BT Contract Job Trends in Scotland

BT
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring knowledge or experience of BT products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BT over the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within BT Group plc.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 112 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing BT 2 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.12% 0.30% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.30% 0.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £253 £290 -
25th Percentile £256 £369 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £471 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.30% - -
75th Percentile £269 £532 -
90th Percentile £273 £542 -
UK median daily rate £475 £506 £325
% change year-on-year -6.17% +55.77% -25.71%

All Vendors
Scotland

BT falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 666 721 913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.77% 43.78% 40.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 443 562
10th Percentile £260 £226 £181
25th Percentile £402 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -4.21% +0.42%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £686 £623 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £517
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.92% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 35 53
10th Percentile £13.97 £16.90 £13.62
25th Percentile £16.09 £19.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £19.68 £23.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +29.80% -69.18%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.58 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £28.22 £60.60
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +24.44% -46.84%

BT
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

BT job vacancy trend in Scotland

BT
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing BT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing BT

BT
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing BT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing BT

BT
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BT within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +7 2 £263 -45.17%
BT
UK

BT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) SDH
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Openreach