LTE Contract Job Trends in Scotland

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring LTE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 - 118
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Contract jobs citing LTE 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.043% - 0.053%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.32% - 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £800 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £801 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £801 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +10.80%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

LTE 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 310 145 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.44% 9.15% 10.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 97 124
10th Percentile £150 £194 £171
25th Percentile £203 £358 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £445 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +4.71% -14.79%
75th Percentile £526 £500 £538
90th Percentile £620 £580 £619
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.63% -3.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 11
10th Percentile - - £12.00
25th Percentile £13.97 - £14.63
Median hourly rate £16.86 £17.30 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% -5.31% -66.78%
75th Percentile £19.33 - £18.89
90th Percentile £65.15 £33.38 £30.75
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £43.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -40.23% -17.14% -7.06%

LTE
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

LTE job vacancy trend in Scotland

LTE
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing LTE

LTE
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 LTE within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 September 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 - 1 £801 - 2
LTE
UK

LTE
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 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) TETRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity