MIMO Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring MIMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MIMO 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.052% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

MIMO 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 252 147 229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.22% 9.25% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 98 141
10th Percentile £176 £198 £181
25th Percentile £306 £313 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -2.86% -3.85%
75th Percentile £610 £519 £600
90th Percentile £675 £550 £634
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £490
% change year-on-year +3.09% -1.02% -4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 19
10th Percentile £13.47 - £13.00
25th Percentile £13.97 £17.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £14.44 £22.00 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -34.36% +20.42% +71.87%
75th Percentile £46.24 £23.53 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £32.36 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £38.41 £40.00
% change year-on-year -24.81% -3.98% +116.22%

MIMO
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 MIMO within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 May 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 - - 1
MIMO
UK

MIMO
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%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SDH
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) X.21
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Installations Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) EMC