Telecoms Contracts 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 57 73
Rank change year-on-year -17 +16 -14
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 12 11 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.50% 1.43% 1.09%
As % of the General category 2.12% 2.66% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 5
10th Percentile £310 £220 £240
25th Percentile £313 £230 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £313 £325
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £433 £588 £338
90th Percentile £502 £745 £428
Scotland median daily rate £325 £313 £459
% change year-on-year +4.00% -31.88% +26.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.92 -
Scotland median hourly rate £27.40 £16.92 £21.67
% change year-on-year +61.94% -21.92% +9.72%

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 566 413 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 70.75% 53.85% 64.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 293 428
10th Percentile £300 £209 £350
25th Percentile £375 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £549 £575 £588
90th Percentile £600 £636 £688
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.22% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 15 17
10th Percentile £15.09 £11.50 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.67 £11.94 £12.75
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.59 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +5.89% -50.57%
75th Percentile £26.21 £70.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £62.96
Scotland median hourly rate £19.97 £17.50 £18.11
% change year-on-year +14.11% -3.37% -48.26%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Glasgow

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

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

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 2 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) SDH
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Back Office
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Field Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Project Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Field Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Network Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) WAN Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (16.67%) Order Management
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (8.33%) Budget Management
4 1 (8.33%) Business Case
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) Design Patterns
4 1 (8.33%) DevSecOps
4 1 (8.33%) Project Planning
4 1 (8.33%) Quality Management
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) APMP
1 3 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (25.00%) PMP
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (8.33%) CISM
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco
2 4 (33.33%) Nokia
3 1 (8.33%) Ariba
3 1 (8.33%) Openreach
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow