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 2 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 55 74
Rank change year-on-year -11 +19 +10
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 5 11 7
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.72% 1.76% 0.84%
As % of the General category 1.12% 2.32% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £207 - -
25th Percentile £210 £210 £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £233 £220 £140
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% +57.14% -66.45%
75th Percentile £257 £230 £143
90th Percentile £262 - -
Scotland median daily rate £300 £263 £363
% change year-on-year +14.29% -27.59% -23.08%

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 448 474 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 64.55% 75.72% 71.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 227 308
10th Percentile £220 £255 £161
25th Percentile £377 £413 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £530
90th Percentile £650 £599 £611
Scotland median daily rate £465 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -2.11% +7.95% -7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 16
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.34 £12.61
25th Percentile £16.25 - £13.60
Median hourly rate £19.33 £17.87 £18.65
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -4.18% +5.25%
75th Percentile £61.50 £45.80 £24.18
90th Percentile - £60.50 £56.25
Scotland median hourly rate £16.11 £19.05 £16.92
% change year-on-year -15.43% +12.59% -11.78%

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 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) MPLS
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) SDH
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (40.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Network Design Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Telematics
2 2 (40.00%) Vehicle Telematics
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Motorola
1 2 (40.00%) Nokia
1 2 (40.00%) Panasonic
1 2 (40.00%) Samsung