Nortel Contract Job Trends

Nortel
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Nortel products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Nortel over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Nortel Networks Corporation.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 540 604
Rank change year-on-year -43 +64 +189
Contract jobs citing Nortel 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.012% 0.002%
As % of the Vendors category 0.006% 0.026% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £375 -

All Vendors
UK

Nortel falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17,399 15,622 19,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.25% 45.70% 45.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,061 9,336 12,667
10th Percentile £294 £283 £253
25th Percentile £409 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.42%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £722 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 859 464 671
10th Percentile £15.17 £15.62 £14.57
25th Percentile £18.02 £19.87 £19.88
Median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% -34.83% +73.08%
75th Percentile £44.75 £61.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £44.75
% change year-on-year -18.89% -39.39% +98.89%

Nortel
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Nortel job vacancy trend in the UK

Nortel
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Nortel
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Nortel
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nortel 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
England -32 1 - -
UK excluding London -39 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

Nortel
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) PABX
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Telephony Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) BT