Telecoms Job Trends in Cornwall

Telecommunications
South West > Cornwall

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Cornwall. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 14 3
Rank change year-on-year -8 -11 +20
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 8 3 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Cornwall 5.13% 3.90% 27.59%
As % of the General category 11.94% 6.25% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 13
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,500 -
25th Percentile £32,938 £43,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £60,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.17% +114.29% -30.00%
75th Percentile £39,313 £62,500 £35,000
90th Percentile £40,750 - £37,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -

All General Skills
Cornwall

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 Cornwall.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 67 48 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cornwall 42.95% 62.34% 58.62%
Number of salaries quoted 34 17 30
10th Percentile - £30,750 £26,925
25th Percentile £25,087 £34,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £35,000 £31,875
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +9.80% -15.00%
75th Percentile £35,938 £53,750 £36,688
90th Percentile £52,700 £58,000 £47,625
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Cornwall

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Cornwall

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Cornwall

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Job Locations in Cornwall

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Cornwall region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Liskeard - 2 £36,500 -
Redruth - 2 - -
Telecoms
South West

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall 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 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
1 2 (25.00%) LTE
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
1 2 (25.00%) VSAT
1 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (12.50%) TETRA
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) GIS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Local Government
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (50.00%) Statistics
2 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
3 2 (25.00%) Web Filtering
4 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) JNCIA
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) City & Guilds
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) BT
1 3 (37.50%) Openreach
2 2 (25.00%) Freshdesk
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft