Telecoms Job Trends in the North of England

Telecommunications
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 158 143
Rank change year-on-year +68 -15 -89
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 282 92 278
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.87% 1.46% 1.79%
As % of the General category 3.36% 2.01% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 216 59 208
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,215 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,500 £68,975
England median annual salary £42,500 £48,842 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +8.54% -18.18%

All General Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 8,393 4,581 8,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 55.75% 72.66% 57.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,336 2,586 6,949
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,688 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -12.55%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in the North of England

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the North of England

Telecoms
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 Telecoms within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 March 2026. 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
North West +69 186 £40,000 -15.95% 46
Yorkshire -11 81 £45,000 +47.54% 42
North East -22 15 £47,500 +76.39% 11
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (5.32%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 35 (12.41%) Azure
2 26 (9.22%) AWS
3 21 (7.45%) GCP
3 21 (7.45%) GitHub
3 21 (7.45%) GitHub Actions
4 20 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.96%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.77%) SaaS
8 3 (1.06%) Slack
9 2 (0.71%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.35%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 45 (15.96%) VoIP
2 23 (8.16%) Firewall
3 22 (7.80%) Broadband
3 22 (7.80%) TCP/IP
4 21 (7.45%) DNS
5 18 (6.38%) HTTP
5 18 (6.38%) Unified Communications
6 14 (4.96%) WebEx
7 13 (4.61%) Telepresence
8 11 (3.90%) Internet
9 7 (2.48%) Wireless
10 5 (1.77%) VPN
10 5 (1.77%) WAN
10 5 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.42%) 4G
11 4 (1.42%) 5G
11 4 (1.42%) LAN
12 3 (1.06%) DHCP
12 3 (1.06%) DSLAM
12 3 (1.06%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.96%) Power BI
2 11 (3.90%) Tableau
3 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 23 (8.16%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.77%) GitLab
General
1 64 (22.70%) Law
2 58 (20.57%) Finance
3 56 (19.86%) Social Skills
4 53 (18.79%) Military
5 28 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (7.09%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (6.38%) Back Office
8 16 (5.67%) Marketing
9 13 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (3.55%) Manufacturing
10 10 (3.55%) Public Sector
11 9 (3.19%) Electronics
11 9 (3.19%) Legal
12 5 (1.77%) Billing
13 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.71%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.71%) Police
13 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 62 (21.99%) Account Manager
2 27 (9.57%) Senior
3 25 (8.87%) Support Engineer
4 21 (7.45%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (6.38%) Analyst
5 18 (6.38%) Sales Manager
6 15 (5.32%) IT Manager
6 15 (5.32%) Technical Support
7 13 (4.61%) Sales Account Manager
7 13 (4.61%) Voice Engineer
7 13 (4.61%) Voice Support Engineer
8 11 (3.90%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.55%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (3.55%) Performance Manager
9 10 (3.55%) Senior Account Manager
9 10 (3.55%) Senior Manager
9 10 (3.55%) Support Analyst
10 8 (2.84%) Consultant
10 8 (2.84%) Principal Engineer
11 7 (2.48%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.38%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.35%) .NET
3 1 (0.35%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.35%) Blazor
3 1 (0.35%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.35%) LangChain
3 1 (0.35%) LangGraph
3 1 (0.35%) Node.js
3 1 (0.35%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.35%) React
3 1 (0.35%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.35%) Spring
3 1 (0.35%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.45%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (7.09%) Driving Licence
3 9 (3.19%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.84%) Acoustics
5 7 (2.48%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.77%) Fibre Optics
6 5 (1.77%) IoT
6 5 (1.77%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.71%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.71%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.35%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.35%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.35%) CCTV
8 1 (0.35%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.35%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.35%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.35%) Social Media
8 1 (0.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.77%) Linux
2 3 (1.06%) Windows
2 3 (1.06%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.35%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (10.28%) CRM
3 28 (9.93%) B2B
4 23 (8.16%) CI/CD
4 23 (8.16%) Infrastructure as Code
5 22 (7.80%) DevOps
6 21 (7.45%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (7.09%) Containerisation
7 20 (7.09%) DevSecOps
7 20 (7.09%) Service Delivery
7 20 (7.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 19 (6.74%) High Availability
9 18 (6.38%) Collaborative Working
9 18 (6.38%) Continuous Delivery
9 18 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (6.38%) Continuous Integration
9 18 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
9 18 (6.38%) Static Code Analysis
9 18 (6.38%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 17 (6.03%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.45%) Python
2 18 (6.38%) Bash
2 18 (6.38%) Go
3 2 (0.71%) C#
3 2 (0.71%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.35%) Java
4 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (6.74%) Security Cleared
2 14 (4.96%) Degree
3 13 (4.61%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.19%) ACCA
4 9 (3.19%) CIMA
5 8 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.84%) Chartered Engineer
5 8 (2.84%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.77%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.77%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.71%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.71%) CCNA
7 2 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.35%) CCA
8 1 (0.35%) CCIE
8 1 (0.35%) CCNP
8 1 (0.35%) CISA
8 1 (0.35%) CISM
8 1 (0.35%) CISSP
8 1 (0.35%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (2.48%) QA
2 6 (2.13%) PMO
3 2 (0.71%) EU AI Act
3 2 (0.71%) GDPR
3 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.71%) SLA
4 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.35%) GRC
4 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.35%) NIST
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (1.06%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.06%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.71%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (7.45%) Grafana
1 21 (7.45%) Prometheus
1 21 (7.45%) Terraform
2 18 (6.38%) Ansible
3 13 (4.61%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.16%) SAP
3 15 (5.32%) Cisco
4 14 (4.96%) Oracle
5 5 (1.77%) Openreach
5 5 (1.77%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.42%) Apple
7 3 (1.06%) BT
7 3 (1.06%) Sage
7 3 (1.06%) SonicWALL
8 2 (0.71%) Xero
9 1 (0.35%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.35%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.35%) Facebook
9 1 (0.35%) Meraki
9 1 (0.35%) Okta
9 1 (0.35%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.35%) Polycom
9 1 (0.35%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.35%) Trend Micro