Telecoms Jobs in Birmingham

Telecommunications
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 58 76
Rank change year-on-year +31 +18 +59
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 108 97 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.98% 3.29% 3.16%
As % of the General category 12.30% 6.39% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4 75 25
10th Percentile - £25,750 £42,991
25th Percentile £41,250 £27,375 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -25.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £72,188 £57,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £65,000 £83,500
West Midlands median annual salary £28,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.75% -20.00% +11.11%

All General Skills
Birmingham

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 common skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 878 1,519 1,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 64.89% 51.49% 66.56%
Number of salaries quoted 437 1,199 915
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,650 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% -0.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £80,850
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +10.53%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in Birmingham

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Telecoms in Birmingham

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Birmingham over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Birmingham

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 22 (20.37%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 22 (20.37%) 3GPP
1 22 (20.37%) 5G
2 2 (1.85%) MPLS
2 2 (1.85%) VoIP
3 1 (0.93%) tcpdump
3 1 (0.93%) Wireless
3 1 (0.93%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.93%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.93%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) GDB
1 1 (0.93%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (0.93%) WinDbg
General
1 49 (45.37%) Finance
2 45 (41.67%) Retail
3 22 (20.37%) Games
3 22 (20.37%) Manufacturing
4 21 (19.44%) Marketing
5 16 (14.81%) Automotive
6 4 (3.70%) Law
6 4 (3.70%) Military
6 4 (3.70%) Social Skills
7 2 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.85%) Legal
7 2 (1.85%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.93%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 45 (41.67%) Senior
2 23 (21.30%) Risk Manager
2 23 (21.30%) Technology Risk Manager
3 17 (15.74%) Tester
4 12 (11.11%) Automation Specialist
4 12 (11.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 11 (10.19%) Security Tester
5 11 (10.19%) Systems Engineer
6 10 (9.26%) Principal Engineer
6 10 (9.26%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Penetration Tester
7 6 (5.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 4 (3.70%) Developer
8 4 (3.70%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.70%) Software Developer
8 4 (3.70%) Vulnerability Researcher
9 2 (1.85%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 2 (1.85%) Senior Manager
9 2 (1.85%) Senior Risk Manager
10 1 (0.93%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) libvirt
1 1 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 45 (41.67%) Blockchain
1 45 (41.67%) Robotics
2 22 (20.37%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.85%) CCTV
5 1 (0.93%) Clustering
5 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.93%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.93%) Linux
1 1 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (42.59%) Artificial Intelligence
2 45 (41.67%) Agile
2 45 (41.67%) Analytics
2 45 (41.67%) Coaching
2 45 (41.67%) Data Analytics
2 45 (41.67%) Mentoring
2 45 (41.67%) Robotic Process Automation
3 43 (39.81%) Creative Thinking
4 37 (34.26%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (21.30%) IT Governance
5 23 (21.30%) Risk Management
6 22 (20.37%) Change Management
6 22 (20.37%) ERP
6 22 (20.37%) Information Security
6 22 (20.37%) IT Audit
7 21 (19.44%) People Management
7 21 (19.44%) Project Delivery
8 16 (14.81%) Systems Engineering
9 13 (12.04%) Vulnerability Research
10 10 (9.26%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.63%) Python
2 3 (2.78%) PHP
3 2 (1.85%) C
4 1 (0.93%) Assembly Language
4 1 (0.93%) C#
4 1 (0.93%) C++
4 1 (0.93%) CodeQL
4 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.93%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (20.37%) CISA
1 22 (20.37%) ISACA
2 16 (14.81%) Degree
3 9 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.85%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.93%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.93%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (41.67%) ITGC
2 22 (20.37%) NCSC
3 1 (0.93%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) Docker
1 1 (0.93%) Firmware
1 1 (0.93%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (1.85%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 22 (20.37%) Oracle
1 22 (20.37%) SAP
2 4 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.85%) Cisco