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 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 71 65
Rank change year-on-year -60 -6 +10
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 33 35 50
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.99% 2.38% 2.44%
As % of the General category 1.86% 3.80% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 25
10th Percentile £370 £195 £264
25th Percentile £420 £243 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £413 £470
Median % change year-on-year +13.94% -12.23% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £775
90th Percentile £630 £670 -
England median daily rate £475 £490 £457
% change year-on-year -3.06% +7.22% -5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 4
10th Percentile £21.70 - £12.46
25th Percentile £34.75 - £12.97
Median hourly rate £58.00 £14.00 £13.75
Median % change year-on-year +314.29% +1.82% -18.41%
75th Percentile £59.50 - £14.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £18.31 £63.75
% change year-on-year +63.89% -71.29% +21.43%

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 1,777 920 1,097
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.32% 62.67% 53.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,144 573 744
10th Percentile £313 £191 £250
25th Percentile £402 £356 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £455 £503
Median % change year-on-year +8.13% -9.45% -1.95%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £625
90th Percentile £688 £650 £751
England median daily rate £522 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.46% -2.83% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 75 123
10th Percentile £16.07 £14.00 £11.38
25th Percentile £20.31 £15.64 £13.69
Median hourly rate £30.27 £24.34 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.36% +28.11% -15.39%
75th Percentile £47.50 £34.45 £34.47
90th Percentile £75.00 £50.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -16.67% +17.19%

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 26 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

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 26 June 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 -9 11 £538 -28.33% 5
Birmingham -43 10 £450 +76.47% 22
Shropshire - 4 £450 - 3
Solihull -15 2 £575 -4.17%
Worcestershire - 2 £575 - 2
Staffordshire - 1 - - 3
Coventry - 1 - - 7
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 1 (3.03%) Apache
1 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) SAP PSCD
2 3 (9.09%) SAP ERP
3 1 (3.03%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (3.03%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) GCP
3 2 (6.06%) AWS
3 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (3.03%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) WAN
2 6 (18.18%) LAN
3 4 (12.12%) Firewall
3 4 (12.12%) VPN
4 3 (9.09%) BGP
4 3 (9.09%) MPLS
4 3 (9.09%) OSPF
4 3 (9.09%) SD-WAN
4 3 (9.09%) VLAN
5 2 (6.06%) 3GPP
5 2 (6.06%) DMVPN
5 2 (6.06%) IPsec
5 2 (6.06%) Network Security
5 2 (6.06%) PBX
5 2 (6.06%) SSL
5 2 (6.06%) Unified Communications
5 2 (6.06%) VoIP
5 2 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (3.03%) MVNO
6 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (9.09%) SAP BW
1 3 (9.09%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (6.06%) Looker
2 2 (6.06%) Power BI
3 1 (3.03%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Finance
3 4 (12.12%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.09%) General Ledger
5 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Billing
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Consultant
1 6 (18.18%) Lead
2 4 (12.12%) Project Manager
2 4 (12.12%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (9.09%) Analyst
3 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 3 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) SAP BW Consultant
3 3 (9.09%) Scrum Master
3 3 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (6.06%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.06%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Network Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Security Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Software Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) .NET
1 2 (6.06%) .NET Framework
1 2 (6.06%) RFC 2544
1 2 (6.06%) XML
1 2 (6.06%) XML Schema
2 1 (3.03%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Beam
2 1 (3.03%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.06%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (6.06%) Mainframe
2 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.03%) Clustering
3 1 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) Analytics
2 6 (18.18%) Agile
3 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (12.12%) CRM
4 4 (12.12%) Data Protection
4 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (12.12%) Project Management
4 4 (12.12%) Revenue Management
4 4 (12.12%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (9.09%) Accounts Payable
5 3 (9.09%) Accounts Receivable
5 3 (9.09%) Change Management
5 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.09%) Cost Centre Accounting
5 3 (9.09%) ERP
5 3 (9.09%) High Availability
5 3 (9.09%) Master Data Management
5 3 (9.09%) Scrum
5 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) ABAP
2 2 (6.06%) C#
3 1 (3.03%) Java
3 1 (3.03%) Python
3 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) SC Cleared
1 10 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.09%) CCA
2 3 (9.09%) CCNA
2 3 (9.09%) CCNP
2 3 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.06%) AWS Certification
3 2 (6.06%) Azure Certification
3 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (6.06%) ISTQB
3 2 (6.06%) PMI Certification
3 2 (6.06%) PMP
4 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) NCSC
1 2 (6.06%) PMO
2 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Cisco
2 4 (12.12%) SAP
3 2 (6.06%) CheckPoint
3 2 (6.06%) F5
3 2 (6.06%) Juniper
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.06%) Red Hat
3 2 (6.06%) VMware
4 1 (3.03%) Blue Coat
4 1 (3.03%) BT
4 1 (3.03%) Dell
4 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto