Telecoms Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 99 128
Rank change year-on-year +7 +29 -3
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 24 30 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.48% 1.35% 1.22%
As % of the General category 2.05% 2.08% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 23
10th Percentile £270 £213 £149
25th Percentile £313 £306 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +2.70% -7.96%
75th Percentile £433 £588 £541
90th Percentile £474 - £575
UK median daily rate £495 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.30
25th Percentile £22.50 - £21.36
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £21.47
75th Percentile £23.50 - £21.57
90th Percentile - - £21.63
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -58.18% +4.76% +61.54%

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 common skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,171 1,442 1,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 72.06% 65.04% 65.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 864 1,390
10th Percentile £240 £182 £236
25th Percentile £375 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £570
90th Percentile £612 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 73 28
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.52 £16.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%
75th Percentile £28.22 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.74 £69.00 £66.84
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Scotland

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Scotland

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Scotland

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Scotland

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 1 May 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 0 12 £365 -22.34% 13
Edinburgh +9 7 £350 -40.43% 14
Moray - 1 - -
Highlands - 1 - - 2
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) WAN
2 4 (16.67%) LAN
3 3 (12.50%) SDH
4 2 (8.33%) Ethernet
5 1 (4.17%) 4G
5 1 (4.17%) ADSL
5 1 (4.17%) MPLS
5 1 (4.17%) PSTN
5 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
1 1 (4.17%) SoapUI
General
1 8 (33.33%) Electronics
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
3 5 (20.83%) Marketing
3 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Back Office
5 1 (4.17%) German Language
5 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Field Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Project Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Telecoms Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support
3 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Field Telecoms Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Fibre Planner
4 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) IT Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Network Field Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Java RMI
1 1 (4.17%) SOAP
1 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Driving Licence
2 6 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (8.33%) iPhone
4 2 (8.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Android
2 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Project Management
2 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (20.83%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Programme Management
3 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.50%) Process Management
5 2 (8.33%) Agile
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (8.33%) Break/Fix
5 2 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.33%) Order Management
5 2 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.33%) Project Planning
5 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.33%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (8.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) APMP
2 3 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (12.50%) HNC
2 3 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 3 (12.50%) PMP
3 2 (8.33%) DBS Check
3 2 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (4.17%) BC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) CISM
4 1 (4.17%) CISSP
4 1 (4.17%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (4.17%) NEBOSH
2 1 (4.17%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Cisco
2 7 (29.17%) Nokia
3 5 (20.83%) SAP
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.17%) Apple
5 1 (4.17%) Ariba
5 1 (4.17%) Dell
5 1 (4.17%) HP
5 1 (4.17%) Openreach
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow