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 15 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 71 62
Rank change year-on-year +14 -9 +19
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 15 13 16
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 2.11% 1.56% 1.75%
As % of the General category 3.26% 2.25% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 9
10th Percentile £202 - £333
25th Percentile £207 £313 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £405 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% -19.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £425 £450 £588
90th Percentile £593 £475 -
Scotland median daily rate £330 £405 £463
% change year-on-year -18.52% -12.43% -

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 460 578 541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 64.61% 69.55% 59.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 365 366
10th Percentile £284 £308 £275
25th Percentile £363 £368 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £619
90th Percentile £639 £613 £711
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 18
10th Percentile £13.93 £19.59 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.67 £15.42
Median hourly rate £24.09 £26.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +47.22% -32.71%
75th Percentile £29.16 £53.75 £30.19
90th Percentile £36.69 £72.28 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -29.35% +17.95% +18.18%

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 15 March 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 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) LAN
1 6 (40.00%) SDH
1 6 (40.00%) WAN
2 5 (33.33%) MPLS
General
1 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Field Telecoms Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Programme Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Field Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Field Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Director
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Programme Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (13.33%) Cost Control
2 2 (13.33%) Dependency Management
2 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (6.67%) Escalation Management
3 1 (6.67%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Governance
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Nokia