Telecoms Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Telecommunications
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 36 35
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +16
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 1 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.30% 1.94% 1.83%
As % of the General category 0.57% 3.51% 4.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £365 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.51% - -
Wales median daily rate £160 £365 -
% change year-on-year -56.16% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
Wales median hourly rate - £38.75 -

All General Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 175 171 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 51.93% 55.16% 44.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 82 93
10th Percentile £195 £162 £182
25th Percentile £280 £210 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £381 £420
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% -9.23% -9.19%
75th Percentile £488 £523 £575
90th Percentile £643 £625 £623
Wales median daily rate £388 £375 £415
% change year-on-year +3.33% -9.64% -10.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 29 20
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.20 £13.26
25th Percentile £16.89 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% +65.37%
75th Percentile £33.75 £28.75 £54.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £45.00 £55.38
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £22.25 £33.00
% change year-on-year -7.87% -32.58% +65.00%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Telecoms relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Telecoms job vacancy trend in South Wales

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) NOC Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification