Telecoms Manager Contracts

Telecommunications Manager
UK

The median Telecommunications Manager daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 614 700
Rank change year-on-year +93 +86 -107
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Manager 58 86 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.15% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 33 90
10th Percentile £412 £365 £400
25th Percentile £463 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +20.25%
75th Percentile £530 £588 £520
90th Percentile £576 £750 £616
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £475
% change year-on-year -3.80% +3.95% +20.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £57.40 -
25th Percentile - £59.13 £62.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% -1.54% -
75th Percentile - £66.75 £67.50
90th Percentile - £67.20 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Telecoms Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms Manager in the UK

Telecoms Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms Manager in the UK

Telecoms Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms Manager over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms Manager in the UK

Telecoms Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms Manager in the UK

Telecoms Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +89 51 £520 -0.95% 16
UK excluding London +58 44 £475 -3.80% 5
South East +28 30 £475 -9.52% 3
Work from Home +115 28 £488 +11.43% 7
London +98 11 £550 -4.35% 7
North of England +27 6 - - 2
North West +21 5 - - 2
Scotland +31 4 £488 -2.50%
West Midlands +22 2 £500 +33.33%
South West +22 2 - -
Midlands +18 2 £500 +33.33%
Yorkshire +19 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Telecoms Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 58 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 19 (32.76%) Finance
3 14 (24.14%) Legal
4 13 (22.41%) Project Management
4 13 (22.41%) 5G
4 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
5 12 (20.69%) Agile
6 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
7 8 (13.79%) Customer Experience
7 8 (13.79%) Contract Management
7 8 (13.79%) Programme Delivery
8 7 (12.07%) Roadmaps
8 7 (12.07%) Decision-Making
9 6 (10.34%) Culture Change
9 6 (10.34%) Degree
9 6 (10.34%) QA
9 6 (10.34%) LTE
9 6 (10.34%) Radio Access Network
10 5 (8.62%) JIRA
10 5 (8.62%) Marketing
10 5 (8.62%) Line Management
10 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (8.62%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (8.62%) Law
10 5 (8.62%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (8.62%) Edge Computing
11 4 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (6.90%) Budget Management
11 4 (6.90%) Workflow

Telecoms Manager 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 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.17%) AWS
1 3 (5.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.41%) 5G
2 6 (10.34%) LTE
2 6 (10.34%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (5.17%) MPLS
4 2 (3.45%) 4G
4 2 (3.45%) BGP
4 2 (3.45%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.72%) Broadband
5 1 (1.72%) GPRS
5 1 (1.72%) Internet
5 1 (1.72%) ISDN
5 1 (1.72%) Network Security
5 1 (1.72%) PSTN
5 1 (1.72%) SDH
5 1 (1.72%) VoLTE
5 1 (1.72%) VSAT
5 1 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) JIRA
General
1 58 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 19 (32.76%) Finance
3 14 (24.14%) Legal
4 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Law
5 5 (8.62%) Marketing
6 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.45%) Billing
7 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.72%) Electronics
8 1 (1.72%) Local Government
8 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.72%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.72%) SCADA
3 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.41%) Project Management
2 12 (20.69%) Agile
3 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
4 8 (13.79%) Contract Management
4 8 (13.79%) Customer Experience
4 8 (13.79%) Programme Delivery
5 7 (12.07%) Decision-Making
5 7 (12.07%) Roadmaps
6 6 (10.34%) Culture Change
7 5 (8.62%) Edge Computing
7 5 (8.62%) Line Management
7 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (6.90%) Budget Management
8 4 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.90%) PRINCE2
8 4 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (6.90%) Supplier Management
8 4 (6.90%) Waterfall
8 4 (6.90%) Workflow
9 3 (5.17%) Product Roadmap
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.45%) MBA
3 2 (3.45%) PMP
3 2 (3.45%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) CISSP
4 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) QA
2 2 (3.45%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 4 (6.90%) Cisco
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Atlassian
2 3 (5.17%) BT
3 1 (1.72%) Amdocs
3 1 (1.72%) Arqiva
3 1 (1.72%) NetCracker
3 1 (1.72%) Openreach
3 1 (1.72%) webMethods