Openreach
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of Openreach products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Openreach over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within BT Openreach.
| 6 months to 21 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 593 | 638 | 644 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +45 | +6 | +185 |
| DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Openreach | 2 | 58 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 0.004% | 0.093% | 0.009% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.010% | 0.30% | 0.023% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £32,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,000 | £37,500 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £39,000 | £37,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.56% | +4.00% | -6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £41,000 | £47,500 | £44,063 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £48,300 | £53,625 |
| UK median annual salary | £47,500 | £39,000 | £37,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.79% | +4.00% | -31.82% |
All Vendors
UK excluding London
Openreach falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.
| DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 19,354 | 19,107 | 17,051 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 43.38% | 30.52% | 39.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10,247 | 10,922 | 11,285 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,087 | £26,775 | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,500 | £35,000 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.79% | -5.00% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £77,500 | £77,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £47,932 | £54,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.24% | -6.09% | +4.55% |
Openreach
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing Openreach as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Openreach
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Openreach.
Openreach
Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Openreach within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 August 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 DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | +40 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Midlands | +12 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| South East | +8 | 1 | £40,000 | - | 7 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:
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