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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 62 193
Rank change year-on-year -127 +131 -39
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 63 172 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.11% 4.53% 0.95%
As % of the General category 1.65% 6.13% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 30 39 40
10th Percentile £23,450 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,125 £30,000 £27,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,313 £60,000 £52,919
90th Percentile £70,750 £66,000 £58,750
UK median annual salary £46,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.30% +3.64% -

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 3,813 2,806 3,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 66.92% 73.96% 65.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,377 1,519 2,130
10th Percentile £28,650 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,350 £72,433 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £83,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Glasgow -98 25 £45,000 +2.27% 4
Edinburgh +1 16 £42,500 -29.17% 4
Highlands +2 5 - - 3
West Lothian -6 4 £130,000 +126.09% 3
Aberdeen -26 3 £70,000 -6.67%
Scottish Borders +4 2 £23,000 -
Dundee -12 2 £60,000 +20.00%
Lanarkshire - 2 - - 4
Renfrewshire - 2 - -
North Lanarkshire - 2 £32,500 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £23,000 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.59%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.52%) Azure
3 5 (7.94%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.35%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (6.35%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.17%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.70%) WAN
2 5 (7.94%) DNS
2 5 (7.94%) Firewall
3 3 (4.76%) VoIP
3 3 (4.76%) Wireless
4 2 (3.17%) BGP
4 2 (3.17%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (3.17%) IPsec
4 2 (3.17%) LAN
4 2 (3.17%) NX-OS
4 2 (3.17%) OSPF
4 2 (3.17%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.17%) VPN
5 1 (1.59%) Asterisk PBX
5 1 (1.59%) DHCP
5 1 (1.59%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.59%) Internet
5 1 (1.59%) Modbus
5 1 (1.59%) MQTT
5 1 (1.59%) RSVP
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Git
2 1 (1.59%) Selenium
2 1 (1.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (46.03%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.29%) Finance
3 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (7.94%) Billing
5 4 (6.35%) Electronics
5 4 (6.35%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.35%) Marketing
5 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.59%) German Language
7 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (14.29%) Senior
2 8 (12.70%) Change Manager
3 7 (11.11%) Junior
3 7 (11.11%) Junior Project Manager
3 7 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 6 (9.52%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Technical Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Technical Support
4 6 (9.52%) Technical Support Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Business Change Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Business Manager
6 4 (6.35%) Administrator
6 4 (6.35%) Senior Support Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Senior Technical Support
6 4 (6.35%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) IT Change Manager
7 3 (4.76%) IT Services Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Project Administrator
7 3 (4.76%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) .NET
1 1 (1.59%) CSS
1 1 (1.59%) Django
1 1 (1.59%) Flask
1 1 (1.59%) HTML
1 1 (1.59%) Keras
1 1 (1.59%) Matplotlib
1 1 (1.59%) Playwright
1 1 (1.59%) React
1 1 (1.59%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.76%) Algorithms
2 3 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.76%) e-Health
2 3 (4.76%) IoT
2 3 (4.76%) PMI
3 2 (3.17%) Arduino
4 1 (1.59%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (1.59%) CCTV
4 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.59%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.59%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.59%) FPGA
4 1 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.59%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) Windows
2 5 (7.94%) Windows 10
2 5 (7.94%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.76%) Linux
4 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.59%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.59%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.98%) Project Management
2 12 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (17.46%) Customer Service
3 11 (17.46%) PRINCE2
3 11 (17.46%) Project Delivery
3 11 (17.46%) Service Delivery
4 9 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 9 (14.29%) Change Management
4 9 (14.29%) IT Strategy
5 7 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 7 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 7 (11.11%) Service Management
5 7 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (9.52%) Decision-Making
6 6 (9.52%) Quality Management
6 6 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
6 6 (9.52%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (7.94%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (6.35%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.35%) C
2 3 (4.76%) C++
2 3 (4.76%) Python
3 2 (3.17%) C#
3 2 (3.17%) Java
4 1 (1.59%) Go
4 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.59%) Rust
4 1 (1.59%) SQL
4 1 (1.59%) Swift
4 1 (1.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Degree
2 6 (9.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 4 (6.35%) PMI Certification
3 4 (6.35%) PMP
3 4 (6.35%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.17%) CCIE
4 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.17%) PhD
4 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) BICSI Certification
5 1 (1.59%) BICSI RCDD
5 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.59%) MCP
5 1 (1.59%) MCSA
5 1 (1.59%) MCSE
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.52%) QA
2 4 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.35%) SLA
3 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.59%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.59%) GDPR
3 1 (1.59%) JTAG
3 1 (1.59%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.35%) Firmware
3 2 (3.17%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (1.59%) Docker
4 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.17%) PaperCut
2 2 (3.17%) SafeCom
3 1 (1.59%) Nessus
Vendors
1 17 (26.98%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) ConnectWise
3 4 (6.35%) Openreach
3 4 (6.35%) SAP
4 2 (3.17%) ABBYY
4 2 (3.17%) Canon
4 2 (3.17%) Cisco
4 2 (3.17%) Equitrac
4 2 (3.17%) Fujitsu
4 2 (3.17%) Kofax
4 2 (3.17%) OpenText
4 2 (3.17%) ReadSoft
4 2 (3.17%) Samsung
4 2 (3.17%) Xerox
5 1 (1.59%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.59%) NVIDIA
5 1 (1.59%) Qualys
5 1 (1.59%) VMware