SDH Job Trends in Glasgow

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring SDH skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SDH 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.27% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Glasgow

SDH falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 97 66 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 6.53% 8.38% 7.51%
Number of salaries quoted 36 46 52
10th Percentile £25,375 - £28,775
25th Percentile £29,875 £25,087 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,250 £30,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +30.83% -38.46% -7.14%
75th Percentile £55,000 £37,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £47,125 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £30,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -42.86% +87.50%

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SDH relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

SDH job vacancy trend in Glasgow

SDH
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SDH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SDH

SDH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 3 (75.00%) MPLS
1 3 (75.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (25.00%) 4G
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Network Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Solutions Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Commissioning Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (75.00%) eTOM
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CCDA
2 1 (25.00%) CCDP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco