TM Forum Contract Job Trends in the South East

TM Forum
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term TM Forum in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TM Forum over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 170 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing TM Forum 4 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.10% 0.17% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% 0.54% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £370 £460 -
25th Percentile £381 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £410 £525 -
90th Percentile £416 £540 -
England median daily rate £400 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -25.58% +2.38% -25.74%

All Generic Skills
South East

TM Forum falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,240 1,291 1,725
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.12% 31.17% 31.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 798 729 1,089
10th Percentile £204 £250 £205
25th Percentile £363 £388 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +0.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £690 £700
England median daily rate £520 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -4.15% -1.36% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 75 103
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.04 £18.59
25th Percentile £15.53 £26.25 £24.17
Median hourly rate £22.75 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.67% - +40.00%
75th Percentile £54.00 £71.57 £64.15
90th Percentile £70.11 £75.16 £77.31
England median hourly rate £27.50 £46.18 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.45% +3.78% +50.85%

TM Forum
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

TM Forum job vacancy trend in the South East

TM Forum
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

TM Forum
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 TM Forum within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 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
Berkshire +5 4 £400 -20.00%
Thames Valley -7 4 £400 -20.00% 4
TM Forum
England

TM Forum
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 2 (50.00%) Camunda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) MPLS
2 3 (75.00%) 4G
2 3 (75.00%) 5G
2 3 (75.00%) DOCSIS
2 3 (75.00%) GPON
2 3 (75.00%) LTE
2 3 (75.00%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (75.00%) VoIP
2 3 (75.00%) xDSL
3 2 (50.00%) Converged Networks
4 1 (25.00%) Broadband
4 1 (25.00%) NaaS
4 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
2 3 (75.00%) OSS Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Enterprise Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) eTOM
2 3 (75.00%) Fault Management
2 3 (75.00%) Inventory Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) OASIS TOSCA
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Amdocs
1 2 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 2 (50.00%) Huawei
1 2 (50.00%) NetCracker
1 2 (50.00%) Nokia
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper