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 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 107 39
Rank change year-on-year +54 -68 +168
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 311 301 566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.58% 2.17% 6.67%
As % of the General category 7.45% 4.00% 9.17%
Number of salaries quoted 35 211 103
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £64,500
90th Percentile £59,500 £65,000 £74,750
England median annual salary £43,000 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.44% -21.74% +4.55%

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 4,177 7,518 6,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 61.48% 54.12% 72.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,795 4,868 3,013
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,300
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £37,000
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 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +78 227 £28,500 -32.94% 81
East Midlands +4 83 £42,500 -5.56% 52
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 6 (1.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.32%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (7.07%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (1.93%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.93%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.32%) Azure
2 1 (0.32%) Entra ID
2 1 (0.32%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.72%) VPN
2 23 (7.40%) 3GPP
3 22 (7.07%) 5G
3 22 (7.07%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.57%) Firewall
5 7 (2.25%) LAN
5 7 (2.25%) WAN
6 6 (1.93%) DHCP
7 3 (0.96%) MPLS
7 3 (0.96%) VoIP
7 3 (0.96%) Wireless
8 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.32%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.32%) LTE
9 1 (0.32%) PBX
9 1 (0.32%) Profibus
9 1 (0.32%) tcpdump
9 1 (0.32%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.32%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.64%) MySQL
2 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (4.82%) Cucumber
1 15 (4.82%) Robot Framework
2 2 (0.64%) Git
3 1 (0.32%) GDB
3 1 (0.32%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (0.32%) Subversion
3 1 (0.32%) WinDbg
General
1 153 (49.20%) Automotive
2 63 (20.26%) Finance
3 45 (14.47%) Retail
4 34 (10.93%) Social Skills
5 28 (9.00%) Manufacturing
6 26 (8.36%) Marketing
7 22 (7.07%) Games
8 19 (6.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (5.79%) Law
9 18 (5.79%) Military
10 10 (3.22%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.57%) Analytical Skills
12 6 (1.93%) Electronics
13 2 (0.64%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Legal
13 2 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Agriculture
14 1 (0.32%) Local Government
14 1 (0.32%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 100 (32.15%) Systems Engineer
2 99 (31.83%) Principal Engineer
2 99 (31.83%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 97 (31.19%) Senior
4 54 (17.36%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 23 (7.40%) Risk Manager
5 23 (7.40%) Technology Risk Manager
6 21 (6.75%) Tester
7 15 (4.82%) Test Automation Engineer
7 15 (4.82%) Test Engineer
8 13 (4.18%) Security Tester
9 12 (3.86%) Automation Specialist
9 12 (3.86%) IT Support
9 12 (3.86%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 8 (2.57%) Penetration Tester
11 6 (1.93%) IT Support Analyst
11 6 (1.93%) Project Manager
11 6 (1.93%) Support Analyst
11 6 (1.93%) Support Engineer
11 6 (1.93%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.32%) CSS
1 1 (0.32%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.32%) HTML
1 1 (0.32%) JSON
1 1 (0.32%) Laravel
1 1 (0.32%) libvirt
1 1 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (0.32%) React
1 1 (0.32%) RESTful
1 1 (0.32%) STL
1 1 (0.32%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.47%) Blockchain
1 45 (14.47%) Robotics
2 24 (7.72%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.82%) Driving Licence
3 15 (4.82%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (0.96%) IoT
6 2 (0.64%) CCTV
7 1 (0.32%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.32%) Clustering
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.32%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (0.32%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.32%) Smart Energy
7 1 (0.32%) Social Media
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.32%) Windows
2 16 (5.14%) Linux
3 11 (3.54%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.25%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.93%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (49.52%) Systems Engineering
2 99 (31.83%) Project Planning
3 60 (19.29%) Coaching
3 60 (19.29%) Mentoring
4 50 (16.08%) Agile
5 48 (15.43%) Artificial Intelligence
6 45 (14.47%) Analytics
6 45 (14.47%) Data Analytics
6 45 (14.47%) Robotic Process Automation
7 44 (14.15%) Cybersecurity
8 43 (13.83%) Creative Thinking
9 28 (9.00%) ERP
10 26 (8.36%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (7.40%) IT Governance
11 23 (7.40%) Risk Management
12 22 (7.07%) Change Management
12 22 (7.07%) Information Security
12 22 (7.07%) IT Audit
13 21 (6.75%) People Management
13 21 (6.75%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.43%) Python
2 17 (5.47%) JavaScript
3 15 (4.82%) Bash
3 15 (4.82%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.29%) PHP
5 2 (0.64%) C
5 2 (0.64%) SQL
6 1 (0.32%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.32%) C#
6 1 (0.32%) C++
6 1 (0.32%) CodeQL
6 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 177 (56.91%) Degree
2 86 (27.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (7.07%) CISA
3 22 (7.07%) ISACA
4 6 (1.93%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.64%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (0.64%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.32%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.32%) CCNA
6 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.32%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.32%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.32%) PhD
6 1 (0.32%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.32%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (14.47%) ITGC
2 23 (7.40%) NCSC
3 19 (6.11%) QA
4 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (2.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.64%) Firmware
3 1 (0.32%) Docker
3 1 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.32%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.32%) AirWatch
2 1 (0.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (10.61%) SAP
2 22 (7.07%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.07%) Oracle
3 6 (1.93%) Apple
4 3 (0.96%) Cisco
5 1 (0.32%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (0.32%) Citrix
5 1 (0.32%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.32%) Nexthink
5 1 (0.32%) PayPal
5 1 (0.32%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.32%) Siemens