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 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 192 164
Rank change year-on-year +93 -28 -120
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 321 109 261
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.67% 1.38% 1.53%
As % of the General category 3.43% 1.83% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 261 75 191
10th Percentile £27,577 £26,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £33,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.24% -26.67% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -21.74%

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 9,358 5,949 9,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 48.75% 75.31% 55.84%
Number of salaries quoted 5,274 2,705 7,331
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,480 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -8.97%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +102 206 £40,000 -2.44% 45
Yorkshire +10 98 £50,000 +69.49% 36
North East -29 17 £47,500 +62.39% 7
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 3 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (6.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (4.67%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 26 (8.10%) Azure
2 19 (5.92%) AWS
3 18 (5.61%) GCP
3 18 (5.61%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.98%) GitHub
4 16 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
5 15 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (0.93%) dbt
7 3 (0.93%) SaaS
7 3 (0.93%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.62%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.31%) Collibra
9 1 (0.31%) Datadog
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.31%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.35%) VoIP
2 28 (8.72%) Broadband
3 18 (5.61%) TCP/IP
4 17 (5.30%) Firewall
5 15 (4.67%) DNS
5 15 (4.67%) HTTP
6 14 (4.36%) Internet
6 14 (4.36%) Unified Communications
7 10 (3.12%) Wireless
8 9 (2.80%) WebEx
9 7 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.87%) LAN
10 6 (1.87%) Telepresence
11 5 (1.56%) Network Security
12 4 (1.25%) 4G
12 4 (1.25%) 5G
13 3 (0.93%) BGP
13 3 (0.93%) DSLAM
13 3 (0.93%) RFID
14 2 (0.62%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.23%) Tableau
2 18 (5.61%) Power BI
3 3 (0.93%) BigQuery
3 3 (0.93%) Data Vault
3 3 (0.93%) Metadata
3 3 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 16 (4.98%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.31%) GitLab
General
1 87 (27.10%) Law
2 76 (23.68%) Military
3 70 (21.81%) Finance
4 62 (19.31%) Social Skills
5 33 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (9.97%) Back Office
7 14 (4.36%) Billing
8 13 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.49%) Legal
10 7 (2.18%) Marketing
11 6 (1.87%) Retail
12 5 (1.56%) Advertising
13 4 (1.25%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.62%) Electronics
15 2 (0.62%) Public Sector
16 1 (0.31%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.31%) Fire and Rescue
16 1 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 60 (18.69%) Account Manager
2 30 (9.35%) Analyst
3 27 (8.41%) Senior
4 22 (6.85%) Sales Manager
5 19 (5.92%) Sales Account Manager
6 16 (4.98%) Business Development Manager
6 16 (4.98%) Business Manager
6 16 (4.98%) Development Manager
6 16 (4.98%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (4.36%) Administrator
7 14 (4.36%) Consultant
7 14 (4.36%) Project Manager
7 14 (4.36%) Support Engineer
8 13 (4.05%) Senior Manager
9 12 (3.74%) Technical Support
10 11 (3.43%) IT Manager
10 11 (3.43%) Network Engineer
11 10 (3.12%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (3.12%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (3.12%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.67%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.62%) gRPC
2 2 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.31%) LangChain
3 1 (0.31%) LangGraph
3 1 (0.31%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.92%) Driving Licence
2 14 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (3.74%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.80%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.87%) CCTV
5 6 (1.87%) Fibre Optics
5 6 (1.87%) IoT
6 5 (1.56%) Acoustics
6 5 (1.56%) Web Conferencing
7 4 (1.25%) SCADA
8 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.93%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.31%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.31%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.31%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.62%) Linux
2 1 (0.31%) Android
2 1 (0.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (12.77%) Business Development
2 36 (11.21%) B2B
3 35 (10.90%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (8.72%) CRM
4 28 (8.72%) Data Governance
5 26 (8.10%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (7.79%) Data Development
6 25 (7.79%) Visualisation
7 22 (6.85%) Customer Service
8 20 (6.23%) CI/CD
8 20 (6.23%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 19 (5.92%) DevOps
9 19 (5.92%) Infrastructure as Code
10 17 (5.30%) Customer Experience
11 16 (4.98%) DevSecOps
11 16 (4.98%) High Availability
11 16 (4.98%) Performance Improvement
12 15 (4.67%) Continuous Delivery
12 15 (4.67%) Static Code Analysis
12 15 (4.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.61%) Python
2 16 (4.98%) Bash
3 15 (4.67%) Go
4 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (5.30%) ACCA
1 17 (5.30%) CIMA
2 14 (4.36%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.05%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.74%) Degree
5 8 (2.49%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.56%) CCNP
7 5 (1.56%) Chartered Engineer
7 5 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.31%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.31%) CCA
9 1 (0.31%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.56%) QA
3 4 (1.25%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.93%) SLA
5 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.31%) GDPR
5 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (1.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (5.92%) Terraform
2 18 (5.61%) Grafana
2 18 (5.61%) Prometheus
3 15 (4.67%) Ansible
4 7 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.87%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (0.62%) Nagios
7 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 17 (5.30%) SAP
2 13 (4.05%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.74%) Cisco
4 6 (1.87%) Oracle
5 5 (1.56%) Aruba
5 5 (1.56%) BT
5 5 (1.56%) Juniper
6 3 (0.93%) Databricks
6 3 (0.93%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.31%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.31%) Apple
7 1 (0.31%) Huawei
7 1 (0.31%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.31%) Okta
7 1 (0.31%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.31%) Openreach
7 1 (0.31%) Polycom
7 1 (0.31%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.31%) Trend Micro
7 1 (0.31%) Xero