Telecoms Jobs in Scotland

Telecommunications
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 194 80
Rank change year-on-year +106 -114 +129
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 86 84 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.78% 1.22% 3.71%
As % of the General category 4.00% 1.80% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 41 48 33
10th Percentile - £22,700 £30,000
25th Percentile - £32,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,929 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.64% -15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £69,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -18.18% -

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,150 4,662 3,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 69.56% 67.49% 74.78%
Number of salaries quoted 912 1,622 1,540
10th Percentile £25,020 £27,500 £32,456
25th Percentile £32,000 £38,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £73,671
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Scotland

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Telecoms in Scotland

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Scotland

Telecoms
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Midlothian - 34 £26,929 - 1
Edinburgh +17 17 £26,929 -53.17% 48
East Lothian - 10 £26,929 - 1
West Lothian +11 8 £26,929 - 18
Glasgow +121 4 £62,000 +33.33% 59
Dundee +13 2 £66,250 +20.45% 1
Highlands 0 1 - - 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 1
Fife - 1 £52,500 - 9
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.65%) AWS
2 2 (2.33%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (2.33%) Amazon S3
2 2 (2.33%) Amazon SageMaker
2 2 (2.33%) AWS IoT
2 2 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (2.33%) Azure
2 2 (2.33%) GCP
2 2 (2.33%) Google Workspace
2 2 (2.33%) Serverless
3 1 (1.16%) Google Docs
3 1 (1.16%) Google Sheets
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.33%) Bluetooth
1 2 (2.33%) Ethernet
1 2 (2.33%) LoRaWAN
1 2 (2.33%) Modbus
1 2 (2.33%) MQTT
1 2 (2.33%) Wireless
1 2 (2.33%) ZigBee
2 1 (1.16%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) Flink
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Git
2 1 (1.16%) GitLab
General
1 66 (76.74%) Games
1 66 (76.74%) Retail
2 11 (12.79%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.30%) Finance
4 5 (5.81%) Electronics
4 5 (5.81%) Manufacturing
4 5 (5.81%) Marketing
4 5 (5.81%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.49%) Agriculture
6 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.33%) Wearables
7 1 (1.16%) Legal
7 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (79.07%) Senior
2 7 (8.14%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (5.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (5.81%) Software Engineer
4 3 (3.49%) Analyst
4 3 (3.49%) Change Manager
4 3 (3.49%) IT Change Manager
4 3 (3.49%) IT Manager
5 2 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 2 (2.33%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (2.33%) Firmware Engineer
5 2 (2.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 2 (2.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (2.33%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (1.16%) Business Change Manager
6 1 (1.16%) Business Manager
6 1 (1.16%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (1.16%) Project Manager
6 1 (1.16%) Support Analyst
6 1 (1.16%) Telecoms Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.16%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.16%) scikit-learn
1 1 (1.16%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.49%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (3.49%) IoT
1 3 (3.49%) Onboarding
1 3 (3.49%) PMI
2 2 (2.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (2.33%) ARM Cortex
2 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.33%) Distributed Computing
2 2 (2.33%) Smart Energy
3 1 (1.16%) Acoustics
3 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.16%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.49%) Linux
2 1 (1.16%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (87.21%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (79.07%) Mentoring
3 8 (9.30%) Software Engineering
4 6 (6.98%) Project Management
5 5 (5.81%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (5.81%) Computer Science
5 5 (5.81%) Digital Marketing
5 5 (5.81%) Programme Management
6 4 (4.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (4.65%) Data Science
6 4 (4.65%) Project Delivery
6 4 (4.65%) SDLC
7 3 (3.49%) Agile
7 3 (3.49%) Business Analysis
7 3 (3.49%) Client Onboarding
7 3 (3.49%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (3.49%) Embedded Software Development
7 3 (3.49%) End-to-End Testing
7 3 (3.49%) PRINCE2
7 3 (3.49%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.14%) C
2 5 (5.81%) Python
3 4 (4.65%) C++
4 2 (2.33%) Assembly Language
4 2 (2.33%) Bash
5 1 (1.16%) Java
5 1 (1.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (11.63%) Degree
2 4 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.49%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.16%) HNC
5 1 (1.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.33%) JTAG
2 1 (1.16%) ECSS
2 1 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.65%) Firmware
2 2 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.16%) Docker
Vendors
1 66 (76.74%) BT
2 5 (5.81%) SAP
3 4 (4.65%) Google
3 4 (4.65%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.33%) NVIDIA
4 2 (2.33%) Sage