Broadband Contract Job Trends in the Scottish Borders

Broadband
Scotland > Scottish Borders

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Broadband 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Scottish Borders 100.00% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scottish Borders

Broadband 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 the Scottish Borders.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £420
% change year-on-year +5.88% +1.19% -9.68%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in the Scottish Borders

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Broadband relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders.

Broadband job vacancy trend in the Scottish Borders

Broadband
Contract Job Locations in the Scottish Borders

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the Scottish Borders region over the 6 months to 4 July 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
Galashiels - 5 - - 2
Broadband
Scotland

Broadband
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Scottish Borders 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:

Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Lead
1 5 (100.00%) Lead Generation Executive
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Coaching
1 5 (100.00%) Lead Generation