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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 164 148
Rank change year-on-year +72 -16 -99
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 317 100 283
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.84% 1.46% 1.72%
As % of the General category 3.40% 2.00% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 248 67 213
10th Percentile £27,850 £26,000 £22,900
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,625 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,250 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.71% -26.32% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,750 £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 9,324 5,000 9,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 54.17% 73.25% 56.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,822 2,641 7,251
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,500 £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% -12.87%

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 17 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 17 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 +75 206 £40,000 -15.79% 48
Yorkshire -3 96 £45,000 +50.00% 35
North East -30 15 £47,500 +62.39% 10
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 (0.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 14 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (4.73%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 32 (10.09%) Azure
2 24 (7.57%) AWS
3 21 (6.62%) GitHub
3 21 (6.62%) GitHub Actions
4 20 (6.31%) GCP
5 18 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (4.10%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.58%) SaaS
8 3 (0.95%) Slack
9 2 (0.63%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.32%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.32%) Collibra
10 1 (0.32%) dbt
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.32%) OCI
10 1 (0.32%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 41 (12.93%) VoIP
2 28 (8.83%) Broadband
3 21 (6.62%) Firewall
4 20 (6.31%) TCP/IP
5 19 (5.99%) DNS
6 18 (5.68%) HTTP
7 16 (5.05%) Internet
7 16 (5.05%) Unified Communications
8 13 (4.10%) WebEx
9 11 (3.47%) Telepresence
10 8 (2.52%) Wireless
11 7 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.26%) 4G
12 4 (1.26%) 5G
12 4 (1.26%) LAN
13 3 (0.95%) DSLAM
13 3 (0.95%) RFID
13 3 (0.95%) VPN
13 3 (0.95%) WAN
14 2 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.62%) Tableau
2 13 (4.10%) 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 (6.62%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.95%) GitLab
General
1 84 (26.50%) Law
2 72 (22.71%) Military
3 71 (22.40%) Finance
4 67 (21.14%) Social Skills
5 37 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (10.09%) Back Office
7 18 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.73%) Marketing
9 11 (3.47%) Billing
10 10 (3.15%) Legal
11 9 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.21%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.21%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.58%) Electronics
14 4 (1.26%) Retail
15 3 (0.95%) Advertising
16 2 (0.63%) Fire and Rescue
16 2 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.63%) Police
16 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (21.14%) Account Manager
2 32 (10.09%) Analyst
3 30 (9.46%) Senior
4 24 (7.57%) Sales Manager
5 21 (6.62%) Support Engineer
6 20 (6.31%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (6.31%) Sales Account Manager
7 15 (4.73%) IT Manager
7 15 (4.73%) Project Manager
8 13 (4.10%) Technical Support
9 11 (3.47%) Senior Manager
9 11 (3.47%) Voice Engineer
9 11 (3.47%) Voice Support Engineer
10 10 (3.15%) 2nd Line Support
10 10 (3.15%) Consultant
10 10 (3.15%) Performance Analyst
10 10 (3.15%) Performance Manager
10 10 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (3.15%) Support Analyst
11 9 (2.84%) Senior Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.68%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.63%) 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 23 (7.26%) Driving Licence
2 19 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (3.79%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.84%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.89%) Acoustics
5 6 (1.89%) Fibre Optics
5 6 (1.89%) IoT
6 5 (1.58%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (0.95%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.63%) 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 3 (0.95%) Linux
2 1 (0.32%) Android
2 1 (0.32%) Windows
2 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (11.67%) B2B
2 35 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (10.09%) Business Development
4 30 (9.46%) CRM
5 26 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (8.20%) Data Governance
6 25 (7.89%) Data Development
6 25 (7.89%) Visualisation
7 23 (7.26%) CI/CD
8 22 (6.94%) DevOps
8 22 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
9 20 (6.31%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 20 (6.31%) Service Delivery
10 19 (5.99%) Customer Experience
10 19 (5.99%) Customer Service
10 19 (5.99%) DevSecOps
10 19 (5.99%) High Availability
11 18 (5.68%) Collaborative Working
11 18 (5.68%) Containerisation
11 18 (5.68%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.99%) Python
2 18 (5.68%) Bash
2 18 (5.68%) Go
3 1 (0.32%) C#
3 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (5.36%) Security Cleared
2 16 (5.05%) ACCA
2 16 (5.05%) CIMA
3 13 (4.10%) Degree
3 13 (4.10%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (1.89%) Chartered Engineer
4 6 (1.89%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.58%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.63%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.63%) CCNP
7 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.32%) CCA
8 1 (0.32%) CCNA
8 1 (0.32%) CISA
8 1 (0.32%) CISM
8 1 (0.32%) CISSP
8 1 (0.32%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (2.21%) QA
2 4 (1.26%) PMO
3 3 (0.95%) GDPR
4 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.63%) EU AI Act
4 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.63%) SLA
5 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.32%) GRC
5 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.32%) NIST
5 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.26%) Firmware
2 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (6.94%) Terraform
2 21 (6.62%) Grafana
2 21 (6.62%) Prometheus
3 18 (5.68%) Ansible
4 11 (3.47%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (6.94%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.31%) SAP
3 15 (4.73%) Cisco
4 11 (3.47%) Oracle
5 4 (1.26%) BT
5 4 (1.26%) Openreach
5 4 (1.26%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.63%) Apple
6 2 (0.63%) Aruba
6 2 (0.63%) Juniper
6 2 (0.63%) Xero
7 1 (0.32%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.32%) Facebook
7 1 (0.32%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.32%) Huawei
7 1 (0.32%) Meraki
7 1 (0.32%) Polycom
7 1 (0.32%) Sage
7 1 (0.32%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.32%) Trend Micro