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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 121 143
Rank change year-on-year +28 +22 +38
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 230 165 224
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.95% 1.93% 1.87%
As % of the General category 3.30% 2.85% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 160 52 171
10th Percentile £27,725 £27,625 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £30,438 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -14.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £59,063 £61,250 £55,440
90th Percentile £76,375 £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 6,972 5,796 7,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 59.23% 67.92% 59.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,398 2,400 5,687
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,613 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £33,179
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £52,000 £48,293
Median % change year-on-year -10.58% +7.68% -8.01%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,525 £80,000
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 February 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 February 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 +39 139 £40,000 +3.90% 51
Yorkshire +9 71 £45,000 -20.00% 26
North East -8 20 £45,000 +32.35% 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 (0.87%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.43%) Site Server
Applications
1 11 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.30%) Azure
2 20 (8.70%) AWS
3 14 (6.09%) GitHub
3 14 (6.09%) GitHub Actions
4 13 (5.65%) GCP
5 12 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (4.35%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.17%) SaaS
8 4 (1.74%) Slack
9 1 (0.43%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.43%) IaaS
9 1 (0.43%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 37 (16.09%) VoIP
2 22 (9.57%) Firewall
3 21 (9.13%) Unified Communications
4 15 (6.52%) Broadband
4 15 (6.52%) WebEx
5 14 (6.09%) DNS
5 14 (6.09%) TCP/IP
5 14 (6.09%) Telepresence
6 10 (4.35%) HTTP
7 9 (3.91%) Internet
8 7 (3.04%) PSTN
9 6 (2.61%) Asterisk PBX
9 6 (2.61%) VPN
9 6 (2.61%) WAN
10 5 (2.17%) Wireless
11 4 (1.74%) DHCP
11 4 (1.74%) LAN
11 4 (1.74%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (1.74%) VLAN
11 4 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.35%) Power BI
2 2 (0.87%) Data Mart
2 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (6.96%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.61%) GitLab
3 1 (0.43%) Gatling
3 1 (0.43%) JMeter
3 1 (0.43%) LoadRunner
General
1 62 (26.96%) Finance
2 53 (23.04%) Social Skills
3 52 (22.61%) Law
4 43 (18.70%) Military
5 22 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (6.96%) Marketing
7 14 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (5.22%) Public Sector
10 11 (4.78%) Manufacturing
11 10 (4.35%) Back Office
11 10 (4.35%) Electronics
12 5 (2.17%) Legal
12 5 (2.17%) Local Government
12 5 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.74%) Billing
14 3 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.87%) Agriculture
15 2 (0.87%) Fire and Rescue
15 2 (0.87%) Police
Job Titles
1 52 (22.61%) Account Manager
2 23 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 21 (9.13%) Senior
4 16 (6.96%) Analyst
5 14 (6.09%) Project Manager
5 14 (6.09%) Voice Engineer
5 14 (6.09%) Voice Support Engineer
6 13 (5.65%) DevOps Engineer
7 10 (4.35%) Sales Manager
7 10 (4.35%) Senior Account Manager
7 10 (4.35%) Senior Manager
7 10 (4.35%) Support Analyst
8 9 (3.91%) Technical Support
9 8 (3.48%) Sales Account Manager
10 7 (3.04%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.04%) Project Officer
10 7 (3.04%) Project Support Officer
10 7 (3.04%) Support Officer
10 7 (3.04%) Telecoms Account Manager
10 7 (3.04%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (2.61%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.43%) .NET
3 1 (0.43%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.43%) Blazor
3 1 (0.43%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.43%) Node.js
3 1 (0.43%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.43%) React
3 1 (0.43%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.43%) Spring
3 1 (0.43%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.43%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.26%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.74%) Acoustics
4 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.87%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.87%) Social Media
6 1 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.43%) CCTV
6 1 (0.43%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.43%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (0.43%) NHS
6 1 (0.43%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.43%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.43%) Replication
6 1 (0.43%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.61%) Linux
1 6 (2.61%) Windows
2 4 (1.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (11.74%) Service Delivery
3 22 (9.57%) Collaborative Working
3 22 (9.57%) CRM
4 18 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (7.83%) Customer Service
4 18 (7.83%) Network Management
5 17 (7.39%) CI/CD
5 17 (7.39%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (7.39%) DevOps
6 16 (6.96%) Agile
6 16 (6.96%) Infrastructure as Code
7 15 (6.52%) AI
7 15 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (6.09%) Root Cause Analysis
9 12 (5.22%) B2B
9 12 (5.22%) Commercial Awareness
9 12 (5.22%) Containerisation
9 12 (5.22%) DevSecOps
9 12 (5.22%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.83%) Bash
1 18 (7.83%) Python
2 10 (4.35%) Go
3 2 (0.87%) C#
3 2 (0.87%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.43%) Java
4 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (8.26%) Degree
2 10 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (3.48%) CCNP
5 6 (2.61%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (2.61%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.61%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (1.74%) ACCA
6 4 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.74%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (1.74%) CIMA
6 4 (1.74%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.74%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.30%) CCNA
8 2 (0.87%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.87%) CCIE
8 2 (0.87%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.43%) CISA
9 1 (0.43%) CISM
9 1 (0.43%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.04%) PMO
1 7 (3.04%) SLA
2 6 (2.61%) ISO 14001
3 5 (2.17%) NEBOSH
4 4 (1.74%) QA
5 3 (1.30%) EU AI Act
5 3 (1.30%) GDPR
6 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.87%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.43%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.43%) NIST
7 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.74%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.74%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (6.09%) Cisco CUCM
1 14 (6.09%) Grafana
1 14 (6.09%) Prometheus
1 14 (6.09%) Terraform
2 10 (4.35%) Ansible
3 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.57%) Cisco
3 15 (6.52%) Oracle
4 9 (3.91%) SAP
5 5 (2.17%) Openreach
5 5 (2.17%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.74%) Apple
6 4 (1.74%) Sage
6 4 (1.74%) SonicWALL
7 2 (0.87%) BT
7 2 (0.87%) Xero
8 1 (0.43%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.43%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.43%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.43%) Huawei
8 1 (0.43%) Meraki
8 1 (0.43%) Okta
8 1 (0.43%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow