Telecoms Architect Contract Job Trends

Telecommunications Architect
UK

The median Telecommunications Architect daily rate in the UK is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 513 588
Rank change year-on-year -97 +75 +109
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Architect 10 16 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.021% 0.055% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.059% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 3
10th Percentile £446 - -
25th Percentile £469 £500 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +36.67% -44.44%
75th Percentile £613 £707 £428
90th Percentile £669 £735 £453
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £500 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% -34.78%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 43,468 27,008 40,187
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.57% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,813 17,658 26,169
10th Percentile £315 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £407 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £491
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.27% -1.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,818 1,032 2,646
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.43 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.69 £29.15 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year +49.88% -18.93% -20.10%
75th Percentile £65.88 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.23 £28.75 £37.75
% change year-on-year +57.32% -23.84% -11.18%

Telecoms Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Telecoms Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Telecoms Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Telecoms Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telecoms Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telecoms Architect job vacancies in the UK

Telecoms Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms Architect over the 6 months to 29 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms Architect in the UK

Telecoms Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Telecoms Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Telecoms Architect job vacancies in the UK

Telecoms Architect
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 2026. 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 -94 10 £513 - 3
London -74 6 £600 -14.29% 3
Work from Home -39 4 £475 -5.00% 3
South East -62 4 £438 -12.50%
UK excluding London -94 4 £438 -12.50% 1

Telecoms Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 April 2026, Telecoms Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Telecoms Architect in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (30.00%) MPLS
2 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (30.00%) Service Catalogue
2 3 (30.00%) SLA
2 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (20.00%) 3GPP
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) AI
3 2 (20.00%) Broadband
3 2 (20.00%) CAD
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (20.00%) GRC
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Juniper
3 2 (20.00%) NaaS
3 2 (20.00%) Observability
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (20.00%) VPN
3 2 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (10.00%) ArchiMate

Telecoms Architect Skill Set
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 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) MPLS
2 2 (20.00%) 3GPP
2 2 (20.00%) Broadband
2 2 (20.00%) NaaS
2 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (20.00%) VPN
2 2 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (10.00%) Converged Networks
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security
3 1 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 10 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) REST
1 1 (10.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (20.00%) TM Forum
3 1 (10.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (30.00%) Service Catalogue
2 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) AI
3 2 (20.00%) CAD
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Observability
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (10.00%) eTOM
4 1 (10.00%) Network Optimisation
4 1 (10.00%) Presales
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (10.00%) CCIE
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (10.00%) MBA
1 1 (10.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) SLA
2 2 (20.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco
1 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (20.00%) Juniper
1 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow