Telecoms Jobs in the UK excluding London

Telecommunications
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 41 136
Rank change year-on-year -75 +95 -24
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 1,706 3,920 1,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.40% 6.51% 2.61%
As % of the General category 4.19% 9.47% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,139 715 1,163
10th Percentile £24,200 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,251 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.52% -8.95% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40,700 41,380 42,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.36% 68.67% 60.02%
Number of salaries quoted 26,450 18,780 24,155
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the UK excluding London

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Telecoms in the UK excluding London

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the UK excluding London

Telecoms
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
South East -32 606 £37,500 -11.76% 138
Midlands -50 281 £40,000 -11.11% 94
South West -64 261 £40,000 -11.11% 71
North of England -122 259 £45,000 +5.88% 112
North West -85 173 £42,000 -20.00% 75
West Midlands -48 163 £42,500 -15.00% 61
East of England -66 145 £50,000 -16.67% 65
East Midlands -48 118 £39,000 -3.70% 33
Scotland -128 76 £42,500 +2.41% 30
Yorkshire -106 69 £47,500 +11.76% 22
Northern Ireland +13 39 £35,000 +27.27% 6
Wales -58 30 £32,500 -22.62% 15
North East -80 17 £27,500 -24.66% 17
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 62 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.47%) Apache
4 7 (0.41%) nginx
5 4 (0.23%) CMS
5 4 (0.23%) Confluence
5 4 (0.23%) Moodle
6 3 (0.18%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.18%) WordPress
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.059%) IIS
8 1 (0.059%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.059%) WebSphere
Applications
1 130 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 111 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.47%) AutoCAD
5 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.35%) OrCAD
7 5 (0.29%) InfoPath
8 4 (0.23%) Doxygen
8 4 (0.23%) Simulink
9 2 (0.12%) Fusion 360
10 1 (0.059%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.059%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.059%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
1 7 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.23%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.059%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.059%) Primavera
4 1 (0.059%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 174 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
2 173 (10.14%) Azure
3 69 (4.04%) AWS
4 58 (3.40%) SaaS
5 52 (3.05%) Entra ID
6 39 (2.29%) Power Platform
7 24 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
8 21 (1.23%) GitHub
8 21 (1.23%) OneDrive
9 17 (1.00%) GCP
10 14 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 12 (0.70%) Mimecast
13 11 (0.64%) PaaS
14 9 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.35%) Twilio
16 5 (0.29%) AWS IoT
16 5 (0.29%) Azure Data Factory
16 5 (0.29%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 184 (10.79%) Firewall
2 106 (6.21%) Broadband
3 97 (5.69%) Wireless
4 94 (5.51%) 5G
5 89 (5.22%) Wi-Fi
6 84 (4.92%) WAN
7 82 (4.81%) VoIP
8 77 (4.51%) VPN
9 75 (4.40%) LAN
10 72 (4.22%) TCP/IP
11 63 (3.69%) Internet
12 56 (3.28%) DNS
13 54 (3.17%) 4G
14 42 (2.46%) LTE
15 39 (2.29%) Network Security
16 38 (2.23%) PBX
17 37 (2.17%) MPLS
18 34 (1.99%) DHCP
19 29 (1.70%) Bluetooth
19 29 (1.70%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.23%) Power BI
2 30 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (1.76%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.41%) MySQL
4 11 (0.64%) SQLite
5 9 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
6 8 (0.47%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.47%) GIS
7 7 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.41%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.41%) Redis
8 6 (0.35%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.35%) Tableau
9 4 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.23%) Power Query
10 3 (0.18%) Big Data
10 3 (0.18%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.18%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.12%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 66 (3.87%) Git
2 33 (1.93%) JIRA
3 24 (1.41%) LabVIEW
4 20 (1.17%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.00%) Eclipse
6 15 (0.88%) Subversion
7 13 (0.76%) Visual Studio
8 10 (0.59%) Trac
9 8 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.41%) GCC
11 6 (0.35%) Maven
11 6 (0.35%) Selenium
12 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.23%) GitLab
12 4 (0.23%) Hudson
12 4 (0.23%) Vagrant
13 3 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
13 3 (0.18%) WebDriver
14 2 (0.12%) Apache Continuum
14 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
General
1 511 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 345 (20.22%) Finance
3 196 (11.49%) Electronics
4 177 (10.38%) Marketing
5 171 (10.02%) Manufacturing
6 159 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
7 158 (9.26%) Public Sector
8 107 (6.27%) Retail
9 84 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
10 63 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 62 (3.63%) Legal
12 58 (3.40%) Law
13 50 (2.93%) Billing
14 47 (2.75%) Local Government
15 40 (2.34%) Military
16 35 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (1.64%) Aerospace
18 27 (1.58%) Automotive
19 18 (1.06%) Brand Awareness
20 15 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (8.26%) Support Engineer
2 138 (8.09%) Senior
3 106 (6.21%) Project Manager
4 102 (5.98%) Developer
5 94 (5.51%) Lead
6 86 (5.04%) Analyst
7 80 (4.69%) IT Engineer
8 78 (4.57%) Telecoms Manager
9 73 (4.28%) IT Support
10 69 (4.04%) Business Manager
10 69 (4.04%) Development Manager
11 60 (3.52%) Business Development Manager
12 59 (3.46%) Technical Support
13 57 (3.34%) Team Leader
14 55 (3.22%) IT Manager
15 52 (3.05%) IT Support Engineer
15 52 (3.05%) Network Engineer
16 50 (2.93%) Technical Engineer
17 49 (2.87%) Consultant
18 48 (2.81%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.28%) HTML
2 38 (2.23%) CSS
3 33 (1.93%) .NET
4 28 (1.64%) React
5 21 (1.23%) Flask
6 16 (0.94%) AngularJS
6 16 (0.94%) Laravel
7 13 (0.76%) Django
7 13 (0.76%) REST
8 12 (0.70%) .NET Framework
8 12 (0.70%) 802.1X
9 10 (0.59%) WPF
9 10 (0.59%) XML
10 9 (0.53%) HTML5
11 8 (0.47%) Svelte
11 8 (0.47%) Vue
12 7 (0.41%) LDAP
12 7 (0.41%) Qt
12 7 (0.41%) RESTful
13 6 (0.35%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 124 (7.27%) Driving Licence
2 97 (5.69%) Self-Motivation
3 84 (4.92%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.40%) Data Centre
4 41 (2.40%) IoT
5 38 (2.23%) CCTV
6 31 (1.82%) Fibre Optics
7 28 (1.64%) Embedded Systems
8 27 (1.58%) Product Ownership
9 26 (1.52%) Onboarding
10 22 (1.29%) Acoustics
10 22 (1.29%) Satnav
11 17 (1.00%) Algorithms
11 17 (1.00%) Replication
12 16 (0.94%) FPGA
12 16 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
13 15 (0.88%) Robotics
14 14 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
15 13 (0.76%) ARM Cortex
15 13 (0.76%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 216 (12.66%) Windows
2 132 (7.74%) Linux
3 108 (6.33%) Windows Server
4 51 (2.99%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (0.82%) Ubuntu
9 11 (0.64%) CentOS
10 10 (0.59%) Unix
11 9 (0.53%) Android
11 9 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
12 8 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
13 7 (0.41%) VMS
13 7 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (0.35%) Windows 8
15 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
16 4 (0.23%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
2 257 (15.06%) Customer Service
3 201 (11.78%) Project Management
4 168 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
5 156 (9.14%) Agile
6 154 (9.03%) Digital Marketing
7 152 (8.91%) Programme Management
8 126 (7.39%) Cybersecurity
9 119 (6.98%) Project Delivery
10 100 (5.86%) Customer Experience
11 97 (5.69%) B2B
11 97 (5.69%) Business Development
12 91 (5.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 90 (5.28%) Software Engineering
14 84 (4.92%) Computer Science
14 84 (4.92%) Mentoring
15 83 (4.87%) ITIL
16 82 (4.81%) CRM
17 77 (4.51%) Change Management
18 73 (4.28%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 145 (8.50%) Python
2 96 (5.63%) C
3 92 (5.39%) SQL
4 68 (3.99%) C#
5 67 (3.93%) JavaScript
6 59 (3.46%) C++
7 52 (3.05%) Java
8 28 (1.64%) PHP
9 27 (1.58%) PowerShell
10 20 (1.17%) Embedded C
11 16 (0.94%) Go
11 16 (0.94%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.64%) MATLAB
12 11 (0.64%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.59%) R
14 9 (0.53%) Assembly Language
14 9 (0.53%) Bash
14 9 (0.53%) Embedded C++
14 9 (0.53%) Perl
15 8 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 321 (18.82%) Degree
2 156 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 96 (5.63%) SC Cleared
4 44 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
5 38 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 36 (2.11%) HNC
7 34 (1.99%) CCNA
8 30 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (1.76%) Master's Degree
9 27 (1.58%) HND
10 25 (1.47%) DV Cleared
11 24 (1.41%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 22 (1.29%) CISSP
13 19 (1.11%) A+ Certification
13 19 (1.11%) ACCA
13 19 (1.11%) CIMA
13 19 (1.11%) CISM
14 15 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
15 14 (0.82%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (4.51%) SLA
2 60 (3.52%) QA
3 34 (1.99%) GDPR
4 25 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (1.29%) ISO 9001
6 19 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.06%) PMO
8 15 (0.88%) NCSC
9 13 (0.76%) GRC
10 12 (0.70%) Accessibility
11 11 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 11 (0.64%) NIST
12 10 (0.59%) COSHH
13 9 (0.53%) Data Quality
14 8 (0.47%) NEBOSH
14 8 (0.47%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.35%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.35%) NIST 800
16 4 (0.23%) IEC 61131
16 4 (0.23%) JTAG
System Software
1 123 (7.21%) Active Directory
2 80 (4.69%) Hyper-V
3 45 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (2.23%) Docker
4 38 (2.23%) Firmware
5 21 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (0.94%) pfSense
8 13 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
9 10 (0.59%) NFS
10 6 (0.35%) Terminal Services
10 6 (0.35%) vSphere
11 3 (0.18%) Ceph
11 3 (0.18%) Gluster
11 3 (0.18%) KVM
11 3 (0.18%) oVirt
12 2 (0.12%) HDFS
12 2 (0.12%) Kamailio
13 1 (0.059%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 36 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.17%) Ansible
3 19 (1.11%) ZABBIX
4 16 (0.94%) Grafana
4 16 (0.94%) SCCM
5 15 (0.88%) Kubernetes
6 14 (0.82%) FortiGate
7 11 (0.64%) Terraform
8 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 10 (0.59%) SCDPM
9 7 (0.41%) Nessus
10 6 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.23%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.23%) Autotask
12 3 (0.18%) Graylog
12 3 (0.18%) Observium
12 3 (0.18%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.18%) Puppet
13 2 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 358 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 143 (8.38%) SAP
3 100 (5.86%) Cisco
4 75 (4.40%) VMware
5 65 (3.81%) Openreach
6 58 (3.40%) Virgin Media
7 48 (2.81%) Juniper
8 43 (2.52%) Veeam
9 39 (2.29%) NEC
10 37 (2.17%) HP
11 31 (1.82%) BT
11 31 (1.82%) Fortinet
12 30 (1.76%) Aruba
13 26 (1.52%) Oracle
14 24 (1.41%) Salesforce
15 23 (1.35%) Ericsson
16 21 (1.23%) McAfee
17 20 (1.17%) Sage
18 17 (1.00%) Mitel
19 16 (0.94%) Palo Alto