Telecoms Contracts in the Thames Valley

Telecommunications
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 11 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 0
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 274 323 512
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.45% 11.36% 14.52%
As % of the General category 18.78% 18.55% 23.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 171 237
10th Percentile £205 £280 £231
25th Percentile £363 £391 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year - -1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £510 £516 £525
90th Percentile £551 £600 £590
South East median daily rate £425 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +3.03% -2.94% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 1
10th Percentile £22.70 £18.70 -
25th Percentile £48.31 £19.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £63.75 £20.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +218.75% -23.08% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65.00 £23.00 £26.50
90th Percentile £66.13 £24.50 -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £52.50 £41.75
% change year-on-year - +25.75% +6.37%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,459 1,741 2,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.62% 61.22% 60.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 776 1,141 1,382
10th Percentile £205 £280 £213
25th Percentile £331 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £574
90th Percentile £663 £700 £640
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 41 68
10th Percentile £17.59 £18.50 £11.18
25th Percentile £22.56 £22.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.95 £32.30 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.45% +84.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.13 £65.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £75.42 £75.75 £49.88
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.79 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.84% +138.95% -26.77%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the Thames Valley

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the Thames Valley

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the Thames Valley

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Telecoms in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in the Thames Valley

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 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
Berkshire -4 257 £425 - 53
Buckinghamshire +29 13 £493 +146.25% 7
Oxfordshire +12 5 - - 9
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (3.65%) SAS
2 6 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.46%) Confluence
4 2 (0.73%) CMS
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 18 (6.57%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.09%) SPSS
5 2 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.73%) Maya
5 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.73%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 13 (4.74%) Power Platform
2 8 (2.92%) Azure
3 7 (2.55%) Snowflake
4 5 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (1.46%) Azure Functions
5 4 (1.46%) Serverless
6 2 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.73%) ChatGPT
6 2 (0.73%) GCP
6 2 (0.73%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.73%) SaaS
7 1 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.36%) IaaS
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.36%) PaaS
7 1 (0.36%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.49%) 5G
1 26 (9.49%) Radio Access Network
2 12 (4.38%) 4G
2 12 (4.38%) LTE
3 11 (4.01%) 3G
3 11 (4.01%) Firewall
4 10 (3.65%) MPLS
4 10 (3.65%) Network Security
5 9 (3.28%) VoLTE
6 8 (2.92%) DNS
7 7 (2.55%) SGSN
7 7 (2.55%) Wireless
8 6 (2.19%) BGP
8 6 (2.19%) Diameter Protocol
8 6 (2.19%) GGSN
8 6 (2.19%) Internet
8 6 (2.19%) RANAP
8 6 (2.19%) Wireshark
9 5 (1.82%) VoIP
10 4 (1.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.11%) Tableau
2 13 (4.74%) Power BI
3 7 (2.55%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (1.82%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.46%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.46%) Oracle Database 11g
6 3 (1.09%) Big Data
6 3 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.09%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.73%) MySQL
7 2 (0.73%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.73%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.36%) GIS
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (6.93%) JIRA
2 4 (1.46%) Git
2 4 (1.46%) Subversion
3 1 (0.36%) GitLab
3 1 (0.36%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.36%) Selenium
3 1 (0.36%) TestRail
General
1 78 (28.47%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.88%) Finance
3 29 (10.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (9.49%) Marketing
5 25 (9.12%) Legal
6 24 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.65%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.28%) Law
9 8 (2.92%) Electronics
9 8 (2.92%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.55%) Multimedia
11 5 (1.82%) Billing
12 4 (1.46%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.46%) Retail
13 3 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.73%) French Language
14 2 (0.73%) Mandarin Language
15 1 (0.36%) German Language
Job Titles
1 40 (14.60%) Analyst
2 29 (10.58%) Telecoms Manager
3 20 (7.30%) Senior
4 17 (6.20%) Architect
5 15 (5.47%) Consultant
5 15 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (4.74%) Developer
7 11 (4.01%) Lead
7 11 (4.01%) Network Engineer
7 11 (4.01%) Project Manager
7 11 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (3.65%) Supplier Manager
9 9 (3.28%) Test Engineer
10 8 (2.92%) Business Analyst
10 8 (2.92%) Communications Manager
10 8 (2.92%) Data Analyst
10 8 (2.92%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (2.92%) Internal Communications Manager
11 7 (2.55%) IFS Developer
11 7 (2.55%) Telecoms Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.55%) XML
2 5 (1.82%) HTML
3 4 (1.46%) React
4 3 (1.09%) D3.js
4 3 (1.09%) Node.js
4 3 (1.09%) React Native
4 3 (1.09%) REST
5 2 (0.73%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.73%) CSS
5 2 (0.73%) Django
5 2 (0.73%) Flash
5 2 (0.73%) JSON
5 2 (0.73%) SOAP
6 1 (0.36%) MDX
6 1 (0.36%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.36%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.36%) RESTCONF
6 1 (0.36%) Vue
6 1 (0.36%) Web Services
6 1 (0.36%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
1 9 (3.28%) Product Ownership
2 5 (1.82%) Data Centre
2 5 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (1.46%) Algorithms
3 4 (1.46%) Device Driver
3 4 (1.46%) Smart Meter
3 4 (1.46%) Social Media
4 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (0.73%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.73%) FPGA
5 2 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (0.73%) NHS
6 1 (0.36%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.36%) Blog
6 1 (0.36%) IoT
6 1 (0.36%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.20%) Linux
2 13 (4.74%) Unix
2 13 (4.74%) Windows
3 2 (0.73%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
2 32 (11.68%) Project Management
3 29 (10.58%) Customer Experience
4 23 (8.39%) Agile
5 22 (8.03%) Infrastructure Management
5 22 (8.03%) Project Delivery
6 21 (7.66%) Analytics
6 21 (7.66%) Business Intelligence
6 21 (7.66%) Collaborative Working
6 21 (7.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (6.93%) Migration
7 19 (6.93%) Risk Management
8 18 (6.57%) Contract Management
8 18 (6.57%) Customer-Centricity
8 18 (6.57%) Roadmaps
8 18 (6.57%) User Stories
9 16 (5.84%) Computer Science
10 14 (5.11%) ITIL
10 14 (5.11%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.39%) SQL
2 17 (6.20%) Python
3 9 (3.28%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.82%) C
4 5 (1.82%) C++
4 5 (1.82%) Java
4 5 (1.82%) Shell Script
5 4 (1.46%) Assembly Language
5 4 (1.46%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.09%) R
7 1 (0.36%) C#
7 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.36%) Scala
7 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (19.34%) Degree
2 11 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (3.65%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.92%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.19%) CIPD
6 5 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.82%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.46%) CCNP
7 4 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.46%) ICAEW
7 4 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.46%) PhD
8 3 (1.09%) CPIM
9 2 (0.73%) CCNA
9 2 (0.73%) CISM
9 2 (0.73%) CISSP
9 2 (0.73%) ISEB
9 2 (0.73%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.73%) MBA
9 2 (0.73%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.22%) QA
2 9 (3.28%) GDPR
3 8 (2.92%) PMO
4 5 (1.82%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.46%) GAAP
5 4 (1.46%) IFRS
5 4 (1.46%) JTAG
5 4 (1.46%) NIST
5 4 (1.46%) SLA
6 3 (1.09%) COBIT
7 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.73%) ITGC
7 2 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (1.46%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (1.46%) Firmware
2 3 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.36%) Docker
3 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.73%) Nessus
2 1 (0.36%) Ansible
2 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (10.95%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.57%) BT
3 11 (4.01%) Cisco
3 11 (4.01%) Juniper
3 11 (4.01%) Oracle
4 10 (3.65%) IFS
5 9 (3.28%) SAP
6 8 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.55%) Splunk
8 6 (2.19%) Alteryx
8 6 (2.19%) Empirix
8 6 (2.19%) NetScout
9 4 (1.46%) Ab Initio
9 4 (1.46%) Informatica
9 4 (1.46%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.09%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.09%) VMware
11 2 (0.73%) Ericsson
11 2 (0.73%) Google
11 2 (0.73%) Xilinx