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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 131 125
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 -10
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 332 512 864
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.90% 1.98% 2.24%
As % of the General category 3.02% 3.13% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 363 637
10th Percentile £250 £350 £350
25th Percentile £400 £429 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £634 £669 £630
90th Percentile £814 £750 £725
England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 13
10th Percentile £46.65 £20.04 £27.65
25th Percentile £52.50 £20.22 £31.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £51.50 £41.52
Median % change year-on-year +16.50% +24.04% -22.75%
75th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £68.30 £84.00 £66.63
England median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £39.51
% change year-on-year +14.29% +32.88% +45.69%

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 11,011 16,359 23,307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.01% 63.23% 60.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,860 11,857 16,842
10th Percentile £336 £380 £381
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 210 295
10th Percentile £15.60 £16.56 £18.70
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.00 £25.68
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -20.00% +33.83%
75th Percentile £44.75 £52.92 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £30.12 £32.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.88% +48.84% -2.27%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 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
Central London +42 48 £498 -23.46% 24
West London +7 20 £381 -19.74% 21
South London +7 3 £425 -26.09% 3
East London -10 3 £350 +55.56% 39
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 (6.63%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.61%) OpenStack
3 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.51%) Apache
5 4 (1.20%) Confluence
5 4 (1.20%) nginx
6 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.60%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.30%) Appian
7 1 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) IIS
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.30%) WebLogic
Applications
1 15 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.81%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.30%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (2.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.30%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.30%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.05%) AWS
2 38 (11.45%) Azure
3 21 (6.33%) PaaS
4 18 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.82%) GCP
6 9 (2.71%) Power Platform
7 8 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.11%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.11%) IaaS
8 7 (2.11%) SaaS
9 6 (1.81%) GitHub
10 5 (1.51%) WhatsApp
11 4 (1.20%) Amazon Kinesis
11 4 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.20%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.82%) DNS
2 13 (3.92%) Firewall
2 13 (3.92%) TCP/IP
2 13 (3.92%) VoIP
3 11 (3.31%) WAN
4 10 (3.01%) 5G
5 9 (2.71%) HTTP
5 9 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (2.41%) 4G
6 8 (2.41%) BGP
6 8 (2.41%) Broadband
6 8 (2.41%) IP Telephony
6 8 (2.41%) Radio Access Network
6 8 (2.41%) VPN
7 7 (2.11%) DHCP
7 7 (2.11%) LAN
8 6 (1.81%) Internet
8 6 (1.81%) MPLS
8 6 (1.81%) OSPF
9 4 (1.20%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.34%) NoSQL
2 27 (8.13%) Metadata
3 21 (6.33%) Data Vault
4 15 (4.52%) Metadata Repository
5 13 (3.92%) Qlik Sense
5 13 (3.92%) QlikView
6 12 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (3.61%) SQL Server
7 9 (2.71%) Power BI
8 6 (1.81%) GIS
8 6 (1.81%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.81%) Pentaho
8 6 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.20%) Couchbase
9 4 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.90%) Big Data
10 3 (0.90%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.90%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.90%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 11 (3.31%) Git
2 9 (2.71%) JIRA
3 7 (2.11%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.81%) ERwin
5 5 (1.51%) Postman
6 4 (1.20%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.90%) GitLab
8 2 (0.60%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.60%) NUnit
8 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.30%) Appium
9 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.30%) JMeter
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
General
1 145 (43.67%) Finance
2 113 (34.04%) Marketing
3 112 (33.73%) Public Sector
4 109 (32.83%) Manufacturing
5 107 (32.23%) Electronics
6 84 (25.30%) Social Skills
7 26 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (5.42%) Legal
9 14 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.71%) Retail
12 6 (1.81%) Publishing
13 5 (1.51%) Billing
13 5 (1.51%) Mandarin Language
14 4 (1.20%) Military
15 3 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.60%) Banking
16 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.30%) Health Technology
17 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 48 (14.46%) Architect
2 31 (9.34%) Developer
3 30 (9.04%) Analyst
3 30 (9.04%) Data Architect
4 28 (8.43%) Senior
5 24 (7.23%) Network Engineer
6 23 (6.93%) Project Manager
