Telecoms Jobs in the North West

Telecommunications
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 126 52
Rank change year-on-year +28 -74 +88
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 217 178 488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.87% 1.83% 6.18%
As % of the General category 4.17% 3.42% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 43 132 45
10th Percentile £29,900 £22,750 £34,700
25th Percentile £34,375 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -19.05% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,432 £77,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -18.18% -

All General Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,209 5,199 5,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 68.77% 53.49% 68.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,526 3,873 2,490
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,225
25th Percentile £41,625 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the North West

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Telecoms in the North West

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the North West

Telecoms
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cumbria -1 161 £30,000 -57.14% 3
Manchester +8 35 £37,500 -23.08% 77
Lancashire -51 15 £47,683 +36.24% 24
Merseyside +34 4 £57,500 +27.78% 5
Cheshire +6 2 £54,000 +47.95% 19
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (2.76%) Azure
3 3 (1.38%) AWS
4 2 (0.92%) GCP
4 2 (0.92%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.46%) Kong
5 1 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.53%) Wireless
2 7 (3.23%) VoIP
2 7 (3.23%) VPN
3 6 (2.76%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.84%) LAN
4 4 (1.84%) WAN
5 3 (1.38%) Firewall
5 3 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.92%) Broadband
6 2 (0.92%) DNS
6 2 (0.92%) Internet
6 2 (0.92%) MPLS
6 2 (0.92%) PBX
6 2 (0.92%) VLAN
7 1 (0.46%) Network Security
7 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.46%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.92%) Power BI
2 1 (0.46%) MySQL
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 7 (3.23%) Git
1 7 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.84%) Cucumber
2 4 (1.84%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) LabVIEW
General
1 160 (73.73%) Automotive
2 9 (4.15%) Electronics
2 9 (4.15%) Finance
2 9 (4.15%) Public Sector
2 9 (4.15%) Social Skills
3 8 (3.69%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (2.76%) Aerospace
4 6 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.38%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.92%) Legal
7 2 (0.92%) Marketing
8 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.46%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 160 (73.73%) Principal Engineer
1 160 (73.73%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 50 (23.04%) Systems Engineer
3 23 (10.60%) Senior
4 10 (4.61%) Electronics Engineer
4 10 (4.61%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 10 (4.61%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 7 (3.23%) Software Engineer
6 6 (2.76%) IT Technician
6 6 (2.76%) Senior Software Engineer
7 5 (2.30%) Senior IT Technician
7 5 (2.30%) Senior Technician
7 5 (2.30%) Support Manager
7 5 (2.30%) Test Engineer
8 4 (1.84%) Analyst
8 4 (1.84%) Test Automation Engineer
9 2 (0.92%) Architect
9 2 (0.92%) Author
9 2 (0.92%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (0.92%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.92%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.76%) Device Driver
2 4 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (0.92%) CCTV
3 2 (0.92%) Onboarding
3 2 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.46%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.46%) Digital Signage
4 1 (0.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.46%) IoT
4 1 (0.46%) IVR
4 1 (0.46%) NHS
4 1 (0.46%) Smart Energy
4 1 (0.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.61%) Linux
1 10 (4.61%) Windows
2 5 (2.30%) Mac OS X
2 5 (2.30%) Windows 10
2 5 (2.30%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (73.73%) Architectural Design
1 160 (73.73%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 160 (73.73%) Systems Engineering
2 16 (7.37%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (4.61%) Situational Awareness
4 7 (3.23%) Customer Service
4 7 (3.23%) High Availability
4 7 (3.23%) Software Engineering
4 7 (3.23%) Test Automation
5 6 (2.76%) DevOps
5 6 (2.76%) ITIL
6 5 (2.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (2.30%) Contract Management
6 5 (2.30%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (2.30%) Data Management
6 5 (2.30%) Mentoring
6 5 (2.30%) Proactive Maintenance
6 5 (2.30%) Software Distribution
6 5 (2.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (2.30%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.07%) Python
2 7 (3.23%) C
3 6 (2.76%) C++
4 5 (2.30%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.84%) Bash
5 4 (1.84%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.38%) PHP
7 2 (0.92%) SQL
8 1 (0.46%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.46%) C#
Qualifications
1 177 (81.57%) Degree
2 8 (3.69%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.30%) ACSP
3 5 (2.30%) HP AIS
3 5 (2.30%) MCSA
3 5 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.30%) Network+ Certification
3 5 (2.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (0.92%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (0.92%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.46%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.46%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.46%) MBA
5 1 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (2.30%) SLA
2 4 (1.84%) QA
3 1 (0.46%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.30%) vSphere
3 2 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.30%) SCCM
2 2 (0.92%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (0.92%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.92%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (5.53%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.23%) Apple
2 7 (3.23%) VMware
3 5 (2.30%) HP
3 5 (2.30%) Veeam
4 3 (1.38%) Oracle
4 3 (1.38%) SAP
5 2 (0.92%) Cisco
5 2 (0.92%) ConnectWise
5 2 (0.92%) Kaseya
6 1 (0.46%) Google
6 1 (0.46%) Monzo
6 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.46%) Samsung