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 3 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 59 68
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 +27
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 2 11 9
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.26% 1.68% 1.08%
As % of the General category 0.43% 2.14% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £211 - £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £233 £350 £333
Median % change year-on-year -33.57% +5.26% -31.37%
75th Percentile £254 - £572
90th Percentile - - £634
Scotland median daily rate £300 £325 £293
% change year-on-year -7.69% +10.92% -34.89%

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 469 514 586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 61.07% 78.59% 70.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 254 316
10th Percentile £325 £263 £156
25th Percentile £406 £413 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £540
90th Percentile £650 £598 £638
Scotland median daily rate £460 £470 £440
% change year-on-year -2.13% +6.82% -7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 10 20
10th Percentile £15.81 £16.43 £13.09
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £13.60
Median hourly rate £50.00 £18.62 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +168.56% +6.39% -1.24%
75th Percentile £61.50 £41.44 £19.61
90th Percentile £75.00 £60.13 £27.26
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £19.30 £16.92
% change year-on-year -15.79% +14.05% -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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Telematics
1 2 (100.00%) Vehicle Telematics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Motorola
1 2 (100.00%) Panasonic
1 2 (100.00%) Samsung