Telecoms Contracts 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 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 60 69 108
Rank change year-on-year +9 +39 +5
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 7 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.12% 0.37% 0.31%
As % of the General category 1.45% 0.49% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £588 £625
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% -6.00% -7.41%
Scotland median daily rate £325 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -31.58% +2.70% -7.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.30
25th Percentile £22.50 - £21.36
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £21.47
75th Percentile £23.50 - £21.57
90th Percentile - - £21.63
Scotland median hourly rate £23.00 - £21.47
% change year-on-year - - -2.43%

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 common skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 482 610 944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 77.12% 74.85% 72.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 348 688
10th Percentile £199 £183 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £627 £675 £625
Scotland median daily rate £465 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 34 7
10th Percentile £19.77 £16.25 £14.83
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £35.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% +64.63% -46.85%
75th Percentile £29.86 £60.75 £31.34
90th Percentile £52.90 £67.23 £51.60
Scotland median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
% change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Edinburgh

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Edinburgh

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Edinburgh

Telecoms
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
1 3 (42.86%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) SDH
3 1 (14.29%) 4G
3 1 (14.29%) ADSL
3 1 (14.29%) MPLS
3 1 (14.29%) PSTN
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 6 (85.71%) Electronics
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Fibre Planner
2 1 (14.29%) Field Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Field Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
1 3 (42.86%) Driving Licence
1 3 (42.86%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (28.57%) iPhone
2 2 (28.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Process Management
1 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Bill of Materials
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
3 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
3 2 (28.57%) HNC
4 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) Nokia
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft