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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 154 162
Rank change year-on-year +69 +8 -108
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 400 162 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.69% 1.73% 1.35%
As % of the General category 4.11% 2.66% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 338 121 79
10th Percentile £27,577 £27,000 £25,850
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,571 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £70,050
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% 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 general skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,726 6,089 7,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.98% 64.89% 54.85%
Number of salaries quoted 6,330 2,656 3,764
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +78 274 £41,000 -3.53% 90
Yorkshire +7 95 £55,000 +82.35% 58
North East -45 31 £40,000 +19.40% 23
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 3 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (0.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.25%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (2.25%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 24 (6.00%) Power Platform
2 22 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (2.00%) Azure
4 4 (1.00%) AWS
4 4 (1.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.00%) GCP
4 4 (1.00%) SaaS
5 3 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (0.75%) dbt
5 3 (0.75%) Google Workspace
5 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (0.75%) OneDrive
5 3 (0.75%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.25%) Collibra
6 1 (0.25%) Datadog
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.75%) Broadband
2 22 (5.50%) Unified Communications
3 17 (4.25%) VoIP
4 12 (3.00%) Internet
4 12 (3.00%) Wireless
5 10 (2.50%) LAN
5 10 (2.50%) Network Security
6 9 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.25%) VLAN
8 4 (1.00%) Firewall
8 4 (1.00%) PBX
8 4 (1.00%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.75%) DKIM
9 3 (0.75%) DMARC
9 3 (0.75%) DNS
10 2 (0.50%) BGP
10 2 (0.50%) IPFIX
10 2 (0.50%) SNMP
10 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.50%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.00%) Power BI
2 19 (4.75%) Tableau
3 3 (0.75%) BigQuery
3 3 (0.75%) Data Vault
3 3 (0.75%) Metadata
3 3 (0.75%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.25%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.25%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.25%) Power Query
4 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.25%) JIRA
General
1 114 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 112 (28.00%) Finance
2 112 (28.00%) Law
3 111 (27.75%) Military
4 42 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (5.75%) Back Office
7 18 (4.50%) Billing
8 16 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.00%) Legal
10 10 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.25%) Advertising
12 8 (2.00%) Marketing
12 8 (2.00%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.50%) Retail
14 5 (1.25%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.00%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.75%) Banking
17 2 (0.50%) Social Housing
18 1 (0.25%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 46 (11.50%) Business Manager
2 45 (11.25%) Business Development Manager
2 45 (11.25%) Development Manager
3 40 (10.00%) Senior
4 33 (8.25%) Account Manager
4 33 (8.25%) Analyst
5 25 (6.25%) Design Engineer
5 25 (6.25%) Project Manager
6 24 (6.00%) Telecoms Manager
7 20 (5.00%) Finance Manager
7 20 (5.00%) IT Manager
7 20 (5.00%) Sales Manager
8 18 (4.50%) Administrator
9 16 (4.00%) Network Engineer
9 16 (4.00%) Senior Manager
10 15 (3.75%) Architect
10 15 (3.75%) Performance Analyst
10 15 (3.75%) Sales Account Manager
11 14 (3.50%) Senior Design Engineer
12 12 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.25%) PySpark
2 3 (0.75%) Terraform
3 2 (0.50%) gRPC
3 2 (0.50%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.25%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.25%) Driving Licence
2 19 (4.75%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.50%) IoT
4 13 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.00%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.75%) CCTV
7 6 (1.50%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.50%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (1.50%) SCADA
8 5 (1.25%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.75%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.75%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.75%) Educational Technology
9 3 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Licensing
9 3 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.25%) Acoustics
10 1 (0.25%) NHS
10 1 (0.25%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.25%) Windows
2 7 (1.75%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (18.75%) Business Development
2 59 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (13.50%) Customer Service
4 51 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (12.25%) B2B
6 37 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (9.00%) Project Delivery
8 33 (8.25%) Agile
8 33 (8.25%) CRM
8 33 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 30 (7.50%) Collaborative Working
10 29 (7.25%) Data Governance
11 27 (6.75%) Visualisation
12 24 (6.00%) B2B Sales
12 24 (6.00%) Customer Experience
12 24 (6.00%) Data Development
12 24 (6.00%) Digital Engineering
13 23 (5.75%) Decision-Making
13 23 (5.75%) Service Delivery
13 23 (5.75%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.25%) SQL
2 3 (0.75%) Python
3 1 (0.25%) Bash
3 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (8.50%) Degree
2 33 (8.25%) DBS Check
3 24 (6.00%) HNC
4 23 (5.75%) ACCA
4 23 (5.75%) CIMA
5 7 (1.75%) CCNP
5 7 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (1.75%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.25%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.00%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.00%) CCA
8 2 (0.50%) AAT
9 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.25%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.25%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.25%) GCFA
9 1 (0.25%) GCIH
9 1 (0.25%) GIAC
9 1 (0.25%) IIBA
9 1 (0.25%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.25%) SLA
2 8 (2.00%) GDPR
2 8 (2.00%) QA
3 6 (1.50%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.00%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.75%) NEBOSH
6 3 (0.75%) PMO
7 1 (0.25%) GRC
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (0.75%) Hyper-V
1 3 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (0.75%) cPanel
1 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (0.75%) Plesk
2 2 (0.50%) Grafana
2 2 (0.50%) Nagios
2 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 40 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.75%) Civica
2 15 (3.75%) Sage
3 12 (3.00%) Mitel
4 9 (2.25%) SAP
5 8 (2.00%) Cisco
6 7 (1.75%) Aruba
6 7 (1.75%) Juniper
7 6 (1.50%) BT
7 6 (1.50%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.00%) Google
8 4 (1.00%) VMware
9 3 (0.75%) Acronis
9 3 (0.75%) Databricks
9 3 (0.75%) Datto
9 3 (0.75%) NETGEAR
9 3 (0.75%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.75%) Veeam
9 3 (0.75%) WatchGuard
10 2 (0.50%) SolarWinds