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 23 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 128 139
Rank change year-on-year +34 +11 +37
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 251 149 235
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.93% 1.94% 1.86%
As % of the General category 3.30% 2.79% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 178 52 177
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,986 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £30,375 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £39,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -11.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,563 £55,440
90th Percentile £68,625 £71,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -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 7,610 5,346 7,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 58.65% 69.46% 58.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,837 2,378 5,894
10th Percentile £27,560 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +9.34% -9.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £79,880
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 +39 153 £40,000 -9.60% 49
Yorkshire +9 74 £45,000 - 29
North East -11 24 £45,000 +76.72% 12
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 (0.80%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.40%) Site Server
Applications
1 11 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 36 (14.34%) Azure
2 26 (10.36%) AWS
3 20 (7.97%) GitHub
3 20 (7.97%) GitHub Actions
4 19 (7.57%) GCP
5 16 (6.37%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (4.38%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.79%) SaaS
8 4 (1.59%) Slack
9 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.40%) IaaS
9 1 (0.40%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 42 (16.73%) VoIP
2 28 (11.16%) Firewall
3 21 (8.37%) Broadband
4 20 (7.97%) DNS
4 20 (7.97%) TCP/IP
4 20 (7.97%) Unified Communications
5 16 (6.37%) HTTP
6 15 (5.98%) WebEx
7 14 (5.58%) Telepresence
8 10 (3.98%) Internet
9 7 (2.79%) PSTN
10 6 (2.39%) Asterisk PBX
10 6 (2.39%) VPN
10 6 (2.39%) WAN
10 6 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.99%) Wireless
12 4 (1.59%) 4G
12 4 (1.59%) DHCP
12 4 (1.59%) LAN
12 4 (1.59%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.38%) Power BI
2 2 (0.80%) Data Mart
2 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (8.76%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.39%) GitLab
General
1 57 (22.71%) Finance
2 53 (21.12%) Law
3 50 (19.92%) Social Skills
4 39 (15.54%) Military
5 22 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (7.97%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (6.37%) Marketing
8 15 (5.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (4.38%) Manufacturing
9 11 (4.38%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.59%) Back Office
10 9 (3.59%) Electronics
11 8 (3.19%) Legal
12 5 (1.99%) Billing
12 5 (1.99%) Local Government
13 4 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.80%) Fire and Rescue
15 2 (0.80%) Police
16 1 (0.40%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 56 (22.31%) Account Manager
2 24 (9.56%) Support Engineer
3 23 (9.16%) Senior
4 19 (7.57%) DevOps Engineer
5 16 (6.37%) Analyst
6 14 (5.58%) Voice Engineer
6 14 (5.58%) Voice Support Engineer
7 12 (4.78%) IT Manager
7 12 (4.78%) Project Manager
7 12 (4.78%) Technical Support
8 10 (3.98%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (3.98%) Sales Manager
8 10 (3.98%) Senior Account Manager
8 10 (3.98%) Senior Manager
8 10 (3.98%) Support Analyst
9 8 (3.19%) Sales Account Manager
10 7 (2.79%) Project Officer
10 7 (2.79%) Senior Project Officer
10 7 (2.79%) Senior Project Support Officer
10 7 (2.79%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.37%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (2.39%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
3 1 (0.40%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.40%) Blazor
3 1 (0.40%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.40%) LangChain
3 1 (0.40%) LangGraph
3 1 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.40%) Node.js
3 1 (0.40%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.40%) React
3 1 (0.40%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.40%) Spring
3 1 (0.40%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.40%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.37%) Driving Licence
2 15 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.39%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.99%) Acoustics
4 5 (1.99%) Fibre Optics
4 5 (1.99%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.20%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.80%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.80%) Social Media
7 1 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.40%) CCTV
7 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.40%) NHS
7 1 (0.40%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.40%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.79%) Linux
2 6 (2.39%) Windows
3 4 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (11.16%) CRM
3 24 (9.56%) Service Delivery
4 22 (8.76%) CI/CD
4 22 (8.76%) Customer Service
4 22 (8.76%) DevOps
4 22 (8.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
5 18 (7.17%) Collaborative Working
5 18 (7.17%) Containerisation
5 18 (7.17%) DevSecOps
5 18 (7.17%) Network Management
5 18 (7.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 17 (6.77%) B2B
7 16 (6.37%) AI
7 16 (6.37%) Continuous Delivery
7 16 (6.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (6.37%) Continuous Integration
7 16 (6.37%) High Availability
7 16 (6.37%) Static Code Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.96%) Python
2 24 (9.56%) Bash
3 16 (6.37%) Go
4 2 (0.80%) C#
4 2 (0.80%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.40%) Java
5 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (7.17%) Degree
2 17 (6.77%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.38%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.19%) CCNP
6 6 (2.39%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (2.39%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.99%) Chartered Engineer
7 5 (1.99%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.99%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.99%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.59%) ACCA
8 4 (1.59%) CIMA
9 3 (1.20%) CCNA
10 2 (0.80%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.80%) CCIE
11 1 (0.40%) CCA
11 1 (0.40%) CISA
11 1 (0.40%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.79%) PMO
1 7 (2.79%) SLA
2 5 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.99%) ISO 14001
2 5 (1.99%) NEBOSH
3 3 (1.20%) EU AI Act
3 3 (1.20%) GDPR
4 2 (0.80%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.80%) QA
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.40%) GRC
5 1 (0.40%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
5 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.59%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.59%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (7.97%) Grafana
1 20 (7.97%) Prometheus
1 20 (7.97%) Terraform
2 16 (6.37%) Ansible
3 14 (5.58%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (9.96%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.76%) Cisco
3 15 (5.98%) Oracle
4 8 (3.19%) SAP
5 6 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.99%) Openreach
7 4 (1.59%) Apple
7 4 (1.59%) BT
7 4 (1.59%) Sage
7 4 (1.59%) SonicWALL
8 2 (0.80%) Xero
9 1 (0.40%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.40%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.40%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.40%) Meraki
9 1 (0.40%) Okta
9 1 (0.40%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.40%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow