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 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 155 140
Rank change year-on-year +66 -15 -79
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 275 99 275
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.85% 1.53% 1.80%
As % of the General category 3.32% 2.11% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 207 59 206
10th Percentile £27,300 £26,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,215 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £55,375 £61,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,500 £69,125
England median annual salary £42,500 £48,842 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +8.54% -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 8,283 4,690 8,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 55.72% 72.43% 57.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,258 2,601 6,879
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,077 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,688 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.74%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +58 176 £40,000 -9.60% 45
Yorkshire +2 83 £45,000 +47.54% 45
North East -15 16 £47,500 +76.39% 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 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (3.64%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.09%) Azure
2 26 (9.45%) AWS
3 21 (7.64%) GCP
3 21 (7.64%) GitHub
3 21 (7.64%) GitHub Actions
4 18 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.64%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.82%) SaaS
8 3 (1.09%) Slack
9 2 (0.73%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.36%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 48 (17.45%) VoIP
2 25 (9.09%) Firewall
3 23 (8.36%) Broadband
3 23 (8.36%) TCP/IP
4 22 (8.00%) DNS
5 20 (7.27%) Unified Communications
6 18 (6.55%) HTTP
7 15 (5.45%) WebEx
8 14 (5.09%) Telepresence
9 12 (4.36%) Internet
10 8 (2.91%) Wireless
11 6 (2.18%) VPN
11 6 (2.18%) WAN
12 5 (1.82%) LAN
12 5 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (1.45%) 4G
13 4 (1.45%) 5G
13 4 (1.45%) DHCP
13 4 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.00%) Tableau
2 10 (3.64%) Power BI
3 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.36%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 23 (8.36%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.82%) GitLab
General
1 54 (19.64%) Finance
1 54 (19.64%) Law
2 53 (19.27%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.64%) Military
4 25 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.64%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (6.55%) Back Office
7 17 (6.18%) Marketing
8 14 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.64%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.64%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.27%) Electronics
10 9 (3.27%) Legal
11 4 (1.45%) Billing
12 2 (0.73%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.73%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.73%) Police
12 2 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 62 (22.55%) Account Manager
2 27 (9.82%) Support Engineer
3 24 (8.73%) Senior
4 21 (7.64%) DevOps Engineer
5 17 (6.18%) Sales Manager
6 16 (5.82%) Technical Support
7 15 (5.45%) IT Manager
8 14 (5.09%) Voice Engineer
8 14 (5.09%) Voice Support Engineer
9 13 (4.73%) Analyst
10 12 (4.36%) Sales Account Manager
11 11 (4.00%) Project Manager
11 11 (4.00%) Senior Account Manager
11 11 (4.00%) Senior Manager
12 10 (3.64%) 2nd Line Support
12 10 (3.64%) Performance Manager
12 10 (3.64%) Support Analyst
13 8 (2.91%) Consultant
13 8 (2.91%) Principal Engineer
13 8 (2.91%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.55%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.36%) .NET
3 1 (0.36%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.36%) Blazor
3 1 (0.36%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.36%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.36%) LangChain
3 1 (0.36%) LangGraph
3 1 (0.36%) Node.js
3 1 (0.36%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.36%) React
3 1 (0.36%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.36%) Spring
3 1 (0.36%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.36%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.64%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (7.27%) Driving Licence
3 8 (2.91%) Acoustics
3 8 (2.91%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.55%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.82%) Fibre Optics
5 5 (1.82%) IoT
5 5 (1.82%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (0.73%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.73%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.36%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.36%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.36%) CCTV
7 1 (0.36%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.36%) NHS
7 1 (0.36%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.36%) Social Media
7 1 (0.36%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.18%) Linux
2 4 (1.45%) Windows
2 4 (1.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.36%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (10.91%) CRM
3 27 (9.82%) B2B
4 23 (8.36%) CI/CD
4 23 (8.36%) Infrastructure as Code
5 22 (8.00%) DevOps
6 20 (7.27%) Containerisation
6 20 (7.27%) DevSecOps
6 20 (7.27%) Service Delivery
6 20 (7.27%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 19 (6.91%) High Availability
8 18 (6.55%) Collaborative Working
8 18 (6.55%) Continuous Delivery
8 18 (6.55%) Continuous Integration
8 18 (6.55%) Customer Service
8 18 (6.55%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (6.55%) Network Management
8 18 (6.55%) Static Code Analysis
8 18 (6.55%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 17 (6.18%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.00%) Python
2 19 (6.91%) Bash
3 18 (6.55%) Go
4 2 (0.73%) C#
4 2 (0.73%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.36%) Java
5 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (6.91%) Security Cleared
2 15 (5.45%) Degree
3 13 (4.73%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (2.91%) Chartered Engineer
4 8 (2.91%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.82%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.82%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.45%) ACCA
6 4 (1.45%) CIMA
6 4 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.09%) CCNA
7 3 (1.09%) CCNP
8 2 (0.73%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.73%) CCIE
9 1 (0.36%) CCA
9 1 (0.36%) CISA
9 1 (0.36%) CISM
9 1 (0.36%) CISSP
9 1 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (2.55%) PMO
2 2 (0.73%) EU AI Act
2 2 (0.73%) GDPR
2 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.73%) QA
2 2 (0.73%) SLA
3 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.36%) GRC
3 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.36%) NIST
3 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.45%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.45%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.73%) Firmware
3 1 (0.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (7.64%) Grafana
1 21 (7.64%) Prometheus
1 21 (7.64%) Terraform
2 18 (6.55%) Ansible
3 14 (5.09%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (8.36%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.55%) SAP
3 17 (6.18%) Cisco
4 15 (5.45%) Oracle
5 5 (1.82%) Apple
5 5 (1.82%) Openreach
5 5 (1.82%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.45%) Sage
6 4 (1.45%) SonicWALL
7 3 (1.09%) BT
8 2 (0.73%) Xero
9 1 (0.36%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.36%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.36%) Facebook
9 1 (0.36%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.36%) Huawei
9 1 (0.36%) Okta
9 1 (0.36%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.36%) Polycom
9 1 (0.36%) Trend Micro