SDH Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring SDH skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 83 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs citing SDH 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.27% 0.13% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.03% 1.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £286 - -
25th Percentile £301 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% - -
75th Percentile £354 £338 -
90th Percentile £370 - -
Scotland median daily rate £328 £325 £500
% change year-on-year +0.77% -35.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 66 56 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 8.88% 7.33% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 51 58
10th Percentile £156 £234 £200
25th Percentile £363 £362 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £625 £477 £605
90th Percentile £675 £550 £646
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £469
% change year-on-year +5.88% -9.28% +1.57%

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

SDH job vacancy trend in Glasgow

SDH
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SDH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SDH

SDH
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SDH.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SDH

SDH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (50.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BT
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia
1 1 (50.00%) Openreach