Telecoms Job Trends in Leeds

Telecommunications
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 87 103
Rank change year-on-year +12 +16 +13
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 23 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.74% 0.46% 0.46%
As % of the General category 3.22% 0.71% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £52,500 - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £55,440
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.72%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £58,750 £31,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +89.52% -48.33% +26.32%

All General Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 715 708 851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 54.04% 65.25% 64.57%
Number of salaries quoted 465 381 607
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £31,650
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £42,812
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £50,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% -16.00% +8.23%
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £85,000 £90,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +4.55%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Leeds

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Leeds over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Leeds

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
1 3 (13.04%) SaaS
2 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) Unified Communications
2 2 (8.70%) Broadband
3 1 (4.35%) Ethernet
3 1 (4.35%) Firewall
3 1 (4.35%) VPN
3 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Power BI
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 5 (21.74%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
5 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Law
5 3 (13.04%) Legal
5 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.35%) Electronics
6 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Senior
2 5 (21.74%) Senior Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Account Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Account Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Project Officer
4 3 (13.04%) Project Support Officer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Project Officer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Project Support Officer
4 3 (13.04%) Support Officer
5 2 (8.70%) Business Development Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Business Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Development Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Head of Procurement
6 1 (4.35%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Business Development Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Business Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Social Media
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Contract Negotiation
2 5 (21.74%) Business Development
2 5 (21.74%) CRM
3 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (17.39%) Lead Generation
4 3 (13.04%) Budget Control
4 3 (13.04%) Budget Management
4 3 (13.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (13.04%) Change Management
4 3 (13.04%) Commercial Awareness
4 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.04%) Cost Control
4 3 (13.04%) Data Protection
4 3 (13.04%) Document Management
4 3 (13.04%) Financial Analysis
4 3 (13.04%) Order Management
4 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
4 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.04%) Project Governance
4 3 (13.04%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) EU AI Act
1 3 (13.04%) GDPR
1 3 (13.04%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Salesforce
3 3 (13.04%) Openreach
4 1 (4.35%) Okta
4 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.35%) SAP
4 1 (4.35%) Trend Micro