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 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 75 58
Rank change year-on-year +19 -17 +13
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 37 13 10
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 3.55% 1.59% 1.33%
As % of the General category 5.51% 2.30% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 4
10th Percentile £200 £250 £218
25th Percentile £253 £306 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £325 £271
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +19.82% -16.54%
75th Percentile £360 £431 £452
90th Percentile £471 £468 £691
Scotland median daily rate £300 £325 £311
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.42% -32.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.92
Scotland median hourly rate - £27.40 £16.92
% change year-on-year - +61.94% -21.92%

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 671 566 411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 64.46% 69.19% 54.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 382 296
10th Percentile £256 £300 £210
25th Percentile £321 £371 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £647 £606 £638
Scotland median daily rate £460 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -0.54% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 10 10
10th Percentile £13.49 £14.97 £11.50
25th Percentile £13.50 £19.63 £13.20
Median hourly rate £16.25 £19.97 £18.26
Median % change year-on-year -18.63% +9.39% -26.24%
75th Percentile £40.48 £26.21 £31.61
90th Percentile £43.96 £29.34 £66.00
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £19.71 £17.00
% change year-on-year -14.46% +15.94% -11.37%

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 21 July 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 13 (35.14%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 29 (78.38%) MPLS
2 27 (72.97%) LAN
2 27 (72.97%) WAN
3 17 (45.95%) SDH
4 11 (29.73%) Firewall
5 6 (16.22%) IP Telephony
6 2 (5.41%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (5.41%) Ethernet
6 2 (5.41%) MIMO
6 2 (5.41%) X.21
7 1 (2.70%) BGP
7 1 (2.70%) Network Security
7 1 (2.70%) OSPF
7 1 (2.70%) VLAN
General
1 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Finance
4 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) Telecoms Engineer
2 16 (43.24%) Network Engineer
3 13 (35.14%) Field Engineer
4 12 (32.43%) Field Telecoms Engineer
5 9 (24.32%) Network Field Engineer
5 9 (24.32%) Project Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Commissioning Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Designer
7 2 (5.41%) Field Applications Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Installations Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Network Designer
7 2 (5.41%) Programme Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Administrator
8 1 (2.70%) Cisco Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Design Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Senior Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.70%) CCTV
2 1 (2.70%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Project Delivery
2 4 (10.81%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (8.11%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (8.11%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (8.11%) Validation
4 2 (5.41%) Computer Science
4 2 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (5.41%) Cost Control
4 2 (5.41%) Dependency Management
4 2 (5.41%) High Availability
4 2 (5.41%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (5.41%) Network Design
4 2 (5.41%) Project Planning
4 2 (5.41%) Risk Management
4 2 (5.41%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (2.70%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (2.70%) Performance Optimisation
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) CCNA
1 13 (35.14%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
3 5 (13.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (10.81%) CCNP
5 1 (2.70%) CCDA
5 1 (2.70%) CCDP
5 1 (2.70%) Degree
5 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.62%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (2.70%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 21 (56.76%) Cisco
2 14 (37.84%) Nokia
3 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
4 4 (10.81%) BT
4 4 (10.81%) EMC
4 4 (10.81%) Openreach
5 1 (2.70%) Alcatel-Lucent