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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 67 73
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -9
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 12 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.50% 1.71% 1.20%
As % of the General category 2.17% 3.09% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 5
10th Percentile £311 £225 £240
25th Percentile £313 £287 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £470 £325
Median % change year-on-year -22.34% +44.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £459 £588 £338
90th Percentile £491 - £428
Scotland median daily rate £325 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -31.58% +2.70% -7.96%

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 552 486 616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 69.17% 55.42% 67.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 328 471
10th Percentile £313 £225 £325
25th Percentile £399 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £479
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% -0.84% +6.44%
75th Percentile £550 £591 £600
90th Percentile £606 £696 £723
Scotland median daily rate £465 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 11
10th Percentile £16.75 £11.50 £13.13
25th Percentile £19.63 £15.42 £26.63
Median hourly rate £23.17 £18.00 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year +28.69% -62.29% +88.84%
75th Percentile £55.69 £41.56 £59.65
90th Percentile £74.10 £75.00 £66.56
Scotland median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
% change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%

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 1 May 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
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
1 1 (8.33%) SoapUI
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Back Office
3 1 (8.33%) Electronics
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
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
3 1 (8.33%) Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Field Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Manual Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Network Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) WAN Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) SOAP
1 1 (8.33%) XML
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%) Agile
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%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Manual Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Test Scripting
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
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
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%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow