Telecoms Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Telecommunications
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 91 99
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 +31
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 19 28 27
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.98% 1.74% 1.26%
As % of the General category 1.66% 2.39% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 20
10th Percentile £240 £263 £160
25th Percentile £266 £303 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £325 £448
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% -27.37% -0.56%
75th Percentile £364 £422 £588
90th Percentile £638 £457 £675
UK median daily rate £481 £488 £459
% change year-on-year -1.28% +6.21% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.40 -
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.40 £55.00
% change year-on-year -13.05% -50.18% +4.76%

All General Skills
Scotland

Telecoms falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,145 1,172 1,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 58.87% 73.02% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 580 692 828
10th Percentile £250 £241 £178
25th Percentile £363 £368 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £561
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 40 77
10th Percentile £12.60 £15.98 £12.18
25th Percentile £13.45 £16.21 £14.50
Median hourly rate £16.25 £19.97 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -18.63% +10.15% -8.80%
75th Percentile £50.00 £25.48 £48.00
90th Percentile £64.65 £60.50 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £30.08 £28.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +7.41% -6.67% -7.12%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Scotland

Telecoms
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Scotland

Telecoms
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Telecoms

Telecoms
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +3 15 £308 -5.38% 15
Edinburgh -7 3 £150 -57.14% 8
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
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 7 (36.84%) MS Visio
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (47.37%) MPLS
2 8 (42.11%) LAN
2 8 (42.11%) WAN
3 5 (26.32%) Firewall
4 4 (21.05%) SDH
5 2 (10.53%) Ethernet
6 1 (5.26%) BGP
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (5.26%) IP Telephony
6 1 (5.26%) MIMO
6 1 (5.26%) OSPF
6 1 (5.26%) VLAN
6 1 (5.26%) X.21
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Project Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Administrator
3 2 (10.53%) Designer
3 2 (10.53%) Programme Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Commissioning Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Field Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Installations Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Integration Architect
4 1 (5.26%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Network Designer
4 1 (5.26%) NOC Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Director
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Driving Licence
2 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.26%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Project Delivery
2 3 (15.79%) Network Design
2 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (10.53%) Cost Control
3 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
3 2 (10.53%) Dependency Management
3 2 (10.53%) High Availability
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (10.53%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (10.53%) Logistics
3 2 (10.53%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (10.53%) Validation
4 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
4 1 (5.26%) Customer Service
4 1 (5.26%) DevOps
4 1 (5.26%) Incident Response
4 1 (5.26%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.26%) Platform Engineering
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) CCNA
1 8 (42.11%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) CCNP
4 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds Orion
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) Nokia
3 5 (26.32%) Cisco
4 4 (21.05%) BT
4 4 (21.05%) Openreach
5 3 (15.79%) EMC