Telecoms Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Telecommunications
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 48 59 90
Rank change year-on-year +11 +31 +1
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 10 18 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 1.53% 2.75% 1.55%
As % of the General category 3.51% 4.52% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 14
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £24,675
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,875 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - +77.78%
75th Percentile £57,500 £42,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 - £55,440
South West median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 285 398 487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 43.58% 60.86% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 195 138 286
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £35,532 £39,063 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% +12.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £61,123
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,875 £75,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Gloucestershire

Telecoms
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Gloucestershire 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
Cheltenham +15 8 £55,000 - 4
Gloucester +4 1 £28,000 +1.82% 4
Telecoms
South West

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) DHCP
1 3 (30.00%) DNS
1 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Git
2 2 (20.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (10.00%) Bitbucket
3 1 (10.00%) GitLab
General
1 7 (70.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (50.00%) Electronics
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (50.00%) Marketing
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Law
3 2 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Assistant Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Security Technical Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Bootstrap
1 2 (20.00%) CSS
1 2 (20.00%) Flask
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
1 2 (20.00%) RESTful
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 5 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) B2B
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (10.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) Bash
2 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (10.00%) Progress Chef
2 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Dell
3 1 (10.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) Juniper
3 1 (10.00%) Veeam
3 1 (10.00%) VMware