Telecoms Contracts

Telecommunications
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 64 81
Rank change year-on-year -36 +17 +2
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 804 1,341 1,609
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.57% 3.08% 2.88%
As % of the General category 4.06% 5.41% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 635 1,053
10th Percentile £304 £200 £226
25th Percentile £400 £325 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £488
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -5.64% -2.50%
75th Percentile £578 £607 £600
90th Percentile £700 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +1.11% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 106 58
10th Percentile - £12.15 £15.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £20.48
Median hourly rate £27.40 £48.56 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.57% -7.50% +81.03%
75th Percentile £62.24 £72.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £65.25 £75.00 £90.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £48.56 £25.00
% change year-on-year -68.08% +94.24% +12.36%

All General Skills
UK

Telecoms falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,793 24,809 32,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.18% 57.07% 58.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,417 15,531 22,541
10th Percentile £281 £275 £313
25th Percentile £402 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.57% -2.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 979 1,954 1,037
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.81 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £16.85
Median hourly rate £27.28 £31.76 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.09% +4.11% +24.90%
75th Percentile £52.00 £53.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.38 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £30.60 £25.13
% change year-on-year -24.83% +21.78% +25.63%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 -30 713 £490 +5.95% 3,625
UK excluding London -22 495 £455 +1.11% 2,290
South East +4 256 £498 +11.05% 645
London -25 242 £490 -1.75% 1,513
Work from Home -52 212 £475 - 1,310
South West -21 80 £425 -29.17% 235
North of England -29 48 £510 +29.11% 547
Midlands -12 42 £381 -16.85% 349
West Midlands -3 39 £350 -29.29% 227
North West +7 34 £525 +86.67% 315
Scotland +6 32 £325 -11.26% 172
East of England -11 25 £400 +6.67% 261
Yorkshire -27 13 £450 +0.06% 195
Northern Ireland -6 8 £358 +93.24% 40
Wales -9 5 £215 -41.10% 71
East Midlands -10 3 £625 +61.29% 118
North East -5 1 - - 44
Channel Islands -6 1 - -

Telecoms
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 21 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.87%) OpenStack
4 11 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.37%) CMS
4 11 (1.37%) Confluence
5 8 (1.00%) Headless CMS
6 4 (0.50%) Camunda
7 3 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.37%) Smallworld
8 2 (0.25%) Gunicorn
9 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.12%) Drupal
9 1 (0.12%) Mule
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.25%) Sketch
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.12%) InVision
5 1 (0.12%) Revit
5 1 (0.12%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 10 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
2 7 (0.87%) Oracle EBS R12
2 7 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (0.87%) SAP BRIM
2 7 (0.87%) SAP Hybris
2 7 (0.87%) SAP PSCD
3 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.37%) Endur
4 3 (0.37%) Primavera
4 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.12%) Remedy AR System
5 1 (0.12%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 94 (11.69%) Azure
2 72 (8.96%) AWS
3 43 (5.35%) GCP
4 35 (4.35%) SaaS
5 32 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (2.86%) Power Platform
7 18 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.62%) PaaS
9 11 (1.37%) IaaS
10 10 (1.24%) OpenShift
10 10 (1.24%) Snowflake
11 9 (1.12%) Entra ID
12 7 (0.87%) GitHub
12 7 (0.87%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 7 (0.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 7 (0.87%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 6 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (0.75%) Figma
14 5 (0.62%) dbt
15 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 51 (6.34%) Firewall
2 47 (5.85%) 5G
3 39 (4.85%) LAN
4 38 (4.73%) MPLS
4 38 (4.73%) WAN
5 34 (4.23%) VPN
6 33 (4.10%) BGP
6 33 (4.10%) Radio Access Network
7 31 (3.86%) Network Security
8 30 (3.73%) LTE
9 29 (3.61%) Wireless
10 26 (3.23%) OSPF
11 25 (3.11%) 4G
11 25 (3.11%) VoIP
12 24 (2.99%) Wireshark
13 20 (2.49%) DNS
14 19 (2.36%) Ethernet
14 19 (2.36%) SAN
14 19 (2.36%) SDH
15 16 (1.99%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.23%) Relational Database
2 25 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.49%) Power BI
3 20 (2.49%) Tableau
4 14 (1.74%) GIS
5 12 (1.49%) Big Data
5 12 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.49%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.24%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (0.87%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.62%) QGIS
9 4 (0.50%) Metadata
9 4 (0.50%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.37%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.37%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.37%) Power Query
11 2 (0.25%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle Database 12c
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 27 (3.36%) Jenkins
2 23 (2.86%) Gradle
3 22 (2.74%) GitLab
4 21 (2.61%) Git
4 21 (2.61%) JUnit
4 21 (2.61%) Liquibase
4 21 (2.61%) Mockito
5 18 (2.24%) JIRA
6 6 (0.75%) Selenium
7 3 (0.37%) Subversion
7 3 (0.37%) Vite
8 2 (0.25%) Clang
8 2 (0.25%) GCC
8 2 (0.25%) Maven
8 2 (0.25%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.25%) Postman
8 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.12%) Appium
9 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 248 (30.85%) Finance
2 232 (28.86%) Social Skills
3 195 (24.25%) Public Sector
4 171 (21.27%) Marketing
5 167 (20.77%) Electronics
6 166 (20.65%) Manufacturing
7 98 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (4.60%) Legal
9 34 (4.23%) Billing
10 21 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.37%) Law
11 11 (1.37%) Retail
12 9 (1.12%) Banking
13 7 (0.87%) French Language
13 7 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.75%) Automotive
15 5 (0.62%) Back Office
16 4 (0.50%) Brand Awareness
16 4 (0.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 98 (12.19%) Architect
2 80 (9.95%) Developer
3 56 (6.97%) Network Engineer
3 56 (6.97%) Senior
4 55 (6.84%) Analyst
5 48 (5.97%) Consultant
6 45 (5.60%) Project Manager
7 38 (4.73%) Lead
8 30 (3.73%) Test Engineer
9 28 (3.48%) Telecoms Manager
10 25 (3.11%) Support Engineer
11 22 (2.74%) Administrator
11 22 (2.74%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (2.61%) Active Directory Architect
13 18 (2.24%) Business Analyst
13 18 (2.24%) Field Engineer
13 18 (2.24%) Software Engineer
13 18 (2.24%) Telecoms Architect
14 17 (2.11%) IP Engineer
15 16 (1.99%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.73%) React
2 27 (3.36%) Kafka
2 27 (3.36%) Swagger
3 25 (3.11%) HTML
3 25 (3.11%) OpenAPI
4 24 (2.99%) CSS
5 23 (2.86%) Spring
5 23 (2.86%) Spring Boot
6 19 (2.36%) REST
7 18 (2.24%) .NET
8 14 (1.74%) Node.js
9 12 (1.49%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.49%) JSON
10 11 (1.37%) Next.js
10 11 (1.37%) Web Services
11 9 (1.12%) RESTful
11 9 (1.12%) XML
12 8 (1.00%) .NET Core
13 6 (0.75%) GraphQL
14 5 (0.62%) GeoPandas
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.23%) Data Centre
2 32 (3.98%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (3.36%) Product Ownership
5 22 (2.74%) Cloud Native
6 21 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.24%) Fibre Optics
8 16 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (1.87%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
11 11 (1.37%) NHS
11 11 (1.37%) TM Forum
12 10 (1.24%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.24%) Blackberry
12 10 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.00%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.62%) Distributed Computing
14 5 (0.62%) IoT
14 5 (0.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 64 (7.96%) Windows
2 51 (6.34%) Linux
3 21 (2.61%) Unix
4 13 (1.62%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.12%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.75%) Check Point GAiA
7 3 (0.37%) Android
7 3 (0.37%) VMS
8 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.25%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.25%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.25%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (23.26%) Business Intelligence
2 176 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
3 171 (21.27%) Programme Management
4 162 (20.15%) Digital Marketing
5 142 (17.66%) Agile
6 84 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 82 (10.20%) Migration
7 82 (10.20%) Project Management
8 79 (9.83%) DevOps
9 78 (9.70%) CI/CD
10 63 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 61 (7.59%) Project Delivery
12 60 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 53 (6.59%) Change Management
13 53 (6.59%) ITIL
14 52 (6.47%) Microservices
14 52 (6.47%) Service Delivery
14 52 (6.47%) Software Engineering
15 50 (6.22%) Roadmaps
16 47 (5.85%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (10.95%) Python
2 77 (9.58%) SQL
3 59 (7.34%) Java
4 51 (6.34%) PowerShell
5 34 (4.23%) TypeScript
6 23 (2.86%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.61%) Bash
8 20 (2.49%) C#
9 10 (1.24%) C++
10 7 (0.87%) C
11 5 (0.62%) Go
12 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.37%) PHP
13 3 (0.37%) SystemVerilog
13 3 (0.37%) VBA
14 2 (0.25%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.25%) Perl
14 2 (0.25%) R
15 1 (0.12%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 174 (21.64%) Security Cleared
2 119 (14.80%) SC Cleared
3 82 (10.20%) Degree
4 63 (7.84%) DV Cleared
5 50 (6.22%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (4.23%) CCNP
7 21 (2.61%) CISSP
8 19 (2.36%) Azure Certification
8 19 (2.36%) Master's Degree
8 19 (2.36%) PMI Certification
9 18 (2.24%) PMP
10 17 (2.11%) CISM
11 16 (1.99%) ISTQB
12 15 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (1.87%) ISEB
12 15 (1.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (1.24%) CCNA
14 10 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (1.12%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.10%) SLA
2 27 (3.36%) QA
3 22 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.62%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.62%) NIST
5 12 (1.49%) GDPR
6 11 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.87%) GRC
7 7 (0.87%) JSP 440
7 7 (0.87%) RMADS
8 6 (0.75%) PMO
9 5 (0.62%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.62%) NCSC
9 5 (0.62%) P3O
10 4 (0.50%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.50%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (5.10%) Active Directory
2 39 (4.85%) Docker
3 28 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (2.49%) vSphere
5 5 (0.62%) Firmware
5 5 (0.62%) iptables
6 4 (0.50%) Ceph
6 4 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.50%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.37%) FreeRADIUS
7 3 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.37%) XenApp
8 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 41 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.98%) Ansible
3 28 (3.48%) Terraform
4 13 (1.62%) NSN NetAct
5 11 (1.37%) Amdocs OSS
6 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.00%) Puppet
8 7 (0.87%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.62%) Grafana
9 5 (0.62%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.37%) Cacti
10 3 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (0.37%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.37%) Nagios
10 3 (0.37%) Netcool
10 3 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.37%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.37%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.37%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 184 (22.89%) SAP
2 132 (16.42%) Microsoft
3 95 (11.82%) Cisco
4 51 (6.34%) Nokia
5 42 (5.22%) Ericsson
6 35 (4.35%) VMware
7 33 (4.10%) Juniper
8 27 (3.36%) Oracle
8 27 (3.36%) ServiceNow
9 25 (3.11%) Google
9 25 (3.11%) Salesforce
10 20 (2.49%) Databricks
10 20 (2.49%) Virgin Media
11 19 (2.36%) F5
12 18 (2.24%) Remedy
13 14 (1.74%) CheckPoint
13 14 (1.74%) Palo Alto
13 14 (1.74%) Splunk
14 13 (1.62%) Avaya
14 13 (1.62%) Fortinet