X.21 Contract Job Trends in Scotland

X.21
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring X.21 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing X.21 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.090% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.71% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 - -
UK median daily rate £550 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

X.21 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 280 151 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 12.66% 8.97% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 100 120
10th Percentile £150 £200 £172
25th Percentile £200 £356 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -21.05%
75th Percentile £558 £520 £506
90th Percentile £625 £553 £626
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 11
10th Percentile £13.84 - £12.00
25th Percentile £13.97 - £13.38
Median hourly rate £16.37 £17.30 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% -3.89% -48.57%
75th Percentile £18.55 - £18.27
90th Percentile £75.00 £33.38 £19.50
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -46.68% +5.26% -5.79%

X.21
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing X.21 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

X.21 job vacancy trend in Scotland

X.21
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing X.21.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing X.21

X.21
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 X.21 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 August 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 - 2 £270 - 1
X.21
UK

X.21
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 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) MIMO
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) SDH
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Installations Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft