Telecoms Job Trends in Dorset

Telecommunications
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Dorset. 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 33 36 44
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 +13
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 14 13 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 2.93% 3.24% 1.24%
As % of the General category 5.53% 6.40% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 4
10th Percentile - £30,313 £21,025
25th Percentile £24,750 £30,625 £22,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £37,375 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.76% +16.80% -36.00%
75th Percentile £32,000 £45,281 £43,860
90th Percentile £38,400 £80,313 £50,808
South West median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -

All General Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 253 203 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 52.93% 50.62% 37.58%
Number of salaries quoted 202 104 94
10th Percentile £27,517 £30,813 £31,625
25th Percentile £27,707 £41,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.81% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £66,750 £83,375
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Dorset

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Dorset over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Dorset

Telecoms
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Dorset 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
Poole -8 7 £31,000 -17.06% 2
Telecoms
South West

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 10 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) LAN
1 6 (42.86%) VoIP
1 6 (42.86%) WAN
1 6 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 4 (28.57%) NAS
2 4 (28.57%) VLAN
2 4 (28.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Amazon RDS
General
1 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) 1st Line Support
2 4 (28.57%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 4 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (28.57%) Administrator
2 4 (28.57%) IT Administrator
2 4 (28.57%) IT Support
3 2 (14.29%) Account Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms Account Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
1 10 (71.43%) Windows Server
2 6 (42.86%) Mac OS
3 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 6 (42.86%) Ticket Management
4 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 4 (28.57%) Service Desk Management
5 1 (7.14%) AI
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
5 1 (7.14%) Data Management
5 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) ETL
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Machine Learning
5 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
5 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) C++
2 1 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (42.86%) Hyper-V
3 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (28.57%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 10 (71.43%) VMware
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Datto
3 1 (7.14%) Palantir
3 1 (7.14%) SAP