Telecoms Jobs in the West Midlands

Telecommunications
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 107 59 176
Rank change year-on-year -48 +117 -76
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 163 341 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.22% 5.33% 1.59%
As % of the General category 3.84% 7.03% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 126 73 98
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,100 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £25,875 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +2.56% +21.88%
75th Percentile £53,125 £65,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,385 £85,375
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,246 4,851 4,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.78% 75.87% 62.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,028 2,206 2,851
10th Percentile £25,675 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,706
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.38% +1.86%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,965 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the West Midlands

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Telecoms in the West Midlands

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the West Midlands

Telecoms
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +16 94 £46,500 -25.60% 21
Solihull -11 22 £41,250 +28.40% 8
Warwickshire +8 13 £48,750 -2.50% 14
Worcestershire - 11 £35,000 - 3
Shropshire -32 6 £37,500 +44.23% 5
Staffordshire -51 5 £45,000 +38.46% 4
Herefordshire +4 4 £27,500 -56.00% 2
Wednesbury - 3 £35,000 -
Coventry +11 2 £41,250 -23.26% 3
Halesowen - 1 £42,500 -
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (1.84%) CMS
1 3 (1.84%) WordPress
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (7.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.29%) AutoCAD
3 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 40 (24.54%) Azure
2 35 (21.47%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (12.88%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 8 (4.91%) SaaS
6 5 (3.07%) AWS
7 3 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.84%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.23%) GCP
8 2 (1.23%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.23%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.61%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 35 (21.47%) Firewall
2 13 (7.98%) 5G
2 13 (7.98%) LAN
2 13 (7.98%) WAN
3 12 (7.36%) PBX
4 10 (6.13%) MPLS
4 10 (6.13%) Network Security
4 10 (6.13%) VPN
5 8 (4.91%) 4G
5 8 (4.91%) VoIP
6 6 (3.68%) BGP
6 6 (3.68%) OSPF
6 6 (3.68%) VLAN
6 6 (3.68%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (3.07%) DHCP
7 5 (3.07%) DNS
8 4 (2.45%) Internet
8 4 (2.45%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.84%) SAN
9 3 (1.84%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.23%) MySQL
2 2 (1.23%) Power BI
3 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.23%) GCC
2 1 (0.61%) Git
General
1 37 (22.70%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.66%) Finance
3 14 (8.59%) Marketing
4 12 (7.36%) Electronics
4 12 (7.36%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (6.75%) Local Government
5 11 (6.75%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.75%) Retail
6 10 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.13%) Legal
7 9 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (5.52%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.68%) Automotive
9 4 (2.45%) Billing
9 4 (2.45%) Law
10 3 (1.84%) Games
Job Titles
1 27 (16.56%) IT Support
2 26 (15.95%) IT Engineer
2 26 (15.95%) Support Engineer
3 22 (13.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 18 (11.04%) Business Development Manager
4 18 (11.04%) Business Manager
4 18 (11.04%) Development Manager
5 14 (8.59%) Network Engineer
6 11 (6.75%) Senior
7 10 (6.13%) Telecoms Manager
8 8 (4.91%) IT Manager
8 8 (4.91%) Radio Engineer
9 7 (4.29%) Coordinator
9 7 (4.29%) Project Manager
9 7 (4.29%) Technical Coordinator
10 6 (3.68%) Lead
10 6 (3.68%) Team Leader
11 5 (3.07%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 5 (3.07%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 5 (3.07%) Mobile Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.36%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.23%) React
2 2 (1.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.98%) Replication
2 11 (6.75%) CCTV
3 5 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.45%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.45%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.45%) IoT
5 3 (1.84%) Social Media
6 2 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.23%) Wiki
7 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (17.18%) Windows
2 26 (15.95%) Windows Server
3 13 (7.98%) Windows 10
3 13 (7.98%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (1.84%) Linux
5 2 (1.23%) Android
6 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (23.93%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (14.11%) Project Management
3 22 (13.50%) Business Development
4 18 (11.04%) Mentoring
5 17 (10.43%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (9.20%) Change Management
7 14 (8.59%) Creative Thinking
7 14 (8.59%) Decision-Making
8 13 (7.98%) Configuration Management
8 13 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (7.98%) Customer Service
8 13 (7.98%) Project Delivery
9 12 (7.36%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (7.36%) Fault Management
10 11 (6.75%) CRM
10 11 (6.75%) Programme Management
10 11 (6.75%) Time Management
11 10 (6.13%) Agile
11 10 (6.13%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.13%) SQL
2 4 (2.45%) C
2 4 (2.45%) C#
2 4 (2.45%) R
3 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.23%) PHP
3 2 (1.23%) Python
3 2 (1.23%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.61%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (15.95%) Degree
2 24 (14.72%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.43%) SC Cleared
4 14 (8.59%) DBS Check
5 7 (4.29%) HND
6 5 (3.07%) A+ Certification
6 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.45%) CREST Certified
7 4 (2.45%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.84%) ACCA
8 3 (1.84%) CIMA
8 3 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.23%) CCIE
9 2 (1.23%) CCIE Data Center
9 2 (1.23%) CCNP
9 2 (1.23%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.61%) CCNA
10 1 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.13%) QA
2 4 (2.45%) SLA
3 3 (1.84%) NCSC
3 3 (1.84%) PMO
4 2 (1.23%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.23%) MISRA
5 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (13.50%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (7.98%) Hyper-V
3 13 (7.98%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (9.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (8.59%) SCCM
3 4 (2.45%) AirWatch
4 3 (1.84%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.61%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (17.79%) Microsoft
2 26 (15.95%) Aruba
3 25 (15.34%) Cisco
4 22 (13.50%) Juniper
5 16 (9.82%) Veeam
5 16 (9.82%) VMware
6 9 (5.52%) SAP
7 6 (3.68%) Ericsson
7 6 (3.68%) HP
7 6 (3.68%) Nokia
8 5 (3.07%) Meraki
9 3 (1.84%) Google
9 3 (1.84%) NEC
9 3 (1.84%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (1.84%) Openreach
9 3 (1.84%) Virgin Media
10 2 (1.23%) Acronis
10 2 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (1.23%) Kaspersky
10 2 (1.23%) Veritas