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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 22 24
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 197 366 426
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.65% 7.92% 7.67%
As % of the General category 9.63% 15.51% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 150 260
10th Percentile £293 £276 £205
25th Percentile £365 £403 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +17.65% -0.29%
75th Percentile £544 £638 £506
90th Percentile £620 £726 £575
England median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 5
10th Percentile - £17.50 -
25th Percentile £14.75 £28.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £15.50 £45.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.56% +136.84% -13.64%
75th Percentile £16.25 - £25.50
90th Percentile £17.75 £48.00 £33.45
England median hourly rate £20.38 £67.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -69.81% +28.57% +77.97%

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 2,046 2,360 3,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 58.66% 51.04% 57.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,275 1,311 2,101
10th Percentile £200 £214 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £609 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 188 168
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.77 £15.15
25th Percentile £14.28 £29.44 £22.28
Median hourly rate £18.85 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.14% +9.24% +133.33%
75th Percentile £47.80 £70.00 £65.40
90th Percentile £76.75 £77.14 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -6 154 £450 -10.00% 115
Berkshire -1 152 £450 -10.00% 101
Hampshire -29 20 £457 -20.61% 42
West Sussex +3 11 £514 +3.84% 16
Kent -8 7 £525 +156.10% 5
Surrey -13 2 £463 +23.33% 29
East Sussex 0 1 £300 -55.56% 5
Oxfordshire -5 1 - - 15
Buckinghamshire -12 1 £415 -12.63% 4
Sussex - 1 - - 9
Home Counties - 1 £550 -
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.54%) OpenStack
3 4 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.03%) Camunda
3 4 (2.03%) Confluence
4 3 (1.52%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) Appian
5 1 (0.51%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.06%) SAP BRIM
1 8 (4.06%) SAP Hybris
1 8 (4.06%) SAP PSCD
2 6 (3.05%) Oracle Assets
2 6 (3.05%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (3.05%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.02%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.51%) Primavera
5 1 (0.51%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.63%) Azure
2 16 (8.12%) AWS
2 16 (8.12%) SaaS
3 12 (6.09%) GCP
4 8 (4.06%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 7 (3.55%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.54%) dbt
8 4 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.52%) GitHub
9 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.52%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.02%) Figma
10 2 (1.02%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.51%) Adobe Analytics
11 1 (0.51%) Amazon SageMaker
11 1 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.51%) Datadog
11 1 (0.51%) Stackdriver
11 1 (0.51%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.63%) MPLS
2 15 (7.61%) Firewall
2 15 (7.61%) SAN
3 14 (7.11%) Wireshark
4 13 (6.60%) LTE
4 13 (6.60%) WAN
5 12 (6.09%) LAN
5 12 (6.09%) VPN
6 11 (5.58%) Ethernet
7 10 (5.08%) ATM
7 10 (5.08%) Broadband
7 10 (5.08%) Frame Relay
7 10 (5.08%) GPRS
7 10 (5.08%) GSM
7 10 (5.08%) SDH
7 10 (5.08%) UMTS
8 9 (4.57%) 5G
8 9 (4.57%) BGP
9 7 (3.55%) Radio Access Network
10 6 (3.05%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.55%) Power BI
2 5 (2.54%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.03%) Tableau
4 3 (1.52%) Big Data
4 3 (1.52%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.52%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.02%) Metadata
5 2 (1.02%) MySQL
5 2 (1.02%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.51%) Redis
6 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.55%) JIRA
2 5 (2.54%) GitLab
3 2 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.02%) Vite
4 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.51%) Git
4 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.51%) MLflow
4 1 (0.51%) Mocha
4 1 (0.51%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.51%) Selenium
4 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.51%) Subversion
4 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 78 (39.59%) Social Skills
2 46 (23.35%) Finance
3 27 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.17%) Public Sector
5 17 (8.63%) Billing
6 8 (4.06%) Marketing
7 7 (3.55%) Electronics
7 7 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.05%) French Language
8 6 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.05%) Legal
8 6 (3.05%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.05%) Retail
9 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Digital Economy
10 2 (1.02%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.02%) Law
