Telecoms Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Telecommunications
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 39 60
Rank change year-on-year -65 +21 -30
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 13 11 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.62% 2.25% 0.90%
As % of the General category 1.63% 4.25% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 4
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 -
25th Percentile £33,875 £31,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £33,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +108.96% -4.29% -26.58%
75th Percentile - £45,000 £35,938
90th Percentile - £65,000 £37,625
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £57,500 £33,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +71.64% -4.29% +40.00%

All General Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 general skills in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 800 259 432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 38.42% 53.07% 55.74%
Number of salaries quoted 602 168 227
10th Percentile £35,000 £24,570 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £26,500 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £74,987 £61,250 £64,375
90th Percentile £91,269 £69,125 £84,964
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £55,000 £41,000 £41,774
% change year-on-year +34.15% -1.85% -13.50%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Telecoms relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Newcastle upon Tyne

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) RFID
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Military
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Business Manager
2 6 (46.15%) Business Development Manager
2 6 (46.15%) Development Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Field Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Junior
3 1 (7.69%) Product Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
3 1 (7.69%) Product Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Sales Executive
3 1 (7.69%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) SCADA
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Business Development
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Facilities Management
4 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) AI
5 1 (7.69%) Backlog Refinement
5 1 (7.69%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (7.69%) Product Backlog
5 1 (7.69%) Product Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Product Vision
5 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.69%) Scrum
5 1 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (7.69%) Sprint Review
5 1 (7.69%) Thought Leadership
5 1 (7.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (7.69%) UX Research
5 1 (7.69%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) CSPO
2 1 (7.69%) IIBA
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Google
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft