Telecoms Jobs in the UK excluding London

Telecommunications
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 117 41
Rank change year-on-year +2 -76 +99
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 1,035 1,704 3,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.65% 2.41% 6.51%
As % of the General category 3.98% 4.19% 9.48%
Number of salaries quoted 380 1,136 719
10th Percentile £23,731 £24,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £26,929 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £40,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -9.09% -7.37%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -18.18% -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,991 40,667 41,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 66.66% 57.40% 68.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,992 26,395 18,794
10th Percentile £25,313 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £37,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the UK excluding London

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Telecoms in the UK excluding London

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the UK excluding London

Telecoms
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 Telecoms within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Midlands +52 291 £37,500 -6.25% 189
South East -18 279 £31,500 -16.00% 441
North of England +28 257 £34,000 -24.44% 252
West Midlands +64 208 £28,500 -30.91% 107
North West +1 208 £47,683 +12.20% 149
Scotland +119 89 £26,929 -36.64% 64
East Midlands 0 82 £42,500 +8.97% 72
South West -37 55 £28,500 -28.75% 134
East of England -36 49 £45,000 -10.00% 168
Yorkshire +47 41 £29,500 -37.89% 80
Wales +34 22 £27,500 -15.38% 48
North East +33 7 £29,250 +6.36% 25
Northern Ireland +8 3 £57,500 +64.29% 21
Isle of Man +8 1 £91,000 +145.95% 7
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (1.84%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.097%) Joomla!
4 1 (0.097%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.097%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (3.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.097%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.097%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.097%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.097%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 22 (2.13%) Dynamics AX
2 7 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.097%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.097%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 69 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (3.96%) Azure
3 38 (3.67%) AWS
4 20 (1.93%) GCP
5 19 (1.84%) SaaS
6 15 (1.45%) Power Platform
7 10 (0.97%) PaaS
7 10 (0.97%) Serverless
8 9 (0.87%) IBM Watson
9 8 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (0.48%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.39%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.39%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.19%) Amazon SageMaker
13 2 (0.19%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.19%) OCI
13 2 (0.19%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.097%) Google Docs
14 1 (0.097%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 88 (8.50%) TCP/IP
2 80 (7.73%) VPN
3 66 (6.38%) 5G
4 62 (5.99%) VoIP
5 43 (4.15%) 4G
6 41 (3.96%) Firewall
7 34 (3.29%) Broadband
8 25 (2.42%) Wireless
9 23 (2.22%) 3GPP
10 22 (2.13%) DNS
11 21 (2.03%) VLAN
12 20 (1.93%) WAN
13 17 (1.64%) LAN
14 16 (1.55%) DHCP
14 16 (1.55%) Internet
15 14 (1.35%) IP Telephony
16 13 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
17 12 (1.16%) MPLS
17 12 (1.16%) PBX
18 11 (1.06%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.45%) Power BI
2 12 (1.16%) SQL Server
3 9 (0.87%) QlikView
4 5 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.39%) MySQL
6 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.29%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Exadata
7 2 (0.19%) Tableau
8 1 (0.097%) Big Data
8 1 (0.097%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.097%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.097%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.097%) GIS
8 1 (0.097%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.097%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 62 (5.99%) Cucumber
1 62 (5.99%) Robot Framework
2 25 (2.42%) Git
3 18 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.58%) JIRA
5 3 (0.29%) GitLab
6 2 (0.19%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.19%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.19%) Subversion
7 1 (0.097%) CMake
7 1 (0.097%) GDB
7 1 (0.097%) Gradle
7 1 (0.097%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.097%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.097%) Maven
7 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.097%) WinDbg
7 1 (0.097%) WiX
General
1 305 (29.47%) Automotive
2 242 (23.38%) Social Skills
3 183 (17.68%) Finance
4 173 (16.71%) Retail
5 93 (8.99%) Games
6 88 (8.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 74 (7.15%) Marketing
8 70 (6.76%) Manufacturing
9 59 (5.70%) Public Sector
10 54 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
11 53 (5.12%) Electronics
12 46 (4.44%) Law
13 29 (2.80%) Military
14 23 (2.22%) Legal
15 17 (1.64%) Aerospace
15 17 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
15 17 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (1.06%) Banking
18 8 (0.77%) Billing
Job Titles
1 257 (24.83%) Principal Engineer
2 253 (24.44%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 229 (22.13%) Senior
4 152 (14.69%) Systems Engineer
5 75 (7.25%) Analyst
6 64 (6.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 63 (6.09%) Test Engineer
8 62 (5.99%) Test Automation Engineer
9 44 (4.25%) Support Engineer
10 43 (4.15%) IT Support
11 42 (4.06%) Support Analyst
12 32 (3.09%) IT Analyst
12 32 (3.09%) Risk Manager
12 32 (3.09%) Technology Risk Manager
13 30 (2.90%) Technical Support
14 25 (2.42%) IT Support Analyst
15 23 (2.22%) 1st Line Support
16 22 (2.13%) Project Manager
17 20 (1.93%) Developer
18 19 (1.84%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.45%) Node.js
2 6 (0.58%) Spring Boot
3 5 (0.48%) HTML
3 5 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.39%) CSS
4 4 (0.39%) Kafka
4 4 (0.39%) RESTful
5 3 (0.29%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.29%) React
5 3 (0.29%) REST
6 2 (0.19%) .NET
6 2 (0.19%) Android SDK
6 2 (0.19%) GraphQL
6 2 (0.19%) JNI
6 2 (0.19%) jQuery
6 2 (0.19%) JSON
6 2 (0.19%) Middleware
6 2 (0.19%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.19%) Spring
6 2 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.18%) Linux Command Line
2 55 (5.31%) Robotics
3 54 (5.22%) Blockchain
4 43 (4.15%) Management Information System
5 39 (3.77%) Driving Licence
6 24 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (1.26%) IoT
7 13 (1.26%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.16%) CCTV
9 11 (1.06%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.06%) Private Cloud
10 10 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
11 9 (0.87%) SCADA
12 8 (0.77%) Social Network
13 7 (0.68%) Analogue Electronics
13 7 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
13 7 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.58%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.58%) Cloud Native
14 6 (0.58%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 143 (13.82%) Windows
2 104 (10.05%) Linux
3 39 (3.77%) Windows Server
4 31 (3.00%) Windows 10
5 10 (0.97%) Mac OS
6 9 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.68%) Unix
8 5 (0.48%) Android
8 5 (0.48%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.29%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.19%) VMS
11 1 (0.097%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.097%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (29.66%) Systems Engineering
2 256 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
3 202 (19.52%) Mentoring
4 155 (14.98%) Architectural Design
5 152 (14.69%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 139 (13.43%) Customer Service
7 121 (11.69%) Coaching
8 107 (10.34%) Project Planning
9 87 (8.41%) DevOps
10 79 (7.63%) Cybersecurity
11 76 (7.34%) Agile
12 72 (6.96%) Analytics
13 70 (6.76%) Artificial Intelligence
14 66 (6.38%) Test Automation
15 64 (6.18%) System Testing
16 62 (5.99%) Test Management
17 56 (5.41%) Creative Thinking
18 55 (5.31%) Data Analytics
19 54 (5.22%) Robotic Process Automation
20 53 (5.12%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 120 (11.59%) Python
2 75 (7.25%) PowerShell
3 73 (7.05%) Bash
4 69 (6.67%) JavaScript
5 27 (2.61%) SQL
6 22 (2.13%) R
7 20 (1.93%) C
7 20 (1.93%) C++
8 18 (1.74%) Java
9 13 (1.26%) Perl
10 10 (0.97%) C#
10 10 (0.97%) PHP
11 5 (0.48%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.39%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.19%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.097%) CodeQL
14 1 (0.097%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 465 (44.93%) Degree
2 89 (8.60%) BPSS Clearance
3 47 (4.54%) Security Cleared
4 26 (2.51%) SC Cleared
5 22 (2.13%) CISA
5 22 (2.13%) ISACA
5 22 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 16 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (1.35%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.26%) CCNA
9 7 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
9 7 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (0.68%) JNCIA
10 6 (0.58%) CCNP
10 6 (0.58%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (0.48%) MCSA
11 5 (0.48%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.86%) QA
2 45 (4.35%) ITGC
3 23 (2.22%) NCSC
4 20 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.93%) SLA
5 8 (0.77%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.48%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.39%) PMO
8 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.19%) GDPR
9 2 (0.19%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.19%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.097%) COSHH
10 1 (0.097%) ECSS
10 1 (0.097%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.097%) NIST
10 1 (0.097%) NIST 800
System Software
1 38 (3.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.87%) Docker
3 8 (0.77%) Firmware
4 6 (0.58%) vSphere
5 3 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.097%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.097%) Xen
Systems Management
1 18 (1.74%) Ansible
2 17 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.35%) Terraform
4 6 (0.58%) SCCM
5 5 (0.48%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.39%) Puppet
7 2 (0.19%) EnCase
7 2 (0.19%) FTK
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.19%) Nmap
7 2 (0.19%) RSA Security Analytics
8 1 (0.097%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.097%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.097%) Netcool
Vendors
1 130 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 73 (7.05%) BT
3 71 (6.86%) SAP
4 26 (2.51%) Oracle
5 21 (2.03%) Cisco
6 14 (1.35%) VMware
7 12 (1.16%) Apple
8 10 (0.97%) Google
8 10 (0.97%) IBM
9 9 (0.87%) Databricks
9 9 (0.87%) HP
10 8 (0.77%) Juniper
11 6 (0.58%) Dell
11 6 (0.58%) Splunk
12 5 (0.48%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.48%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.48%) Veeam
13 3 (0.29%) Draytek
13 3 (0.29%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (0.29%) WatchGuard