Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Telecommunications
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 65 76
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 +36
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 6 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.94% 0.31% 0.35%
As % of the General category 1.52% 0.41% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £330 £430 £463
% change year-on-year -23.26% -7.03% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.50 £13.28
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £13.54
Median % change year-on-year - +69.87% -36.92%
75th Percentile - £23.50 £13.80
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - £23.00 £13.54
% change year-on-year - +69.87% -36.92%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Telecoms falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 396 488 661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 62.17% 76.01% 76.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 278 385
10th Percentile £150 £191 £188
25th Percentile £338 £370 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £453 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -7.18% +2.63%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £663 £638 £656
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 18 29
10th Percentile £17.23 £21.00 £15.66
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.34 £17.72
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.09 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.56% -59.85% +179.52%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.54 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.15 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.23 £23.50 £22.26
% change year-on-year -26.68% +5.59% +28.44%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Telecoms relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Telecoms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Telecoms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Administrator
1 1 (16.67%) Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Integration Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Logistics
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft