Telecoms Job Trends 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 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 109 94
Rank change year-on-year +20 -15 -27
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 1,092 720 1,706
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.04% 2.61% 2.88%
As % of the General category 4.01% 3.83% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 816 299 1,215
10th Percentile £26,389 £25,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -3.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -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 general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 27,261 18,791 35,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 50.93% 68.14% 59.31%
Number of salaries quoted 14,299 9,194 24,770
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,387 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +10.29% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

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 17 March 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
South East +4 348 £35,000 - 143
North of England +57 267 £40,000 +3.90% 83
Midlands +13 175 £38,000 -10.59% 55
North West +62 172 £40,000 -16.11% 34
West Midlands +18 120 £35,000 -12.50% 35
South West +34 113 £55,000 +37.50% 44
East of England +4 82 £40,000 -5.88% 59
Yorkshire +1 77 £41,000 +30.16% 44
Scotland -27 77 £35,000 +29.97% 31
East Midlands +4 55 £42,500 -5.56% 20
Wales -4 22 £40,000 -5.88% 15
North East -14 18 £47,500 +76.39% 10
Northern Ireland -30 8 £35,000 -39.13% 2
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.46%) WordPress
4 4 (0.37%) CMS
5 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.18%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (0.092%) Apache
6 1 (0.092%) Camunda
6 1 (0.092%) IIS
Applications
1 29 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.46%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.092%) GIMP
7 1 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.92%) SAP PM
2 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.27%) Primavera
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.092%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.092%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.092%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.092%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.092%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 86 (7.88%) Azure
2 63 (5.77%) AWS
3 62 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (3.11%) GCP
5 23 (2.11%) GitHub
5 23 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
6 19 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (1.74%) SaaS
7 15 (1.37%) Entra ID
8 11 (1.01%) Power Platform
9 10 (0.92%) OpenShift
10 7 (0.64%) Canva
11 5 (0.46%) Apigee
11 5 (0.46%) Kong
12 4 (0.37%) OCI
12 4 (0.37%) Slack
13 3 (0.27%) Amazon S3
14 1 (0.092%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.092%) IaaS
14 1 (0.092%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 101 (9.25%) Firewall
2 84 (7.69%) VoIP
3 72 (6.59%) Broadband
4 64 (5.86%) Wi-Fi
5 56 (5.13%) Unified Communications
6 41 (3.75%) DNS
7 40 (3.66%) WAN
8 36 (3.30%) VPN
9 34 (3.11%) Wireless
10 33 (3.02%) VLAN
11 30 (2.75%) TCP/IP
12 29 (2.66%) LAN
13 23 (2.11%) Wireshark
14 22 (2.01%) DHCP
15 20 (1.83%) WebEx
16 18 (1.65%) HTTP
17 16 (1.47%) PBX
18 14 (1.28%) Cisco ASA
18 14 (1.28%) Internet
18 14 (1.28%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.01%) Power BI
1 11 (1.01%) Tableau
2 4 (0.37%) Big Data
2 4 (0.37%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (0.27%) Apache Iceberg
3 3 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.18%) GIS
4 2 (0.18%) Metadata
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle Discoverer
4 2 (0.18%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.092%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.092%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.092%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.092%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.092%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.092%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (2.47%) Jenkins
2 19 (1.74%) GitLab
3 14 (1.28%) Git
4 3 (0.27%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.27%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.092%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.092%) Selenium
6 1 (0.092%) WebDriver
General
1 282 (25.82%) Social Skills
2 170 (15.57%) Finance
3 121 (11.08%) Marketing
4 105 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 79 (7.23%) Law
5 79 (7.23%) Manufacturing
6 71 (6.50%) Electronics
6 71 (6.50%) Military
7 68 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
8 48 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (2.38%) Retail
10 25 (2.29%) Legal
11 24 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (1.83%) Back Office
13 16 (1.47%) Aerospace
14 15 (1.37%) Billing
15 12 (1.10%) Banking
16 10 (0.92%) Games
16 10 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 151 (13.83%) Account Manager
2 74 (6.78%) Telecoms Manager
3 68 (6.23%) Sales Executive
4 63 (5.77%) IT Support
5 62 (5.68%) Lead
6 61 (5.59%) Senior
7 60 (5.49%) Support Engineer
7 60 (5.49%) Telecoms Account Manager
8 51 (4.67%) Consultant
9 49 (4.49%) Analyst
10 40 (3.66%) 2nd Line Support
11 39 (3.57%) IT Manager
12 38 (3.48%) Support Analyst
13 37 (3.39%) Business Development Manager
13 37 (3.39%) Development Manager
14 36 (3.30%) Business Manager
15 35 (3.21%) IT Engineer
16 30 (2.75%) IT Support Engineer
