Telecoms Contracts in Suffolk

Telecommunications
East of England > Suffolk

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

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 8 25
Rank change year-on-year -11 +17 -16
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 3 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 4.05% 9.62% 1.28%
As % of the General category 7.50% 27.78% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £513 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £525 £388
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +35.48% -17.20%
75th Percentile - £538 £431
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £400 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +6.67% -21.05% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £11.50 -
East of England median hourly rate - £15.73 £52.50
% change year-on-year - -70.04% -2.19%

All General Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40 18 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 54.05% 34.62% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 11 98
10th Percentile £200 £205 £354
25th Percentile £211 £246 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £525 £700
Median % change year-on-year -57.14% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £444 £575 £743
90th Percentile £547 £600 £745
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile - - £13.38
25th Percentile - £11.25 £13.78
Median hourly rate £17.79 £11.50 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year +54.70% -29.23% +14.12%
75th Percentile £31.99 £13.06 £19.20
90th Percentile £40.50 £15.43 £20.02
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £18.58
% change year-on-year -17.00% +105.19% +19.85%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Suffolk

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in Suffolk.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Suffolk

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in Suffolk.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Suffolk

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 28 June 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
Ipswich -8 1 - - 9
Leiston - 1 - -
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) BIG-IP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) IOS XR
1 1 (33.33%) IPsec
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Billing
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Conflict Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Process Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Scorecard
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) F5
1 1 (33.33%) Meraki