Telecoms Jobs in Edinburgh

Telecommunications
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 79 100
Rank change year-on-year +11 +21 +56
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 17 25 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.95% 1.66% 2.30%
As % of the General category 2.41% 2.82% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 10 14 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,929 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.17% -4.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £65,000 -
90th Percentile £29,236 - £73,000
Scotland median annual salary £26,929 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -36.64% - +19.72%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 706 888 1,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 81.06% 59.08% 78.01%
Number of salaries quoted 291 659 881
10th Percentile £25,313 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,851 £45,000 £44,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,526 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% -0.79% +9.09%
75th Percentile £81,250 £72,433 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,047 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% -13.04% +4.55%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Edinburgh

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Telecoms in Edinburgh

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Edinburgh

Telecoms
Job Locations in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Edinburgh region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Balerno - 5 £26,929 -
Telecoms
Scotland

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
1 1 (5.88%) GitLab
General
1 16 (94.12%) Games
1 16 (94.12%) Retail
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Senior
2 1 (5.88%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 17 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (5.88%) Architectural Design
2 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
2 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (5.88%) Containerisation
2 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (5.88%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (5.88%) DevOps
2 1 (5.88%) Line Management
2 1 (5.88%) Project Management
2 1 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering
2 1 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C
1 1 (5.88%) Java
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) ECSS
1 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 16 (94.12%) BT