Telecoms Job Trends in Devon

Telecommunications
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 44 51
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 -42
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 5 14 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.87% 3.08% 1.39%
As % of the General category 2.00% 4.53% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 4
10th Percentile £68,500 £28,000 £23,975
25th Percentile £70,000 £32,000 £25,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% +23.08% -16.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £49,750 £42,923
90th Percentile £81,500 £71,750 £50,433
South West median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year +31.25% -4.76% -6.67%

All General Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 250 309 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 43.63% 67.91% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 135 110 114
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £26,075
25th Percentile £26,000 £40,000 £35,062
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £51,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.51% +20.00% +8.17%
75th Percentile £47,500 £66,943 £53,834
90th Percentile £67,825 £82,500 £57,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,936
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.07% +1.87%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Devon

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Devon region over the 6 months to 11 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
Exeter -5 1 - - 3
Plymouth -15 1 £80,000 +150.00% 4
Paignton - 1 £70,000 -
Telecoms
South West

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Broadband
2 1 (20.00%) 4G
2 1 (20.00%) BGP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (20.00%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) IOS XR
2 1 (20.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Associate Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Business Development Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Head of Procurement
1 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Lead
1 1 (20.00%) Lead Electronics Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Jinja
1 1 (20.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (20.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Social Media
2 1 (20.00%) ASIC
2 1 (20.00%) CCTV
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
1 2 (40.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Co-Creation
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Data Science
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) FPGA Design
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Ubiquiti
1 1 (20.00%) Xilinx