Telecoms Job Trends in Manchester

Telecommunications
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 105 88
Rank change year-on-year +50 -17 +67
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 82 55 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.98% 2.00% 2.48%
As % of the General category 4.72% 2.94% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 51 25 34
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,450 £26,075
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £26,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -16.76% -9.31%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £73,500
North West median annual salary £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.39% -14.44% -5.26%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,736 1,872 1,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 63.15% 67.97% 57.09%
Number of salaries quoted 893 768 965
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £30,200
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,662
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.62% +4.84%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -0.97% -1.90%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Manchester

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Manchester

Telecoms
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Salford - 22 £42,500 - 4
Bolton +21 6 £42,500 +42.86% 15
Wigan -6 6 £42,500 +10.39%
Cheadle - 1 £200,000 -
Telecoms
North West

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.88%) AWS
2 3 (3.66%) Azure
2 3 (3.66%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.44%) GCP
4 1 (1.22%) IaaS
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.07%) Telepresence
1 14 (17.07%) Unified Communications
1 14 (17.07%) VoIP
1 14 (17.07%) WebEx
2 1 (1.22%) 4G
2 1 (1.22%) 5G
2 1 (1.22%) Broadband
2 1 (1.22%) DSL
2 1 (1.22%) MPLS
2 1 (1.22%) NGN
2 1 (1.22%) PBX
2 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.66%) Power BI
2 1 (1.22%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.22%) Power Query
2 1 (1.22%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) GitLab
1 2 (2.44%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.22%) Gatling
2 1 (1.22%) JMeter
2 1 (1.22%) LoadRunner
General
1 43 (52.44%) Law
1 43 (52.44%) Military
2 42 (51.22%) Finance
3 23 (28.05%) Social Skills
4 15 (18.29%) Back Office
5 9 (10.98%) Electronics
5 9 (10.98%) Marketing
6 8 (9.76%) Manufacturing
6 8 (9.76%) Public Sector
7 6 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (6.10%) Local Government
9 3 (3.66%) Billing
9 3 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.44%) Agriculture
10 2 (2.44%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (2.44%) Police
11 1 (1.22%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.22%) Legal
11 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (19.51%) Project Manager
1 16 (19.51%) Support Engineer
2 14 (17.07%) Voice Engineer
2 14 (17.07%) Voice Support Engineer
3 5 (6.10%) Delivery Manager
3 5 (6.10%) Service Delivery Manager
3 5 (6.10%) Service Manager
4 4 (4.88%) Analyst
5 2 (2.44%) Business Analyst
5 2 (2.44%) IT Engineer
5 2 (2.44%) IT Support
5 2 (2.44%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (2.44%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (2.44%) Linux Systems Engineer
5 2 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (2.44%) Systems Manager
5 2 (2.44%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (2.44%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 1 (1.22%) 1st Line Engineer
6 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.22%) Node.js
1 1 (1.22%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.22%) scikit-learn
1 1 (1.22%) Spring
1 1 (1.22%) Spring Boot
1 1 (1.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (23.17%) Driving Licence
2 3 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.44%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.22%) IoT
4 1 (1.22%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.22%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.22%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.44%) Linux
1 2 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.49%) Service Delivery
2 20 (24.39%) Collaborative Working
3 18 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (18.29%) AI
4 15 (18.29%) Commercial Awareness
5 14 (17.07%) Network Management
5 14 (17.07%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (9.76%) Digital Marketing
7 8 (9.76%) Programme Management
8 6 (7.32%) Business Strategy
8 6 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (7.32%) CRM
8 6 (7.32%) Customer Service
9 5 (6.10%) Agile
9 5 (6.10%) Mentoring
10 4 (4.88%) Budgeting
10 4 (4.88%) Customer Experience
11 3 (3.66%) DevOps
11 3 (3.66%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.66%) Python
2 2 (2.44%) Bash
3 1 (1.22%) C#
3 1 (1.22%) Java
3 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.22%) SQL
3 1 (1.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (9.76%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.32%) DV Cleared
3 3 (3.66%) Degree
4 2 (2.44%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.44%) CCIE
4 2 (2.44%) CCNA
4 2 (2.44%) CCNP
4 2 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.22%) CISA
5 1 (1.22%) CISM
5 1 (1.22%) CISSP
5 1 (1.22%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.54%) ISO 14001
1 7 (8.54%) SLA
2 6 (7.32%) NEBOSH
3 4 (4.88%) QA
4 2 (2.44%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.22%) GRC
5 1 (1.22%) ISO 22301
5 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.22%) NIST
5 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (17.07%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (18.29%) Cisco
1 15 (18.29%) Oracle
2 8 (9.76%) SAP
3 4 (4.88%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.22%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.22%) Openreach