IP Telephony Contract Job Trends in Scotland

IP Telephony
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring IP Telephony skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 7 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.32% 0.12% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.50% 1.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £200 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £225 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £259 £238 -
90th Percentile £386 - -
UK median daily rate £225 £270 £353
% change year-on-year -16.67% -23.40% -35.91%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

IP Telephony falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 280 151 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 12.66% 8.97% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 100 120
10th Percentile £150 £200 £172
25th Percentile £200 £356 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -21.05%
75th Percentile £558 £520 £506
90th Percentile £625 £553 £626
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 11
10th Percentile £13.84 - £12.00
25th Percentile £13.97 - £13.38
Median hourly rate £16.37 £17.30 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% -3.89% -48.57%
75th Percentile £18.55 - £18.27
90th Percentile £75.00 £33.38 £19.50
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -46.68% +5.26% -5.79%

IP Telephony
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

IP Telephony job vacancy trend in Scotland

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IP Telephony.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IP Telephony

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IP Telephony in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IP Telephony in Scotland

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IP Telephony.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing IP Telephony

IP Telephony
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 IP Telephony within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 August 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 £213 - 1
IP Telephony
UK

IP Telephony
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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) LAN
1 6 (85.71%) MPLS
1 6 (85.71%) SDH
1 6 (85.71%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) MIMO
2 2 (28.57%) X.21
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (14.29%) H.323
3 1 (14.29%) ISDN
3 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
General
1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Field Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Field Telecoms Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Applications Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Field Applications Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Voice Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Commissioning Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Installations Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Field Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Java RMI
1 1 (14.29%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Project Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) EMC
3 1 (14.29%) Avaya
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Nokia
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow