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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 134 137
Rank change year-on-year +46 +3 -14
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 264 133 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.98% 1.80% 1.85%
As % of the General category 3.42% 2.54% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 187 52 185
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,986 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,938 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -11.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,125 £69,125 £55,440
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -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 7,729 5,229 7,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 58.04% 70.87% 58.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,907 2,371 6,163
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,563 £33,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +6.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 2 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 2 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 +44 168 £40,000 -9.60% 60
Yorkshire +7 75 £43,500 -3.33% 40
North East -1 21 £45,000 +76.72% 17
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 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.89%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.64%) Azure
2 26 (9.85%) AWS
3 20 (7.58%) GitHub
3 20 (7.58%) GitHub Actions
4 19 (7.20%) GCP
5 16 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (4.55%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.65%) SaaS
8 4 (1.52%) Slack
9 2 (0.76%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.38%) IaaS
10 1 (0.38%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 45 (17.05%) VoIP
2 27 (10.23%) Firewall
3 22 (8.33%) Broadband
4 21 (7.95%) TCP/IP
4 21 (7.95%) Unified Communications
5 20 (7.58%) DNS
6 16 (6.06%) HTTP
7 15 (5.68%) WebEx
8 14 (5.30%) Telepresence
9 10 (3.79%) Internet
10 6 (2.27%) PSTN
10 6 (2.27%) VPN
10 6 (2.27%) WAN
10 6 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.89%) Asterisk PBX
11 5 (1.89%) LAN
11 5 (1.89%) Wireless
12 4 (1.52%) 4G
12 4 (1.52%) DHCP
12 4 (1.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.55%) Power BI
2 6 (2.27%) Tableau
3 2 (0.76%) Data Mart
3 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 22 (8.33%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.27%) GitLab
General
1 58 (21.97%) Finance
1 58 (21.97%) Law
2 57 (21.59%) Social Skills
3 45 (17.05%) Military
4 27 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (6.06%) Marketing
7 15 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (5.30%) Back Office
9 11 (4.17%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.79%) Manufacturing
11 9 (3.41%) Electronics
11 9 (3.41%) Legal
12 5 (1.89%) Billing
12 5 (1.89%) Local Government
13 4 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.76%) Fire and Rescue
15 2 (0.76%) Police
16 1 (0.38%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 56 (21.21%) Account Manager
2 25 (9.47%) Support Engineer
3 23 (8.71%) Senior
4 19 (7.20%) DevOps Engineer
5 16 (6.06%) Analyst
6 14 (5.30%) IT Manager
6 14 (5.30%) Technical Support
6 14 (5.30%) Voice Engineer
6 14 (5.30%) Voice Support Engineer
7 12 (4.55%) Project Manager
8 10 (3.79%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (3.79%) Sales Manager
8 10 (3.79%) Senior Account Manager
8 10 (3.79%) Senior Manager
8 10 (3.79%) Support Analyst
9 8 (3.03%) Sales Account Manager
10 7 (2.65%) Project Officer
10 7 (2.65%) Senior Project Officer
10 7 (2.65%) Senior Project Support Officer
10 7 (2.65%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.06%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (1.89%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.38%) .NET
4 1 (0.38%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.38%) Blazor
4 1 (0.38%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.38%) LangChain
4 1 (0.38%) LangGraph
4 1 (0.38%) Node.js
4 1 (0.38%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.38%) React
4 1 (0.38%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.38%) Spring
4 1 (0.38%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.38%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.95%) Driving Licence
2 18 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.65%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.27%) Acoustics
4 6 (2.27%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.89%) Fibre Optics
5 5 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (0.76%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.76%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.76%) Social Media
7 1 (0.38%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.38%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.38%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.38%) IoT
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.38%) NHS
7 1 (0.38%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.65%) Linux
2 6 (2.27%) Windows
3 4 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (11.36%) CRM
3 24 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 23 (8.71%) Customer Service
5 22 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 22 (8.33%) DevOps
5 22 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 20 (7.58%) B2B
7 19 (7.20%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (6.82%) Collaborative Working
8 18 (6.82%) Containerisation
8 18 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (6.82%) DevSecOps
8 18 (6.82%) Network Management
8 18 (6.82%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 17 (6.44%) High Availability
10 16 (6.06%) Continuous Delivery
10 16 (6.06%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (6.06%) Static Code Analysis
10 16 (6.06%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.09%) Python
2 23 (8.71%) Bash
3 16 (6.06%) Go
4 2 (0.76%) C#
4 2 (0.76%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.38%) Java
5 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (6.82%) Security Cleared
2 17 (6.44%) Degree
3 12 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.65%) CCNP
6 6 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.27%) Chartered Engineer
6 6 (2.27%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (1.89%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.89%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.52%) ACCA
8 4 (1.52%) CIMA
9 3 (1.14%) CCNA
10 2 (0.76%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.76%) CCIE
11 1 (0.38%) CISA
11 1 (0.38%) CISM
11 1 (0.38%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (2.65%) PMO
1 7 (2.65%) SLA
2 5 (1.89%) ISO 14001
2 5 (1.89%) NEBOSH
3 3 (1.14%) EU AI Act
3 3 (1.14%) GDPR
4 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.76%) QA
5 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.38%) GRC
5 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.38%) NIST
5 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.52%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.52%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (7.58%) Grafana
1 20 (7.58%) Prometheus
1 20 (7.58%) Terraform
2 16 (6.06%) Ansible
3 14 (5.30%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (9.47%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.95%) Cisco
3 15 (5.68%) Oracle
4 13 (4.92%) SAP
5 7 (2.65%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.89%) Apple
6 5 (1.89%) Openreach
7 4 (1.52%) BT
7 4 (1.52%) Sage
7 4 (1.52%) SonicWALL
8 2 (0.76%) Xero
9 1 (0.38%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.38%) Facebook
9 1 (0.38%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.38%) Huawei
9 1 (0.38%) Okta
9 1 (0.38%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.38%) Polycom
9 1 (0.38%) Trend Micro