Telecoms Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Telecommunications
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 41 45
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 +11
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 9 10 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 2.22% 2.24% 1.89%
As % of the General category 4.33% 3.30% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 7
10th Percentile - - £30,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -31.76% -22.73%
75th Percentile £33,750 £29,500 £52,720
90th Percentile £48,375 - £58,764
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £56,250 £28,000
% change year-on-year -24.44% +100.89% -47.91%

All General Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 208 303 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 51.36% 67.94% 48.35%
Number of salaries quoted 140 98 162
10th Percentile £26,875 £25,450 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,438 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £59,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,875 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -14.29%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Telecoms relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Northamptonshire

Telecoms
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Northampton -10 3 £32,500 +12.07% 4
Kettering - 1 - -
Telecoms
East Midlands

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
1 1 (11.11%) VLAN
1 1 (11.11%) VoIP
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Marketing
2 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Sales Executive
2 1 (11.11%) Communications Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Head of Procurement
2 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Project Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Repair Technician
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 5 (55.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (11.11%) Handset
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) B2B
2 5 (55.56%) B2B Sales
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Resilience
2 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Budgeting
4 1 (11.11%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (11.11%) Co-Creation
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Contract Management
4 1 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
4 1 (11.11%) Presales
4 1 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Meraki
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Draytek
2 1 (11.11%) WatchGuard
2 1 (11.11%) Yealink