Telecoms Jobs in Scotland

Telecommunications
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 76 212
Rank change year-on-year -117 +136 -55
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 80 159 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.17% 3.65% 0.76%
As % of the General category 1.67% 4.88% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 48 33 30
10th Percentile £22,700 £30,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year - +19.72% -16.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £54,177
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

All General Skills
Scotland

Telecoms is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,802 3,256 3,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 70.23% 74.83% 62.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,574 1,564 1,975
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,275
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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
Edinburgh +11 25 £57,500 -4.17% 5
Glasgow -133 24 £46,500 +70.64% 8
North Lanarkshire - 8 £13,000 -
Dundee -15 7 £50,000 - 2
Highlands - 5 - - 1
Aberdeen -31 3 £70,000 - 1
West Lothian -6 2 - - 2
Lanarkshire -9 2 - - 5
Renfrewshire - 2 - -
Scottish Borders - 2 £23,000 -
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 (7.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.25%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.25%) Cloud Computing
2 10 (12.50%) Azure
3 8 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.25%) AWS
4 5 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.00%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.00%) DNS
1 8 (10.00%) Firewall
2 7 (8.75%) HTTP
2 7 (8.75%) MQTT
2 7 (8.75%) WAN
3 6 (7.50%) TCP/IP
4 5 (6.25%) DHCP
5 2 (2.50%) VoIP
5 2 (2.50%) Wireless
6 1 (1.25%) BGP
6 1 (1.25%) Broadband
6 1 (1.25%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.25%) IPsec
6 1 (1.25%) LAN
6 1 (1.25%) MPLS
6 1 (1.25%) NX-OS
6 1 (1.25%) OSPF
6 1 (1.25%) RSVP
6 1 (1.25%) SDH
6 1 (1.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (10.00%) Git
2 1 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.50%) Finance
3 9 (11.25%) Electronics
3 9 (11.25%) Manufacturing
3 9 (11.25%) Marketing
3 9 (11.25%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.25%) Billing
6 5 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (17.50%) Senior
2 11 (13.75%) Developer
3 9 (11.25%) Project Manager
4 8 (10.00%) Change Manager
5 7 (8.75%) Junior
5 7 (8.75%) Junior Project Manager
6 5 (6.25%) Business Change Manager
6 5 (6.25%) Business Manager
6 5 (6.25%) IT Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) IT Manager
6 5 (6.25%) Senior IT Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) .NET Developer
7 4 (5.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 4 (5.00%) IT Support
7 4 (5.00%) React Developer
7 4 (5.00%) Senior .NET Developer
7 4 (5.00%) Senior Support Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) Senior Technical Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.75%) CSS
1 7 (8.75%) Django
1 7 (8.75%) Flask
1 7 (8.75%) HTML
1 7 (8.75%) React
2 4 (5.00%) .NET
2 4 (5.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.25%) Keras
3 1 (1.25%) Matplotlib
3 1 (1.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.75%) Arduino
1 7 (8.75%) Driving Licence
1 7 (8.75%) IoT
1 7 (8.75%) Raspberry Pi
2 6 (7.50%) Algorithms
2 6 (7.50%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.25%) Data Structures
3 5 (6.25%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (3.75%) e-Health
4 3 (3.75%) PMI
4 3 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.25%) CCTV
5 1 (1.25%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.25%) FPGA
5 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.75%) Windows
2 9 (11.25%) Windows Server
3 6 (7.50%) Linux
4 5 (6.25%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (20.00%) Project Management
3 14 (17.50%) Computer Science
3 14 (17.50%) Project Delivery
4 13 (16.25%) Artificial Intelligence
5 12 (15.00%) Customer Service
5 12 (15.00%) Programme Management
6 11 (13.75%) Full Stack Development
6 11 (13.75%) Mentoring
6 11 (13.75%) PRINCE2
7 10 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (11.25%) Budget Management
8 9 (11.25%) Change Management
8 9 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (11.25%) Digital Marketing
8 9 (11.25%) IT Strategy
8 9 (11.25%) Service Delivery
9 8 (10.00%) Analytics
9 8 (10.00%) Data Analytics
9 8 (10.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.00%) Python
1 8 (10.00%) SQL
2 7 (8.75%) C
2 7 (8.75%) C++
2 7 (8.75%) JavaScript
2 7 (8.75%) TypeScript
3 5 (6.25%) C#
3 5 (6.25%) Go
3 5 (6.25%) Java
3 5 (6.25%) Rust
4 1 (1.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 26 (32.50%) Degree
2 7 (8.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (7.50%) Master's Degree
3 6 (7.50%) PhD
3 6 (7.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (5.00%) PMI Certification
4 4 (5.00%) PMP
5 1 (1.25%) BICSI Certification
5 1 (1.25%) BICSI RCDD
5 1 (1.25%) CCIE
5 1 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.25%) MCP
5 1 (1.25%) MCSA
5 1 (1.25%) MCSE
5 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.25%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.50%) QA
2 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.00%) SLA
3 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.25%) GDPR
3 1 (1.25%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (11.25%) Firmware
2 6 (7.50%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.25%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.50%) PaperCut
2 2 (2.50%) SafeCom
3 1 (1.25%) Nessus
Vendors
1 20 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.25%) SAP
3 7 (8.75%) NVIDIA
4 5 (6.25%) ConnectWise
4 5 (6.25%) VMware
5 4 (5.00%) Openreach
6 2 (2.50%) ABBYY
6 2 (2.50%) Canon
6 2 (2.50%) Equitrac
6 2 (2.50%) Fujitsu
6 2 (2.50%) Kofax
6 2 (2.50%) OpenText
6 2 (2.50%) ReadSoft
6 2 (2.50%) Samsung
6 2 (2.50%) Xerox
7 1 (1.25%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.25%) Cisco
7 1 (1.25%) Qualys