Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Telecommunications
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 73 61
Rank change year-on-year -50 -12 +44
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 17 11 42
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.77% 1.20% 2.39%
As % of the General category 1.36% 1.97% 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 21
10th Percentile £365 £344 £163
25th Percentile £381 £438 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +16.67% -12.20%
75th Percentile - £563 -
90th Percentile £492 £575 -
England median daily rate £475 £513 £450
% change year-on-year -7.32% +13.89% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.15
Median hourly rate - - £12.30
75th Percentile - - £12.45
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.69% -27.78% -14.29%

All General Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,247 558 979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 56.55% 60.85% 55.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 327 581
10th Percentile £290 £263 £198
25th Percentile £400 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £455
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +4.40% -13.33%
75th Percentile £565 £575 £555
90th Percentile £679 £650 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 20 64
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.86 £11.75
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.44 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £14.52
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +52.53% -25.12%
75th Percentile £57.25 £30.10 £15.20
90th Percentile £68.75 £47.01 £24.90
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.78% +18.38% -23.53%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Yorkshire

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 March 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
South Yorkshire -48 10 £481 - 7
West Yorkshire -24 4 £469 -10.71% 15
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (5.88%) Ethernet
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) FTP
1 1 (5.88%) IOS XR
1 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.88%) SNMP
1 1 (5.88%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (5.88%) SSH
1 1 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (5.88%) TACACS
1 1 (5.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle Database
2 3 (17.65%) MySQL
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Design Engineer
1 5 (29.41%) Voice Design Engineer
1 5 (29.41%) Voice Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Cloud Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) DBA
2 4 (23.53%) Integration Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle DBA
3 2 (11.76%) Network Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Backup Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Chief Technology Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Data Centre Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Product Ownership
2 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
2 2 (11.76%) Unix
2 2 (11.76%) Windows
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (35.29%) Roadmaps
3 6 (35.29%) Strategic Roadmap
4 5 (29.41%) Architectural Patterns
4 5 (29.41%) Customer-Centricity
4 5 (29.41%) Data Architecture
4 5 (29.41%) Data Modelling
4 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
4 5 (29.41%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (29.41%) IT Strategy
4 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
4 5 (29.41%) Technical Debt
4 5 (29.41%) Technology Strategy
4 5 (29.41%) Wealth Management
5 3 (17.65%) High Availability
6 2 (11.76%) Change Management
6 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) Bash
2 1 (5.88%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.88%) CSPO
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) NVQ Level 4
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Ciena
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco
2 1 (5.88%) EMC
2 1 (5.88%) Genesys
2 1 (5.88%) Meraki
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) NEC