Telecoms Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Telecommunications
UK

The median Project Manager - Telecommunications daily rate in the UK is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 575 656
Rank change year-on-year +41 +81 +115
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Project Manager 14 10 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.023% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.025% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 12
10th Percentile - £385 £355
25th Percentile £413 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £438 £503 £519
90th Percentile £460 £519 £543
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £65.50 -
25th Percentile - £66.25 £62.00
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year - +5.47% -1.54%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £66.00
90th Percentile - £69.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

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 29,294 40,276 53,656
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 93.01% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,671 25,908 37,253
10th Percentile £287 £285 £313
25th Percentile £400 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.13%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,326 2,804 1,565
10th Percentile £13.75 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.36 £16.65 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.45 £37.50 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -29.47% -14.05% +74.52%
75th Percentile £55.25 £62.96 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £74.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%

Telecoms Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms Project Manager in the UK

Telecoms Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms Project Manager in the UK

Telecoms Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms Project Manager over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms Project Manager in the UK

Telecoms Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms Project Manager in the UK

Telecoms Project Manager
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 Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 6 July 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 +59 14 £425 -10.53% 2
UK excluding London +56 12 £425 - 3
South West - 9 £425 -
Work from Home +33 4 £425 - 1
South East +41 3 £388 -8.82%
London +34 2 £617 +18.61% 2

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 2025, Telecoms Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 13 (92.86%) Project Management
3 9 (64.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (57.14%) PRINCE2
4 8 (57.14%) PMP
4 8 (57.14%) PMI Certification
4 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 7 (50.00%) Waterfall
5 7 (50.00%) 5G
5 7 (50.00%) Agile
5 7 (50.00%) Risk Management
6 6 (42.86%) Billing
6 6 (42.86%) NetCracker
6 6 (42.86%) Scrum
6 6 (42.86%) Amdocs
6 6 (42.86%) Ericsson
6 6 (42.86%) Nokia
6 6 (42.86%) CRM
6 6 (42.86%) Cloud Native
6 6 (42.86%) Ciena
6 6 (42.86%) Network Management
6 6 (42.86%) Fault Management
6 6 (42.86%) Amdocs OSS
7 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
8 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
8 3 (21.43%) Work Breakdown Structure
8 3 (21.43%) Requirements Analysis

Telecoms Project 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 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) 5G
2 1 (7.14%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 14 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (42.86%) Billing
4 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Legal
6 1 (7.14%) Finance
6 1 (7.14%) Law
6 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Project Management
2 9 (64.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (57.14%) PRINCE2
3 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (50.00%) Agile
4 7 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 7 (50.00%) Waterfall
5 6 (42.86%) CRM
5 6 (42.86%) Fault Management
5 6 (42.86%) Network Management
5 6 (42.86%) Scrum
6 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
6 3 (21.43%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
6 3 (21.43%) Work Breakdown Structure
7 2 (14.29%) Project Planning
8 1 (7.14%) Change Management
8 1 (7.14%) ITIL
8 1 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) PMI Certification
1 8 (57.14%) PMP
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Amdocs
1 6 (42.86%) Ciena
1 6 (42.86%) Ericsson
1 6 (42.86%) NetCracker
1 6 (42.86%) Nokia
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (7.14%) Remedy