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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 122 138
Rank change year-on-year +28 +16 +40
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 219 168 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.98% 1.85% 1.88%
As % of the General category 3.28% 2.72% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 151 53 128
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,900 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,875 £30,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -18.95% +11.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £55,440
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -13.64%

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 6,673 6,167 5,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 60.36% 67.82% 59.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,186 2,507 4,245
10th Percentile £26,520 £30,691 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,249 £50,309 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.06% +0.62% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,850 £81,138
England median annual salary £54,068 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.89% +4.35% -8.00%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 +32 131 £40,000 +3.90% 52
Yorkshire +21 70 £45,000 -18.18% 44
North East -6 18 £45,000 +32.35% 18
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 (0.91%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.46%) Site Server
Applications
1 11 (5.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 22 (10.05%) Azure
2 16 (7.31%) AWS
3 12 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.57%) GitHub
4 10 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
4 10 (4.57%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.11%) GCP
6 6 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.83%) SaaS
7 4 (1.83%) Slack
8 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.46%) IaaS
8 1 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 37 (16.89%) VoIP
2 22 (10.05%) Unified Communications
3 19 (8.68%) Firewall
4 15 (6.85%) WebEx
5 14 (6.39%) Telepresence
6 12 (5.48%) Broadband
7 11 (5.02%) DNS
7 11 (5.02%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.65%) Internet
9 7 (3.20%) PSTN
9 7 (3.20%) VPN
9 7 (3.20%) WAN
10 6 (2.74%) Asterisk PBX
10 6 (2.74%) HTTP
10 6 (2.74%) Wireless
11 5 (2.28%) DHCP
11 5 (2.28%) LAN
11 5 (2.28%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (2.28%) VLAN
12 4 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.57%) Power BI
2 2 (0.91%) Data Mart
2 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.48%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.74%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) Gatling
3 1 (0.46%) JMeter
3 1 (0.46%) LoadRunner
General
1 61 (27.85%) Finance
2 56 (25.57%) Social Skills
3 50 (22.83%) Law
4 44 (20.09%) Military
5 22 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (7.31%) Marketing
7 12 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.48%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.57%) Back Office
8 10 (4.57%) Electronics
8 10 (4.57%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.28%) Legal
10 5 (2.28%) Local Government
11 3 (1.37%) Billing
11 3 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.91%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.91%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.91%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (22.37%) Account Manager
2 23 (10.50%) Support Engineer
3 21 (9.59%) Senior
4 16 (7.31%) Analyst
5 14 (6.39%) Project Manager
5 14 (6.39%) Voice Engineer
5 14 (6.39%) Voice Support Engineer
6 11 (5.02%) Senior Manager
7 10 (4.57%) Sales Manager
7 10 (4.57%) Senior Account Manager
7 10 (4.57%) Support Analyst
8 9 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (4.11%) Technical Support
9 8 (3.65%) Sales Account Manager
10 7 (3.20%) Project Officer
10 7 (3.20%) Project Support Officer
10 7 (3.20%) Senior Project Officer
10 7 (3.20%) Senior Project Support Officer
10 7 (3.20%) Telecoms Account Manager
10 7 (3.20%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.74%) Elastic Stack
1 6 (2.74%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (0.46%) .NET
2 1 (0.46%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.46%) Blazor
2 1 (0.46%) FastAPI
2 1 (0.46%) Node.js
2 1 (0.46%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.46%) React
2 1 (0.46%) scikit-learn
2 1 (0.46%) Spring
2 1 (0.46%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.46%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.68%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.83%) Social Media
4 3 (1.37%) Acoustics
4 3 (1.37%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.91%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.91%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.91%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.46%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) IoT
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (0.46%) NHS
6 1 (0.46%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.46%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.46%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.20%) Linux
1 7 (3.20%) Windows
2 5 (2.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (13.24%) Service Delivery
3 24 (10.96%) Collaborative Working
4 23 (10.50%) CRM
5 19 (8.68%) Network Management
6 18 (8.22%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (7.31%) Agile
7 16 (7.31%) Customer Service
7 16 (7.31%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (6.85%) AI
8 15 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (6.39%) Contract Negotiation
9 14 (6.39%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (5.94%) CI/CD
10 13 (5.94%) Commercial Awareness
10 13 (5.94%) DevOps
11 12 (5.48%) B2B
11 12 (5.48%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (5.02%) Business Development
12 11 (5.02%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.39%) Bash
1 14 (6.39%) Python
2 6 (2.74%) Go
3 2 (0.91%) C#
3 2 (0.91%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.46%) Java
4 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (8.22%) Degree
2 9 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (3.65%) CCNP
3 8 (3.65%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (2.74%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.74%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (1.37%) ACCA
5 3 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.37%) CCNA
5 3 (1.37%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (1.37%) CIMA
5 3 (1.37%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.91%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.91%) CCIE
6 2 (0.91%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.91%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.46%) CISA
7 1 (0.46%) CISM
7 1 (0.46%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.20%) PMO
1 7 (3.20%) SLA
2 6 (2.74%) ISO 14001
3 5 (2.28%) NEBOSH
4 4 (1.83%) QA
5 3 (1.37%) EU AI Act
5 3 (1.37%) GDPR
6 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.91%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.46%) GRC
7 1 (0.46%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.46%) NIST
7 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (2.28%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.28%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (6.39%) Cisco CUCM
2 10 (4.57%) Grafana
2 10 (4.57%) Prometheus
2 10 (4.57%) Terraform
3 6 (2.74%) Ansible
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (11.42%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.05%) Cisco
3 15 (6.85%) Oracle
4 9 (4.11%) SAP
5 7 (3.20%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.28%) Apple
6 5 (2.28%) Openreach
6 5 (2.28%) Sage
6 5 (2.28%) SonicWALL
7 2 (0.91%) BT
7 2 (0.91%) Xero
8 1 (0.46%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.46%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.46%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.46%) Huawei
8 1 (0.46%) Meraki
8 1 (0.46%) Okta
8 1 (0.46%) Polycom
8 1 (0.46%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.46%) Trend Micro