
4 1 (0.72%) Fluentd
4 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.72%) Grafana
4 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (12.23%) Cisco
2 16 (11.51%) SAP
3 11 (7.91%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.91%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.47%) Juniper
5 8 (5.76%) Fortinet
6 7 (5.04%) Remedy
7 6 (4.32%) Nokia
8 5 (3.60%) Arista
8 5 (3.60%) Oracle
9 4 (2.88%) F5
10 3 (2.16%) BT
10 3 (2.16%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.16%) Ericsson
10 3 (2.16%) Palo Alto
10 3 (2.16%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.44%) Avaya
11 2 (1.44%) IBM
11 2 (1.44%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.44%) Tufin