Telecoms Contract Job Trends in West London

Telecommunications
London > West London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in West London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 20 35
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 -10
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 18 19 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 6.62% 6.83% 4.71%
As % of the General category 12.16% 13.77% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 19
10th Percentile £304 £229 £211
25th Percentile £360 £270 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £570
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -38.60% +32.56%
75th Percentile £450 £559 £689
90th Percentile - £588 £775
London median daily rate £465 £500 £560
% change year-on-year -7.00% -10.71% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £43.90 £54.75 £83.50
25th Percentile £45.25 £58.13 £85.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% -30.56% -
75th Percentile £49.75 £65.75 £95.00
90th Percentile £51.10 £67.10 £96.50
London median hourly rate £31.60 £60.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -47.34% -29.41% +273.63%

All General Skills
West London

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 in West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 148 138 231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 54.41% 49.64% 40.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 92 176
10th Percentile £235 £183 £250
25th Percentile £350 £300 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £439 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% -20.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £650
90th Percentile £558 £606 £793
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 8
10th Percentile £20.24 £18.92 £35.48
25th Percentile £25.00 £21.51 £59.01
Median hourly rate £33.45 £34.05 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -48.42% +247.37%
75th Percentile £41.31 £59.38 £78.13
90th Percentile £47.13 £65.00 £90.50
London median hourly rate £31.50 £36.15 £28.63
% change year-on-year -12.88% +26.29% -15.36%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in West London

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in West London over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in West London

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the West London region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
Hillingdon -5 9 £425 +51.79% 6
Hounslow +2 6 £425 +34.92% 2
Telecoms
London

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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 (5.56%) CMS
1 1 (5.56%) Confluence
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) AWS
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (5.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) LAN
2 8 (44.44%) Firewall
2 8 (44.44%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (38.89%) SD-WAN
4 6 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (33.33%) WAN
5 5 (27.78%) VPN
6 2 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (11.11%) Wireless
7 1 (5.56%) 5G
7 1 (5.56%) BGP
7 1 (5.56%) BIG-IP
7 1 (5.56%) Broadband
7 1 (5.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (5.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (5.56%) Network Security
7 1 (5.56%) OSPF
7 1 (5.56%) VoIP
7 1 (5.56%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Aviation
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Network Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Network Design Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Design Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Design Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (5.56%) CCTV Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Installation Manager
5 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Java Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Operations Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Product Owner
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Java Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) React
1 1 (5.56%) RSS
1 1 (5.56%) Spring
1 1 (5.56%) Spring WebFlux
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 3 (16.67%) CCTV
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.56%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (5.56%) IoT
4 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Network Design
2 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (16.67%) Agile
3 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (16.67%) Project Management
3 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 2 (11.11%) Quality Management
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (5.56%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (5.56%) Change Control
5 1 (5.56%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
5 1 (5.56%) Network Management
5 1 (5.56%) Network Performance Management
5 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
5 1 (5.56%) Project Governance
5 1 (5.56%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Groovy
1 1 (5.56%) Java
1 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.56%) Kotlin
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) Scala
1 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 2 (11.11%) PMP
4 1 (5.56%) CCIE
4 1 (5.56%) CCNP
4 1 (5.56%) CCSE
4 1 (5.56%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.56%) JNCIE
4 1 (5.56%) JNCIP
4 1 (5.56%) MAPM
4 1 (5.56%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) ISO 9001
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco
2 6 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.56%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.56%) F5
4 1 (5.56%) Google
4 1 (5.56%) Juniper
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.56%) NEC
4 1 (5.56%) Remedy
4 1 (5.56%) Zscaler