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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 60 67
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 53 55 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.89% 2.87% 2.62%
As % of the General category 4.60% 5.02% 5.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 29 21
10th Percentile £243 £283 £300
25th Percentile £313 £413 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -26.21% +14.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £515 £588 £502
90th Percentile £598 £775 £675
England median daily rate £465 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.00% - +0.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile - - £13.02
25th Percentile - £12.13 £13.81
Median hourly rate £14.00 £12.25 £15.12
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -18.98% -48.75%
75th Percentile £28.00 £12.38 £20.06
90th Percentile £40.46 - £23.02
England median hourly rate £20.38 £67.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -69.81% +28.57% +89.19%

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 common skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,151 1,096 1,061
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.86% 57.26% 51.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 730 694 721
10th Percentile £220 £213 £250
25th Percentile £385 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £638
90th Percentile £641 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 56 42
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £13.74
25th Percentile £19.50 £15.22 £15.88
Median hourly rate £29.33 £23.82 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +23.13% +17.63% +23.63%
75th Percentile £40.36 £32.26 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £47.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.50 £29.75
% change year-on-year -34.68% +29.41% +20.01%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms 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 19 September 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in the West Midlands

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 19 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
Birmingham -4 22 £255 -44.86% 22
Warwickshire +7 18 £385 -48.67% 15
Coventry - 3 - - 8
Staffordshire +5 2 £350 +40.00% 4
Shropshire -20 2 £515 -4.63% 1
Solihull -9 1 £600 +33.63% 2
Walsall - 1 - -
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.89%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.89%) Azure
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (26.42%) Firewall
2 13 (24.53%) Network Security
2 13 (24.53%) VPN
2 13 (24.53%) WAN
3 12 (22.64%) IPsec
3 12 (22.64%) SSL
4 10 (18.87%) LAN
5 9 (16.98%) Wireless
6 8 (15.09%) DNS
7 7 (13.21%) BGP
7 7 (13.21%) OSPF
7 7 (13.21%) TCP/IP
8 6 (11.32%) Cisco IPT
8 6 (11.32%) DMVPN
8 6 (11.32%) VLAN
9 4 (7.55%) Wireshark
10 3 (5.66%) VoIP
11 2 (3.77%) Broadband
11 2 (3.77%) DHCP
11 2 (3.77%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) Oracle Database
1 2 (3.77%) Oracle Database 12c
1 2 (3.77%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
General
1 15 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.64%) Finance
3 10 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (18.87%) Public Sector
4 5 (9.43%) Marketing
5 4 (7.55%) Electronics
5 4 (7.55%) Legal
5 4 (7.55%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.77%) Automotive
6 2 (3.77%) General Ledger
6 2 (3.77%) Law
7 1 (1.89%) Banking
7 1 (1.89%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 15 (28.30%) Network Engineer
2 8 (15.09%) Administrator
3 6 (11.32%) Check Point Expert
4 5 (9.43%) Security Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Test Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) Consultant
6 3 (5.66%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Compliance Specialist
7 2 (3.77%) Desktop Support Technician
7 2 (3.77%) DV Cleared DBA
7 2 (3.77%) Firewall Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Network Support
7 2 (3.77%) Network Support Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Oracle DBA
7 2 (3.77%) SAP BW Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared DBA
7 2 (3.77%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.89%) REST
2 1 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.75%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.43%) Cloud Native
2 5 (9.43%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.77%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.77%) Infotainment
3 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.89%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.89%) NHS
4 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.89%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Check Point GAiA
2 2 (3.77%) Linux
2 2 (3.77%) Unix
3 1 (1.89%) Windows
3 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (15.09%) High Availability
3 7 (13.21%) Change Management
4 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (11.32%) End-to-End Testing
4 6 (11.32%) Inventory Management
4 6 (11.32%) SIEM
5 5 (9.43%) Data Protection
5 5 (9.43%) DevOps
5 5 (9.43%) Programme Management
5 5 (9.43%) Remote Testing
5 5 (9.43%) Service Delivery
6 4 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (7.55%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (5.66%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (3.77%) Accounts Payable
8 2 (3.77%) Accounts Receivable
8 2 (3.77%) Project Delivery
8 2 (3.77%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.77%) ABAP
1 2 (3.77%) PL/SQL
1 2 (3.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 13 (24.53%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.32%) CCSE
4 4 (7.55%) CCNA
4 4 (7.55%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (5.66%) Degree
6 2 (3.77%) CCA
6 2 (3.77%) CCNP
6 2 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.77%) OCP
6 2 (3.77%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) GDPR
1 2 (3.77%) PERC
2 1 (1.89%) QA
2 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.77%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.89%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) FortiGate
2 5 (9.43%) HP ALM
3 2 (3.77%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (3.77%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (3.77%) Data Guard
3 2 (3.77%) OpenView
3 2 (3.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (3.77%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 16 (30.19%) Cisco
2 13 (24.53%) CheckPoint
3 7 (13.21%) F5
3 7 (13.21%) Juniper
4 6 (11.32%) Blue Coat
4 6 (11.32%) Fortinet
4 6 (11.32%) SAP
5 5 (9.43%) HP
5 5 (9.43%) Micro Focus
5 5 (9.43%) Progress
6 2 (3.77%) Oracle
7 1 (1.89%) Ericsson
7 1 (1.89%) Huawei
7 1 (1.89%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.89%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.89%) Nokia
7 1 (1.89%) Pega
7 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.89%) VMware