Telecoms Developer Contracts

Telecommunications Developer
UK

The median Telecommunications Developer daily rate in the UK is £535, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 580 713
Rank change year-on-year +71 +133 +140
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Developer 11 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.005% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.005% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £406 - -
25th Percentile £451 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.28%
75th Percentile - - £469
90th Percentile £555 - £503
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 - £425

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Telecoms Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Telecoms Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms Developer in the UK

Telecoms Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms Developer in the UK

Telecoms Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms Developer in the UK

Telecoms Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms Developer in the UK

Telecoms Developer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +67 11 £535 -
London - 8 £535 -
UK excluding London +65 3 £490 -
Work from Home +43 3 £400 -
South East - 2 - -
East of England +30 1 £490 -

Telecoms Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Telecoms Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Telecoms Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (36.36%) Node.js
3 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
3 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Java
3 3 (27.27%) Python
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) VBA
4 2 (18.18%) Workflow
4 2 (18.18%) Azure
4 2 (18.18%) AWS
4 2 (18.18%) Open Source
4 2 (18.18%) Data Management
4 2 (18.18%) Google
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) GCP
4 2 (18.18%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
4 2 (18.18%) Data Reconciliation
4 2 (18.18%) API Development
4 2 (18.18%) API Design
4 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
4 2 (18.18%) Power Query
4 2 (18.18%) Power BI
4 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working

Telecoms Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) AWS
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) GCP
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
1 2 (18.18%) Power Query
General
1 11 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) Node.js
2 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
2 2 (18.18%) API Design
2 2 (18.18%) API Development
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (18.18%) Data Management
2 2 (18.18%) Data Reconciliation
2 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
2 2 (18.18%) Open Source
2 2 (18.18%) Workflow
3 1 (9.09%) Multithreading
3 1 (9.09%) OO
3 1 (9.09%) TDD
3 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Java
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
2 2 (18.18%) VBA
3 1 (9.09%) C#
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Google