Openreach Job Trends in Scotland

Openreach
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring knowledge or experience of Openreach products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Openreach over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within BT Openreach.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 144 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Permanent jobs citing Openreach 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.037% 0.12% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.080% 0.47% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 - -
75th Percentile £39,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £39,000 £42,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -8.54%

All Vendors
Scotland

Openreach falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,243 859 975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 45.88% 26.46% 41.60%
Number of salaries quoted 533 409 846
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,851 £50,309 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.70% +25.77% -23.81%
75th Percentile £48,750 £65,000 £62,833
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -3.51%

Openreach
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Openreach job vacancy trend in Scotland

Openreach
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Openreach.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Openreach

Openreach
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft