eTOM Contract Job Trends

Enhanced Telecom Operations Map (eTOM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring eTOM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 534 604
Rank change year-on-year -42 +70 +176
Contract jobs citing eTOM 8 10 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.029% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.033% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £471 £430 -
25th Percentile £473 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

eTOM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,537 30,122 39,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.36% 88.11% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,461 18,405 26,081
10th Percentile £300 £306 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,095 985 1,517
10th Percentile £14.57 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.52 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.69% -26.97% +39.06%

eTOM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing eTOM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

eTOM job vacancy trend in the UK

eTOM
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing eTOM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing eTOM

eTOM
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing eTOM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing eTOM

eTOM
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing eTOM within the UK over the 6 months to 19 December 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
London -7 7 £475 -5.00% 1
England -31 7 £475 -5.00% 3
Work from Home 0 1 £470 -

eTOM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Miro
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Analyst
1 7 (87.50%) Business Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Business Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Product Ownership
2 4 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
1 7 (87.50%) BPMN
1 7 (87.50%) Development Roadmap
1 7 (87.50%) ITIL
1 7 (87.50%) Roadmaps
2 5 (62.50%) Business Process Modelling
2 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
2 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (62.50%) Kanban
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Product Roadmap
2 5 (62.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
2 5 (62.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 5 (62.50%) Scrum
2 5 (62.50%) Sprint Planning
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (62.50%) Translating Business Requirements
2 5 (62.50%) Workflow
3 4 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Master's Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) GRC
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Salesforce
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow