Telecoms Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Telecommunications
UK

The median Project Manager - Telecommunications daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 558 654 746
Rank change year-on-year +96 +92 -76
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Project Manager 13 33 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.058% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.061% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 66
10th Percentile £413 £365 £400
25th Percentile £463 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £481
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.49% +20.31%
75th Percentile £488 £542 £500
90th Percentile £509 £580 £523
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +20.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £56.00 £62.05 -
25th Percentile £57.50 £62.13 £62.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £64.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -0.77% -
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.13 £67.50
90th Percentile £64.00 £67.35 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Telecoms Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Telecoms Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms Project Manager in the UK

Telecoms Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms Project Manager in the UK

Telecoms Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms Project Manager over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms Project Manager in the UK

Telecoms Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms Project Manager in the UK

Telecoms Project Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +90 10 £475 +8.57%
Work from Home +103 7 £475 +11.76%
UK excluding London +48 6 £475 +11.76%
London +93 5 £520 -3.26%
South East +31 4 £475 +15.15%
Scotland +42 2 £475 -13.64%

Telecoms Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Telecoms Project 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 job ads featuring Telecoms Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 9 (69.23%) Project Management
3 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Broadband
4 4 (30.77%) Agile
4 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Budget Management
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (23.08%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) Agile Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Degree
6 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Contract Management
6 2 (15.38%) Cisco
6 2 (15.38%) CRM
6 2 (15.38%) Migration
7 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
7 1 (7.69%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (7.69%) 5G
7 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team Management
7 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
7 1 (7.69%) Maya
7 1 (7.69%) Amdocs
7 1 (7.69%) Billing
7 1 (7.69%) NetCracker
7 1 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
7 1 (7.69%) Supplier Management
7 1 (7.69%) Marketing

Telecoms Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Maya
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Broadband
2 1 (7.69%) 5G
2 1 (7.69%) Internet
2 1 (7.69%) MPLS
2 1 (7.69%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.69%) VoLTE
General
1 13 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Billing
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Project Management
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Budget Management
3 3 (23.08%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Agile Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Contract Management
4 2 (15.38%) CRM
4 2 (15.38%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Business Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Cost Management
5 1 (7.69%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Order Management
5 1 (7.69%) Re-Platforming
5 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.69%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team Management
5 1 (7.69%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) Amdocs
2 1 (7.69%) BT
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) NetCracker
2 1 (7.69%) webMethods