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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 141 145
Rank change year-on-year +40 +4 +47
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 194 166 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.07% 1.47% 1.96%
As % of the General category 3.43% 2.37% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 141 51 110
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £26,225
25th Percentile £31,750 £29,750 £28,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -22.22% +15.12%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £55,440
90th Percentile £82,000 £70,000 £63,750
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 5,658 6,995 4,610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 60.31% 62.12% 65.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,990 2,916 3,505
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,714
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

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 3 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 3 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 +52 125 £42,500 +13.33% 66
Yorkshire +16 53 £45,000 -12.20% 40
North East +4 16 £40,000 +17.65% 14
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 21 (10.82%) Azure
2 15 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (6.70%) AWS
4 12 (6.19%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.09%) GCP
5 6 (3.09%) GitHub
5 6 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (2.06%) SaaS
7 3 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.55%) Slack
8 1 (0.52%) IaaS
8 1 (0.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 38 (19.59%) VoIP
2 19 (9.79%) Firewall
3 16 (8.25%) Unified Communications
4 15 (7.73%) Broadband
5 12 (6.19%) DNS
5 12 (6.19%) TCP/IP
5 12 (6.19%) WAN
6 10 (5.15%) VPN
7 9 (4.64%) DHCP
7 9 (4.64%) LAN
7 9 (4.64%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (4.64%) VLAN
7 9 (4.64%) Wireless
8 8 (4.12%) Telepresence
8 8 (4.12%) WebEx
9 7 (3.61%) PSTN
10 6 (3.09%) Asterisk PBX
10 6 (3.09%) Internet
11 4 (2.06%) Ethernet
11 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 70 (36.08%) Social Skills
2 66 (34.02%) Law
3 64 (32.99%) Finance
4 63 (32.47%) Military
5 23 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (7.73%) Back Office
7 14 (7.22%) Marketing
8 12 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (5.15%) Public Sector
10 9 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (4.12%) Electronics
11 8 (4.12%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.58%) Legal
12 5 (2.58%) Local Government
13 3 (1.55%) Billing
13 3 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (1.03%) Agriculture
14 2 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 24 (12.37%) Project Manager
2 20 (10.31%) Account Manager
3 19 (9.79%) Support Engineer
4 15 (7.73%) Senior
5 12 (6.19%) Technical Support
6 11 (5.67%) Telecoms Manager
7 10 (5.15%) Technical Engineer
7 10 (5.15%) Technical Support Engineer
8 8 (4.12%) Analyst
8 8 (4.12%) Voice Engineer
8 8 (4.12%) Voice Support Engineer
9 7 (3.61%) Project Officer
9 7 (3.61%) Project Support Officer
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%) Business Development Manager
10 6 (3.09%) IT Manager
10 6 (3.09%) Sales 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 30 (15.46%) Driving Licence
2 10 (5.15%) 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 12 (6.19%) Linux
1 12 (6.19%) Windows
2 9 (4.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (17.01%) Service Delivery
2 31 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (14.43%) Customer Service
4 24 (12.37%) Collaborative Working
4 24 (12.37%) CRM
5 23 (11.86%) Commercial Awareness
6 20 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (8.76%) Agile
7 17 (8.76%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (8.76%) Network Management
8 16 (8.25%) B2B
9 15 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (7.73%) Contract Negotiation
9 15 (7.73%) Customer Requirements
10 14 (7.22%) Business Development
10 14 (7.22%) Root Cause Analysis
11 12 (6.19%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 12 (6.19%) Line Management
12 11 (5.67%) B2B Sales
13 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 9 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (4.12%) CCNP
4 7 (3.61%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (3.61%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (3.09%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.09%) HNC
6 3 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.55%) CCNA
6 3 (1.55%) Chartered Engineer
6 3 (1.55%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.03%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.03%) ACCA
7 2 (1.03%) CCIE
7 2 (1.03%) CIMA
7 2 (1.03%) CIPD
7 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.03%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.52%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.61%) ISO 14001
1 7 (3.61%) PMO
2 6 (3.09%) NEBOSH
2 6 (3.09%) SLA
3 4 (2.06%) QA
4 3 (1.55%) EU AI Act
4 3 (1.55%) GDPR
5 2 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.52%) GRC
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
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 8 (4.12%) 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 31 (15.98%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.73%) Cisco
3 9 (4.64%) Apple
3 9 (4.64%) Oracle
3 9 (4.64%) Sage
3 9 (4.64%) SonicWALL
4 8 (4.12%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.61%) SAP
6 4 (2.06%) Openreach
7 2 (1.03%) BT
7 2 (1.03%) Xero
8 1 (0.52%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow