Telecoms Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Telecommunications Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Telecommunications Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 327 432
Rank change year-on-year +30 +105 +98
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Manager 12 15 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 14
10th Percentile £383 £371 £333
25th Percentile £413 £450 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £438
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +17.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £438 £525 £538
90th Percentile £448 £548 £542
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.38% -11.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £56.83
25th Percentile - - £57.69
Median hourly rate - - £60.75
75th Percentile - - £64.19
90th Percentile - - £65.28
UK median hourly rate - £67.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year - +5.47% -1.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,198 13,724 22,626
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.64% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,183 9,248 16,034
10th Percentile £325 £325 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 558 533
10th Percentile £13.97 £14.27 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.00 £22.50 £24.73
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +25.79%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.03% -12.79% +72.00%

Telecoms Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Telecoms Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Telecoms Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Telecoms Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Telecoms Manager.

Telecoms Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Telecoms Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Telecoms Manager.

Telecoms Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Telecoms Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Telecoms Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Telecoms Manager in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 4 (33.33%) PMP
3 4 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Legal
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Digital Economy
4 3 (25.00%) Amdocs OSS
4 3 (25.00%) 5G
4 3 (25.00%) Cloud Native
4 3 (25.00%) Fault Management
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 3 (25.00%) Network Management
4 3 (25.00%) Ciena
4 3 (25.00%) Billing
4 3 (25.00%) NetCracker
4 3 (25.00%) Scrum
4 3 (25.00%) Amdocs
4 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (25.00%) Ericsson
4 3 (25.00%) Nokia
4 3 (25.00%) Internet
4 3 (25.00%) CRM

Telecoms Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (8.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) 5G
1 3 (25.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 12 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (33.33%) Legal
3 3 (25.00%) Billing
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Economy
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Electronics
4 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (16.67%) Marketing
4 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 3 (25.00%) CRM
3 3 (25.00%) Fault Management
3 3 (25.00%) Network Management
3 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 3 (25.00%) Scrum
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (8.33%) Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 4 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Amdocs
1 3 (25.00%) Ciena
1 3 (25.00%) Ericsson
1 3 (25.00%) NetCracker
1 3 (25.00%) Nokia
2 2 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft