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 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 14 26
Rank change year-on-year -31 +12 -7
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 177 389 382
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.60% 9.36% 7.14%
As % of the General category 7.93% 17.37% 12.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 182 233
10th Percentile £289 £325 £205
25th Percentile £400 £410 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £509 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +19.71% +3.66%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £518
90th Percentile £625 £725 £575
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 6
10th Percentile - - £14.00
25th Percentile £14.75 - £15.13
Median hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -27.27% -34.33%
75th Percentile £20.79 - £25.38
90th Percentile £21.25 - £32.13
England median hourly rate £23.66 £60.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.56% +14.29% +31.25%

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 common skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,232 2,240 3,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 58.03% 53.89% 56.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,419 1,282 1,917
10th Percentile £200 £219 £207
25th Percentile £338 £363 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% - -
75th Percentile £575 £608 £615
90th Percentile £663 £687 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 116 165
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.50 £15.80
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £20.40 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.14% +5.00% +56.69%
75th Percentile £29.77 £70.00 £63.29
90th Percentile £71.55 £75.00 £75.62
England median hourly rate £25.00 £31.97 £30.48
% change year-on-year -21.80% +4.91% +18.53%

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 5 November 2025.

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
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 5 November 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 -15 129 £498 -0.50% 130
Berkshire -15 123 £490 -2.00% 103
Hampshire -40 22 £500 -13.04% 40
West Sussex -2 15 £514 -0.19% 33
Kent -4 6 £575 +142.11% 8
Buckinghamshire -7 5 £575 +27.78% 12
Surrey -12 2 £463 +32.14% 30
East Sussex -2 1 £300 -55.56% 7
Oxfordshire -9 1 - - 23
Sussex - 1 - - 22
Home Counties - 1 £550 -
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 (2.82%) OpenStack
1 5 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.26%) Confluence
3 3 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.13%) Appian
4 2 (1.13%) Camunda
5 1 (0.56%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.52%) SAP BRIM
1 8 (4.52%) SAP Hybris
1 8 (4.52%) SAP PSCD
2 6 (3.39%) Oracle Assets
2 6 (3.39%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (3.39%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.13%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.17%) AWS
2 15 (8.47%) Azure
2 15 (8.47%) GCP
2 15 (8.47%) SaaS
3 8 (4.52%) Power Platform
3 8 (4.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 4 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (2.26%) dbt
4 4 (2.26%) GitHub
4 4 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (1.69%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.13%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (0.56%) Datadog
7 1 (0.56%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.56%) Stackdriver
7 1 (0.56%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.04%) Firewall
2 12 (6.78%) Broadband
3 9 (5.08%) MPLS
4 7 (3.95%) 5G
4 7 (3.95%) BGP
4 7 (3.95%) VPN
5 5 (2.82%) DWDM
5 5 (2.82%) OSPF
5 5 (2.82%) WAN
6 4 (2.26%) 4G
6 4 (2.26%) LTE
6 4 (2.26%) Radio Access Network
6 4 (2.26%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.26%) VoIP
7 3 (1.69%) DNS
7 3 (1.69%) DOCSIS
7 3 (1.69%) GPON
7 3 (1.69%) NaaS
7 3 (1.69%) SDH
7 3 (1.69%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.52%) Power BI
2 5 (2.82%) Tableau
3 4 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.26%) MySQL
3 4 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.26%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.69%) Big Data
4 3 (1.69%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.13%) Metadata
5 2 (1.13%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.56%) Redis
6 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.26%) GitLab
1 4 (2.26%) Jenkins
1 4 (2.26%) JIRA
2 3 (1.69%) JUnit
2 3 (1.69%) Storybook
3 2 (1.13%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.13%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.13%) Robot Framework
3 2 (1.13%) Selenium
3 2 (1.13%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.56%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.56%) MLflow
4 1 (0.56%) Mocha
General
1 68 (38.42%) Social Skills
2 52 (29.38%) Finance
3 36 (20.34%) Public Sector
4 20 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (9.60%) Electronics
5 17 (9.60%) Marketing
6 16 (9.04%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.52%) Billing
7 8 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.39%) French Language
8 6 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.39%) Retail
