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 12 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 28 22
Rank change year-on-year -42 -6 0
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 198 212 364
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.99% 6.05% 7.81%
As % of the General category 5.66% 10.31% 15.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 139 153
10th Percentile £308 £293 £243
25th Percentile £400 £371 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £572 £638
90th Percentile £638 £650 £725
England median daily rate £478 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +1.65% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 7
10th Percentile £15.69 - £17.50
25th Percentile £17.25 £14.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -65.56% +136.84%
75th Percentile £17.84 £16.25 -
90th Percentile £30.13 £29.45 £48.00
England median hourly rate £21.00 £20.38 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.04% -68.65% +18.18%

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 3,497 2,056 2,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.73% 58.68% 50.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,848 1,275 1,320
10th Percentile £263 £200 £217
25th Percentile £413 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £588 £613
90th Percentile £716 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 517 187 201
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.23 £14.42 £34.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £18.82 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +99.26% -67.18% +9.24%
75th Percentile £66.25 £48.73 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.30 £77.00 £76.99
England median hourly rate £31.16 £25.15 £38.85
% change year-on-year +23.88% -35.26% +41.27%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -32 141 £500 +5.26% 90
Berkshire -20 133 £490 +2.62% 62
Hampshire -31 22 £200 -56.19% 34
West Sussex -21 17 £469 -8.75% 16
Middlesex - 7 - -
Buckinghamshire -28 6 £694 +67.17% 15
Surrey -18 2 £475 +2.70% 26
Oxfordshire -21 2 £340 - 13
Kent -4 1 £248 -52.82% 15
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 (2.53%) Confluence
2 3 (1.52%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.51%) CMS
3 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.02%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (8.08%) SAP PSCD
2 12 (6.06%) SAP BRIM
2 12 (6.06%) SAP Hybris
3 4 (2.02%) NetSuite
3 4 (2.02%) Sage X3
4 3 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.51%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.51%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.58%) Azure
2 14 (7.07%) AWS
2 14 (7.07%) GCP
2 14 (7.07%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 7 (3.54%) GitHub
3 7 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
4 5 (2.53%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.02%) Cloud Functions
5 4 (2.02%) Fivetran
5 4 (2.02%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.52%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (1.52%) Apigee
6 3 (1.52%) Azure API Management
6 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (1.52%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.01%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.01%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.62%) WAN
2 18 (9.09%) MPLS
3 17 (8.59%) 5G
4 16 (8.08%) 4G
5 15 (7.58%) 2G
5 15 (7.58%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (6.57%) 3G
6 13 (6.57%) Radio Access Network
7 12 (6.06%) Diameter Protocol
7 12 (6.06%) LAN
7 12 (6.06%) SD-WAN
8 11 (5.56%) BGP
8 11 (5.56%) SIGTRAN
8 11 (5.56%) SS7
9 10 (5.05%) VPN
10 9 (4.55%) DNS
11 8 (4.04%) Firewall
12 7 (3.54%) Broadband
12 7 (3.54%) Ethernet
12 7 (3.54%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (3.03%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (2.02%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.52%) Power BI
4 3 (1.52%) Tableau
5 2 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.01%) Tableau Desktop
6 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 9 (4.55%) JIRA
2 5 (2.53%) Git
3 3 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
General
1 67 (33.84%) Social Skills
2 29 (14.65%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (14.65%) Finance
3 22 (11.11%) Billing
4 18 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.03%) Marketing
7 6 (3.03%) Retail
8 5 (2.53%) Publishing
9 4 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.02%) Legal
9 4 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.51%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.51%) Automotive
11 1 (0.51%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 23 (11.62%) Consultant
2 22 (11.11%) Analyst
2 22 (11.11%) Architect
2 22 (11.11%) Senior
3 21 (10.61%) Lead
4 17 (8.59%) Designer
5 16 (8.08%) SAP Consultant
6 15 (7.58%) Data Engineer
6 15 (7.58%) Functional Consultant
6 15 (7.58%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 11 (5.56%) Senior Data Engineer
8 10 (5.05%) Compliance Analyst
8 10 (5.05%) Network Architect
8 10 (5.05%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (4.55%) Developer
9 9 (4.55%) Senior Platform Engineer
9 9 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (4.04%) Mobile Designer
10 8 (4.04%) Project Manager
10 8 (4.04%) Telecoms Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.05%) Terraform
2 6 (3.03%) REST
2 6 (3.03%) RESTful
3 4 (2.02%) 802.1X
3 4 (2.02%) SOAP
4 3 (1.52%) JWT
4 3 (1.52%) NETCONF
4 3 (1.52%) OAuth
4 3 (1.52%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.52%) OpenAPI
4 3 (1.52%) OpenConfig
4 3 (1.52%) SAML
4 3 (1.52%) Swagger
4 3 (1.52%) YANG
5 2 (1.01%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.01%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.01%) Blazor
5 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (1.01%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (1.01%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.57%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.04%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.54%) CMDB
4 7 (3.54%) Social Media
5 5 (2.53%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.53%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.53%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.52%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.01%) FMCG
8 2 (1.01%) PMI
8 2 (1.01%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.01%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.02%) Linux
2 2 (1.01%) Windows
3 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.51%) Unix
3 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (26.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 28 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (13.64%) Roadmaps
4 26 (13.13%) Agile
5 20 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (10.10%) Project Delivery
6 19 (9.60%) Service Delivery
6 19 (9.60%) Technical Leadership
7 18 (9.09%) Change Management
7 18 (9.09%) Test Automation
8 17 (8.59%) AI
8 17 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (8.59%) Validation
9 15 (7.58%) CI/CD
9 15 (7.58%) ITIL
9 15 (7.58%) Revenue Management
9 15 (7.58%) Technology Roadmap
9 15 (7.58%) Workshop Facilitation
10 14 (7.07%) Migration
11 13 (6.57%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.60%) Python
2 5 (2.53%) SQL
3 4 (2.02%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.52%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.01%) C#
5 2 (1.01%) R
6 1 (0.51%) Ada
6 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.51%) Bash
6 1 (0.51%) Bicep
6 1 (0.51%) C
6 1 (0.51%) C++
6 1 (0.51%) Java
6 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.51%) SOQL
6 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (19.70%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.07%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 10 (5.05%) Degree
6 8 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.54%) CCNP
8 6 (3.03%) CCIE
9 5 (2.53%) PMI Certification
10 4 (2.02%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.02%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.02%) JNCIE
11 3 (1.52%) PMP
11 3 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (1.01%) BC Cleared
12 2 (1.01%) CCNA
12 2 (1.01%) CISM
12 2 (1.01%) CISSP
12 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.53%) QA
2 4 (2.02%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.02%) NCSC
3 3 (1.52%) GRC
3 3 (1.52%) PMO
4 2 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.01%) GDPR
4 2 (1.01%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.01%) SLA
5 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.51%) GAAP
5 1 (0.51%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.51%) ISO 31000
5 1 (0.51%) NIST
5 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.52%) Docker
1 3 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (1.52%) VMware NSX
2 2 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.51%) Firmware
3 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.04%) Ansible
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.01%) NSN NetAct
4 1 (0.51%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.51%) Amdocs OSS
4 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.51%) QRadar
Vendors
1 24 (12.12%) Cisco
2 23 (11.62%) Microsoft
3 16 (8.08%) SAP
4 14 (7.07%) Salesforce
5 12 (6.06%) F5
5 12 (6.06%) Juniper
6 8 (4.04%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.54%) BMC
7 7 (3.54%) Google
7 7 (3.54%) Palo Alto
7 7 (3.54%) VMware
8 6 (3.03%) Arista
8 6 (3.03%) Fortinet
9 5 (2.53%) Nokia
10 4 (2.02%) PagerDuty
10 4 (2.02%) Sage
11 3 (1.52%) Blue Coat
11 3 (1.52%) CheckPoint
11 3 (1.52%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.52%) SolarWinds