Telecoms Manager Contracts

Telecommunications Manager
UK

The median Telecommunications Manager 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 514 609 683
Rank change year-on-year +95 +74 -48
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Manager 57 78 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 93
10th Percentile £315 £370 £400
25th Percentile £403 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £520
90th Percentile £535 £750 £623
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% +22.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £56.00 £57.98 -
25th Percentile £57.50 £60.56 £62.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £64.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -0.77% -
75th Percentile £62.50 £72.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £64.00 £81.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £85.00 -

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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms Manager in the UK

Telecoms Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms Manager in the UK

Telecoms Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms Manager in the UK

Telecoms Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms Manager in the UK

Telecoms Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms 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 +87 49 £475 -9.52% 12
UK excluding London +47 37 £475 +2.70% 7
South East +34 28 £475 -9.52% 5
Work from Home +100 23 £488 +14.71% 3
London +89 13 £424 -26.26% 3
North of England +33 4 - - 2
North West +22 4 - - 2
Scotland +40 3 £475 -13.64%
West Midlands +15 1 £500 -
Midlands +14 1 £500 -
South West +5 1 - -

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

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

1 57 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 21 (36.84%) Finance
3 17 (29.82%) Project Management
4 11 (19.30%) 5G
4 11 (19.30%) Social Skills
5 10 (17.54%) Legal
5 10 (17.54%) Contract Management
6 9 (15.79%) Customer Experience
7 8 (14.04%) Budget Management
7 8 (14.04%) Project Delivery
7 8 (14.04%) Programme Delivery
7 8 (14.04%) Agile
8 6 (10.53%) BT
8 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (10.53%) Degree
8 6 (10.53%) LTE
8 6 (10.53%) Radio Access Network
8 6 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (10.53%) Culture Change
9 5 (8.77%) Decision-Making
9 5 (8.77%) Edge Computing
9 5 (8.77%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (8.77%) Marketing
9 5 (8.77%) Line Management
9 5 (8.77%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (8.77%) Microsoft
9 5 (8.77%) Law
9 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (7.02%) Cisco
10 4 (7.02%) Broadband

Telecoms 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Maya
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (19.30%) 5G
2 6 (10.53%) LTE
2 6 (10.53%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (7.02%) Broadband
3 4 (7.02%) SD-WAN
4 2 (3.51%) IP Telephony
4 2 (3.51%) ISDN
4 2 (3.51%) PSTN
5 1 (1.75%) GPRS
5 1 (1.75%) Internet
5 1 (1.75%) MPLS
5 1 (1.75%) Network Security
5 1 (1.75%) SDH
5 1 (1.75%) VoLTE
5 1 (1.75%) VSAT
5 1 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 57 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 21 (36.84%) Finance
3 11 (19.30%) Social Skills
4 10 (17.54%) Legal
5 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (8.77%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (8.77%) Law
6 5 (8.77%) Marketing
7 3 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.51%) Billing
8 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.75%) Electronics
9 1 (1.75%) Local Government
9 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.77%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (5.26%) NHS
3 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.75%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.75%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.75%) SCADA
4 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.82%) Project Management
2 10 (17.54%) Contract Management
3 9 (15.79%) Customer Experience
4 8 (14.04%) Agile
4 8 (14.04%) Budget Management
4 8 (14.04%) Programme Delivery
4 8 (14.04%) Project Delivery
5 6 (10.53%) Culture Change
5 6 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (8.77%) Decision-Making
6 5 (8.77%) Edge Computing
6 5 (8.77%) Line Management
6 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (7.02%) Supplier Management
8 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Management
8 3 (5.26%) Logistics
8 3 (5.26%) Market Research
8 3 (5.26%) Performance Metrics
8 3 (5.26%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.51%) MBA
3 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.51%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) CISSP
4 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) QA
2 2 (3.51%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 6 (10.53%) BT
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.02%) Cisco
4 3 (5.26%) Mitel
4 3 (5.26%) NetCracker
4 3 (5.26%) webMethods
5 2 (3.51%) Openreach
6 1 (1.75%) Amdocs
6 1 (1.75%) Arqiva