Telecoms Contracts 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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 59 74
Rank change year-on-year -12 +15 -13
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 33 50 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.23% 2.44% 2.26%
As % of the General category 3.58% 4.59% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 25 28
10th Percentile - £264 £197
25th Percentile £243 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £470 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.23% +10.59% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £775 £524
90th Percentile £705 - £649
England median daily rate £490 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +8.89% -7.12% -3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 4
10th Percentile - £12.46 -
25th Percentile - £12.97 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £13.75 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -18.41% -
75th Percentile - £14.00 £22.14
90th Percentile - - £23.86
England median hourly rate £18.31 £57.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -68.17% +9.52% +40.00%

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 922 1,089 1,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.38% 53.25% 55.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 738 868
10th Percentile £193 £250 £263
25th Percentile £350 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £503 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% -1.95% +3.96%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £638
90th Percentile £650 £750 £725
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 125 44
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.39 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.64 £13.89 £14.20
Median hourly rate £24.34 £19.00 £22.46
Median % change year-on-year +28.11% -15.39% +32.09%
75th Percentile £34.45 £33.93 £30.33
90th Percentile £50.00 £56.25 £54.88
England median hourly rate £28.15 £32.12 £28.07
% change year-on-year -12.35% +14.41% +22.04%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the West Midlands

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the West Midlands

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend 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 24 June 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 +9 23 £255 -36.25% 84
Warwickshire 0 7 £750 - 24
Solihull +5 2 £600 +30.86% 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) LAN
1 8 (24.24%) WAN
2 7 (21.21%) BGP
2 7 (21.21%) OSPF
3 6 (18.18%) Firewall
3 6 (18.18%) IPsec
3 6 (18.18%) Network Security
3 6 (18.18%) SSL
3 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 6 (18.18%) VLAN
3 6 (18.18%) VPN
4 4 (12.12%) Wireshark
5 3 (9.09%) Wireless
6 2 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (6.06%) DHCP
6 2 (6.06%) DNS
7 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
7 1 (3.03%) Internet
7 1 (3.03%) IPv4
7 1 (3.03%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle Database
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
General
1 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Finance
4 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.06%) Electronics
5 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.06%) Marketing
6 1 (3.03%) Digital Economy
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Administrator
2 8 (24.24%) Network Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Check Point Expert
4 5 (15.15%) Test Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) DBA
5 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared DBA
5 2 (6.06%) Network Support
5 2 (6.06%) Network Support Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Oracle DBA
5 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared DBA
5 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Business Change Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Developer
6 1 (3.03%) IP Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Product Developer
6 1 (3.03%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Site Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.06%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Check Point GAiA
2 2 (6.06%) Linux
2 2 (6.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (24.24%) High Availability
3 7 (21.21%) SIEM
4 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (15.15%) DevOps
4 5 (15.15%) End-to-End Testing
4 5 (15.15%) Remote Testing
5 3 (9.09%) Programme Management
5 3 (9.09%) Task Automation
6 2 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.06%) Change Control
6 2 (6.06%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (6.06%) Computer Science
6 2 (6.06%) Database Migration
6 2 (6.06%) Database Security
6 2 (6.06%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (6.06%) Performance Tuning
7 1 (3.03%) Budget Management
7 1 (3.03%) Culture Change
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) PL/SQL
1 2 (6.06%) Python
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) CCSE
2 3 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) CCNA
3 2 (6.06%) Degree
3 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) OCP
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Certification
3 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) CCNP
4 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) FortiGate
2 5 (15.15%) HP ALM
3 2 (6.06%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (6.06%) Data Guard
3 2 (6.06%) OpenView
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (3.03%) Ansible
4 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Cisco
2 6 (18.18%) CheckPoint
2 6 (18.18%) Fortinet
3 5 (15.15%) HP
3 5 (15.15%) Micro Focus
3 5 (15.15%) Progress
4 2 (6.06%) Oracle
4 2 (6.06%) SAP
5 1 (3.03%) BMC
5 1 (3.03%) Huawei
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.03%) Remedy