Telecoms Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 25 22
Rank change year-on-year +11 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 296 346 457
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 9.83% 6.23% 7.88%
As % of the General category 16.02% 12.29% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 138 278
10th Percentile £309 £200 £205
25th Percentile £399 £207 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £406 £413
Median % change year-on-year +20.80% -1.52% -0.60%
75th Percentile £588 £510 £500
90th Percentile £700 £548 £598
England median daily rate £500 £450 £495
% change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 11
10th Percentile £18.41 £24.40 £19.50
25th Percentile £20.38 - £28.63
Median hourly rate £26.92 £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.18% -14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62.24 £65.00 £68.13
90th Percentile - - £70.00
England median hourly rate £24.17 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -56.06% +4.76% +40.00%

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 1,848 2,816 3,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 61.40% 50.67% 58.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 1,546 2,305
10th Percentile £228 £205 £242
25th Percentile £389 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £663 £688 £721
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 327 167
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.93 £18.40
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%
75th Percentile £59.69 £61.30 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.07 £72.98
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the South East

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the South East

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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 +7 234 £491 +15.47% 191
Berkshire +3 223 £491 +15.47% 116
Hampshire +40 31 £575 +28.06% 83
Surrey +16 9 £195 -41.79% 54
West Sussex +10 9 £514 -0.77% 38
Buckinghamshire +12 8 £450 +5.88% 52
Kent -2 7 £205 - 37
Oxfordshire +2 3 £438 - 49
East Sussex - 2 - - 24
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 7 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.68%) Appian
2 2 (0.68%) Camunda
2 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) Smallworld
Applications
1 12 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.68%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (2.36%) SAP BRIM
1 7 (2.36%) SAP Hybris
1 7 (2.36%) SAP PSCD
2 5 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 33 (11.15%) Azure
2 14 (4.73%) AWS
3 12 (4.05%) GCP
4 8 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.36%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 6 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.03%) OpenShift
7 5 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.69%) Snowflake
8 4 (1.35%) Azure AKS
8 4 (1.35%) SaaS
9 3 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.01%) GitHub
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.68%) Figma
10 2 (0.68%) PaaS
10 2 (0.68%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.68%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.46%) MPLS
2 27 (9.12%) LTE
3 25 (8.45%) WAN
4 24 (8.11%) Radio Access Network
5 22 (7.43%) Ethernet
6 21 (7.09%) LAN
7 20 (6.76%) 5G
7 20 (6.76%) SAN
7 20 (6.76%) VPN
7 20 (6.76%) Wireshark
8 16 (5.41%) 4G
8 16 (5.41%) ATM
8 16 (5.41%) Frame Relay
8 16 (5.41%) GPRS
8 16 (5.41%) GSM
8 16 (5.41%) SDH
8 16 (5.41%) UMTS
9 13 (4.39%) 3G
10 10 (3.38%) BGP
11 9 (3.04%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.35%) Power BI
3 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.01%) Power Query
4 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.68%) Redis
4 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.34%) Big Data
5 1 (0.34%) GIS
5 1 (0.34%) MySQL
5 1 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.34%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.04%) JIRA
2 6 (2.03%) Git
3 5 (1.69%) Robot Framework
4 4 (1.35%) Selenium
5 3 (1.01%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.68%) GitLab
6 2 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.68%) Vite
7 1 (0.34%) ERwin
7 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.34%) Maven
7 1 (0.34%) Subversion
7 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 94 (31.76%) Finance
2 84 (28.38%) Public Sector
3 73 (24.66%) Marketing
4 72 (24.32%) Social Skills
5 62 (20.95%) Electronics
5 62 (20.95%) Manufacturing
6 41 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (9.12%) Billing
8 19 (6.42%) Legal
9 18 (6.08%) Retail
10 10 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (3.38%) Law
11 7 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.69%) Banking
13 3 (1.01%) Military
14 2 (0.68%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.34%) Back Office
15 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (16.55%) Architect
2 26 (8.78%) Senior
