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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 55 67
Rank change year-on-year -23 +12 -14
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 3 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.41% 1.47% 0.73%
As % of the General category 0.62% 2.48% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £192 £261 £410
25th Percentile £202 £306 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £218 £313 £450
Median % change year-on-year -30.24% -30.56% +38.46%
75th Percentile £234 £588 £569
90th Percentile £244 £745 £640
Scotland median daily rate £263 £405 £471
% change year-on-year -35.19% -14.06% +34.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.92 -
Scotland median hourly rate £27.40 £16.92 £85.00
% change year-on-year +61.94% -80.09% +385.71%

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 485 403 499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 66.71% 59.26% 61.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 288 353
10th Percentile £272 £205 £325
25th Percentile £375 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £557 £590
90th Percentile £603 £641 £698
Scotland median daily rate £471 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.56% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 15
10th Percentile £13.93 £16.47 £11.10
25th Percentile £15.55 £18.77 £12.13
Median hourly rate £19.97 £21.87 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year -8.69% +66.19% -64.84%
75th Percentile £26.21 £32.17 £53.24
90th Percentile - £46.14 £63.44
Scotland median hourly rate £19.23 £17.46 £24.59
% change year-on-year +10.14% -29.00% +26.92%

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
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

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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 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) TETRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Communications Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) ICT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
18 Telecoms jobs in Glasgow