Telecoms Contracts in England

Telecommunications
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 81 72
Rank change year-on-year +17 -9 -6
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 1,175 1,440 2,361
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.20% 2.94% 3.37%
As % of the General category 5.49% 4.96% 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 988 1,508
10th Percentile £200 £228 £250
25th Percentile £331 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.63% -1.50% +8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £588
90th Percentile £738 £725 £694
UK median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 38 28
10th Percentile £12.15 £19.20 £20.00
25th Percentile £13.13 £20.22 £25.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £52.50 £39.51
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +32.88% +28.70%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £61.71
90th Percentile £85.00 £98.63 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +4.76% +40.00% +38.27%

All General Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,396 29,018 39,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.20% 59.25% 56.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,789 20,378 27,740
10th Percentile £280 £313 £316
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,786 948 1,301
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.47 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £14.75
Median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +51.16% -4.17%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £46.72
90th Percentile £65.50 £70.94 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.91 £22.00
% change year-on-year -11.06% +54.14% -2.22%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in England.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in England.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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 East -2 343 £413 - 141
London -5 334 £500 -4.76% 178
South West +20 217 £588 +2.17% 68
North of England +50 99 £400 -15.79% 112
Midlands +38 73 £450 +20.00% 92
East of England +19 59 £375 -18.92% 61
West Midlands +34 56 £510 +13.33% 60
North West +21 48 £350 -22.22% 72
Yorkshire +40 44 £450 -10.00% 26
East Midlands +17 14 £388 +63.16% 32
North East +19 7 £493 +38.73% 15
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 34 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.19%) OpenStack
3 11 (0.94%) Apache
3 11 (0.94%) Confluence
3 11 (0.94%) SAS
4 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.51%) IIS
6 5 (0.43%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.34%) CMS
7 4 (0.34%) nginx
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.085%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.085%) Drupal
9 1 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.085%) MTS
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.085%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.085%) WebLogic
Applications
1 76 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.36%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.77%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.51%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.26%) SPSS
8 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.17%) Maya
9 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.085%) Revit
9 1 (0.085%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.68%) SAP BRIM
2 8 (0.68%) SAP Hybris
2 8 (0.68%) SAP PSCD
3 5 (0.43%) SmartPlant
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.17%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.085%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.085%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.085%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.085%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.085%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 81 (6.89%) Azure
2 68 (5.79%) AWS
3 38 (3.23%) PaaS
4 35 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (2.72%) Power Platform
6 26 (2.21%) GCP
7 23 (1.96%) SaaS
8 19 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
10 14 (1.19%) IaaS
11 10 (0.85%) Serverless
12 8 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (0.68%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 7 (0.60%) Entra ID
13 7 (0.60%) Snowflake
14 6 (0.51%) Azure Functions
14 6 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 5 (0.43%) OneDrive
15 5 (0.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 68 (5.79%) 5G
2 57 (4.85%) WAN
3 54 (4.60%) 4G
3 54 (4.60%) Radio Access Network
4 53 (4.51%) VoIP
5 48 (4.09%) Firewall
6 45 (3.83%) Wireless
7 41 (3.49%) PBX
8 35 (2.98%) DNS
8 35 (2.98%) VPN
9 33 (2.81%) LAN
9 33 (2.81%) LTE
10 32 (2.72%) MPLS
11 29 (2.47%) Internet
12 28 (2.38%) Wireshark
13 26 (2.21%) 3G
14 22 (1.87%) SD-WAN
14 22 (1.87%) TCP/IP
15 18 (1.53%) BGP
15 18 (1.53%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.81%) Metadata
1 33 (2.81%) NoSQL
2 26 (2.21%) SQL Server
3 25 (2.13%) Power BI
4 21 (1.79%) Data Vault
5 17 (1.45%) Tableau
6 16 (1.36%) Qlik Sense
7 15 (1.28%) Metadata Repository
8 14 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.11%) QlikView
10 10 (0.85%) GIS
11 9 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
12 7 (0.60%) Crystal Reports
13 6 (0.51%) Hadoop
13 6 (0.51%) Ingres
13 6 (0.51%) Pentaho
13 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.43%) Oracle Database
14 5 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (3.23%) JIRA
2 24 (2.04%) Git
3 21 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
4 13 (1.11%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.94%) ERwin
6 8 (0.68%) Subversion
7 6 (0.51%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.51%) GitLab
8 5 (0.43%) Postman
9 4 (0.34%) gcov
9 4 (0.34%) GDB
9 4 (0.34%) Gradle
10 3 (0.26%) NUnit
10 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.17%) Liquibase
11 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.085%) GoCD
12 1 (0.085%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.085%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.085%) TestRail
General
1 407 (34.64%) Finance
2 314 (26.72%) Public Sector
3 306 (26.04%) Marketing
4 291 (24.77%) Social Skills
5 288 (24.51%) Manufacturing
6 284 (24.17%) Electronics
7 83 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
8 54 (4.60%) Legal
9 35 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
10 34 (2.89%) Retail
11 29 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (1.62%) Mandarin Language
15 18 (1.53%) Billing
16 16 (1.36%) Aerospace
17 13 (1.11%) Law
17 13 (1.11%) Military
18 12 (1.02%) Multimedia
19 7 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 187 (15.91%) Architect
2 107 (9.11%) Analyst
3 83 (7.06%) Lead
4 80 (6.81%) Project Manager
4 80 (6.81%) Solutions Architect
5 70 (5.96%) Senior
6 61 (5.19%) Network Engineer
7 57 (4.85%) Developer
8 56 (4.77%) Telecoms Manager
9 55 (4.68%) Consultant
10 54 (4.60%) Support Engineer
11 40 (3.40%) Network Architect
12 36 (3.06%) Data Architect
13 34 (2.89%) Lead Architect
14 29 (2.47%) Systems Architect
15 25 (2.13%) Business Analyst
16 24 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
17 22 (1.87%) Coordinator
17 22 (1.87%) Desktop Engineer
17 22 (1.87%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.87%) Web Services
2 16 (1.36%) XML
3 14 (1.19%) AngularJS
3 14 (1.19%) HTML
3 14 (1.19%) JSON
3 14 (1.19%) RESTful
4 12 (1.02%) .NET
4 12 (1.02%) CSS
4 12 (1.02%) REST
5 10 (0.85%) LDAP
6 9 (0.77%) Kafka
7 8 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (0.68%) Node.js
8 7 (0.60%) SOAP
9 5 (0.43%) Django
9 5 (0.43%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.43%) Middleware
9 5 (0.43%) React
9 5 (0.43%) YANG
10 4 (0.34%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.26%) Management Information System
2 48 (4.09%) NHS
3 43 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
4 39 (3.32%) Data Centre
5 34 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (2.30%) Product Ownership
6 27 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
7 26 (2.21%) Driving Licence
8 23 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 21 (1.79%) Reference Data
10 17 (1.45%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (1.02%) Blackberry
12 12 (1.02%) IVR
13 11 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
13 11 (0.94%) Fibre Optics
13 11 (0.94%) Operational Technology
13 11 (0.94%) Wiki
14 10 (0.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 9 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 90 (7.66%) Windows
2 69 (5.87%) Linux
3 26 (2.21%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.70%) Unix
5 15 (1.28%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.94%) Windows 7
7 8 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.60%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.43%) CentOS
9 5 (0.43%) VMS
10 4 (0.34%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.34%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.17%) Android
11 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.085%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.085%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.085%) Solaris
12 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.085%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (25.96%) Business Intelligence
2 303 (25.79%) Programme Management
3 284 (24.17%) Digital Marketing
4 125 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
5 121 (10.30%) Project Management
6 120 (10.21%) Agile
7 104 (8.85%) ITIL
8 92 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 81 (6.89%) Project Delivery
10 78 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 71 (6.04%) Roadmaps
12 59 (5.02%) Customer Service
13 57 (4.85%) Change Management
14 56 (4.77%) Decision-Making
15 54 (4.60%) DevOps
16 53 (4.51%) Computer Science
17 50 (4.26%) Analytics
17 50 (4.26%) Customer Experience
18 47 (4.00%) Data Protection
19 43 (3.66%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 67 (5.70%) Python
2 65 (5.53%) SQL
3 26 (2.21%) JavaScript
4 22 (1.87%) C
5 20 (1.70%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.45%) C++
7 16 (1.36%) Java
8 15 (1.28%) C#
9 13 (1.11%) Bash
10 9 (0.77%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.68%) Go
12 6 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.51%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.34%) Assembly Language
13 4 (0.34%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.26%) PHP
14 3 (0.26%) R
15 2 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.17%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 258 (21.96%) Security Cleared
2 182 (15.49%) Degree
3 177 (15.06%) SC Cleared
4 95 (8.09%) DV Cleared
5 54 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (2.89%) CCNP
7 25 (2.13%) CCNA
8 24 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (1.79%) Master's Degree
10 19 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (1.36%) CISSP
12 14 (1.19%) HND
13 13 (1.11%) AWS Certification
13 13 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (1.02%) CCIE
14 12 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (0.94%) PMP
16 9 (0.77%) CCIE Data Center
16 9 (0.77%) PMI Certification
17 8 (0.68%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (3.40%) QA
2 31 (2.64%) GDPR
3 29 (2.47%) PMO
4 28 (2.38%) SLA
5 22 (1.87%) NIST
6 18 (1.53%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.85%) NIST 800
9 8 (0.68%) HL7
10 6 (0.51%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.43%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.43%) COBIT
11 5 (0.43%) GRC
11 5 (0.43%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.43%) RMADS
12 4 (0.34%) GAAP
12 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.34%) IFRS
12 4 (0.34%) JTAG
12 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.21%) Docker
3 12 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.68%) NFS
6 7 (0.60%) Firmware
7 5 (0.43%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.34%) HDFS
9 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.085%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.085%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (2.04%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.53%) Terraform
3 16 (1.36%) Ansible
4 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.51%) SCCM
7 5 (0.43%) Grafana
7 5 (0.43%) OpenView
7 5 (0.43%) Puppet
8 4 (0.34%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.26%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.17%) Ambari
10 2 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
10 2 (0.17%) CA Service Virtualization
10 2 (0.17%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.17%) Nessus
10 2 (0.17%) Oozie
10 2 (0.17%) SCOM
10 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 298 (25.36%) SAP
2 165 (14.04%) Microsoft
3 99 (8.43%) Cisco
4 46 (3.91%) Nokia
5 37 (3.15%) Juniper
6 35 (2.98%) BT
7 28 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 26 (2.21%) Ericsson
8 26 (2.21%) Oracle
9 22 (1.87%) Avaya
10 21 (1.79%) Google
10 21 (1.79%) IBM
10 21 (1.79%) Sparx
11 20 (1.70%) Palo Alto
12 16 (1.36%) VMware
13 15 (1.28%) Huawei
14 12 (1.02%) Actix
14 12 (1.02%) Salesforce
15 11 (0.94%) Dell
15 11 (0.94%) Informatica