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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 141 141
Rank change year-on-year +51 0 -61
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 272 110 268
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.92% 1.60% 1.84%
As % of the General category 3.38% 2.21% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 199 58 200
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,125 £29,563 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -14.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £70,625 £55,440
90th Percentile £71,250 £74,000 £65,375
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -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 8,037 4,986 8,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 56.65% 72.51% 58.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,120 2,555 6,695
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,438 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,055 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +5.38% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,525 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,145
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.81% -13.37%

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 13 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 13 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 +54 176 £40,000 -16.11% 36
Yorkshire -10 77 £41,000 +30.16% 35
North East -15 19 £46,250 +71.75% 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 (0.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (3.68%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 37 (13.60%) Azure
2 27 (9.93%) AWS
3 22 (8.09%) GitHub
3 22 (8.09%) GitHub Actions
4 21 (7.72%) GCP
5 18 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (3.68%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.84%) SaaS
9 4 (1.47%) Slack
10 2 (0.74%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.37%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 49 (18.01%) VoIP
2 27 (9.93%) Firewall
3 23 (8.46%) TCP/IP
4 22 (8.09%) Broadband
4 22 (8.09%) DNS
5 20 (7.35%) Unified Communications
6 18 (6.62%) HTTP
7 15 (5.51%) WebEx
8 14 (5.15%) Telepresence
9 10 (3.68%) Internet
10 6 (2.21%) VPN
10 6 (2.21%) WAN
10 6 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.21%) Wireless
11 5 (1.84%) LAN
12 4 (1.47%) 4G
12 4 (1.47%) DHCP
12 4 (1.47%) PSTN
12 4 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.04%) Tableau
2 10 (3.68%) Power BI
3 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 24 (8.82%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.21%) GitLab
General
1 60 (22.06%) Law
2 57 (20.96%) Social Skills
3 56 (20.59%) Finance
4 48 (17.65%) Military
5 28 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (8.09%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (6.62%) Back Office
7 18 (6.62%) Marketing
8 14 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.68%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.68%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.31%) Electronics
10 9 (3.31%) Legal
11 5 (1.84%) Local Government
12 4 (1.47%) Billing
13 3 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.74%) Police
15 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 56 (20.59%) Account Manager
2 27 (9.93%) Support Engineer
3 24 (8.82%) Senior
4 21 (7.72%) DevOps Engineer
5 16 (5.88%) Technical Support
6 15 (5.51%) IT Manager
7 14 (5.15%) Voice Engineer
7 14 (5.15%) Voice Support Engineer
8 13 (4.78%) Analyst
9 12 (4.41%) Sales Manager
10 11 (4.04%) Project Manager
10 11 (4.04%) Senior Account Manager
10 11 (4.04%) Senior Manager
11 10 (3.68%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (3.68%) Performance Manager
11 10 (3.68%) Support Analyst
12 8 (2.94%) Consultant
12 8 (2.94%) Sales Account Manager
12 8 (2.94%) Technical Engineer
12 8 (2.94%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.62%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (1.10%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.37%) .NET
4 1 (0.37%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.37%) Blazor
4 1 (0.37%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.37%) LangChain
4 1 (0.37%) LangGraph
4 1 (0.37%) Node.js
4 1 (0.37%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.37%) React
4 1 (0.37%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.37%) Spring
4 1 (0.37%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.37%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.35%) Driving Licence
2 19 (6.99%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.57%) Acoustics
5 5 (1.84%) Fibre Optics
5 5 (1.84%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (1.47%) IoT
7 2 (0.74%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.74%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.74%) Social Media
8 1 (0.37%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.37%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.37%) CCTV
8 1 (0.37%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.37%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.37%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.21%) Linux
2 4 (1.47%) Windows
2 4 (1.47%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.37%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (11.03%) CRM
3 25 (9.19%) Service Delivery
4 24 (8.82%) CI/CD
4 24 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (8.46%) Customer Service
5 23 (8.46%) DevOps
6 22 (8.09%) B2B
7 20 (7.35%) Containerisation
7 20 (7.35%) DevSecOps
7 20 (7.35%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 19 (6.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (6.99%) High Availability
9 18 (6.62%) Collaborative Working
9 18 (6.62%) Continuous Delivery
9 18 (6.62%) Continuous Integration
9 18 (6.62%) Network Management
9 18 (6.62%) Static Code Analysis
9 18 (6.62%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 17 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.82%) Python
2 21 (7.72%) Bash
3 18 (6.62%) Go
4 2 (0.74%) C#
4 2 (0.74%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.37%) Java
5 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (6.99%) Security Cleared
2 16 (5.88%) Degree
3 13 (4.78%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (2.57%) Chartered Engineer
4 7 (2.57%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.84%) CCNP
6 5 (1.84%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.84%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.47%) ACCA
7 4 (1.47%) CIMA
8 3 (1.10%) CCNA
8 3 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.74%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.74%) CCIE
10 1 (0.37%) CCA
10 1 (0.37%) CISA
10 1 (0.37%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (2.57%) PMO
1 7 (2.57%) SLA
2 5 (1.84%) ISO 14001
2 5 (1.84%) NEBOSH
3 2 (0.74%) EU AI Act
3 2 (0.74%) GDPR
3 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.74%) QA
4 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.37%) GRC
4 1 (0.37%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.37%) NIST
4 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.47%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.47%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.74%) Firmware
3 1 (0.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (8.09%) Grafana
1 22 (8.09%) Prometheus
1 22 (8.09%) Terraform
2 18 (6.62%) Ansible
3 14 (5.15%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.99%) Cisco
3 18 (6.62%) SAP
4 15 (5.51%) Oracle
5 6 (2.21%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.84%) Apple
6 5 (1.84%) Openreach
7 4 (1.47%) Sage
7 4 (1.47%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.10%) BT
9 2 (0.74%) Xero
10 1 (0.37%) Adaptive Insights
10 1 (0.37%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.37%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.37%) Huawei
10 1 (0.37%) Okta
10 1 (0.37%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.37%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.37%) Polycom
10 1 (0.37%) Trend Micro