Telecoms Contracts in the City of London

Telecommunications
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 112 148
Rank change year-on-year +27 +36 -39
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 42 60 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.95% 1.73% 1.17%
As % of the General category 2.91% 2.76% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 45 41
10th Percentile £331 £440 £325
25th Percentile £400 £519 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +23.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £607 £725 £625
90th Percentile £681 £783 £725
Central London median daily rate £450 £650 £533
% change year-on-year -30.77% +22.07% +12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £16.44 -
25th Percentile £146.25 £17.86 £59.50
Median hourly rate £147.50 £20.71 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +612.39% -66.06% +177.27%
75th Percentile £148.75 £36.97 £62.50
90th Percentile - £46.44 -
Central London median hourly rate £147.50 £20.71 £61.00
% change year-on-year +612.39% -66.06% +177.27%

All General Skills
City of London

Telecoms is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,442 2,176 2,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.88% 62.75% 57.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,003 1,539 1,753
10th Percentile £338 £365 £350
25th Percentile £450 £501 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +9.65% +3.64%
75th Percentile £692 £738 £688
90th Percentile £800 £825 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 29
10th Percentile £18.35 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.07 £15.19 £21.00
Median hourly rate £20.82 £19.35 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% -52.22% +116.00%
75th Percentile £38.63 £44.93 £50.00
90th Percentile £89.65 £53.65 £61.90
Central London median hourly rate £25.18 £27.85 £40.50
% change year-on-year -9.60% -31.23% +102.50%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the City of London

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 2 (4.76%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.76%) Chatbot
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) AWS
2 5 (11.90%) Azure
3 4 (9.52%) GCP
4 2 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.76%) Twilio
4 2 (4.76%) WhatsApp
5 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.38%) IaaS
5 1 (2.38%) PaaS
5 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.52%) VoIP
2 3 (7.14%) Firewall
2 3 (7.14%) PSTN
2 3 (7.14%) VPN
3 2 (4.76%) CTI
3 2 (4.76%) PBX
4 1 (2.38%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (2.38%) IP Telephony
4 1 (2.38%) MPLS
4 1 (2.38%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.38%) SMS
4 1 (2.38%) WAN
4 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (33.33%) Finance
2 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Marketing
4 4 (9.52%) Electronics
4 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.14%) Legal
6 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Military
6 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Retail
7 1 (2.38%) Back Office
7 1 (2.38%) Banking
7 1 (2.38%) Front Office
7 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (19.05%) Architect
2 7 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (14.29%) Senior
4 5 (11.90%) Developer
5 4 (9.52%) DevSecOps Architect
5 4 (9.52%) Project Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Consultant
6 3 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Desktop Support
6 3 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) IT Support
6 3 (7.14%) Java Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) IT Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Security Manager
7 2 (4.76%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (4.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (4.76%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) AngularJS
1 3 (7.14%) Kafka
1 3 (7.14%) Middleware
1 3 (7.14%) Web Services
2 1 (2.38%) Ajax
2 1 (2.38%) CSS
2 1 (2.38%) Django
2 1 (2.38%) HTML
2 1 (2.38%) JSON
2 1 (2.38%) SOAP
2 1 (2.38%) XML
2 1 (2.38%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
1 4 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.76%) Blackberry
2 2 (4.76%) IVR
2 2 (4.76%) Public Cloud
2 2 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.38%) CMDB
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.52%) Windows
2 2 (4.76%) Linux
2 2 (4.76%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) Agile
2 8 (19.05%) Customer Experience
3 7 (16.67%) DevOps
4 6 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 6 (14.29%) Project Management
5 5 (11.90%) DevSecOps
5 5 (11.90%) SDLC
6 4 (9.52%) Application Security
6 4 (9.52%) Architecture Roadmap
6 4 (9.52%) Business Agility
6 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (9.52%) CI/CD
6 4 (9.52%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (9.52%) Due Diligence
6 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.52%) Roadmaps
6 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (7.14%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) Java
2 2 (4.76%) PHP
2 2 (4.76%) Python
3 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (7.14%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) AWS Certification
2 2 (4.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.76%) CISSP
2 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.38%) CISM
3 1 (2.38%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) GDPR
2 2 (4.76%) HIPAA
2 2 (4.76%) PCI DSS
2 2 (4.76%) SOC 2
3 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.38%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.14%) Docker
2 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.38%) Firmware
3 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Cisco
2 4 (9.52%) SAP
3 2 (4.76%) Avaya
3 2 (4.76%) Bloomberg
3 2 (4.76%) BT
3 2 (4.76%) Citrix
3 2 (4.76%) Dell
3 2 (4.76%) Genesys
3 2 (4.76%) Google
3 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.76%) VMware
4 1 (2.38%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.38%) Juniper
4 1 (2.38%) Okta
4 1 (2.38%) Openreach