Openreach Job Trends in the North of England

Openreach
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of Openreach products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Openreach over the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within BT Openreach.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 297 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Permanent jobs citing Openreach 3 11 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.033% 0.088% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.068% 0.31% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £38,000 £49,500 -
90th Percentile - £50,700 -
England median annual salary £37,750 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +20.00% -8.54%

All Vendors
North of England

Openreach falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,409 3,576 3,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 48.10% 28.60% 42.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,912 1,786 2,629
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,500 £27,580
25th Percentile £27,875 £37,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,179 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.73% - +1.94%

Openreach
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Openreach relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Openreach job vacancy trend in the North of England

Openreach
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Openreach.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Openreach

Openreach
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Openreach within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 October 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
Yorkshire - 2 - - 2
North West 0 1 £36,000 -20.00% 5
Openreach
England

Openreach
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Officer
1 2 (66.67%) Project Support Officer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Project Officer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Project Support Officer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Officer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Budget Control
1 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
1 2 (66.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Cost Control
1 2 (66.67%) Document Management
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Order Management
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Governance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft