Telecoms Engineer Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Telecommunications Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Telecommunications Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £360, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 118 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Engineer 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.32% 0.054% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.059% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £237 - -
25th Percentile £283 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £276 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% - -
75th Percentile £364 - -
90th Percentile £367 - -
UK median daily rate £400 £345 £396
% change year-on-year +15.94% -12.93% -27.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 1,429 1,706 2,200
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 92.12% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 1,007 1,392
10th Percentile £200 £192 £231
25th Percentile £358 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 65 60
10th Percentile £16.51 £12.39 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.80 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £38.04 £24.18 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.60 £46.42 £74.18
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.63% -10.39% +68.48%

Telecoms Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Telecoms Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Telecoms Engineer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Telecoms Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telecoms Engineer job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telecoms Engineer job vacancies in Scotland

Telecoms Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms Engineer in Scotland

Telecoms Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Telecoms Engineer job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Telecoms Engineer job vacancies in Scotland

Telecoms Engineer
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 Telecoms Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. 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 - 2 £213 - 4
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 2
Telecoms Engineer
UK

Telecoms Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, Telecoms Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Telecoms Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) MPLS
2 2 (40.00%) SDH
2 2 (40.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) 4G
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) HNC
3 1 (20.00%) Java RMI
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (20.00%) Nokia
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery

Telecoms Engineer Skill Set
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 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) MPLS
2 2 (40.00%) SDH
3 1 (20.00%) 4G
General
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Nokia