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 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 137 144
Rank change year-on-year +32 +7 +37
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 194 162 137
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.86% 1.66% 2.03%
As % of the General category 2.95% 2.53% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 134 50 107
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,700 £26,150
25th Percentile £31,750 £29,813 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -23.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £55,440
90th Percentile £81,025 £71,250 £64,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%

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 common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,583 6,397 4,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 63.13% 65.70% 65.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,004 2,665 3,369
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,850 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,084
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -0.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -3.23%

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 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
North West +43 121 £42,500 +10.39% 47
Yorkshire +8 57 £50,000 -2.44% 39
North East -5 16 £40,000 +31.15% 16
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 (1.03%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.52%) Site Server
Applications
1 11 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (4.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.31%) Azure
2 14 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.19%) AWS
3 12 (6.19%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.09%) GCP
4 6 (3.09%) GitHub
4 6 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (2.06%) SaaS
6 3 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.55%) Slack
7 1 (0.52%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.52%) IaaS
7 1 (0.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (20.10%) VoIP
2 22 (11.34%) Unified Communications
3 19 (9.79%) Firewall
4 13 (6.70%) Broadband
5 12 (6.19%) DNS
5 12 (6.19%) TCP/IP
5 12 (6.19%) Telepresence
5 12 (6.19%) WAN
5 12 (6.19%) WebEx
6 10 (5.15%) VPN
6 10 (5.15%) Wireless
7 9 (4.64%) DHCP
7 9 (4.64%) LAN
7 9 (4.64%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (4.64%) VLAN
8 7 (3.61%) PSTN
9 6 (3.09%) Asterisk PBX
9 6 (3.09%) Internet
10 4 (2.06%) Ethernet
10 4 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.19%) Power BI
2 2 (1.03%) Data Mart
2 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.52%) Power Query
3 1 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.12%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.58%) GitLab
3 1 (0.52%) Gatling
3 1 (0.52%) JMeter
3 1 (0.52%) LoadRunner
General
1 66 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 64 (32.99%) Finance
3 50 (25.77%) Law
4 47 (24.23%) Military
5 23 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (8.25%) Marketing
7 15 (7.73%) Back Office
8 12 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (6.19%) Public Sector
9 10 (5.15%) Electronics
9 10 (5.15%) Manufacturing
9 10 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.58%) Legal
11 5 (2.58%) Local Government
12 3 (1.55%) Billing
12 3 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.03%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.03%) Police
Job Titles
1 31 (15.98%) Account Manager
2 23 (11.86%) Support Engineer
3 18 (9.28%) Project Manager
4 17 (8.76%) Senior
5 12 (6.19%) Voice Engineer
5 12 (6.19%) Voice Support Engineer
6 11 (5.67%) Telecoms Manager
7 9 (4.64%) Technical Engineer
7 9 (4.64%) Technical Support
7 9 (4.64%) Technical Support Engineer
8 8 (4.12%) Analyst
8 8 (4.12%) Sales Manager
9 7 (3.61%) Project Officer
9 7 (3.61%) Project Support Officer
9 7 (3.61%) Senior Manager
9 7 (3.61%) Senior Project Officer
9 7 (3.61%) Senior Project Support Officer
9 7 (3.61%) Support Officer
9 7 (3.61%) Telecoms Account Manager
10 6 (3.09%) Sales Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.09%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.52%) .NET
3 1 (0.52%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.52%) Blazor
3 1 (0.52%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.52%) Node.js
3 1 (0.52%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.52%) React
3 1 (0.52%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.52%) Spring
3 1 (0.52%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.89%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.58%) Social Media
4 3 (1.55%) Acoustics
4 3 (1.55%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.03%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.03%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.52%) CCTV
6 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.52%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.52%) IoT
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (0.52%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.52%) Replication
6 1 (0.52%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.67%) Linux
1 11 (5.67%) Windows
2 9 (4.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (12.37%) CRM
2 24 (12.37%) Service Delivery
3 21 (10.82%) Network Management
4 20 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (9.79%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (9.79%) Collaborative Working
6 18 (9.28%) Commercial Awareness
7 17 (8.76%) Customer Service
8 16 (8.25%) Agile
8 16 (8.25%) B2B
9 15 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (7.73%) Contract Negotiation
10 14 (7.22%) Business Development
11 13 (6.70%) AI
12 12 (6.19%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 12 (6.19%) Root Cause Analysis
13 11 (5.67%) B2B Sales
13 11 (5.67%) Line Management
14 10 (5.15%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.19%) Python
2 11 (5.67%) Bash
3 3 (1.55%) Go
4 2 (1.03%) C#
4 2 (1.03%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.52%) Java
5 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (8.76%) Degree
2 8 (4.12%) CCNP
2 8 (4.12%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (4.12%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (3.09%) DV Cleared
3 6 (3.09%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.55%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (1.55%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.03%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.03%) ACCA
5 2 (1.03%) CCIE
5 2 (1.03%) CCNA
5 2 (1.03%) CIMA
5 2 (1.03%) CIPD
5 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.03%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.52%) CISA
6 1 (0.52%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.61%) ISO 14001
1 7 (3.61%) PMO
1 7 (3.61%) SLA
2 6 (3.09%) NEBOSH
3 4 (2.06%) QA
4 3 (1.55%) EU AI Act
4 3 (1.55%) GDPR
5 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.52%) GRC
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.52%) NIST
6 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (4.64%) Active Directory
1 9 (4.64%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (6.19%) Cisco CUCM
2 6 (3.09%) Grafana
2 6 (3.09%) Prometheus
2 6 (3.09%) Terraform
3 3 (1.55%) Ansible
4 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (15.46%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.79%) Cisco
3 13 (6.70%) Oracle
4 9 (4.64%) Apple
4 9 (4.64%) Sage
4 9 (4.64%) SAP
4 9 (4.64%) SonicWALL
5 8 (4.12%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.58%) Openreach
7 2 (1.03%) BT
7 2 (1.03%) Xero
8 1 (0.52%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.52%) Okta
8 1 (0.52%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.52%) Trend Micro