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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 41 49
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 -1
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 2 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.57% 1.08% 1.02%
As % of the General category 1.04% 1.98% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £126 - -
25th Percentile £147 - £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £183 - £390
Median % change year-on-year - - +102.60%
75th Percentile £217 - £395
90th Percentile £237 - -
Wales median daily rate £160 - £390
% change year-on-year - - +102.60%

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 common skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 192 202 194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 54.70% 54.59% 49.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 93 135
10th Percentile £194 £123 £181
25th Percentile £266 £162 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £484 £506 £594
90th Percentile £581 £599 £650
Wales median daily rate £375 £368 £383
% change year-on-year +2.04% -3.92% -19.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 32 23
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.57 £16.00
25th Percentile £13.94 £20.12 £21.30
Median hourly rate £16.90 £23.00 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -26.53% -15.33% +35.01%
75th Percentile £24.19 £48.13 £53.13
90th Percentile £39.21 £52.50 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £19.10 £23.66 £26.58
% change year-on-year -19.29% -10.99% +31.34%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in South Wales over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in South Wales

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
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 18 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
Cardiff -2 1 £115 - 2
Telecoms
Wales

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 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Installation Technician
1 1 (50.00%) NOC Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Technician
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Runbook
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP