Telecoms Job Trends 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 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 85 92 46
Rank change year-on-year +7 -46 +177
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 173 189 236
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.22% 2.83% 4.73%
As % of the General category 3.71% 4.57% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 118 47 198
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £33,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +88.68% -47.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £63,375 £43,750
90th Percentile £66,450 £83,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £51,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.20% +2.50% -9.09%

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 general skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 4,663 4,135 3,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 59.81% 61.89% 60.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,303 1,824 2,477
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,498 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +3.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 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 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
West Midlands -1 115 £40,000 -15.79% 87
East Midlands +14 58 £42,500 -19.05% 56
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (4.62%) AWS
2 8 (4.62%) Azure
2 8 (4.62%) Entra ID
3 3 (1.73%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (0.58%) Asana
4 1 (0.58%) AWS CloudTrail
4 1 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (0.58%) OCI
4 1 (0.58%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.67%) Broadband
2 8 (4.62%) DHCP
2 8 (4.62%) DNS
2 8 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (4.05%) Ethernet
3 7 (4.05%) Firewall
3 7 (4.05%) IP Telephony
3 7 (4.05%) Wireless
4 6 (3.47%) PBX
4 6 (3.47%) VoIP
5 5 (2.89%) ADSL
5 5 (2.89%) Internet
5 5 (2.89%) Unified Communications
5 5 (2.89%) VDSL
5 5 (2.89%) VPN
6 2 (1.16%) 4G
6 2 (1.16%) 5G
6 2 (1.16%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.58%) Power BI
1 1 (0.58%) QlikView
1 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
General
1 42 (24.28%) Social Skills
2 35 (20.23%) Public Sector
3 27 (15.61%) Finance
4 20 (11.56%) Marketing
5 19 (10.98%) Manufacturing
6 15 (8.67%) Law
6 15 (8.67%) Military
7 10 (5.78%) Electronics
8 7 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.73%) Billing
9 3 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Back Office
10 1 (0.58%) Legal
10 1 (0.58%) Local Government
10 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (10.98%) Telecoms Manager
2 18 (10.40%) Account Manager
3 17 (9.83%) Telecoms Account Manager
4 16 (9.25%) Sales Executive
4 16 (9.25%) Senior
5 13 (7.51%) Support Engineer
6 11 (6.36%) Lead
7 8 (4.62%) IT Engineer
7 8 (4.62%) Vulnerability Researcher
8 7 (4.05%) IT Support
8 7 (4.05%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (3.47%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 6 (3.47%) Field Engineer
9 6 (3.47%) Head of Procurement
9 6 (3.47%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.47%) Sales Support
9 6 (3.47%) Technical Engineer
10 5 (2.89%) Commissioning Engineer
10 5 (2.89%) Technical Support
10 5 (2.89%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.58%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.45%) Driving Licence
2 21 (12.14%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (6.94%) CCTV
4 8 (4.62%) Social Media
5 6 (3.47%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.47%) PDA
6 5 (2.89%) NHS
7 4 (2.31%) EPoS
8 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.58%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.58%) Handset
8 1 (0.58%) IoT
8 1 (0.58%) IVR
8 1 (0.58%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.58%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.78%) Windows
1 10 (5.78%) Windows Server
2 7 (4.05%) Linux
3 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.75%) B2B
2 35 (20.23%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (15.03%) Collaborative Working
4 24 (13.87%) Customer Service
5 21 (12.14%) B2B Sales
6 20 (11.56%) CRM
7 19 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (10.98%) Service Delivery
8 12 (6.94%) Business Development
9 10 (5.78%) B2C
9 10 (5.78%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (5.78%) Contract Negotiation
9 10 (5.78%) Lead Generation
10 9 (5.20%) Digital Marketing
10 9 (5.20%) Programme Management
10 9 (5.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (4.62%) Budgeting
11 8 (4.62%) Vulnerability Research
12 7 (4.05%) ITSM
12 7 (4.05%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 8 (4.62%) Degree
1 8 (4.62%) MCSE
1 8 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (4.62%) Security Cleared
2 7 (4.05%) CCNA
2 7 (4.05%) CCNP
2 7 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (4.05%) MCP
2 7 (4.05%) MCSA
3 3 (1.73%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.16%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.58%) ACCA
5 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.58%) CIMA
5 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.58%) PMP
5 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.58%) GDPR
2 1 (0.58%) ISO 14001
2 1 (0.58%) NCSC
2 1 (0.58%) QA
2 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.05%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (8.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.36%) BT
3 9 (5.20%) SAP
4 8 (4.62%) Draytek
4 8 (4.62%) Openreach
4 8 (4.62%) WatchGuard
5 7 (4.05%) Mitel
5 7 (4.05%) VMware
6 5 (2.89%) Panasonic
6 5 (2.89%) Samsung
7 4 (2.31%) Sage
8 2 (1.16%) Meraki
9 1 (0.58%) Avaya
9 1 (0.58%) Genesys
9 1 (0.58%) Oracle
9 1 (0.58%) Yealink