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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 163 160
Rank change year-on-year +68 -3 -110
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 313 103 264
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.78% 1.48% 1.60%
As % of the General category 3.33% 2.02% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 246 69 194
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £27,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £34,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -24.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,438 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 9,410 5,090 9,314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 53.64% 73.25% 56.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,878 2,652 7,223
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,438 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.22%

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 20 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 20 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 +69 202 £40,000 -15.79% 46
Yorkshire -5 96 £47,500 +61.02% 34
North East -31 15 £47,500 +62.39% 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 (0.64%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 13 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (4.79%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 31 (9.90%) Azure
2 24 (7.67%) AWS
3 21 (6.71%) GitHub
3 21 (6.71%) GitHub Actions
4 20 (6.39%) GCP
5 18 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.51%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.28%) SaaS
9 3 (0.96%) Slack
10 2 (0.64%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.32%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.32%) Collibra
11 1 (0.32%) dbt
11 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.32%) OCI
11 1 (0.32%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 38 (12.14%) VoIP
2 28 (8.95%) Broadband
3 20 (6.39%) Firewall
4 19 (6.07%) TCP/IP
5 18 (5.75%) DNS
5 18 (5.75%) HTTP
6 16 (5.11%) Internet
7 15 (4.79%) Unified Communications
8 13 (4.15%) WebEx
9 10 (3.19%) Telepresence
10 7 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (2.24%) Wireless
11 4 (1.28%) 4G
11 4 (1.28%) 5G
12 3 (0.96%) DSLAM
12 3 (0.96%) LAN
12 3 (0.96%) RFID
13 2 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
13 2 (0.64%) VPN
13 2 (0.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.71%) Tableau
2 11 (3.51%) Power BI
3 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.32%) Data Vault
3 1 (0.32%) Metadata
3 1 (0.32%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.32%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 21 (6.71%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.96%) GitLab
General
1 83 (26.52%) Law
2 72 (23.00%) Military
3 69 (22.04%) Finance
4 66 (21.09%) Social Skills
5 35 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (10.22%) Back Office
7 16 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.47%) Marketing
9 13 (4.15%) Billing
10 9 (2.88%) Legal
11 7 (2.24%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.92%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.60%) Electronics
14 4 (1.28%) Advertising
14 4 (1.28%) Retail
15 2 (0.64%) Fire and Rescue
15 2 (0.64%) Police
15 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 67 (21.41%) Account Manager
2 32 (10.22%) Analyst
3 27 (8.63%) Senior
4 25 (7.99%) Sales Manager
5 21 (6.71%) Sales Account Manager
6 20 (6.39%) DevOps Engineer
7 19 (6.07%) Support Engineer
8 15 (4.79%) IT Manager
8 15 (4.79%) Project Manager
9 12 (3.83%) Technical Support
10 10 (3.19%) 2nd Line Support
10 10 (3.19%) Consultant
10 10 (3.19%) Performance Analyst
10 10 (3.19%) Performance Manager
10 10 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (3.19%) Senior Manager
10 10 (3.19%) Support Analyst
10 10 (3.19%) Voice Engineer
10 10 (3.19%) Voice Support Engineer
11 8 (2.56%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.75%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.64%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.32%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.32%) Blazor
3 1 (0.32%) LangChain
3 1 (0.32%) LangGraph
3 1 (0.32%) React
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.03%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (4.15%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.88%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.92%) Acoustics
5 6 (1.92%) Fibre Optics
5 6 (1.92%) IoT
6 5 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (0.96%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.64%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.32%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.32%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.32%) CCTV
9 1 (0.32%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.32%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Licensing
9 1 (0.32%) Social Media
9 1 (0.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.64%) Linux
2 1 (0.32%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (12.14%) B2B
2 35 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (10.22%) Business Development
4 30 (9.58%) CRM
5 27 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (8.31%) Data Governance
7 25 (7.99%) Data Development
7 25 (7.99%) Visualisation
8 23 (7.35%) CI/CD
9 22 (7.03%) DevOps
9 22 (7.03%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (6.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 20 (6.39%) Service Delivery
11 19 (6.07%) Customer Experience
11 19 (6.07%) Customer Service
11 19 (6.07%) DevSecOps
11 19 (6.07%) High Availability
12 18 (5.75%) Containerisation
12 18 (5.75%) Continuous Integration
12 18 (5.75%) Static Code Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.07%) Python
2 18 (5.75%) Bash
2 18 (5.75%) Go
3 1 (0.32%) C#
3 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (5.43%) Security Cleared
2 16 (5.11%) ACCA
2 16 (5.11%) CIMA
3 13 (4.15%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.83%) Degree
5 6 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.92%) Chartered Engineer
5 6 (1.92%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.60%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.64%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.64%) CCNP
8 2 (0.64%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.32%) CCA
9 1 (0.32%) CCNA
9 1 (0.32%) CISA
9 1 (0.32%) CISM
9 1 (0.32%) CISSP
9 1 (0.32%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (2.24%) QA
2 2 (0.64%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.64%) GDPR
2 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.64%) PMO
2 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (0.64%) SLA
3 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.32%) EU AI Act
3 1 (0.32%) GRC
3 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.32%) NIST
3 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (7.03%) Terraform
2 21 (6.71%) Grafana
2 21 (6.71%) Prometheus
3 18 (5.75%) Ansible
4 10 (3.19%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (6.39%) SAP
2 19 (6.07%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.47%) Cisco
4 10 (3.19%) Oracle
5 4 (1.28%) BT
5 4 (1.28%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.96%) Openreach
7 2 (0.64%) Aruba
7 2 (0.64%) Juniper
7 2 (0.64%) Xero
8 1 (0.32%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.32%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.32%) Apple
8 1 (0.32%) Facebook
8 1 (0.32%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.32%) Huawei
8 1 (0.32%) Meraki
8 1 (0.32%) Polycom
8 1 (0.32%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.32%) Trend Micro