Telecoms Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Telecommunications
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 71 71
Rank change year-on-year -63 0 +6
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 29 48 39
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.84% 2.78% 2.05%
As % of the General category 1.60% 4.36% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 22
10th Percentile £369 £219 £260
25th Percentile £423 £321 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £380 £538
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -29.30% +22.86%
75th Percentile £553 £545 £775
90th Percentile £706 £605 -
England median daily rate £482 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -0.59% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 3
10th Percentile - - £12.35
25th Percentile - - £12.69
Median hourly rate £13.00 £14.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -28.95%
75th Percentile - £17.50 £13.88
90th Percentile - £39.21 £13.95
England median hourly rate £21.00 £18.97 £57.50
% change year-on-year +10.70% -67.01% -4.17%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 general skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,809 1,101 1,061
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 52.53% 63.86% 55.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,120 696 701
10th Percentile £315 £220 £230
25th Percentile £407 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £631
90th Percentile £675 £638 £750
England median daily rate £525 £508 £538
% change year-on-year +3.45% -5.58% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 85 67
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.57 £18.22 £15.07
Median hourly rate £27.30 £29.00 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year -5.86% +48.03% -14.30%
75th Percentile £43.96 £40.25 £31.78
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £45.75
England median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +37.42%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Telecoms relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Telecoms job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the West Midlands

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 August 2026. 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
Warwickshire -20 8 £613 +31.72% 4
Birmingham -37 6 £450 +76.47% 26
Shropshire -41 4 £450 -12.62%
Solihull -13 2 £575 -4.17% 3
Coventry - 2 £450 - 6
Worcestershire - 2 £575 - 2
Herefordshire - 1 - - 1
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) Confluence
2 2 (6.90%) ArcGIS
3 1 (3.45%) IIS
3 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (13.79%) SAP PSCD
2 3 (10.34%) SAP ERP
3 1 (3.45%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (3.45%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (3.45%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) AWS
2 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (10.34%) GCP
2 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (6.90%) GitHub
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.45%) n8n
4 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (3.45%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (3.45%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) WAN
2 6 (20.69%) LAN
3 4 (13.79%) SD-WAN
4 2 (6.90%) Firewall
4 2 (6.90%) PBX
4 2 (6.90%) Unified Communications
4 2 (6.90%) VoIP
4 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.45%) BGP
5 1 (3.45%) Broadband
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (3.45%) Ethernet
5 1 (3.45%) IPsec
5 1 (3.45%) MPLS
5 1 (3.45%) Network Security
5 1 (3.45%) OSPF
5 1 (3.45%) SSL
5 1 (3.45%) VLAN
5 1 (3.45%) VPN
5 1 (3.45%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (10.34%) Power BI
1 3 (10.34%) SAP BW
1 3 (10.34%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (6.90%) GIS
3 1 (3.45%) Looker
3 1 (3.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
General
1 12 (41.38%) Finance
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (10.34%) General Ledger
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Billing
4 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Project Manager
2 5 (17.24%) Consultant
3 4 (13.79%) Field Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Lead
4 3 (10.34%) SAP BW Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Data Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Data Science Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Data Scientist
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.90%) NOC Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Scrum Master
5 2 (6.90%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Product Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) AI Agents
2 2 (6.90%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.90%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.45%) Data Fabric
3 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.45%) Photography
3 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Analytics
1 6 (20.69%) Project Management
1 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (17.24%) AI
2 5 (17.24%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (13.79%) Agile
3 4 (13.79%) Change Management
3 4 (13.79%) CRM
3 4 (13.79%) Master Data Management
3 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (13.79%) Revenue Management
3 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (10.34%) Accounts Payable
4 3 (10.34%) Accounts Receivable
4 3 (10.34%) Cost Centre Accounting
4 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
4 3 (10.34%) DevOps
4 3 (10.34%) ERP
4 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (10.34%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) ABAP
2 2 (6.90%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) Bicep
3 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 6 (20.69%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Azure Certification
3 3 (10.34%) CCA
4 2 (6.90%) AWS Certification
4 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (6.90%) PMI Certification
4 2 (6.90%) PMP
5 1 (3.45%) CBAP
5 1 (3.45%) CCNA
5 1 (3.45%) CCNP
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.45%) CSPO
5 1 (3.45%) Degree
5 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) PMO
2 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Cisco
2 5 (17.24%) SAP
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) Red Hat
3 2 (6.90%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) BT
4 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.45%) Dell
4 1 (3.45%) F5
4 1 (3.45%) Google
4 1 (3.45%) Juniper
4 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.45%) Proofpoint
4 1 (3.45%) Salesforce