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 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 78 22
Rank change year-on-year +17 -56 +189
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 284 309 592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.09% 2.86% 8.47%
As % of the General category 6.51% 5.39% 12.13%
Number of salaries quoted 64 168 128
10th Percentile £22,350 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,500 £32,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £46,250 £39,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% +17.83% -17.37%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £65,000 £75,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -15.18% +1.82%

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 4,363 5,737 4,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.90% 53.08% 69.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,188 3,048 2,870
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,837 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +30 194 £28,500 -34.86% 104
East Midlands -12 89 £42,500 -15.00% 33
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 9 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.41%) CMS
2 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (6.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (4.23%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (2.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (2.11%) SAP ERP
3 3 (1.06%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 17 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (1.06%) OneDrive
3 1 (0.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (0.35%) AWS
3 1 (0.35%) AWS CloudTrail
3 1 (0.35%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (0.35%) Azure
3 1 (0.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.35%) Serverless
3 1 (0.35%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.10%) VPN
2 22 (7.75%) TCP/IP
3 18 (6.34%) Broadband
4 9 (3.17%) DHCP
5 8 (2.82%) Firewall
6 7 (2.46%) LAN
6 7 (2.46%) WAN
7 4 (1.41%) 3GPP
8 3 (1.06%) DNS
8 3 (1.06%) MPLS
8 3 (1.06%) VoIP
8 3 (1.06%) Wireless
9 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.35%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.35%) LTE
10 1 (0.35%) PBX
10 1 (0.35%) Profibus
10 1 (0.35%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.35%) MySQL
1 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.35%) QlikView
1 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (5.28%) Cucumber
1 15 (5.28%) Robot Framework
2 2 (0.70%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 99 (34.86%) Automotive
2 64 (22.54%) Social Skills
3 57 (20.07%) Finance
4 28 (9.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (8.80%) Retail
6 24 (8.45%) Law
6 24 (8.45%) Military
7 19 (6.69%) Manufacturing
7 19 (6.69%) Marketing
8 13 (4.58%) Public Sector
9 12 (4.23%) Games
9 12 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.41%) Electronics
11 4 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Legal
13 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Local Government
14 1 (0.35%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 100 (35.21%) Systems Engineer
2 98 (34.51%) Senior
3 54 (19.01%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 45 (15.85%) Principal Engineer
4 45 (15.85%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 15 (5.28%) Test Automation Engineer
5 15 (5.28%) Test Engineer
6 14 (4.93%) Senior Manager
7 13 (4.58%) Risk Manager
7 13 (4.58%) Technology Risk Manager
8 12 (4.23%) Business Development Manager
8 12 (4.23%) Business Manager
8 12 (4.23%) Development Manager
8 12 (4.23%) IT Support
8 12 (4.23%) Senior Business Development Manager
8 12 (4.23%) Senior Business Manager
8 12 (4.23%) Senior Development Manager
8 12 (4.23%) Tester
8 12 (4.23%) Vulnerability Researcher
9 11 (3.87%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.35%) ADO
1 1 (0.35%) CSS
1 1 (0.35%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.35%) HTML
1 1 (0.35%) JSON
1 1 (0.35%) Laravel
1 1 (0.35%) React
1 1 (0.35%) RESTful
1 1 (0.35%) STL
1 1 (0.35%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.80%) Blockchain
1 25 (8.80%) Robotics
2 19 (6.69%) Driving Licence
3 17 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (5.99%) Social Media
4 15 (5.28%) Linux Command Line
5 14 (4.93%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.70%) CCTV
6 2 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (0.70%) IoT
7 1 (0.35%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.35%) IVR
7 1 (0.35%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (0.35%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.35%) Smart Energy
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.56%) Windows
2 15 (5.28%) Linux
3 14 (4.93%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.46%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (35.21%) Systems Engineering
2 47 (16.55%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (15.85%) Project Planning
4 43 (15.14%) Mentoring
5 40 (14.08%) Coaching
6 33 (11.62%) Collaborative Working
7 32 (11.27%) Agile
8 28 (9.86%) Customer Service
8 28 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (9.51%) Artificial Intelligence
10 25 (8.80%) Analytics
10 25 (8.80%) Data Analytics
10 25 (8.80%) Robotic Process Automation
11 23 (8.10%) Creative Thinking
11 23 (8.10%) CRM
12 22 (7.75%) ERP
13 18 (6.34%) B2B
13 18 (6.34%) Business Development
13 18 (6.34%) Contract Negotiation
13 18 (6.34%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.63%) JavaScript
2 15 (5.28%) Bash
2 15 (5.28%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.28%) Python
3 3 (1.06%) PHP
4 2 (0.70%) SQL
5 1 (0.35%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.35%) C
Qualifications
1 128 (45.07%) Degree
2 45 (15.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (4.23%) CISA
3 12 (4.23%) ISACA
4 6 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.06%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.35%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.35%) CCNA
7 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.35%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.35%) PhD
7 1 (0.35%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.80%) ITGC
2 22 (7.75%) QA
3 4 (1.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (2.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.70%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.35%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 30 (10.56%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.39%) SAP
3 12 (4.23%) Oracle
4 6 (2.11%) Apple
4 6 (2.11%) BT
5 3 (1.06%) Sage
6 2 (0.70%) Cisco
7 1 (0.35%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.35%) Avaya
7 1 (0.35%) Genesys
7 1 (0.35%) Openreach
7 1 (0.35%) PayPal
7 1 (0.35%) Siemens