7 18 (5.42%) Consultant
8 16 (4.82%) Chief Architect
8 16 (4.82%) Chief Data Architect
9 13 (3.92%) Telecoms Manager
10 12 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.31%) Lead
12 10 (3.01%) Business Analyst
12 10 (3.01%) ServiceNow Developer
13 9 (2.71%) Enterprise Architect
13 9 (2.71%) Support Engineer
14 8 (2.41%) Enterprise Data Architect
14 8 (2.41%) ITSM Developer
15 7 (2.11%) Head of Data Architecture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.01%) LDAP
2 9 (2.71%) AngularJS
2 9 (2.71%) JSON
2 9 (2.71%) Kafka
3 8 (2.41%) .NET
3 8 (2.41%) CSS
4 7 (2.11%) HTML
5 6 (1.81%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (1.81%) Web Services
6 5 (1.51%) REST
7 4 (1.20%) LAPP Stack
7 4 (1.20%) Node.js
7 4 (1.20%) SOAP
7 4 (1.20%) XML
8 3 (0.90%) Middleware
9 2 (0.60%) Apache Avro
9 2 (0.60%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.60%) NgRx
9 2 (0.60%) React
9 2 (0.60%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.33%) Reference Data
2 18 (5.42%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.52%) Data Protection Act
3 15 (4.52%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.61%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.01%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.01%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (2.41%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.81%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.81%) Wiki
8 5 (1.51%) CCTV
8 5 (1.51%) NHS
8 5 (1.51%) Replication
9 4 (1.20%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.20%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.20%) Clustering
9 4 (1.20%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.90%) Blockchain
10 3 (0.90%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 33 (9.94%) Linux
2 26 (7.83%) Windows
3 6 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.51%) CentOS
4 5 (1.51%) Unix
4 5 (1.51%) VMS
5 4 (1.20%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.30%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (34.94%) Business Intelligence
2 113 (34.04%) Programme Management
3 107 (32.23%) Digital Marketing
4 42 (12.65%) Agile
4 42 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (12.05%) Project Management
6 30 (9.04%) Data Architecture
6 30 (9.04%) DevOps
7 28 (8.43%) Data Modelling
8 26 (7.83%) Data Strategy
9 25 (7.53%) CI/CD
10 24 (7.23%) Data Governance
10 24 (7.23%) Data Integration
11 22 (6.63%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (6.63%) UML
12 21 (6.33%) Project Delivery
13 19 (5.72%) Business Strategy
13 19 (5.72%) Customer Experience
13 19 (5.72%) ITSM
14 17 (5.12%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.83%) SQL
2 23 (6.93%) Python
3 11 (3.31%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.71%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.41%) Go
6 7 (2.11%) Bash
6 7 (2.11%) Java
6 7 (2.11%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.51%) C
7 5 (1.51%) C#
8 3 (0.90%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.60%) PHP
9 2 (0.60%) U-SQL
10 1 (0.30%) Korn
10 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.30%) Perl
10 1 (0.30%) Scala
10 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.30%) tcsh
10 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 62 (18.67%) Security Cleared
2 42 (12.65%) Degree
3 35 (10.54%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.33%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.22%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (3.01%) CCNA
6 10 (3.01%) CCNP
7 8 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.11%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.81%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.51%) CISSP
10 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.20%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.20%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.20%) PMP
12 3 (0.90%) APMG
12 3 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.90%) CISM
12 3 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.61%) PMO
2 11 (3.31%) GDPR
3 8 (2.41%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.81%) SLA
5 5 (1.51%) QA
6 4 (1.20%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.90%) WCAG
8 2 (0.60%) GRC
8 2 (0.60%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.60%) NIST
8 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.22%) Docker
3 9 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.11%) NFS
5 4 (1.20%) HDFS
6 3 (0.90%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.30%) Firmware
7 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (4.82%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.31%) Ansible
3 10 (3.01%) Terraform
4 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.81%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.20%) Grafana
5 4 (1.20%) ZABBIX
6 3 (0.90%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.90%) Puppet
7 2 (0.60%) Ambari
7 2 (0.60%) Oozie
8 1 (0.30%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.30%) Nagios
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.30%) Packer
8 1 (0.30%) SCCM
8 1 (0.30%) systemd
Vendors
1 110 (33.13%) SAP
2 59 (17.77%) Microsoft
3 22 (6.63%) Cisco
3 22 (6.63%) ServiceNow
4 15 (4.52%) Sparx
5 13 (3.92%) Oracle
6 8 (2.41%) Nokia
7 7 (2.11%) Informatica
8 6 (1.81%) Avaya
8 6 (1.81%) Dell
9 5 (1.51%) Google
10 4 (1.20%) BT
10 4 (1.20%) ESRI
10 4 (1.20%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.20%) Isilon
10 4 (1.20%) VMware
11 3 (0.90%) F5
11 3 (0.90%) Huawei
11 3 (0.90%) Juniper
11 3 (0.90%) Mitel