Telecoms Contracts in Scotland

Telecommunications
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 131 131
Rank change year-on-year +44 0 -12
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 28 33 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.31% 1.24% 1.32%
As % of the General category 2.07% 1.85% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 20 34
10th Percentile £160 £128 £184
25th Percentile £226 £253 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year -0.56% +2.80% +25.07%
75th Percentile £588 £548 £597
90th Percentile £675 £580 £688
UK median daily rate £450 £491 £500
% change year-on-year -8.40% -1.75% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - £21.34 £15.78
25th Percentile - £21.47 £16.89
Median hourly rate - £21.67 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year - +9.72% +16.21%
75th Percentile - £54.59 £23.00
90th Percentile - £74.33 -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% +101.92% +4.00%

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 contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,355 1,782 2,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 63.23% 66.69% 70.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 1,270 1,737
10th Percentile £178 £230 £230
25th Percentile £340 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £564 £554 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 30 47
10th Percentile £12.24 £12.71 £15.04
25th Percentile £14.62 £14.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £18.84 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% -49.67% +113.52%
75th Percentile £46.50 £56.00 £47.60
90th Percentile £66.00 £66.78 £55.30
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in Scotland

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in Scotland

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in Scotland

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +20 14 £575 +76.92% 12
Edinburgh +31 7 £333 -31.37% 7
West Lothian -3 2 £563 +5.88% 4
Fife - 2 £365 -
Perthshire - 1 £500 -
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 4 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.57%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) Firewall
2 2 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (7.14%) SNMP
3 1 (3.57%) 3G
3 1 (3.57%) 4G
3 1 (3.57%) 5G
3 1 (3.57%) Broadband
3 1 (3.57%) GPRS
3 1 (3.57%) LAN
3 1 (3.57%) LTE
3 1 (3.57%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (3.57%) SDH
3 1 (3.57%) VSAT
3 1 (3.57%) WAN
3 1 (3.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (7.14%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) JIRA
2 3 (10.71%) Maven
3 2 (7.14%) Capybara
3 2 (7.14%) Gradle
General
1 13 (46.43%) Finance
2 7 (25.00%) Electronics
2 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Manufacturing
3 6 (21.43%) Marketing
3 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (14.29%) Product Manager
2 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Cabling Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Data Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Data Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Fraud Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Fraud Data Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Installations Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Lead
3 2 (7.14%) Support Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Technical Leader
3 2 (7.14%) Telecoms Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Administrator
4 1 (3.57%) Data Designer
4 1 (3.57%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) IT Manager
4 1 (3.57%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) React
1 3 (10.71%) Spring Boot
2 2 (7.14%) WebKit
3 1 (3.57%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (3.57%) Java EE
3 1 (3.57%) JSON
3 1 (3.57%) REST
3 1 (3.57%) Spring
3 1 (3.57%) Spring Batch
3 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.14%) iPhone
2 2 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.57%) SCADA
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Windows
2 4 (14.29%) Linux
3 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Agile
1 8 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 7 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 7 (25.00%) Project Management
3 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (17.86%) Data Protection
4 5 (17.86%) Roadmaps
5 4 (14.29%) Backlog Management
5 4 (14.29%) Business Case
5 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) DevOps
5 4 (14.29%) Epics
5 4 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
5 4 (14.29%) Product Backlog
5 4 (14.29%) Product Management
5 4 (14.29%) Service Design
5 4 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (14.29%) User Research
5 4 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Java
2 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.14%) Ruby
2 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.57%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.14%) Nagios
1 2 (7.14%) OpenView
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) SAP
2 3 (10.71%) Cisco
3 2 (7.14%) Fortinet
3 2 (7.14%) HP
3 2 (7.14%) Samsung
3 2 (7.14%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.57%) AlienVault
4 1 (3.57%) Alteryx
4 1 (3.57%) Oracle