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 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 151 149
Rank change year-on-year +59 -2 -97
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 285 95 274
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.84% 1.49% 1.75%
As % of the General category 3.31% 2.07% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 219 63 205
10th Percentile £27,400 £26,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,250 £69,800
England median annual salary £43,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.42% +5.56% -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 8,598 4,594 8,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 55.57% 71.97% 57.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,463 2,623 6,968
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,945 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -13.11%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +65 187 £40,000 -15.95% 46
Yorkshire -5 84 £43,500 +42.62% 42
North East -22 14 £47,500 +71.39% 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 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (5.26%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 35 (12.28%) Azure
2 26 (9.12%) AWS
3 21 (7.37%) GCP
3 21 (7.37%) GitHub
3 21 (7.37%) GitHub Actions
4 20 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.91%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.75%) SaaS
8 3 (1.05%) Slack
9 2 (0.70%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.35%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 45 (15.79%) VoIP
2 23 (8.07%) Broadband
2 23 (8.07%) Firewall
3 22 (7.72%) TCP/IP
4 21 (7.37%) DNS
5 18 (6.32%) HTTP
6 17 (5.96%) Unified Communications
7 14 (4.91%) WebEx
8 13 (4.56%) Telepresence
9 12 (4.21%) Internet
10 8 (2.81%) Wireless
11 5 (1.75%) VPN
11 5 (1.75%) WAN
11 5 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.40%) 4G
12 4 (1.40%) 5G
12 4 (1.40%) LAN
13 3 (1.05%) DHCP
13 3 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.05%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.91%) Power BI
2 11 (3.86%) Tableau
3 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 23 (8.07%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.75%) GitLab
General
1 64 (22.46%) Law
2 59 (20.70%) Finance
3 56 (19.65%) Social Skills
4 53 (18.60%) Military
5 28 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (6.32%) Back Office
8 16 (5.61%) Marketing
9 13 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (3.51%) Manufacturing
10 10 (3.51%) Public Sector
11 9 (3.16%) Legal
12 8 (2.81%) Electronics
13 6 (2.11%) Billing
14 2 (0.70%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.70%) Police
14 2 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.35%) Advertising
15 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 63 (22.11%) Account Manager
2 27 (9.47%) Senior
3 25 (8.77%) Support Engineer
4 21 (7.37%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (6.32%) Analyst
5 18 (6.32%) Sales Manager
6 15 (5.26%) IT Manager
6 15 (5.26%) Technical Support
7 14 (4.91%) Sales Account Manager
8 13 (4.56%) Voice Engineer
8 13 (4.56%) Voice Support Engineer
9 11 (3.86%) Project Manager
10 10 (3.51%) 2nd Line Support
10 10 (3.51%) Performance Manager
10 10 (3.51%) Senior Account Manager
10 10 (3.51%) Senior Manager
10 10 (3.51%) Support Analyst
11 8 (2.81%) Consultant
11 8 (2.81%) Principal Engineer
12 7 (2.46%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.32%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.70%) 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 20 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 9 (3.16%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.81%) Acoustics
5 7 (2.46%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.75%) Fibre Optics
6 5 (1.75%) IoT
6 5 (1.75%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.70%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.70%) 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%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.35%) Social Media
8 1 (0.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.75%) Linux
2 3 (1.05%) Windows
2 3 (1.05%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.35%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (10.53%) B2B
3 28 (9.82%) CRM
4 23 (8.07%) CI/CD
4 23 (8.07%) Infrastructure as Code
5 22 (7.72%) DevOps
6 21 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (7.02%) Containerisation
7 20 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (7.02%) DevSecOps
7 20 (7.02%) Service Delivery
7 20 (7.02%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 19 (6.67%) High Availability
9 18 (6.32%) Business Development
9 18 (6.32%) Collaborative Working
9 18 (6.32%) Continuous Delivery
9 18 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (6.32%) Continuous Integration
9 18 (6.32%) Static Code Analysis
9 18 (6.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.37%) Python
2 18 (6.32%) Bash
2 18 (6.32%) Go
3 2 (0.70%) C#
3 2 (0.70%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.35%) Java
4 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 13 (4.56%) Degree
2 13 (4.56%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.16%) ACCA
3 9 (3.16%) CIMA
4 8 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (2.81%) Chartered Engineer
4 8 (2.81%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.75%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.70%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.70%) CCNA
6 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.35%) CCA
7 1 (0.35%) CCIE
7 1 (0.35%) CCNP
7 1 (0.35%) CISA
7 1 (0.35%) CISM
7 1 (0.35%) CISSP
7 1 (0.35%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (2.46%) QA
2 6 (2.11%) PMO
3 2 (0.70%) EU AI Act
3 2 (0.70%) GDPR
3 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.70%) 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 (1.05%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.05%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.70%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (7.37%) Grafana
1 21 (7.37%) Prometheus
1 21 (7.37%) Terraform
2 18 (6.32%) Ansible
3 13 (4.56%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (9.12%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.07%) SAP
3 15 (5.26%) Cisco
4 14 (4.91%) Oracle
5 5 (1.75%) Openreach
5 5 (1.75%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.40%) Apple
7 3 (1.05%) BT
7 3 (1.05%) Sage
7 3 (1.05%) SonicWALL
8 2 (0.70%) Xero
9 1 (0.35%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.35%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.35%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.35%) Huawei
9 1 (0.35%) Okta
9 1 (0.35%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.35%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.35%) Polycom
9 1 (0.35%) Trend Micro