Telecoms Specialist Contracts

Telecommunications Specialist
UK

The median Telecommunications Specialist daily rate in the UK is £591 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 707 852
Rank change year-on-year +125 +145 -164
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Specialist 9 11 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.019% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.020% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile £475 £384 -
25th Percentile £531 £398 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £413 £600
Median % change year-on-year +43.27% -31.25% +33.33%
75th Percentile £607 £419 £625
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £413 -
% change year-on-year +39.39% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £66.00 - -
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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Telecoms Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms Specialist in the UK

Telecoms Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms Specialist in the UK

Telecoms Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms Specialist over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms Specialist in the UK

Telecoms Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms Specialist in the UK

Telecoms Specialist
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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 +110 9 £591 +43.27%
UK excluding London +63 5 £575 +39.39%
London +104 4 £607 -
South East +20 4 - -
Work from Home +123 2 £607 +47.15%
North East - 1 £575 -
North of England - 1 £575 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Telecoms Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (44.44%) GAP Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) BT
4 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Server Building
5 2 (22.22%) PBX
5 2 (22.22%) PSTN
5 2 (22.22%) VoIP
5 2 (22.22%) Firewall
6 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
6 1 (11.11%) CCTV
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) SCADA
6 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) LTE
6 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (11.11%) User Stories
6 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (11.11%) Process Management
6 1 (11.11%) API Testing
6 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree

Telecoms Specialist 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) PBX
1 2 (22.22%) PSTN
1 2 (22.22%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) LTE
2 1 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
General
1 9 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) CCTV
1 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
1 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (44.44%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Server Building
5 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) API Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Process Management
5 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) TDD
5 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) BT