Telecoms Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Telecommunications
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in South Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 56 45
Rank change year-on-year -12 -11 +18
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 2 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.33% 0.43% 2.22%
As % of the General category 0.47% 0.68% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £128 - -
25th Percentile £150 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £225 £651
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -65.45% +25.84%
75th Percentile £245 £238 £669
90th Percentile £271 - £680
Yorkshire median daily rate £243 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -51.50% - -4.76%

All General Skills
South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 427 294 321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 69.89% 63.91% 71.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 153 191
10th Percentile £278 £218 £315
25th Percentile £369 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £507 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.78% -11.83% +15.00%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £684
90th Percentile £633 £650 £745
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
10th Percentile £14.08 £15.88 £18.80
25th Percentile £14.43 £20.13 £19.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile - £21.88 £35.00
90th Percentile - £22.00 £44.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £21.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +5.43% +10.53% +1.60%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in South Yorkshire

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in South Yorkshire

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Sheffield -14 1 £275 +22.22% 4
Doncaster - 1 £115 -
Telecoms
Yorkshire

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social 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%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Installation Technician
1 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BMC
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Toshiba