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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 59 73
Rank change year-on-year +29 +14 +64
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 95 95 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.14% 3.40% 3.24%
As % of the General category 11.20% 6.41% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4 74 26
10th Percentile £48,750 £25,750 £41,875
25th Percentile £60,000 £27,063 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £46,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.23% -25.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,875 £57,500 £76,875
90th Percentile £80,250 £65,000 £79,375
West Midlands median annual salary £28,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.75% -20.00% +13.64%

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 848 1,481 1,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 63.71% 53.03% 66.21%
Number of salaries quoted 424 1,185 913
10th Percentile £31,530 £31,250 £29,150
25th Percentile £43,547 £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 £72,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £81,250
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 22 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 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 22 (23.16%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 22 (23.16%) 3GPP
1 22 (23.16%) 5G
2 2 (2.11%) MPLS
2 2 (2.11%) VoIP
3 1 (1.05%) tcpdump
3 1 (1.05%) Wireless
3 1 (1.05%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.05%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.05%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.05%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.05%) GDB
1 1 (1.05%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (1.05%) WinDbg
General
1 49 (51.58%) Finance
2 45 (47.37%) Retail
3 22 (23.16%) Games
3 22 (23.16%) Manufacturing
4 21 (22.11%) Marketing
5 16 (16.84%) Automotive
6 3 (3.16%) Law
6 3 (3.16%) Military
6 3 (3.16%) Social Skills
7 2 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.11%) Legal
7 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.05%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 42 (44.21%) Senior
2 23 (24.21%) Risk Manager
2 23 (24.21%) Technology Risk Manager
3 12 (12.63%) Automation Specialist
3 12 (12.63%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 11 (11.58%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (10.53%) Principal Engineer
5 10 (10.53%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 9 (9.47%) Tester
7 6 (6.32%) Security Tester
7 6 (6.32%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 4 (4.21%) Developer
8 4 (4.21%) Software Developer
9 3 (3.16%) Penetration Tester
9 3 (3.16%) Project Manager
10 2 (2.11%) Senior Manager
10 2 (2.11%) Senior Risk Manager
11 1 (1.05%) Accountant
11 1 (1.05%) Embedded Engineer
11 1 (1.05%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.05%) libvirt
1 1 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 45 (47.37%) Blockchain
1 45 (47.37%) Robotics
2 22 (23.16%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.16%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.11%) CCTV
5 1 (1.05%) Clustering
5 1 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.05%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.05%) Linux
1 1 (1.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (48.42%) Artificial Intelligence
2 45 (47.37%) Agile
2 45 (47.37%) Analytics
2 45 (47.37%) Coaching
2 45 (47.37%) Data Analytics
2 45 (47.37%) Mentoring
2 45 (47.37%) Robotic Process Automation
3 43 (45.26%) Creative Thinking
4 25 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (24.21%) IT Governance
5 23 (24.21%) Risk Management
6 22 (23.16%) Change Management
6 22 (23.16%) ERP
6 22 (23.16%) Information Security
6 22 (23.16%) IT Audit
7 21 (22.11%) People Management
7 21 (22.11%) Project Delivery
8 16 (16.84%) Systems Engineering
9 10 (10.53%) Project Planning
9 10 (10.53%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.26%) Python
2 3 (3.16%) PHP
3 2 (2.11%) C
4 1 (1.05%) Assembly Language
4 1 (1.05%) C#
4 1 (1.05%) C++
4 1 (1.05%) CodeQL
4 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.05%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (23.16%) CISA
1 22 (23.16%) ISACA
2 16 (16.84%) Degree
3 9 (9.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.11%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (1.05%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.05%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.05%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (47.37%) ITGC
2 22 (23.16%) NCSC
3 1 (1.05%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.05%) Docker
1 1 (1.05%) Firmware
1 1 (1.05%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (2.11%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 22 (23.16%) Oracle
1 22 (23.16%) SAP
2 3 (3.16%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.11%) Cisco