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 27 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 143 162
Rank change year-on-year +11 +19 +50
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 186 186 138
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.03% 1.49% 1.71%
As % of the General category 3.29% 2.57% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 134 59 116
10th Percentile £28,000 £23,600 £26,125
25th Percentile £31,750 £29,625 £28,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -21.34% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60,625 £60,000 £55,440
90th Percentile £82,350 £70,050 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -6.25%

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 5,647 7,224 5,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 61.60% 57.77% 64.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,789 3,035 3,865
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,625 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% -0.96%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,900 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

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 27 October 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 27 October 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 +7 121 £42,500 +30.77% 121
Yorkshire +19 51 £38,500 -18.95% 74
North East -11 14 £33,500 -4.29% 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 1 (0.54%) Site Server
Applications
1 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.08%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.60%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (8.06%) Azure
3 11 (5.91%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.84%) AWS
5 4 (2.15%) SaaS
6 2 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.08%) GCP
6 2 (1.08%) Serverless
7 1 (0.54%) GitHub
7 1 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.54%) IaaS
7 1 (0.54%) Slack
7 1 (0.54%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 34 (18.28%) VoIP
2 16 (8.60%) Firewall
3 14 (7.53%) Unified Communications
4 13 (6.99%) Broadband
5 12 (6.45%) WAN
6 10 (5.38%) VPN
7 9 (4.84%) DHCP
7 9 (4.84%) DNS
7 9 (4.84%) LAN
7 9 (4.84%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (4.84%) TCP/IP
7 9 (4.84%) VLAN
7 9 (4.84%) Wireless
8 6 (3.23%) Asterisk PBX
8 6 (3.23%) PSTN
8 6 (3.23%) Telepresence
8 6 (3.23%) WebEx
9 3 (1.61%) Ethernet
9 3 (1.61%) Internet
9 3 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.91%) Power BI
2 3 (1.61%) MongoDB
2 3 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.08%) Big Data
3 2 (1.08%) Data Mart
3 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.54%) Power Query
4 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.61%) GitLab
1 3 (1.61%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.54%) Gatling
2 1 (0.54%) JMeter
2 1 (0.54%) LoadRunner
General
1 68 (36.56%) Law
2 67 (36.02%) Military
3 65 (34.95%) Social Skills
4 61 (32.80%) Finance
5 20 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (8.06%) Back Office
7 13 (6.99%) Marketing
8 11 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (4.84%) Public Sector
10 8 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (3.76%) Electronics
11 7 (3.76%) Manufacturing
11 7 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.69%) Local Government
13 4 (2.15%) Legal
14 3 (1.61%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.61%) Billing
14 3 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.61%) Retail
15 2 (1.08%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 25 (13.44%) Project Manager
2 18 (9.68%) Support Engineer
3 16 (8.60%) Account Manager
4 14 (7.53%) Senior
5 12 (6.45%) Technical Support
6 10 (5.38%) Technical Engineer
6 10 (5.38%) Technical Support Engineer
6 10 (5.38%) Telecoms Manager
7 9 (4.84%) Analyst
8 6 (3.23%) Business Development Manager
8 6 (3.23%) Development Manager
8 6 (3.23%) Head of Procurement
8 6 (3.23%) Project Officer
8 6 (3.23%) Project Support Officer
8 6 (3.23%) Senior Project Officer
8 6 (3.23%) Senior Project Support Officer
8 6 (3.23%) Support Specialist
8 6 (3.23%) Telecoms Account Manager
8 6 (3.23%) Voice Engineer
8 6 (3.23%) Voice Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.23%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.61%) FastAPI
2 3 (1.61%) Node.js
2 3 (1.61%) Spring
2 3 (1.61%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.54%) .NET
3 1 (0.54%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.54%) Blazor
3 1 (0.54%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.54%) React
3 1 (0.54%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (15.05%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.15%) Cloud Native
3 4 (2.15%) Social Media
4 3 (1.61%) Acoustics
5 2 (1.08%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.08%) Tandem
5 2 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.54%) CCTV
6 1 (0.54%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.54%) IoT
6 1 (0.54%) NHS
6 1 (0.54%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.54%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.54%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.54%) Replication
6 1 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.53%) Linux
1 14 (7.53%) Windows
2 11 (5.91%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.08%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.54%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (18.82%) Service Delivery
2 32 (17.20%) Customer Service
3 27 (14.52%) Commercial Awareness
3 27 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (12.37%) Collaborative Working
5 19 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (9.68%) CRM
7 17 (9.14%) Agile
7 17 (9.14%) Customer Requirements
8 16 (8.60%) Business Intelligence
9 15 (8.06%) Contract Negotiation
9 15 (8.06%) Network Management
10 14 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (6.99%) B2B
11 13 (6.99%) Business Development
11 13 (6.99%) Root Cause Analysis
12 10 (5.38%) B2B Sales
12 10 (5.38%) Budgeting
12 10 (5.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 10 (5.38%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.45%) Python
2 8 (4.30%) Bash
3 4 (2.15%) TypeScript
4 3 (1.61%) Java
4 3 (1.61%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.08%) C#
5 2 (1.08%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (12.37%) Degree
2 9 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (4.30%) CCNP
4 7 (3.76%) HNC
4 7 (3.76%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.23%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.69%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.15%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.61%) CCNA
8 3 (1.61%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (1.08%) CCIE
9 2 (1.08%) CIPD
9 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.08%) PhD
9 2 (1.08%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.54%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.76%) ISO 14001
2 6 (3.23%) NEBOSH
2 6 (3.23%) PMO
3 5 (2.69%) SLA
4 3 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.61%) EU AI Act
4 3 (1.61%) GDPR
5 2 (1.08%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.08%) QA
System Software
1 9 (4.84%) Active Directory
1 9 (4.84%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.23%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.54%) Grafana
3 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.45%) Cisco
3 9 (4.84%) Apple
3 9 (4.84%) Oracle
3 9 (4.84%) Sage
3 9 (4.84%) SonicWALL
4 7 (3.76%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.23%) SAP
6 3 (1.61%) Openreach
7 2 (1.08%) Avaya
7 2 (1.08%) BT
7 2 (1.08%) PayPal
8 1 (0.54%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow