Telecoms Contracts in London

Telecommunications
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies advertised in 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 127 132 127
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 -11
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 339 513 862
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.94% 2.02% 2.23%
As % of the General category 3.09% 3.18% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 373 625
10th Percentile £250 £337 £356
25th Percentile £379 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £620 £650 £638
90th Percentile £814 £750 £725
England median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.63% -1.50% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 12
10th Percentile £32.25 £20.22 £25.63
25th Percentile £52.50 £20.95 £30.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £51.50 £39.51
Median % change year-on-year +21.36% +30.35% -12.20%
75th Percentile £68.38 £68.00 £61.71
90th Percentile £75.58 £87.50 £63.06
England median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.76% +50.00% +29.06%

All General Skills
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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 10,976 16,110 23,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.68% 63.34% 60.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,837 11,743 17,033
10th Percentile £335 £375 £385
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.91%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 200 283
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £18.09
25th Percentile £18.25 £20.86 £25.68
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year - -15.49% +23.05%
75th Percentile £48.44 £52.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.90 £70.00 £64.55
England median hourly rate £30.44 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.65% +48.47% +2.14%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in London

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in London

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in London

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in London

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Telecoms in London

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Central London +29 52 £450 -30.77% 14
West London +8 21 £381 -21.79% 18
East London -7 5 £225 - 8
South London +8 3 £425 +15.25% 2
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 22 (6.49%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.06%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.88%) Confluence
4 2 (0.59%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.59%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Appian
5 1 (0.29%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.29%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.06%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (2.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.29%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 34 (10.03%) Azure
2 33 (9.73%) AWS
3 23 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.42%) GCP
4 15 (4.42%) PaaS
5 8 (2.36%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (2.06%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.06%) SaaS
7 6 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.77%) IaaS
8 5 (1.47%) GitHub
8 5 (1.47%) WhatsApp
9 4 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.18%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.59%) Amazon Cognito
11 2 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.01%) DNS
2 16 (4.72%) TCP/IP
3 14 (4.13%) VoIP
4 12 (3.54%) 5G
4 12 (3.54%) Firewall
5 11 (3.24%) WAN
6 10 (2.95%) 4G
6 10 (2.95%) BGP
6 10 (2.95%) IP Telephony
6 10 (2.95%) Radio Access Network
7 9 (2.65%) Broadband
7 9 (2.65%) DHCP
7 9 (2.65%) HTTP
7 9 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (2.36%) OSPF
9 7 (2.06%) LAN
10 6 (1.77%) MPLS
10 6 (1.77%) VPN
11 5 (1.47%) Internet
11 5 (1.47%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.96%) NoSQL
2 25 (7.37%) Metadata
3 21 (6.19%) Data Vault
4 15 (4.42%) Metadata Repository
5 13 (3.83%) Qlik Sense
5 13 (3.83%) QlikView
6 12 (3.54%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (2.36%) Power BI
8 6 (1.77%) GIS
8 6 (1.77%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.77%) Pentaho
8 6 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.88%) Big Data
10 3 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.88%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.88%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.59%) Bigtable
Development Applications
1 8 (2.36%) JIRA
2 7 (2.06%) Git
3 6 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.18%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.18%) ERwin
4 4 (1.18%) Postman
5 3 (0.88%) GitLab
6 2 (0.59%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.59%) NUnit
6 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.59%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.29%) Appium
7 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.29%) JMeter
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
General
1 141 (41.59%) Finance
2 110 (32.45%) Marketing
3 109 (32.15%) Public Sector
4 107 (31.56%) Manufacturing
5 104 (30.68%) Electronics
6 84 (24.78%) Social Skills
7 25 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (4.42%) Legal
9 12 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.06%) Retail
11 6 (1.77%) Publishing
12 5 (1.47%) Mandarin Language
13 4 (1.18%) Billing
13 4 (1.18%) Military
14 3 (0.88%) Banking
14 3 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 1 (0.29%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 50 (14.75%) Architect
2 31 (9.14%) Developer
3 28 (8.26%) Analyst
3 28 (8.26%) Data Architect
4 24 (7.08%) Network Engineer
4 24 (7.08%) Senior
5 22 (6.49%) Project Manager
6 18 (5.31%) Consultant
6 18 (5.31%) Telecoms Manager
7 17 (5.01%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (4.72%) Chief Architect
8 16 (4.72%) Chief Data Architect
9 12 (3.54%) Support Engineer
10 10 (2.95%) Business Analyst
10 10 (2.95%) Lead
10 10 (2.95%) ServiceNow Developer
11 8 (2.36%) DevSecOps Architect
11 8 (2.36%) ITSM Developer
12 7 (2.06%) Head of Data Architecture
12 7 (2.06%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.65%) AngularJS
1 9 (2.65%) Kafka
1 9 (2.65%) LDAP
2 8 (2.36%) JSON
3 7 (2.06%) .NET
3 7 (2.06%) CSS
3 7 (2.06%) HTML
4 6 (1.77%) Web Services
5 5 (1.47%) REST
6 4 (1.18%) Node.js
6 4 (1.18%) SOAP
6 4 (1.18%) XML
7 3 (0.88%) Middleware
8 2 (0.59%) Apache Avro
8 2 (0.59%) Apache NiFi
8 2 (0.59%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.59%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.59%) NgRx
8 2 (0.59%) Playwright
8 2 (0.59%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.19%) Reference Data
2 18 (5.31%) Management Information System
3 17 (5.01%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.83%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (2.95%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (2.65%) NHS
6 9 (2.65%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.36%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.06%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.77%) CCTV
10 5 (1.47%) Replication
11 4 (1.18%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.18%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.18%) Clustering
11 4 (1.18%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.18%) Wiki
12 3 (0.88%) Blockchain
12 3 (0.88%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.14%) Windows
2 28 (8.26%) Linux
3 8 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.47%) Unix
5 4 (1.18%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) CentOS
7 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.29%) VMS
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 110 (32.45%) Programme Management
3 104 (30.68%) Digital Marketing
4 43 (12.68%) Agile
5 42 (12.39%) Project Management
6 41 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (8.55%) DevOps
8 28 (8.26%) Data Architecture
9 26 (7.67%) Data Modelling
10 25 (7.37%) CI/CD
11 24 (7.08%) Data Integration
11 24 (7.08%) Data Strategy
12 22 (6.49%) Data Governance
12 22 (6.49%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (6.49%) UML
13 21 (6.19%) Project Delivery
14 19 (5.60%) Business Strategy
14 19 (5.60%) ITSM
15 18 (5.31%) Customer Experience
16 16 (4.72%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.19%) SQL
2 16 (4.72%) Python
3 10 (2.95%) JavaScript
3 10 (2.95%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.06%) Java
4 7 (2.06%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.47%) C
6 4 (1.18%) C#
6 4 (1.18%) Go
7 3 (0.88%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.59%) PHP
8 2 (0.59%) U-SQL
9 1 (0.29%) Bash
9 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.29%) Scala
9 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.29%) Solidity
9 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 62 (18.29%) Security Cleared
2 44 (12.98%) Degree
3 34 (10.03%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.19%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (3.24%) CCNA
7 10 (2.95%) CCNP
8 8 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.06%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.47%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.47%) CISSP
10 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.18%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.18%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.18%) PMP
12 3 (0.88%) APMG
12 3 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.88%) CISM
12 3 (0.88%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.24%) PMO
2 9 (2.65%) GDPR
3 6 (1.77%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.77%) SLA
4 5 (1.47%) QA
5 4 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.88%) WCAG
7 2 (0.59%) GRC
7 2 (0.59%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.59%) NIST
7 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.13%) Docker
3 5 (1.47%) NFS
3 5 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.18%) HDFS
4 4 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.88%) vSphere
6 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.77%) Ansible
4 5 (1.47%) Terraform
5 3 (0.88%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.88%) Puppet
6 2 (0.59%) Ambari
6 2 (0.59%) Oozie
6 2 (0.59%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.29%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.29%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.29%) Nagios
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.29%) Packer
7 1 (0.29%) SCCM
7 1 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 107 (31.56%) SAP
2 61 (17.99%) Microsoft
3 25 (7.37%) Cisco
3 25 (7.37%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.83%) Oracle
4 13 (3.83%) Sparx
5 9 (2.65%) Nokia
6 8 (2.36%) Mitel
7 7 (2.06%) Avaya
7 7 (2.06%) Informatica
8 6 (1.77%) Dell
9 5 (1.47%) Google
9 5 (1.47%) VMware
10 4 (1.18%) BT
10 4 (1.18%) ESRI
10 4 (1.18%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.18%) Isilon
10 4 (1.18%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.88%) Ericsson
11 3 (0.88%) Juniper