9 4 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.69%) Legal
11 2 (1.13%) Digital Economy
11 2 (1.13%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.13%) Publishing
12 1 (0.56%) Banking
12 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (13.56%) Architect
2 20 (11.30%) Analyst
3 19 (10.73%) Consultant
4 13 (7.34%) Project Manager
5 12 (6.78%) Test Engineer
6 11 (6.21%) Network Engineer
7 10 (5.65%) SAP Consultant
8 9 (5.08%) Business Analyst
8 9 (5.08%) Senior
8 9 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (4.52%) Developer
10 7 (3.95%) Customer Service Advisor
10 7 (3.95%) Functional Consultant
10 7 (3.95%) Support Engineer
11 6 (3.39%) Change Manager
11 6 (3.39%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (3.39%) Lead
11 6 (3.39%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 6 (3.39%) Telecoms Architect
11 6 (3.39%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.65%) RFC 2544
2 5 (2.82%) React
3 4 (2.26%) CSS
3 4 (2.26%) HTML
3 4 (2.26%) REST
3 4 (2.26%) RESTful
4 3 (1.69%) FastAPI
4 3 (1.69%) Kafka
4 3 (1.69%) Spring
4 3 (1.69%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.69%) Vitest
5 2 (1.13%) Jinja
5 2 (1.13%) JSON
5 2 (1.13%) NETCONF
5 2 (1.13%) SOAP
5 2 (1.13%) XML
6 1 (0.56%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.56%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.56%) Swagger
6 1 (0.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.34%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.21%) Fibre Optics
3 9 (5.08%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.95%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.26%) CMDB
6 4 (2.26%) NHS
6 4 (2.26%) TM Forum
6 4 (2.26%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.69%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.69%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.13%) CSOC
8 2 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.13%) PMI
9 1 (0.56%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.56%) LIMS
9 1 (0.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.82%) Linux
2 3 (1.69%) Windows
3 2 (1.13%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.56%) Unix
4 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (14.12%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (14.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (12.99%) Agile
4 20 (11.30%) Workshop Facilitation
5 19 (10.73%) AI
5 19 (10.73%) Project Management
6 18 (10.17%) Programme Management
7 17 (9.60%) CRM
7 17 (9.60%) ITIL
7 17 (9.60%) Migration
8 16 (9.04%) Digital Marketing
8 16 (9.04%) ERP
9 15 (8.47%) DevOps
10 14 (7.91%) Project Delivery
10 14 (7.91%) Validation
11 13 (7.34%) CI/CD
12 12 (6.78%) Change Management
12 12 (6.78%) Decision-Making
12 12 (6.78%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.86%) Python
2 17 (9.60%) SQL
3 9 (5.08%) JavaScript
4 7 (3.95%) Bash
5 4 (2.26%) Java
6 3 (1.69%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.13%) ABAP
8 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (16.95%) Security Cleared
2 22 (12.43%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.34%) Degree
4 6 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (3.39%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.82%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.26%) CCIE
6 4 (2.26%) CCNP
7 3 (1.69%) APMP
7 3 (1.69%) CIMA
7 3 (1.69%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.13%) ACCA
8 2 (1.13%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.13%) CCA
8 2 (1.13%) CCNA
8 2 (1.13%) CISM
8 2 (1.13%) MRICS
8 2 (1.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.65%) SLA
2 7 (3.95%) QA
2 7 (3.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (2.82%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.69%) P3O
5 2 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.13%) GRC
5 2 (1.13%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.13%) NIST
5 2 (1.13%) OASIS TOSCA
5 2 (1.13%) PMO
6 1 (0.56%) COBIT
6 1 (0.56%) COSO
6 1 (0.56%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (2.82%) vSphere
2 4 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.69%) Docker
4 2 (1.13%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.13%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 12 (6.78%) Ansible
2 10 (5.65%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.69%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (1.13%) Grafana
4 2 (1.13%) Iperf
4 2 (1.13%) Nmap
4 2 (1.13%) Terraform
5 1 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.56%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.56%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.56%) Puppet
5 1 (0.56%) QRadar
5 1 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (19.77%) SAP
2 28 (15.82%) Cisco
3 13 (7.34%) Oracle
3 13 (7.34%) Salesforce
4 10 (5.65%) Juniper
4 10 (5.65%) Microsoft
5 7 (3.95%) Nokia
5 7 (3.95%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.39%) Databricks
6 6 (3.39%) Fortinet
6 6 (3.39%) Remedy
7 5 (2.82%) Splunk
8 4 (2.26%) BT
8 4 (2.26%) IBM
8 4 (2.26%) IFS
8 4 (2.26%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.26%) Virgin Media
9 3 (1.69%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.69%) Ericsson
9 3 (1.69%) F5