SDH Contracts in Edinburgh

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring SDH skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SDH over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SDH 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.32% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £325 £500 -
% change year-on-year -35.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

SDH falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 62 85 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.92% 10.43% 8.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 45 77
10th Percentile £176 £178 £163
25th Percentile £245 £240 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +4.40%
75th Percentile £544 £646 £525
90th Percentile £595 £750 £575
Scotland median daily rate £425 £525 £463
% change year-on-year -19.05% +13.51% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 2
10th Percentile - £14.33 £24.08
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £28.32
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.27 £36.63
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% -50.12% -22.88%
75th Percentile £23.53 £52.06 £46.19
90th Percentile £32.36 £60.75 £51.18
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £22.14 £10.63
% change year-on-year -0.61% +108.23% -77.62%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing SDH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for SDH in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SDH in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for SDH in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) ADSL
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) PSTN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Field Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Process Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Bill of Materials
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) HNC
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia