TETRA Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring TETRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing TETRA 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.085% 0.13% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.64% 1.37% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £350 £260 -
25th Percentile £425 £275 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £300 -
Median % change year-on-year +83.42% - -
75th Percentile £676 £325 -
90th Percentile £751 £340 -
UK median daily rate £725 £375 -
% change year-on-year +93.33% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

TETRA 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 311 146 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.25% 9.24% 10.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 101 124
10th Percentile £150 £200 £171
25th Percentile £200 £361 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £445 £425
Median % change year-on-year -21.35% +4.71% -10.53%
75th Percentile £507 £500 £538
90th Percentile £625 £580 £619
UK median daily rate £500 £478 £505
% change year-on-year +4.69% -5.43% +1.00%
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 £56.15 £33.38 £30.75
UK median hourly rate £27.11 £43.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year -36.95% -15.69% -9.72%

TETRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

TETRA job vacancy trend in Scotland

TETRA
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing TETRA

TETRA
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TETRA in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for TETRA in Scotland

TETRA
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 TETRA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 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 -15 2 £550 +120.10% 4
TETRA
UK

TETRA
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 (50.00%) 4G
1 1 (50.00%) 5G
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) LTE
1 1 (50.00%) Modbus
General
1 1 (50.00%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Communications Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Control Systems Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Communications Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland