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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 153 55
Rank change year-on-year -3 -98 +163
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 163 191 444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.73% 1.36% 5.01%
As % of the General category 2.67% 2.47% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 122 79 90
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,850 £25,475
25th Percentile £28,616 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £62,813
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,050 £76,375
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% 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 6,104 7,737 5,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 64.88% 54.90% 65.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,671 3,780 4,063
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,750 £27,600
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £37,860
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,985
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.93% -0.81%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -10 105 £42,500 +6.25% 76
Yorkshire +32 44 £30,163 -39.68% 44
North East 0 13 £33,500 -4.29% 20
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.61%) Site Server
Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.23%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.11%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (5.52%) Azure
3 6 (3.68%) AWS
4 5 (3.07%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (1.23%) SaaS
5 2 (1.23%) Serverless
6 1 (0.61%) GCP
6 1 (0.61%) GitHub
6 1 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.61%) IaaS
6 1 (0.61%) Slack
6 1 (0.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 31 (19.02%) VoIP
2 17 (10.43%) Broadband
3 10 (6.13%) Firewall
3 10 (6.13%) VPN
3 10 (6.13%) Wireless
4 9 (5.52%) TCP/IP
5 8 (4.91%) WAN
6 5 (3.07%) DHCP
6 5 (3.07%) DNS
6 5 (3.07%) LAN
6 5 (3.07%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (3.07%) Unified Communications
6 5 (3.07%) VLAN
7 4 (2.45%) Asterisk PBX
7 4 (2.45%) PSTN
8 3 (1.84%) MPLS
8 3 (1.84%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.23%) Ethernet
9 2 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.61%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.07%) Power BI
2 2 (1.23%) Big Data
2 2 (1.23%) Data Mart
2 2 (1.23%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.61%) Power Query
3 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Cucumber
1 4 (2.45%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.61%) Gatling
2 1 (0.61%) GitLab
2 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.61%) JMeter
2 1 (0.61%) LoadRunner
General
1 64 (39.26%) Law
2 62 (38.04%) Military
3 57 (34.97%) Social Skills
4 51 (31.29%) Finance
5 15 (9.20%) Back Office
6 10 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.68%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.07%) Local Government
9 5 (3.07%) Marketing
10 4 (2.45%) Electronics
10 4 (2.45%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.84%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.84%) Legal
11 3 (1.84%) Retail
12 2 (1.23%) Agriculture
12 2 (1.23%) Billing
12 2 (1.23%) Cantonese Language
12 2 (1.23%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 24 (14.72%) Project Manager
2 18 (11.04%) Analyst
3 12 (7.36%) IT Analyst
4 10 (6.13%) Account Manager
5 8 (4.91%) Help Desk Analyst
5 8 (4.91%) Service Manager
5 8 (4.91%) Support Engineer
5 8 (4.91%) Technical Support
6 7 (4.29%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (4.29%) Telecoms Manager
7 6 (3.68%) Client Account Manager
7 6 (3.68%) Head of Procurement
7 6 (3.68%) Technical Engineer
7 6 (3.68%) Technical Support Engineer
8 5 (3.07%) Business Development Manager
8 5 (3.07%) Development Manager
8 5 (3.07%) Service Delivery Manager
8 5 (3.07%) Support Manager
8 5 (3.07%) Support Specialist
8 5 (3.07%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.45%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (1.23%) FastAPI
2 2 (1.23%) Node.js
2 2 (1.23%) Spring
2 2 (1.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.72%) Driving Licence
2 4 (2.45%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.84%) Social Media
4 2 (1.23%) CCTV
4 2 (1.23%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.23%) Tandem
4 2 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.61%) IoT
5 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.61%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.61%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.61%) Replication
5 1 (0.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (14.72%) Windows
2 17 (10.43%) Windows Server
3 15 (9.20%) Linux
4 12 (7.36%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (23.93%) Service Delivery
2 28 (17.18%) Customer Service
3 27 (16.56%) Commercial Awareness
4 26 (15.95%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (13.50%) Collaborative Working
6 21 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (11.04%) Contract Negotiation
8 15 (9.20%) Customer Requirements
9 11 (6.75%) Business Development
9 11 (6.75%) Contract Management
10 10 (6.13%) Business Strategy
11 9 (5.52%) Agile
11 9 (5.52%) B2B
11 9 (5.52%) B2B Sales
11 9 (5.52%) Budgeting
11 9 (5.52%) CRM
11 9 (5.52%) DevOps
11 9 (5.52%) Mentoring
11 9 (5.52%) Performance Metrics
12 7 (4.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.36%) Python
2 10 (6.13%) Bash
3 6 (3.68%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.45%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.84%) PHP
6 2 (1.23%) Java
6 2 (1.23%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.23%) SQL
6 2 (1.23%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.61%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.61%) Perl
7 1 (0.61%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (14.72%) Degree
2 7 (4.29%) HNC
3 5 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.07%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (2.45%) CCNP
4 4 (2.45%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (2.45%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.45%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.84%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.23%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.23%) CIPD
6 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.23%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.23%) PhD
7 1 (0.61%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.61%) CCNA
7 1 (0.61%) MBA
7 1 (0.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.29%) ISO 14001
2 6 (3.68%) NEBOSH
2 6 (3.68%) QA
3 5 (3.07%) SLA
4 3 (1.84%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.23%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.61%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (3.07%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.07%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (1.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.61%) Grafana
2 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (18.40%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.68%) Cisco
3 5 (3.07%) Apple
3 5 (3.07%) Sage
3 5 (3.07%) Salesforce
3 5 (3.07%) SonicWALL
4 3 (1.84%) SAP
5 2 (1.23%) Avaya
5 2 (1.23%) BT
5 2 (1.23%) Oracle
5 2 (1.23%) PayPal