Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Telecommunications
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 63 71
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 -12
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 13 9 6
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.72% 1.27% 0.72%
As % of the General category 2.61% 1.96% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 5
10th Percentile £187 £333 £420
25th Percentile £205 £372 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £494 £450
Median % change year-on-year -45.57% +9.72% +28.57%
75th Percentile £365 £653 £500
90th Percentile £425 £771 £613
Scotland median daily rate £330 £363 £468
% change year-on-year -8.97% -22.46% +33.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.92 -
Scotland median hourly rate £27.40 £16.92 £49.27
% change year-on-year +61.94% -65.66% +195.38%

All General Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 499 460 505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 65.83% 64.97% 60.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 299 357
10th Percentile £255 £204 £325
25th Percentile £375 £350 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £436 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% -12.80% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £625
90th Percentile £625 £638 £714
Scotland median daily rate £460 £442 £475
% change year-on-year +4.07% -6.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 10
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.47 £10.49
25th Percentile £18.98 £18.77 £12.03
Median hourly rate £23.92 £19.59 £12.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.10% +59.92% -67.27%
75th Percentile £26.21 £31.91 £12.96
90th Percentile £54.37 £42.65 £14.93
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £18.13 £19.34
% change year-on-year -1.43% -6.26% +4.54%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Glasgow over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Glasgow

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Telecoms

Telecoms
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 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) LAN
1 5 (38.46%) SDH
1 5 (38.46%) WAN
2 4 (30.77%) MPLS
3 1 (7.69%) TETRA
General
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Field Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Field Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Field Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Communications Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Field Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) ICT Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Service Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL
1 2 (15.38%) ITSM
1 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
2 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
2 1 (7.69%) Capacity Management
2 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (7.69%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
2 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
2 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
2 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
2 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Management
2 1 (7.69%) Service Management
2 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) HNC
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Nokia