Telecoms Contracts in the Thames Valley

Telecommunications
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -5
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 224 272 306
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.29% 10.37% 10.92%
As % of the General category 24.19% 18.80% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 93 165
10th Percentile £349 £203 £281
25th Percentile £408 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +15.47% - -
75th Percentile £587 £509 £525
90th Percentile £700 £550 £625
South East median daily rate £491 £425 £413
% change year-on-year +15.61% +2.91% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 3
10th Percentile £26.95 £23.10 £18.70
25th Percentile £39.62 £24.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% +212.50% -23.08%
75th Percentile £62.24 £65.00 £23.00
90th Percentile - £65.75 £24.50
South East median hourly rate £26.34 £45.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -41.48% -14.29% +25.75%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 926 1,447 1,729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.21% 55.14% 61.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 779 1,151
10th Percentile £250 £205 £280
25th Percentile £402 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £601 £589 £610
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 138 40
10th Percentile - £17.63 £18.38
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.59 £21.91
Median hourly rate £27.76 £47.50 £28.58
Median % change year-on-year -41.56% +66.20% +63.31%
75th Percentile £60.50 £62.38 £65.30
90th Percentile £76.82 £75.77 £76.20
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £45.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year -51.11% -2.70% +131.25%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the Thames Valley

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the Thames Valley

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the Thames Valley

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the Thames Valley

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in the Thames Valley

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 May 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 +3 213 £491 +15.47% 112
Buckinghamshire +7 8 £450 +5.88% 20
Oxfordshire +1 3 £438 - 31
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 9 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.89%) Camunda
2 2 (0.89%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) Smallworld
Applications
1 9 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.89%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (2.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.45%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 29 (12.95%) Azure
2 12 (5.36%) AWS
3 9 (4.02%) GCP
4 8 (3.57%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.68%) SaaS
6 5 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.23%) Snowflake
7 4 (1.79%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.34%) Azure AKS
8 3 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.34%) GitHub
9 2 (0.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.89%) Figma
9 2 (0.89%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.89%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.45%) Collibra
10 1 (0.45%) dbt
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.61%) MPLS
2 22 (9.82%) Ethernet
2 22 (9.82%) WAN
3 21 (9.38%) LTE
4 20 (8.93%) Wireshark
5 19 (8.48%) LAN
5 19 (8.48%) Radio Access Network
5 19 (8.48%) SAN
6 18 (8.04%) VPN
7 16 (7.14%) ATM
7 16 (7.14%) Frame Relay
7 16 (7.14%) GPRS
7 16 (7.14%) GSM
7 16 (7.14%) SDH
7 16 (7.14%) UMTS
8 14 (6.25%) 5G
9 11 (4.91%) 3G
9 11 (4.91%) 4G
10 8 (3.57%) BGP
11 7 (3.13%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.79%) Power BI
3 3 (1.34%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.34%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.34%) Power Query
4 2 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.89%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.89%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.45%) Big Data
5 1 (0.45%) GIS
5 1 (0.45%) MySQL
5 1 (0.45%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.45%) Redis
5 1 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (3.13%) JIRA
2 5 (2.23%) Git
3 4 (1.79%) Selenium
4 3 (1.34%) Robot Framework
4 3 (1.34%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.89%) GitLab
5 2 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.89%) Vite
6 1 (0.45%) ERwin
6 1 (0.45%) Subversion
6 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (25.89%) Finance
2 56 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 46 (20.54%) Public Sector
4 42 (18.75%) Marketing
5 36 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (15.63%) Electronics
6 35 (15.63%) Manufacturing
7 19 (8.48%) Billing
8 14 (6.25%) Legal
9 13 (5.80%) Retail
10 12 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (3.57%) Law
12 5 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.89%) Military
13 2 (0.89%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.45%) Back Office
14 1 (0.45%) Dutch Language
14 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (19.64%) Architect
2 23 (10.27%) Senior
3 21 (9.38%) Active Directory Architect
4 17 (7.59%) Test Engineer
5 16 (7.14%) Analyst
5 16 (7.14%) IP Engineer
6 12 (5.36%) IT Manager
6 12 (5.36%) Telecoms Manager
7 11 (4.91%) Designer
7 11 (4.91%) Operations Manager
8 10 (4.46%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (4.46%) Developer
8 10 (4.46%) IT Operations Manager
8 10 (4.46%) Network Engineer
9 9 (4.02%) Performance Manager
9 9 (4.02%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.57%) Commercial Manager
10 8 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (3.57%) Solutions Designer
10 8 (3.57%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.57%) REST
1 8 (3.57%) Web Services
2 6 (2.68%) CSS
2 6 (2.68%) HTML
3 5 (2.23%) JSON
4 4 (1.79%) PySpark
4 4 (1.79%) XML
4 4 (1.79%) YAML
5 3 (1.34%) Ajax
5 3 (1.34%) Gherkin
5 3 (1.34%) React
5 3 (1.34%) SOAP
6 2 (0.89%) Framer.js
7 1 (0.45%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (0.45%) Blazor
7 1 (0.45%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.45%) Prisma
7 1 (0.45%) RFC 2544
7 1 (0.45%) TanStack
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.16%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (6.70%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.02%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.13%) TM Forum
5 6 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.23%) CMDB
6 5 (2.23%) Frameworx
7 4 (1.79%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.79%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.89%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.45%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.45%) IoT
9 1 (0.45%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.45%) PMI
9 1 (0.45%) Tandem
9 1 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.50%) Windows
2 18 (8.04%) Linux
3 17 (7.59%) Unix
4 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (24.11%) Agile
2 41 (18.30%) Business Intelligence
3 38 (16.96%) Project Management
4 37 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (16.52%) Programme Management
5 35 (15.63%) Digital Marketing
6 27 (12.05%) Test Automation
7 23 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (9.38%) Identity Access Management
8 21 (9.38%) Test Strategy
9 19 (8.48%) Customer Experience
9 19 (8.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 17 (7.59%) CI/CD
10 17 (7.59%) ITIL
11 16 (7.14%) Fault Management
11 16 (7.14%) Regression Testing
11 16 (7.14%) Roadmaps
12 15 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (5.80%) DevOps
14 12 (5.36%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.16%) PowerShell
2 18 (8.04%) Python
3 17 (7.59%) Java
4 14 (6.25%) SQL
5 8 (3.57%) Bash
6 3 (1.34%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.34%) VBA
7 2 (0.89%) Bicep
7 2 (0.89%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.45%) C#
8 1 (0.45%) Magik
8 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (19.64%) Security Cleared
2 27 (12.05%) DV Cleared
3 20 (8.93%) ISEB
4 18 (8.04%) CCNP
4 18 (8.04%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (7.14%) ISTQB
5 16 (7.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 15 (6.70%) Degree
7 14 (6.25%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.68%) CISM
8 6 (2.68%) PMI Certification
9 5 (2.23%) PMP
10 3 (1.34%) APMP
10 3 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.45%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.45%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.45%) ISACA
12 1 (0.45%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.91%) QA
2 7 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.68%) GDPR
3 6 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.23%) SLA
5 3 (1.34%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.34%) P3O
6 2 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.89%) NCSC
6 2 (0.89%) PMO
6 2 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.45%) COBIT
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) NIST
7 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (9.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.79%) Docker
3 2 (0.89%) Ceph
3 2 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.89%) vSphere
4 1 (0.45%) Firmware
4 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.45%) NFS
4 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.23%) Ansible
3 3 (1.34%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (0.89%) Argo
5 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.45%) NSN NetAct
5 1 (0.45%) SCCM
5 1 (0.45%) vRealize
5 1 (0.45%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 42 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 35 (15.63%) SAP
3 29 (12.95%) Cisco
4 19 (8.48%) Juniper
5 12 (5.36%) Virgin Media
6 11 (4.91%) Splunk
7 10 (4.46%) Databricks
7 10 (4.46%) Dynatrace
7 10 (4.46%) Remedy
8 9 (4.02%) ServiceNow
9 8 (3.57%) BT
10 6 (2.68%) BMC
11 5 (2.23%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.79%) Dell
12 4 (1.79%) VMware
13 3 (1.34%) Cramer
13 3 (1.34%) F5
13 3 (1.34%) IFS
13 3 (1.34%) Openreach
13 3 (1.34%) Oracle