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 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 67 61
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 +15
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 14 12 14
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.76% 1.58% 1.71%
As % of the General category 2.75% 2.22% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 9
10th Percentile £265 £311 £227
25th Percentile £289 £313 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £365 £575
Median % change year-on-year -15.07% -36.52% +76.92%
75th Percentile £509 £459 £588
90th Percentile £638 £491 £640
Scotland median daily rate £305 £325 £475
% change year-on-year -6.15% -31.58% +5.56%

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 general skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 509 541 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 64.11% 71.18% 54.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 350 310
10th Percentile £294 £300 £248
25th Percentile £359 £387 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £466 £473
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% -1.38% -5.50%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £586
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
Scotland median daily rate £470 £463 £458
% change year-on-year +1.51% +1.09% -3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 17
10th Percentile £13.42 £14.73 £11.50
25th Percentile £13.70 £18.47 £12.38
Median hourly rate £16.25 £19.90 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.34% +10.56% -48.57%
75th Percentile £16.33 £31.23 £65.00
90th Percentile £30.80 £70.46 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £20.80 £18.27
% change year-on-year -21.86% +13.82% -8.10%

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 27 May 2026.

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 6 (42.86%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) MPLS
2 7 (50.00%) LAN
2 7 (50.00%) WAN
3 4 (28.57%) Firewall
3 4 (28.57%) SDH
4 1 (7.14%) BGP
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (7.14%) Ethernet
4 1 (7.14%) IP Telephony
4 1 (7.14%) MIMO
4 1 (7.14%) OSPF
4 1 (7.14%) VLAN
4 1 (7.14%) X.21
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Project Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Commissioning Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Designer
4 1 (7.14%) Field Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Installations Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) LAN Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Designer
4 1 (7.14%) NOC Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Director
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
2 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (14.29%) Cost Control
2 2 (14.29%) Dependency Management
2 2 (14.29%) High Availability
2 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (14.29%) Network Design
2 2 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.14%) Fault Management
3 1 (7.14%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.14%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (7.14%) Logistics
3 1 (7.14%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (7.14%) Project Planning
3 1 (7.14%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (7.14%) Validation
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) CCNA
1 7 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) CCNP
4 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
1 5 (35.71%) Nokia
2 3 (21.43%) BT
2 3 (21.43%) Openreach
3 2 (14.29%) EMC