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 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 136 137
Rank change year-on-year +45 +1 +45
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 218 163 157
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.08% 1.76% 2.00%
As % of the General category 3.35% 2.62% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 153 50 116
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £30,063 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -22.22% +15.12%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £55,440
90th Percentile £77,250 £71,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -13.64%

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 6,500 6,216 4,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 61.89% 66.93% 61.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,062 2,523 3,700
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,000 £36,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,158 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,384 £80,080 £84,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the 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 4 January 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 4 January 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 +45 137 £42,500 +10.39% 44
Yorkshire +18 64 £45,000 -12.20% 46
North East -1 17 £42,500 +25.00% 35
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 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.46%) Site Server
Applications
1 11 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.63%) Azure
2 14 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (5.96%) AWS
4 12 (5.50%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.21%) GCP
5 7 (3.21%) GitHub
5 7 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.83%) SaaS
7 3 (1.38%) Slack
8 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.46%) IaaS
8 1 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (17.89%) VoIP
2 23 (10.55%) Unified Communications
3 19 (8.72%) Firewall
4 15 (6.88%) WebEx
5 14 (6.42%) Telepresence
6 11 (5.05%) Broadband
6 11 (5.05%) DNS
6 11 (5.05%) TCP/IP
7 10 (4.59%) WAN
8 9 (4.13%) VPN
9 8 (3.67%) Wireless
10 7 (3.21%) DHCP
10 7 (3.21%) LAN
10 7 (3.21%) PSTN
10 7 (3.21%) Remote Desktop
10 7 (3.21%) VLAN
11 6 (2.75%) Asterisk PBX
11 6 (2.75%) Internet
12 4 (1.83%) HTTP
13 3 (1.38%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.50%) Power BI
2 2 (0.92%) Data Mart
2 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.46%) Power Query
3 1 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (4.13%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.29%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) Gatling
3 1 (0.46%) JMeter
3 1 (0.46%) LoadRunner
General
1 66 (30.28%) Finance
2 62 (28.44%) Social Skills
3 56 (25.69%) Law
4 52 (23.85%) Military
5 23 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (7.34%) Marketing
7 15 (6.88%) Back Office
8 12 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (5.50%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (5.50%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.59%) Electronics
9 10 (4.59%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.29%) Legal
11 5 (2.29%) Local Government
12 3 (1.38%) Billing
12 3 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.92%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (0.92%) Police
Job Titles
1 46 (21.10%) Account Manager
2 25 (11.47%) Support Engineer
3 20 (9.17%) Senior
4 17 (7.80%) Project Manager
5 16 (7.34%) Analyst
6 14 (6.42%) Voice Engineer
6 14 (6.42%) Voice Support Engineer
7 10 (4.59%) Sales Manager
7 10 (4.59%) Senior Manager
7 10 (4.59%) Technical Support
8 9 (4.13%) Senior Account Manager
9 8 (3.67%) Sales Account Manager
9 8 (3.67%) Support Analyst
9 8 (3.67%) Telecoms Manager
10 7 (3.21%) Project Officer
10 7 (3.21%) Project Support Officer
10 7 (3.21%) Support Officer
10 7 (3.21%) Technical Engineer
10 7 (3.21%) Technical Support Engineer
10 7 (3.21%) Telecoms Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.75%) FreeSWITCH
2 4 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.46%) .NET
3 1 (0.46%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.46%) Blazor
3 1 (0.46%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.46%) Node.js
3 1 (0.46%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.46%) React
3 1 (0.46%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.46%) Spring
3 1 (0.46%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.46%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.47%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.83%) Social Media
4 3 (1.38%) Acoustics
4 3 (1.38%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.92%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.92%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.92%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.46%) CCTV
6 1 (0.46%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) IoT
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (0.46%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.46%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.46%) Replication
6 1 (0.46%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.13%) Linux
1 9 (4.13%) Windows
2 7 (3.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (13.30%) Service Delivery
3 24 (11.01%) Collaborative Working
4 23 (10.55%) CRM
5 21 (9.63%) Network Management
6 19 (8.72%) Business Intelligence
7 18 (8.26%) Commercial Awareness
7 18 (8.26%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (7.34%) Agile
8 16 (7.34%) Customer Service
9 15 (6.88%) AI
9 15 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (6.42%) Contract Negotiation
10 14 (6.42%) Root Cause Analysis
11 13 (5.96%) B2B
12 12 (5.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 12 (5.50%) Business Development
13 11 (5.05%) Line Management
14 10 (4.59%) Customer Requirements
14 10 (4.59%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.96%) Python
2 12 (5.50%) Bash
3 4 (1.83%) Go
4 2 (0.92%) C#
4 2 (0.92%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.46%) Java
5 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (7.80%) Degree
2 9 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (3.67%) CCNP
3 8 (3.67%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.75%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (2.75%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.75%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.38%) CCNA
5 3 (1.38%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (1.38%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.92%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.92%) ACCA
6 2 (0.92%) CCIE
6 2 (0.92%) CIMA
6 2 (0.92%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.92%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.46%) CISA
7 1 (0.46%) CISM
7 1 (0.46%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.21%) ISO 14001
1 7 (3.21%) PMO
1 7 (3.21%) SLA
2 6 (2.75%) NEBOSH
3 4 (1.83%) QA
4 3 (1.38%) EU AI Act
4 3 (1.38%) GDPR
5 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.92%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.46%) GRC
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.46%) NIST
6 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (3.21%) Active Directory
1 7 (3.21%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (6.42%) Cisco CUCM
2 7 (3.21%) Grafana
2 7 (3.21%) Prometheus
2 7 (3.21%) Terraform
3 4 (1.83%) Ansible
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (13.30%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.09%) Cisco
3 15 (6.88%) Oracle
4 9 (4.13%) SAP
5 7 (3.21%) Apple
5 7 (3.21%) Sage
5 7 (3.21%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.21%) SonicWALL
6 5 (2.29%) Openreach
7 2 (0.92%) BT
7 2 (0.92%) Xero
8 1 (0.46%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.46%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.46%) Huawei
8 1 (0.46%) Meraki
8 1 (0.46%) Okta
8 1 (0.46%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.46%) Polycom
8 1 (0.46%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.46%) Trend Micro