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 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 148 152
Rank change year-on-year +43 +4 +47
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 201 180 137
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.09% 1.47% 1.83%
As % of the General category 3.46% 2.50% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 147 54 114
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,075 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £30,000 £28,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -20.00% +10.47%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £55,440
90th Percentile £80,050 £70,175 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £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 common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,808 7,204 4,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 60.29% 58.98% 65.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3,063 2,929 3,599
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,574 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
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 20 November 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 20 November 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 +51 132 £42,500 +11.84% 64
Yorkshire +19 53 £45,000 -12.20% 38
North East -9 16 £40,000 +14.29% 9
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 (0.50%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.50%) Site Server
Applications
1 12 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.45%) Azure
2 17 (8.46%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (7.46%) AWS
4 12 (5.97%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.99%) GCP
5 6 (2.99%) GitHub
5 6 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (1.99%) SaaS
7 3 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.49%) Slack
8 2 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.00%) Serverless
9 1 (0.50%) IaaS
9 1 (0.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 37 (18.41%) VoIP
2 19 (9.45%) Firewall
3 16 (7.96%) Unified Communications
4 15 (7.46%) Broadband
5 12 (5.97%) DNS
5 12 (5.97%) TCP/IP
5 12 (5.97%) WAN
6 10 (4.98%) VPN
7 9 (4.48%) DHCP
7 9 (4.48%) LAN
7 9 (4.48%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (4.48%) VLAN
7 9 (4.48%) Wireless
8 8 (3.98%) Telepresence
8 8 (3.98%) WebEx
9 6 (2.99%) Asterisk PBX
9 6 (2.99%) PSTN
10 5 (2.49%) Internet
11 4 (1.99%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.97%) Power BI
2 3 (1.49%) MongoDB
2 3 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.00%) Data Mart
3 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.50%) Big Data
4 1 (0.50%) Power Query
4 1 (0.50%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.98%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.49%) GitLab
3 1 (0.50%) Gatling
3 1 (0.50%) JMeter
3 1 (0.50%) LoadRunner
General
1 70 (34.83%) Social Skills
2 69 (34.33%) Law
3 67 (33.33%) Finance
4 66 (32.84%) Military
5 23 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (8.46%) Marketing
7 15 (7.46%) Back Office
8 12 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (5.97%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.98%) Electronics
9 10 (4.98%) Manufacturing
10 9 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.49%) Legal
11 5 (2.49%) Local Government
12 3 (1.49%) Billing
12 3 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.00%) Agriculture
13 2 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (12.44%) Project Manager
2 20 (9.95%) Support Engineer
3 19 (9.45%) Account Manager
4 15 (7.46%) Senior
5 12 (5.97%) Technical Support
6 11 (5.47%) Telecoms Manager
7 10 (4.98%) Technical Engineer
7 10 (4.98%) Technical Support Engineer
8 9 (4.48%) Analyst
9 8 (3.98%) Voice Engineer
9 8 (3.98%) Voice Support Engineer
10 7 (3.48%) Project Officer
10 7 (3.48%) Project Support Officer
10 7 (3.48%) Senior Project Officer
10 7 (3.48%) Senior Project Support Officer
10 7 (3.48%) Support Officer
10 7 (3.48%) Telecoms Account Manager
11 6 (2.99%) Business Development Manager
11 6 (2.99%) Sales Manager
11 6 (2.99%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.99%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (1.49%) FastAPI
2 3 (1.49%) Node.js
2 3 (1.49%) Spring
2 3 (1.49%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.50%) .NET
3 1 (0.50%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.50%) Blazor
3 1 (0.50%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.50%) React
3 1 (0.50%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.42%) Driving Licence
2 10 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.49%) Social Media
4 4 (1.99%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.49%) Acoustics
6 2 (1.00%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.00%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.50%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) IoT
7 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.50%) NHS
7 1 (0.50%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.47%) Linux
1 13 (6.47%) Windows
2 10 (4.98%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (17.41%) Service Delivery
2 31 (15.42%) Customer Service
2 31 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (12.44%) Commercial Awareness
4 24 (11.94%) Collaborative Working
5 23 (11.44%) CRM
6 19 (9.45%) Agile
6 19 (9.45%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (9.45%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (8.46%) Customer Requirements
7 17 (8.46%) Network Management
8 16 (7.96%) B2B
9 15 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (7.46%) Contract Negotiation
9 15 (7.46%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (6.97%) Business Development
11 11 (5.47%) B2B Sales
11 11 (5.47%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 11 (5.47%) Line Management
12 10 (4.98%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.97%) Python
2 11 (5.47%) Bash
3 4 (1.99%) TypeScript
4 3 (1.49%) Go
4 3 (1.49%) Java
4 3 (1.49%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.00%) C#
6 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (9.95%) Degree
2 9 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (4.48%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.98%) CCNP
3 8 (3.98%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.48%) HNC
4 7 (3.48%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (2.99%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.99%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.49%) CCNA
7 3 (1.49%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.49%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.00%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.00%) CCIE
8 2 (1.00%) CIPD
8 2 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.00%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.50%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.48%) ISO 14001
1 7 (3.48%) PMO
2 6 (2.99%) NEBOSH
2 6 (2.99%) SLA
3 4 (1.99%) QA
4 3 (1.49%) EU AI Act
4 3 (1.49%) GDPR
5 2 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.00%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.50%) GRC
6 1 (0.50%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.50%) NIST
6 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (4.48%) Active Directory
1 9 (4.48%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.98%) Cisco CUCM
2 6 (2.99%) Grafana
2 6 (2.99%) Prometheus
2 6 (2.99%) Terraform
3 3 (1.49%) Ansible
4 2 (1.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.46%) Cisco
3 11 (5.47%) Oracle
4 9 (4.48%) Apple
4 9 (4.48%) Sage
4 9 (4.48%) SAP
4 9 (4.48%) SonicWALL
5 8 (3.98%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.99%) Openreach
7 2 (1.00%) Avaya
7 2 (1.00%) BT
8 1 (0.50%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.50%) Xero