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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 152 148
Rank change year-on-year +60 -4 -99
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 307 96 277
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.88% 1.50% 1.75%
As % of the General category 3.44% 2.09% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 237 68 207
10th Percentile £27,300 £26,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £29,000
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 £61,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,625 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +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 8,927 4,584 9,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 54.62% 71.76% 56.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,653 2,631 7,047
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £33,750
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 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.93%

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 8 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 8 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 +61 199 £40,000 -15.95% 46
Yorkshire +3 93 £45,000 +47.54% 42
North East -21 15 £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 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (4.89%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 34 (11.07%) Azure
2 26 (8.47%) AWS
3 21 (6.84%) GCP
3 21 (6.84%) GitHub
3 21 (6.84%) GitHub Actions
4 19 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (4.23%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.63%) SaaS
8 3 (0.98%) Slack
9 2 (0.65%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (14.33%) VoIP
2 27 (8.79%) Broadband
3 22 (7.17%) Firewall
4 21 (6.84%) TCP/IP
5 20 (6.51%) DNS
6 18 (5.86%) HTTP
7 16 (5.21%) Unified Communications
8 15 (4.89%) Internet
9 13 (4.23%) WebEx
10 12 (3.91%) Telepresence
11 7 (2.28%) Wireless
12 6 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (1.30%) 4G
13 4 (1.30%) 5G
13 4 (1.30%) VPN
13 4 (1.30%) WAN
14 3 (0.98%) DSLAM
14 3 (0.98%) LAN
14 3 (0.98%) RFID
15 2 (0.65%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.21%) Tableau
2 13 (4.23%) Power BI
3 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.33%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 23 (7.49%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.63%) GitLab
General
1 75 (24.43%) Law
2 65 (21.17%) Finance
2 65 (21.17%) Military
3 60 (19.54%) Social Skills
4 32 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.49%) Back Office
6 19 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (5.86%) Marketing
8 12 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.26%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.26%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.93%) Legal
11 8 (2.61%) Electronics
12 7 (2.28%) Billing
13 3 (0.98%) Retail
14 2 (0.65%) Advertising
14 2 (0.65%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.65%) Police
14 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (20.85%) Account Manager
2 31 (10.10%) Senior
3 28 (9.12%) Analyst
4 23 (7.49%) Support Engineer
5 21 (6.84%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (6.51%) Sales Manager
7 16 (5.21%) Sales Account Manager
8 14 (4.56%) IT Manager
8 14 (4.56%) Technical Support
9 12 (3.91%) Voice Engineer
9 12 (3.91%) Voice Support Engineer
10 11 (3.58%) Project Manager
10 11 (3.58%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (3.26%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (3.26%) Performance Manager
11 10 (3.26%) Senior Manager
11 10 (3.26%) Support Analyst
12 9 (2.93%) Senior Account Manager
13 8 (2.61%) Consultant
13 8 (2.61%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.86%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.65%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.33%) .NET
3 1 (0.33%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.33%) Blazor
3 1 (0.33%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.33%) LangChain
3 1 (0.33%) LangGraph
3 1 (0.33%) Node.js
3 1 (0.33%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.33%) React
3 1 (0.33%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.33%) Spring
3 1 (0.33%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.51%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (6.19%) Driving Licence
3 10 (3.26%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.61%) Acoustics
4 8 (2.61%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.95%) Fibre Optics
5 6 (1.95%) IoT
6 5 (1.63%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (0.98%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.65%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.65%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.33%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.33%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.33%) CCTV
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Licensing
9 1 (0.33%) Social Media
9 1 (0.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.30%) Linux
2 2 (0.65%) Windows
2 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (10.75%) B2B
3 30 (9.77%) CRM
4 27 (8.79%) Business Development
5 23 (7.49%) CI/CD
5 23 (7.49%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (7.17%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (7.17%) DevOps
7 20 (6.51%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (6.51%) Containerisation
7 20 (6.51%) Data Development
7 20 (6.51%) Data Governance
7 20 (6.51%) DevSecOps
7 20 (6.51%) Service Delivery
7 20 (6.51%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 20 (6.51%) Visualisation
8 19 (6.19%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 19 (6.19%) Customer Experience
8 19 (6.19%) High Availability
9 18 (5.86%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.84%) Python
2 18 (5.86%) Bash
2 18 (5.86%) Go
3 2 (0.65%) C#
3 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.33%) Java
4 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (6.19%) Security Cleared
2 15 (4.89%) ACCA
2 15 (4.89%) CIMA
3 14 (4.56%) Degree
4 13 (4.23%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.61%) Chartered Engineer
5 8 (2.61%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.63%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.63%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.65%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.33%) CCA
8 1 (0.33%) CCNA
8 1 (0.33%) CISA
8 1 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.33%) CISM
8 1 (0.33%) CISSP
8 1 (0.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (2.28%) QA
2 5 (1.63%) PMO
3 3 (0.98%) GDPR
4 2 (0.65%) EU AI Act
4 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.65%) SLA
5 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.33%) GRC
5 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.33%) NIST
5 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.30%) Firmware
2 2 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (6.84%) Grafana
1 21 (6.84%) Prometheus
1 21 (6.84%) Terraform
2 18 (5.86%) Ansible
3 12 (3.91%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (8.14%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.49%) SAP
3 14 (4.56%) Cisco
4 13 (4.23%) Oracle
5 5 (1.63%) Openreach
5 5 (1.63%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.30%) BT
7 3 (0.98%) Apple
8 2 (0.65%) Sage
8 2 (0.65%) SonicWALL
8 2 (0.65%) Xero
9 1 (0.33%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.33%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.33%) Facebook
9 1 (0.33%) Huawei
9 1 (0.33%) Meraki
9 1 (0.33%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.33%) Polycom
9 1 (0.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.33%) Trend Micro