Telecoms Job Trends in Cambridge

Telecommunications
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 58 49
Rank change year-on-year +13 -9 +34
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 11 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 2.13% 0.41% 2.89%
As % of the General category 4.56% 0.71% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 11
10th Percentile £44,000 - £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +66.67%
75th Percentile - - £60,000
90th Percentile - - £82,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +40.91% +52.78%

All General Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 241 283 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 46.71% 58.71% 57.35%
Number of salaries quoted 146 134 130
10th Percentile £30,248 £38,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,438 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £69,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -9.52%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Cambridge over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Cambridge

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
1 1 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (9.09%) Selenium
1 1 (9.09%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (27.27%) Military
2 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Presales Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Communications Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Product Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Project Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Project Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) ASIC
1 1 (9.09%) FPGA
1 1 (9.09%) IoT
1 1 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (9.09%) Robotics
1 1 (9.09%) Verilog
1 1 (9.09%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Presales
2 3 (27.27%) Network Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Physics
4 1 (9.09%) AI
4 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (9.09%) Defect Management
4 1 (9.09%) FPGA Design
4 1 (9.09%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 1 (9.09%) Requirements Management
4 1 (9.09%) Signal Processing
4 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) C++
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Firmware