3 21 (7.09%) Active Directory Architect
4 18 (6.08%) Analyst
5 17 (5.74%) Test Engineer
6 16 (5.41%) IP Engineer
6 16 (5.41%) Telecoms Manager
7 15 (5.07%) Network Engineer
8 14 (4.73%) IT Manager
9 13 (4.39%) Consultant
9 13 (4.39%) Designer
10 12 (4.05%) Developer
10 12 (4.05%) IT Operations Manager
10 12 (4.05%) Operations Manager
11 11 (3.72%) Performance Manager
11 11 (3.72%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.38%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (3.04%) Solutions Designer
13 9 (3.04%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.70%) REST
1 8 (2.70%) Web Services
2 7 (2.36%) CSS
2 7 (2.36%) HTML
3 5 (1.69%) JSON
4 4 (1.35%) PySpark
4 4 (1.35%) React
4 4 (1.35%) XML
4 4 (1.35%) YAML
5 3 (1.01%) Ajax
5 3 (1.01%) Gherkin
5 3 (1.01%) SOAP
6 2 (0.68%) Framer.js
6 2 (0.68%) GraphQL
6 2 (0.68%) Node.js
6 2 (0.68%) Prisma
6 2 (0.68%) RESTful
7 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (0.34%) Blazor
7 1 (0.34%) TanStack
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.12%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (6.08%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.73%) NHS
4 12 (4.05%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.38%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.36%) TM Forum
8 6 (2.03%) CMDB
8 6 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.69%) Frameworx
10 3 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.01%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.01%) LIMS
10 3 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.34%) Embedded Systems
12 1 (0.34%) FPGA
12 1 (0.34%) Smart Meter
12 1 (0.34%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.16%) Windows
2 17 (5.74%) Linux
2 17 (5.74%) Unix
3 7 (2.36%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (22.97%) Business Intelligence
2 65 (21.96%) Programme Management
3 62 (20.95%) Digital Marketing
4 57 (19.26%) Agile
5 46 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (13.85%) Project Management
7 31 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (9.80%) Test Automation
9 25 (8.45%) ITIL
10 24 (8.11%) Test Strategy
11 23 (7.77%) CI/CD
12 21 (7.09%) Identity Access Management
12 21 (7.09%) Roadmaps
12 21 (7.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 19 (6.42%) Customer Experience
13 19 (6.42%) Fault Management
14 18 (6.08%) Service Delivery
15 17 (5.74%) Change Management
16 16 (5.41%) DevOps
16 16 (5.41%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.45%) PowerShell
2 23 (7.77%) Python
3 18 (6.08%) Java
4 13 (4.39%) SQL
5 7 (2.36%) Bash
6 5 (1.69%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.01%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.01%) VBA
8 2 (0.68%) Bicep
9 1 (0.34%) C
9 1 (0.34%) C#
9 1 (0.34%) C++
9 1 (0.34%) Magik
9 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 60 (20.27%) Security Cleared
2 36 (12.16%) DV Cleared
3 22 (7.43%) ISEB
4 20 (6.76%) Degree
5 18 (6.08%) CCNP
5 18 (6.08%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (6.08%) SC Cleared
6 16 (5.41%) ISTQB
6 16 (5.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 8 (2.70%) CISM
8 6 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.69%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.35%) PMP
11 2 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.34%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.34%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.39%) QA
2 9 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.70%) SLA
4 7 (2.36%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.03%) GDPR
6 3 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.01%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.01%) JSP 440
6 3 (1.01%) NCSC
7 2 (0.68%) GRC
7 2 (0.68%) NIST
7 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.34%) COBIT
8 1 (0.34%) MIL-STD-1553
8 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.34%) P3O
8 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.36%) Docker
3 3 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.68%) Ceph
4 2 (0.68%) NFS
4 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.68%) vSphere
5 1 (0.34%) Firmware
5 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.34%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.04%) Ansible
3 3 (1.01%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (0.68%) Argo
4 2 (0.68%) NSN NetAct
4 2 (0.68%) vRealize
4 2 (0.68%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (0.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 70 (23.65%) SAP
2 48 (16.22%) Microsoft
3 37 (12.50%) Cisco
4 19 (6.42%) Juniper
5 13 (4.39%) Splunk
6 12 (4.05%) Virgin Media
7 11 (3.72%) Dynatrace
8 10 (3.38%) Databricks
8 10 (3.38%) Remedy
8 10 (3.38%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.36%) BT
9 7 (2.36%) VMware
10 6 (2.03%) Dell
11 5 (1.69%) BMC
11 5 (1.69%) Nokia
11 5 (1.69%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.35%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.35%) F5
12 4 (1.35%) HP
13 3 (1.01%) Google