Broadband Contracts in Scotland

Broadband
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Broadband skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Broadband over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 160 163
Rank change year-on-year +31 +3 -14
Contract jobs citing Broadband 2 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.091% 0.17% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.81% 1.41% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 8
10th Percentile - £518 £478
25th Percentile £513 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +354.55%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £538
90th Percentile - £650 £661
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £514
% change year-on-year -6.98% +4.67% +28.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

Broadband is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 248 354 307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.24% 12.38% 8.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 226 195
10th Percentile £187 £160 £176
25th Percentile £363 £358 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £626 £538 £538
90th Percentile £700 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -5.41% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 21 16
10th Percentile £15.43 - £21.00
25th Percentile £16.69 - £41.31
Median hourly rate £22.14 £10.63 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.23% -77.62% -24.60%
75th Percentile £60.00 £35.00 £53.89
90th Percentile £60.75 £58.75 £56.63
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.41
% change year-on-year +100.00% -33.12% +1.46%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Broadband in Scotland

Broadband
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Broadband in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Broadband in Scotland

Broadband
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Broadband in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Broadband in Scotland

Broadband
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
West Lothian -3 1 - - 1
Edinburgh - 1 £525 - 7
Broadband
UK

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Java EE
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Data Design
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland