Telecoms Job Trends in England

Telecommunications
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 127 126
Rank change year-on-year +23 -1 -63
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 1,385 936 1,904
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.79% 2.51% 2.31%
As % of the General category 3.47% 3.55% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,000 409 1,315
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,731 £24,700
25th Percentile £32,750 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -18.18%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 39,894 26,339 49,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 51.49% 70.50% 59.68%
Number of salaries quoted 22,096 14,390 35,408
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £27,337
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -12.50%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in England

Telecoms
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in England over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in England

Telecoms
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the England region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
South East -2 374 £40,000 +26.98% 121
London +8 318 £75,000 +7.14% 157
North of England +68 313 £42,500 +25.00% 87
North West +69 202 £40,000 -15.79% 46
Midlands -19 163 £38,000 -5.00% 50
West Midlands -26 114 £38,000 +1.33% 32
South West +3 108 £55,000 +37.50% 54
Yorkshire -5 96 £47,500 +61.02% 34
East of England -16 88 £42,500 -5.56% 79
East Midlands -29 49 £42,500 - 18
North East -31 15 £47,500 +62.39% 11
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (1.01%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
3 4 (0.29%) CMS
3 4 (0.29%) WordPress
4 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.14%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) Confluence
6 1 (0.072%) Camunda
Applications
1 44 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.36%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.22%) Sketch
7 1 (0.072%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (1.08%) SAP PM
2 9 (0.65%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.14%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.072%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 95 (6.86%) AWS
2 94 (6.79%) Azure
3 81 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
4 73 (5.27%) GCP
5 32 (2.31%) GitHub
6 31 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
7 30 (2.17%) SaaS
8 27 (1.95%) OpenShift
9 21 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (1.30%) Power Platform
11 15 (1.08%) Entra ID
12 9 (0.65%) Amazon S3
12 9 (0.65%) Apigee
13 8 (0.58%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (0.51%) Canva
15 6 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (0.43%) Kong
16 5 (0.36%) OCI
17 4 (0.29%) Cloud Run
17 4 (0.29%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 110 (7.94%) Firewall
2 100 (7.22%) Broadband
3 96 (6.93%) VoIP
4 70 (5.05%) Wi-Fi
5 52 (3.75%) Unified Communications
6 43 (3.10%) WAN
7 42 (3.03%) VPN
8 38 (2.74%) DNS
9 35 (2.53%) LAN
10 34 (2.45%) TCP/IP
11 29 (2.09%) VLAN
12 24 (1.73%) Internet
13 22 (1.59%) WebEx
13 22 (1.59%) Wireless
14 21 (1.52%) 4G
15 20 (1.44%) BGP
16 19 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
17 18 (1.30%) HTTP
17 18 (1.30%) PBX
18 17 (1.23%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (1.81%) Tableau
2 18 (1.30%) Power BI
3 16 (1.16%) Relational Database
4 13 (0.94%) RDBMS
5 9 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
5 9 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (0.65%) Apache Iceberg
5 9 (0.65%) Big Data
6 8 (0.58%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.43%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.36%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.29%) Metadata
9 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.29%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (0.22%) Redis
10 3 (0.22%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.14%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.14%) GIS
12 1 (0.072%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 34 (2.45%) Jenkins
2 29 (2.09%) Git
3 20 (1.44%) GitLab
4 5 (0.36%) JIRA
5 4 (0.29%) Postman
6 3 (0.22%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.22%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.072%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.072%) Selenium
7 1 (0.072%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.072%) Subversion
7 1 (0.072%) WebDriver
General
1 351 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 249 (17.98%) Finance
3 145 (10.47%) Law
4 143 (10.32%) Marketing
5 115 (8.30%) Public Sector
6 102 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
7 98 (7.08%) Military
8 81 (5.85%) Electronics
9 79 (5.70%) Manufacturing
10 65 (4.69%) Legal
11 55 (3.97%) Retail
12 52 (3.75%) Billing
13 46 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (2.67%) Back Office
15 33 (2.38%) Banking
16 28 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
17 27 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (1.16%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
18 16 (1.16%) Games
Job Titles
1 181 (13.07%) Account Manager
2 137 (9.89%) Senior
3 98 (7.08%) Telecoms Manager
4 80 (5.78%) Lead
5 79 (5.70%) IT Support
6 78 (5.63%) Analyst
7 74 (5.34%) Telecoms Account Manager
8 54 (3.90%) Consultant
8 54 (3.90%) Support Engineer
9 51 (3.68%) Sales Executive
10 47 (3.39%) IT Manager
11 46 (3.32%) Sales Manager
12 44 (3.18%) Network Engineer
13 42 (3.03%) Development Manager
14 40 (2.89%) Business Development Manager
14 40 (2.89%) Business Manager
14 40 (2.89%) Support Analyst
15 37 (2.67%) 2nd Line Support
16 36 (2.60%) Architect
16 36 (2.60%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.60%) REST
2 25 (1.81%) Kafka
3 24 (1.73%) RESTful
4 23 (1.66%) Spring
5 22 (1.59%) Jinja
5 22 (1.59%) Spring Boot
6 21 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
7 17 (1.23%) gRPC
7 17 (1.23%) YANG
8 16 (1.16%) JSON
8 16 (1.16%) WebSockets
9 15 (1.08%) Bootstrap
10 14 (1.01%) AngularJS
11 13 (0.94%) SAP CAF
12 11 (0.79%) NETCONF
12 11 (0.79%) OAuth
12 11 (0.79%) YAML
13 9 (0.65%) Spring Cloud
14 8 (0.58%) OAuth2
14 8 (0.58%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 69 (4.98%) Driving Licence
2 65 (4.69%) Data Centre
3 64 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
4 60 (4.33%) Onboarding
5 35 (2.53%) Social Media
6 31 (2.24%) CCTV
7 25 (1.81%) Cloud Native
7 25 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
8 22 (1.59%) Fibre Optics
9 20 (1.44%) Management Information System
10 18 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
11 17 (1.23%) IoT
12 14 (1.01%) AI Agents
13 13 (0.94%) Mobile App
14 10 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.65%) MPEG
16 8 (0.58%) FlexPod
16 8 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
16 8 (0.58%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 76 (5.49%) Windows
2 55 (3.97%) Linux
3 24 (1.73%) Android
4 17 (1.23%) Windows 10
5 15 (1.08%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.65%) Unix
7 8 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
10 1 (0.072%) Debian
10 1 (0.072%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (13.36%) Business Development
2 152 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (9.39%) Cybersecurity
4 127 (9.17%) B2B
5 122 (8.81%) CRM
6 100 (7.22%) Business Intelligence
7 94 (6.79%) Agile
8 89 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 84 (6.06%) AI
10 77 (5.56%) Containerisation
11 73 (5.27%) Digital Marketing
12 71 (5.13%) CI/CD
13 70 (5.05%) Service Delivery
14 67 (4.84%) Customer Service
14 67 (4.84%) Programme Management
15 64 (4.62%) DevOps
16 63 (4.55%) Collaborative Working
16 63 (4.55%) Mentoring
17 61 (4.40%) Customer Experience
18 57 (4.12%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 101 (7.29%) Python
2 36 (2.60%) Go
3 34 (2.45%) Bash
4 31 (2.24%) Java
5 29 (2.09%) JavaScript
6 28 (2.02%) C++
7 25 (1.81%) SQL
8 19 (1.37%) PowerShell
9 13 (0.94%) C#
10 11 (0.79%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.51%) C
11 7 (0.51%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.29%) PHP
12 4 (0.29%) Rust
13 1 (0.072%) Bicep
13 1 (0.072%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.072%) R
13 1 (0.072%) SHACL
13 1 (0.072%) SPARQL
13 1 (0.072%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 145 (10.47%) Degree
2 104 (7.51%) Security Cleared
3 80 (5.78%) SC Cleared
4 42 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (2.45%) DV Cleared
6 23 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (1.52%) CISSP
8 20 (1.44%) ACCA
9 19 (1.37%) CIMA
9 19 (1.37%) CISM
10 18 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.23%) CCNP
11 17 (1.23%) Master's Degree
12 15 (1.08%) DBS Check
13 14 (1.01%) A+ Certification
13 14 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 12 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.79%) CCIE
16 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 8 (0.58%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (2.45%) GRC
3 23 (1.66%) PCI DSS
3 23 (1.66%) QA
4 18 (1.30%) SLA
5 17 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.16%) NIST
7 15 (1.08%) GDPR
8 13 (0.94%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.79%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.43%) PMO
11 5 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.14%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.072%) NCSC
14 1 (0.072%) SOC 1
14 1 (0.072%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.82%) Docker
2 31 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.23%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.65%) vSphere
6 6 (0.43%) Firmware
7 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.36%) XenApp
8 3 (0.22%) KVM
9 1 (0.072%) iptables
9 1 (0.072%) pfSense
9 1 (0.072%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 47 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 44 (3.18%) Terraform
3 40 (2.89%) Ansible
4 36 (2.60%) Grafana
5 31 (2.24%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
7 16 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.65%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.29%) Autotask
10 3 (0.22%) Nmap
11 2 (0.14%) Puppet
12 1 (0.072%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.072%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.072%) Netcool
12 1 (0.072%) Netcool/OMNIbus
12 1 (0.072%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.072%) Rancher
12 1 (0.072%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 1 (0.072%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 133 (9.60%) Microsoft
2 86 (6.21%) SAP
3 85 (6.14%) Cisco
4 26 (1.88%) VMware
5 24 (1.73%) Palo Alto
6 20 (1.44%) Fortinet
7 19 (1.37%) Google
8 18 (1.30%) Openreach
9 13 (0.94%) CheckPoint
9 13 (0.94%) F5
9 13 (0.94%) Oracle
10 12 (0.87%) Salesforce
11 11 (0.79%) BT
11 11 (0.79%) Juniper
11 11 (0.79%) Red Hat
11 11 (0.79%) Splunk
12 10 (0.72%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.58%) Dell
14 6 (0.43%) Palantir
15 5 (0.36%) Meraki