Telecoms Jobs 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 160 48
Rank change year-on-year +18 -112 +139
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 243 259 1,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.12% 1.46% 6.57%
As % of the General category 2.97% 2.65% 9.37%
Number of salaries quoted 79 192 114
10th Percentile £26,000 £22,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,375 £28,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £47,683 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% -21.05% +3.64%

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 common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,174 9,790 11,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.23% 55.28% 70.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,670 7,385 5,078
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,751 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £61,938 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,627
England median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the North of England.

Salary trend for Telecoms in the North of England

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 May 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 23 May 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 +3 196 £47,683 +12.20% 372
Yorkshire +34 39 £29,500 -37.89% 269
North East +34 7 £29,250 +6.36% 76
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 3 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.82%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.70%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (2.06%) AWS
2 5 (2.06%) Azure
3 4 (1.65%) GCP
4 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.41%) Kong
4 1 (0.41%) OCI
4 1 (0.41%) PaaS
4 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (10.70%) VoIP
2 13 (5.35%) Wireless
3 12 (4.94%) Broadband
4 5 (2.06%) VPN
5 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.82%) Firewall
6 2 (0.82%) LAN
6 2 (0.82%) MPLS
6 2 (0.82%) PBX
6 2 (0.82%) WAN
6 2 (0.82%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.41%) DNS
7 1 (0.41%) Internet
7 1 (0.41%) Network Security
7 1 (0.41%) PSTN
7 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.82%) Big Data
2 1 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (0.41%) CouchDB
2 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.41%) MySQL
2 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (0.41%) Power BI
2 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.70%) Git
2 8 (3.29%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.65%) Cucumber
3 4 (1.65%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.82%) GitLab
5 1 (0.41%) Gradle
5 1 (0.41%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.41%) Maven
General
1 136 (55.97%) Automotive
2 19 (7.82%) Finance
3 14 (5.76%) Aerospace
3 14 (5.76%) Social Skills
4 11 (4.53%) Electronics
5 10 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.12%) Military
5 10 (4.12%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.47%) Retail
7 5 (2.06%) Law
7 5 (2.06%) Marketing
8 4 (1.65%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.23%) Games
10 2 (0.82%) Advertising
10 2 (0.82%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.82%) Legal
10 2 (0.82%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (0.82%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 141 (58.02%) Principal Engineer
2 137 (56.38%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 53 (21.81%) Systems Engineer
4 24 (9.88%) Senior
5 20 (8.23%) Analyst
6 18 (7.41%) IT Analyst
7 11 (4.53%) IT Support
7 11 (4.53%) IT Support Analyst
7 11 (4.53%) Support Analyst
8 10 (4.12%) 1st Line Support
8 10 (4.12%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 10 (4.12%) Electronics Engineer
8 10 (4.12%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 10 (4.12%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 9 (3.70%) Software Engineer
10 7 (2.88%) Account Manager
10 7 (2.88%) Help Desk Analyst
10 7 (2.88%) Senior Software Engineer
10 7 (2.88%) Support Engineer
11 6 (2.47%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.82%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.41%) .NET
2 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (0.41%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.41%) Kafka
2 1 (0.41%) RESTful
2 1 (0.41%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (2.47%) Device Driver
3 4 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (1.23%) IoT
5 2 (0.82%) CCTV
5 2 (0.82%) Smart Energy
5 2 (0.82%) Tandem
6 1 (0.41%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.41%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.41%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.41%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.41%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (0.41%) IVR
6 1 (0.41%) NHS
6 1 (0.41%) Social Media
6 1 (0.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.70%) Windows
2 21 (8.64%) Windows Server
3 20 (8.23%) Windows 10
4 19 (7.82%) Linux
5 3 (1.23%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.82%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (57.20%) Systems Engineering
2 136 (55.97%) Architectural Design
2 136 (55.97%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 22 (9.05%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (9.05%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (5.35%) Service Delivery
5 10 (4.12%) Situational Awareness
6 9 (3.70%) Customer Service
6 9 (3.70%) Mentoring
6 9 (3.70%) Software Engineering
7 8 (3.29%) DevOps
7 8 (3.29%) High Availability
7 8 (3.29%) ITIL
8 7 (2.88%) Contract Negotiation
8 7 (2.88%) Test Automation
9 6 (2.47%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (2.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (2.47%) Performance Metrics
10 5 (2.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (2.06%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.76%) Python
2 8 (3.29%) C
2 8 (3.29%) C++
3 7 (2.88%) Perl
4 6 (2.47%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.47%) R
5 5 (2.06%) Bash
5 5 (2.06%) SQL
6 4 (1.65%) C#
6 4 (1.65%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.65%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.23%) Java
7 3 (1.23%) PHP
8 2 (0.82%) Assembly Language
8 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 165 (67.90%) Degree
2 13 (5.35%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.70%) Master's Degree
4 6 (2.47%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.06%) PhD
6 3 (1.23%) ACSP
6 3 (1.23%) HP AIS
6 3 (1.23%) MCSA
6 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.82%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.41%) HNC
8 1 (0.41%) MBA
8 1 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (1.65%) QA
1 4 (1.65%) SLA
2 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.41%) GDPR
2 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.23%) vSphere
3 2 (0.82%) Docker
3 2 (0.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.06%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.23%) SCCM
3 2 (0.82%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (0.82%) Terraform
4 1 (0.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (11.52%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.06%) VMware
3 4 (1.65%) SAP
4 3 (1.23%) Apple
4 3 (1.23%) BT
4 3 (1.23%) Cisco
4 3 (1.23%) HP
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle
4 3 (1.23%) Veeam
5 2 (0.82%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.82%) Google
5 2 (0.82%) PayPal
5 2 (0.82%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.41%) Monzo
6 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.41%) Samsung