Telecoms Job Trends in Hampshire

Telecommunications
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 80 103
Rank change year-on-year +19 +23 -48
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 127 44 73
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 2.37% 2.16% 2.06%
As % of the General category 5.58% 3.66% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 102 31 43
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £31,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £36,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -24.21% +13.10%
75th Percentile £66,875 £45,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £57,500 £74,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £36,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +36.99% -23.16% +5.56%

All General Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,277 1,203 1,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 42.50% 59.00% 51.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,431 696 1,014
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -14.81% +8.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,438
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £80,875
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Hampshire over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Hampshire

Telecoms
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Southampton -8 33 £66,250 +58.68% 5
Liss - 24 £65,000 -
Portsmouth +10 12 £65,000 -18.75% 5
Andover 0 12 £40,000 +33.33%
Fareham -17 10 £62,500 +150.00% 2
Eastleigh - 5 £50,000 -
Waterlooville - 3 - -
Farnborough - 3 £75,000 - 6
Basingstoke +2 2 - - 5
Fordingbridge - 2 £41,250 - 1
New Milton 0 1 £35,000 -5.41% 1
Alton - 1 £42,500 -
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.57%) Azure
1 2 (1.57%) Azure Functions
1 2 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (1.57%) Serverless
2 1 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
2 1 (0.79%) GitHub
2 1 (0.79%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.02%) Wireless
2 11 (8.66%) Unified Communications
3 8 (6.30%) VoIP
4 6 (4.72%) 5G
4 6 (4.72%) Broadband
5 2 (1.57%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.79%) ATM
6 1 (0.79%) DHCP
6 1 (0.79%) DNS
6 1 (0.79%) Firewall
6 1 (0.79%) Internet
6 1 (0.79%) LAN
6 1 (0.79%) Network Security
6 1 (0.79%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.79%) VLAN
6 1 (0.79%) VPN
6 1 (0.79%) WAN
6 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Git
2 1 (0.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
General
1 23 (18.11%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.39%) Electronics
3 10 (7.87%) Aerospace
4 8 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.30%) Finance
4 8 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (5.51%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.94%) Automotive
7 3 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.57%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.79%) Aviation
9 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Law
9 1 (0.79%) Marketing
9 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (18.90%) Technology Manager
2 14 (11.02%) Senior
3 12 (9.45%) Development Manager
3 12 (9.45%) Infrastructure Manager
3 12 (9.45%) Network Infrastructure Manager
3 12 (9.45%) Network Manager
3 12 (9.45%) Telecoms Manager
3 12 (9.45%) Test Engineer
4 11 (8.66%) Field Engineer
4 11 (8.66%) Lead
5 10 (7.87%) Business Development Manager
5 10 (7.87%) Business Manager
5 10 (7.87%) Electronics Engineer
5 10 (7.87%) Electronics Test Engineer
5 10 (7.87%) Field Service Engineer
5 10 (7.87%) Wireless Engineer
6 8 (6.30%) Business Development Executive
7 6 (4.72%) Sales Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Senior Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.57%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.87%) Photography
2 5 (3.94%) CCTV
2 5 (3.94%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.57%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.57%) ASIC
3 2 (1.57%) FPGA
3 2 (1.57%) IoT
3 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.57%) PCIe
3 2 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.57%) SystemC
3 2 (1.57%) Verilog
4 1 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.57%) Linux
1 2 (1.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.47%) Business Development
2 12 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (8.66%) Decision-Making
4 10 (7.87%) B2B
5 8 (6.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (5.51%) B2B Sales
6 7 (5.51%) CRM
6 7 (5.51%) Customer Service
6 7 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (5.51%) Mentoring
7 6 (4.72%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (4.72%) Test Strategy
8 5 (3.94%) Agile
8 5 (3.94%) Cloud Security
8 5 (3.94%) Computer Science
8 5 (3.94%) Customer Experience
8 5 (3.94%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (3.94%) Project Delivery
9 4 (3.15%) Collaborative Engineering
9 4 (3.15%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.94%) C++
2 3 (2.36%) C
2 3 (2.36%) Python
3 2 (1.57%) C#
3 2 (1.57%) SQL
3 2 (1.57%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (0.79%) Ada
Qualifications
1 8 (6.30%) Degree
2 6 (4.72%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.94%) HNC
3 5 (3.94%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (2.36%) CCSP
5 3 (2.36%) CESG Certified Professional
5 3 (2.36%) CISM
5 3 (2.36%) CISSP
5 3 (2.36%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (2.36%) CRISC
5 3 (2.36%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.36%) GIAC
5 3 (2.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (1.57%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.79%) CCNP
7 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.36%) NCSC
2 2 (1.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.79%) PMO
3 1 (0.79%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (6.30%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.57%) Oracle
3 1 (0.79%) Cisco
3 1 (0.79%) HubSpot
3 1 (0.79%) IBM
3 1 (0.79%) Remedy
3 1 (0.79%) Xerox