10 2 (1.02%) Publishing
11 1 (0.51%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 23 (11.68%) Consultant
2 20 (10.15%) Analyst
2 20 (10.15%) Test Engineer
3 17 (8.63%) Architect
4 15 (7.61%) Network Engineer
5 13 (6.60%) Project Manager
6 10 (5.08%) SAP Consultant
7 9 (4.57%) Developer
7 9 (4.57%) IP Engineer
8 8 (4.06%) Functional Consultant
8 8 (4.06%) Senior
9 7 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (3.55%) Customer Service Advisor
9 7 (3.55%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 6 (3.05%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.05%) Change Manager
10 6 (3.05%) Support Engineer
10 6 (3.05%) Telecoms Manager
11 5 (2.54%) Lead
11 5 (2.54%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.08%) RFC 2544
2 6 (3.05%) REST
3 5 (2.54%) CSS
3 5 (2.54%) HTML
4 4 (2.03%) JSON
4 4 (2.03%) React
4 4 (2.03%) Web Services
5 3 (1.52%) FastAPI
5 3 (1.52%) Kafka
5 3 (1.52%) YAML
6 2 (1.02%) Framer.js
6 2 (1.02%) XML
7 1 (0.51%) .NET
7 1 (0.51%) ADO
7 1 (0.51%) Ajax
7 1 (0.51%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.51%) Node.js
7 1 (0.51%) OAuth
7 1 (0.51%) OpenID
7 1 (0.51%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.12%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.61%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.08%) Data Centre
3 10 (5.08%) Fibre Optics
4 8 (4.06%) TM Forum
5 7 (3.55%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.05%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.03%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.52%) Frameworx
8 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.02%) CMDB
9 2 (1.02%) CSOC
9 2 (1.02%) PMI
9 2 (1.02%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.51%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.51%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.51%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.61%) Linux
2 12 (6.09%) Unix
3 4 (2.03%) Windows
4 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (19.29%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (15.23%) Project Management
3 25 (12.69%) Agile
4 24 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (11.17%) CRM
5 22 (11.17%) Project Delivery
6 20 (10.15%) ITIL
7 18 (9.14%) Validation
8 16 (8.12%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (8.12%) Customer Service
8 16 (8.12%) ERP
8 16 (8.12%) Service Management
9 15 (7.61%) Workshop Facilitation
10 14 (7.11%) Change Management
10 14 (7.11%) Defect Management
10 14 (7.11%) DevOps
10 14 (7.11%) Fault Management
10 14 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (7.11%) Test Strategy
11 13 (6.60%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.64%) Python
2 17 (8.63%) SQL
3 11 (5.58%) Java
4 7 (3.55%) Bash
5 4 (2.03%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.02%) ABAP
6 2 (1.02%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.51%) C#
7 1 (0.51%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (11.68%) Security Cleared
2 16 (8.12%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (7.61%) CCNP
4 14 (7.11%) Degree
4 14 (7.11%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.08%) ISEB
5 10 (5.08%) ISTQB
5 10 (5.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 7 (3.55%) DV Cleared
7 6 (3.05%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.54%) APMP
8 5 (2.54%) PMI Certification
9 4 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.52%) CCIE
10 3 (1.52%) CIMA
10 3 (1.52%) PMP
10 3 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.02%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.57%) QA
2 6 (3.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (3.05%) SLA
3 5 (2.54%) P3O
4 4 (2.03%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.52%) PMO
6 2 (1.02%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.02%) NIST
6 2 (1.02%) OASIS TOSCA
7 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.51%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.51%) GDPR
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (3.05%) vSphere
2 4 (2.03%) Ceph
2 4 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.02%) Docker
4 1 (0.51%) Firmware
4 1 (0.51%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.51%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (5.58%) Ansible
2 10 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.02%) Amdocs OSS
3 2 (1.02%) Argo
3 2 (1.02%) Grafana
3 2 (1.02%) Iperf
3 2 (1.02%) Nmap
3 2 (1.02%) SCCM
3 2 (1.02%) Terraform
4 1 (0.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.51%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.51%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.51%) NSN NetAct
4 1 (0.51%) Puppet
4 1 (0.51%) QRadar
Vendors
1 35 (17.77%) Cisco
2 28 (14.21%) Microsoft
3 25 (12.69%) SAP
4 16 (8.12%) Salesforce
5 14 (7.11%) Oracle
6 12 (6.09%) Juniper
6 12 (6.09%) Remedy
7 8 (4.06%) Virgin Media
8 7 (3.55%) ServiceNow
9 6 (3.05%) BT
9 6 (3.05%) Databricks
9 6 (3.05%) IFS
10 5 (2.54%) Nokia
11 4 (2.03%) Dell
11 4 (2.03%) Ericsson
11 4 (2.03%) Splunk
12 3 (1.52%) BMC
12 3 (1.52%) Huawei
12 3 (1.52%) Meraki
12 3 (1.52%) Red Hat