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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 147 159
Rank change year-on-year +47 +12 +36
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 204 180 142
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.13% 1.47% 1.86%
As % of the General category 3.54% 2.49% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 148 54 118
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,075 £26,175
25th Percentile £31,750 £30,000 £28,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £47,586
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -20.14% +10.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £55,440
90th Percentile £79,725 £70,175 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%

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 common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,770 7,215 4,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 60.21% 58.82% 65.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,045 2,925 3,682
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +60 135 £42,500 +11.84% 67
Yorkshire +19 53 £45,000 -12.20% 43
North East -9 16 £40,000 +14.29% 8
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 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.49%) Site Server
Applications
1 12 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.29%) Azure
2 17 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (7.35%) AWS
4 12 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.94%) GCP
5 6 (2.94%) GitHub
5 6 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (1.96%) SaaS
7 3 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.47%) Slack
8 2 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.98%) Serverless
9 1 (0.49%) IaaS
9 1 (0.49%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 37 (18.14%) VoIP
2 19 (9.31%) Firewall
3 16 (7.84%) Unified Communications
4 15 (7.35%) Broadband
5 12 (5.88%) DNS
5 12 (5.88%) TCP/IP
5 12 (5.88%) WAN
6 10 (4.90%) VPN
7 9 (4.41%) DHCP
7 9 (4.41%) LAN
7 9 (4.41%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (4.41%) VLAN
7 9 (4.41%) Wireless
8 8 (3.92%) Telepresence
8 8 (3.92%) WebEx
9 6 (2.94%) Asterisk PBX
9 6 (2.94%) PSTN
10 5 (2.45%) Internet
11 4 (1.96%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.88%) Power BI
2 3 (1.47%) MongoDB
2 3 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.98%) Data Mart
3 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.49%) Big Data
4 1 (0.49%) Power Query
4 1 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.92%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.45%) GitLab
3 1 (0.49%) Gatling
3 1 (0.49%) JMeter
3 1 (0.49%) LoadRunner
General
1 73 (35.78%) Law
2 70 (34.31%) Military
3 69 (33.82%) Social Skills
4 66 (32.35%) Finance
5 23 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (7.84%) Marketing
7 15 (7.35%) Back Office
8 12 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (5.39%) Public Sector
10 9 (4.41%) Electronics
10 9 (4.41%) Manufacturing
10 9 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.45%) Legal
12 5 (2.45%) Local Government
13 3 (1.47%) Billing
13 3 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.98%) Agriculture
14 2 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (12.25%) Project Manager
2 19 (9.31%) Account Manager
2 19 (9.31%) Support Engineer
3 15 (7.35%) Senior
4 12 (5.88%) Technical Support
5 11 (5.39%) Telecoms Manager
6 10 (4.90%) Technical Engineer
6 10 (4.90%) Technical Support Engineer
7 9 (4.41%) Analyst
8 8 (3.92%) Voice Engineer
8 8 (3.92%) Voice Support Engineer
9 7 (3.43%) Project Officer
9 7 (3.43%) Project Support Officer
9 7 (3.43%) Senior Project Officer
9 7 (3.43%) Senior Project Support Officer
9 7 (3.43%) Support Officer
9 7 (3.43%) Telecoms Account Manager
10 6 (2.94%) Business Development Manager
10 6 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (2.94%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.94%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (1.47%) FastAPI
2 3 (1.47%) Node.js
2 3 (1.47%) Spring
2 3 (1.47%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.49%) .NET
3 1 (0.49%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.49%) Blazor
3 1 (0.49%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.49%) React
3 1 (0.49%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.71%) Driving Licence
2 9 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.45%) Social Media
4 4 (1.96%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.47%) Acoustics
6 2 (0.98%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.98%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.49%) CCTV
7 1 (0.49%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.49%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.49%) NHS
7 1 (0.49%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.49%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.49%) Replication
7 1 (0.49%) SCADA
7 1 (0.49%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.37%) Linux
1 13 (6.37%) Windows
2 10 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (18.63%) Service Delivery
2 33 (16.18%) Customer Service
3 31 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (13.24%) Commercial Awareness
5 26 (12.75%) Collaborative Working
6 23 (11.27%) CRM
7 19 (9.31%) Agile
7 19 (9.31%) Customer Requirements
7 19 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (8.33%) Network Management
10 16 (7.84%) B2B
11 15 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (7.35%) Contract Negotiation
11 15 (7.35%) Root Cause Analysis
12 14 (6.86%) Business Development
13 11 (5.39%) B2B Sales
13 11 (5.39%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 11 (5.39%) Line Management
14 10 (4.90%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.86%) Python
2 11 (5.39%) Bash
3 4 (1.96%) TypeScript
4 3 (1.47%) Go
4 3 (1.47%) Java
4 3 (1.47%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.98%) C#
6 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (9.80%) Degree
2 9 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (3.92%) CCNP
3 8 (3.92%) DV Cleared
3 8 (3.92%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.43%) HNC
4 7 (3.43%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.96%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.47%) CCNA
7 3 (1.47%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.47%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.98%) CCIE
8 2 (0.98%) CIPD
8 2 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.98%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.49%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.49%) CISSP
9 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.43%) ISO 14001
1 7 (3.43%) PMO
2 6 (2.94%) NEBOSH
3 5 (2.45%) SLA
4 4 (1.96%) QA
5 3 (1.47%) EU AI Act
5 3 (1.47%) GDPR
6 2 (0.98%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.98%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.49%) GRC
7 1 (0.49%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.49%) NIST
7 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (4.41%) Active Directory
1 9 (4.41%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.92%) Cisco CUCM
2 6 (2.94%) Grafana
2 6 (2.94%) Prometheus
2 6 (2.94%) Terraform
3 3 (1.47%) Ansible
4 2 (0.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.35%) Cisco
3 11 (5.39%) Oracle
4 9 (4.41%) Apple
4 9 (4.41%) Sage
4 9 (4.41%) SonicWALL
5 8 (3.92%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.92%) SAP
6 4 (1.96%) Openreach
7 2 (0.98%) Avaya
7 2 (0.98%) BT
8 1 (0.49%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.49%) Xero