Telecoms Jobs in the Midlands

Telecommunications
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 98 55
Rank change year-on-year +41 -43 +143
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 287 278 551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.13% 2.38% 5.77%
As % of the General category 7.36% 4.20% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 33 196 92
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,750 £23,949
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,863 £26,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -8.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -18.18% -

All General Skills
Midlands

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 common skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,901 6,618 7,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.16% 56.69% 73.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,838 4,704 3,129
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the Midlands

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Telecoms in the Midlands

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the Midlands

Telecoms
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Midlands +57 209 £37,500 -16.67% 85
East Midlands +14 77 £38,750 -0.64% 46
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (7.67%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (1.74%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.74%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.67%) 3GPP
1 22 (7.67%) 5G
1 22 (7.67%) VPN
2 21 (7.32%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.44%) Firewall
4 6 (2.09%) LAN
4 6 (2.09%) WAN
5 5 (1.74%) DHCP
6 4 (1.39%) VoIP
7 3 (1.05%) MPLS
7 3 (1.05%) Wireless
8 1 (0.35%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.35%) LTE
8 1 (0.35%) PBX
8 1 (0.35%) Profibus
8 1 (0.35%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.35%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.35%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.70%) MySQL
2 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (5.23%) Cucumber
1 15 (5.23%) Robot Framework
2 2 (0.70%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) GDB
3 1 (0.35%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (0.35%) Subversion
3 1 (0.35%) WinDbg
General
1 153 (53.31%) Automotive
2 61 (21.25%) Finance
3 45 (15.68%) Retail
4 34 (11.85%) Social Skills
5 28 (9.76%) Manufacturing
5 28 (9.76%) Marketing
6 22 (7.67%) Games
7 20 (6.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.83%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.79%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (2.09%) Electronics
11 3 (1.05%) Legal
12 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.35%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.35%) Law
12 1 (0.35%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 99 (34.49%) Principal Engineer
1 99 (34.49%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 99 (34.49%) Systems Engineer
2 93 (32.40%) Senior
3 54 (18.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 23 (8.01%) Risk Manager
4 23 (8.01%) Technology Risk Manager
5 15 (5.23%) Test Automation Engineer
5 15 (5.23%) Test Engineer
6 12 (4.18%) Automation Specialist
6 12 (4.18%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 10 (3.48%) IT Support
8 9 (3.14%) Tester
9 7 (2.44%) Support Engineer
9 7 (2.44%) Telecoms Engineer
10 6 (2.09%) IT Engineer
10 6 (2.09%) Security Tester
11 5 (1.74%) IT Analyst
11 5 (1.74%) IT Support Analyst
11 5 (1.74%) Telecoms Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.05%) EDI
2 1 (0.35%) CSS
2 1 (0.35%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.35%) HTML
2 1 (0.35%) JSON
2 1 (0.35%) Laravel
2 1 (0.35%) libvirt
2 1 (0.35%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.35%) React
2 1 (0.35%) RESTful
2 1 (0.35%) STL
2 1 (0.35%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 45 (15.68%) Blockchain
1 45 (15.68%) Robotics
2 27 (9.41%) Management Information System
3 15 (5.23%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.09%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (1.05%) IoT
7 2 (0.70%) CCTV
7 2 (0.70%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.35%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) PlayStation
8 1 (0.35%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.35%) Raspberry Pi
8 1 (0.35%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.35%) Smart Energy
8 1 (0.35%) Social Media
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.10%) Windows
2 16 (5.57%) Linux
3 11 (3.83%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.09%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.74%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (53.31%) Systems Engineering
2 99 (34.49%) Project Planning
3 61 (21.25%) Mentoring
4 60 (20.91%) Coaching
5 49 (17.07%) Agile
6 47 (16.38%) Artificial Intelligence
7 45 (15.68%) Analytics
7 45 (15.68%) Data Analytics
7 45 (15.68%) Robotic Process Automation
8 44 (15.33%) Creative Thinking
9 32 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (9.41%) ERP
11 26 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (8.01%) IT Governance
12 23 (8.01%) Risk Management
13 22 (7.67%) Change Management
13 22 (7.67%) Information Security
13 22 (7.67%) IT Audit
13 22 (7.67%) Project Delivery
14 21 (7.32%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.97%) Python
2 17 (5.92%) JavaScript
3 15 (5.23%) Bash
3 15 (5.23%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.39%) PHP
5 2 (0.70%) C
6 1 (0.35%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.35%) C#
6 1 (0.35%) C++
6 1 (0.35%) CodeQL
6 1 (0.35%) SQL
6 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 176 (61.32%) Degree
2 86 (29.97%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (7.67%) CISA
3 22 (7.67%) ISACA
4 5 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (0.70%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.35%) CCNA
6 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.35%) CSPO
6 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.35%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (0.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (15.68%) ITGC
2 22 (7.67%) NCSC
3 18 (6.27%) QA
4 1 (0.35%) PMO
4 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.70%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Docker
3 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (11.15%) SAP
2 22 (7.67%) Oracle
3 14 (4.88%) Microsoft
4 5 (1.74%) Apple
5 4 (1.39%) Cisco
6 1 (0.35%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.35%) Citrix
6 1 (0.35%) ForeScout
6 1 (0.35%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.35%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.35%) Nexthink
6 1 (0.35%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.35%) Siemens