16 30 (2.75%) Sales Manager
17 27 (2.47%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.92%) SAP CAF
2 18 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
3 13 (1.19%) Jinja
4 12 (1.10%) JSON
5 10 (0.92%) YAML
6 8 (0.73%) YANG
7 6 (0.55%) XML
8 5 (0.46%) REST
9 4 (0.37%) XMPP
10 3 (0.27%) Flask
10 3 (0.27%) NETCONF
11 2 (0.18%) Bootstrap
11 2 (0.18%) FastAPI
11 2 (0.18%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.18%) ModSecurity
11 2 (0.18%) Pandas
11 2 (0.18%) PyTorch
11 2 (0.18%) React
11 2 (0.18%) scikit-learn
11 2 (0.18%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 83 (7.60%) Driving Licence
2 78 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (4.12%) Data Centre
4 39 (3.57%) CCTV
4 39 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.01%) Fibre Optics
6 18 (1.65%) Web Conferencing
7 17 (1.56%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.47%) Social Media
9 14 (1.28%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.01%) IoT
11 7 (0.64%) Acoustics
11 7 (0.64%) NHS
12 6 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.46%) EPoS
13 5 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.46%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 4 (0.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 67 (6.14%) Windows
2 44 (4.03%) Linux
3 28 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.19%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.73%) Unix
6 6 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.27%) Android
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.092%) Debian
10 1 (0.092%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.092%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (13.74%) Business Development
2 140 (12.82%) B2B
3 134 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
4 113 (10.35%) Cybersecurity
5 101 (9.25%) CRM
6 85 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
7 79 (7.23%) Service Delivery
8 72 (6.59%) Lead Generation
9 69 (6.32%) Customer Service
10 63 (5.77%) Digital Marketing
11 60 (5.49%) Programme Management
12 59 (5.40%) Telesales
13 56 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
14 53 (4.85%) Collaborative Working
15 51 (4.67%) Agile
16 45 (4.12%) B2B Sales
17 42 (3.85%) Infrastructure as Code
17 42 (3.85%) Project Management
18 40 (3.66%) CI/CD
18 40 (3.66%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 62 (5.68%) Python
2 27 (2.47%) Bash
3 18 (1.65%) Go
4 13 (1.19%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.10%) JavaScript
6 10 (0.92%) SQL
7 8 (0.73%) C++
8 6 (0.55%) C#
9 4 (0.37%) C
9 4 (0.37%) Java
10 3 (0.27%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.18%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.18%) Rust
12 1 (0.092%) Bicep
12 1 (0.092%) PHP
12 1 (0.092%) SHACL
12 1 (0.092%) SPARQL
12 1 (0.092%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 107 (9.80%) Security Cleared
2 83 (7.60%) SC Cleared
3 70 (6.41%) Degree
4 23 (2.11%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.01%) CISM
5 22 (2.01%) CISSP
6 21 (1.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 18 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.19%) CCNP
9 13 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 11 (1.01%) CCNA
12 10 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.92%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.64%) Chartered Engineer
13 7 (0.64%) MCSA
13 7 (0.64%) MCSE
14 6 (0.55%) A+ Certification
14 6 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (2.11%) NIST
3 22 (2.01%) GRC
4 20 (1.83%) SLA
5 19 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.01%) GDPR
7 9 (0.82%) Data Quality
7 9 (0.82%) QA
8 8 (0.73%) PMO
9 5 (0.46%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.18%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.092%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.092%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.092%) ECSS
12 1 (0.092%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.092%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.092%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.092%) JTAG
System Software
1 32 (2.93%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.01%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.82%) Docker
5 5 (0.46%) XenApp
6 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.37%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.37%) vSphere
7 3 (0.27%) Firmware
8 2 (0.18%) KVM
9 1 (0.092%) iptables
9 1 (0.092%) pfSense
9 1 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (2.56%) Terraform
2 27 (2.47%) Ansible
2 27 (2.47%) Grafana
3 22 (2.01%) Prometheus
4 19 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.65%) Cisco CUCM
6 6 (0.55%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.27%) Nmap
8 2 (0.18%) Netcool
8 2 (0.18%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.092%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.092%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.092%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.092%) Puppet
9 1 (0.092%) SCCM
9 1 (0.092%) SCOM
9 1 (0.092%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 116 (10.62%) Microsoft
2 69 (6.32%) SAP
3 60 (5.49%) Cisco
4 31 (2.84%) VMware
5 24 (2.20%) Palo Alto
6 21 (1.92%) Openreach
7 18 (1.65%) Oracle
8 17 (1.56%) BT
9 13 (1.19%) CheckPoint
9 13 (1.19%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.10%) Meraki
11 11 (1.01%) Red Hat
12 10 (0.92%) SolarWinds
13 9 (0.82%) Draytek
13 9 (0.82%) Juniper
13 9 (0.82%) Salesforce
14 8 (0.73%) Mitel
14 8 (0.73%) WatchGuard
15 6 (0.55%) ServiceNow
16 5 (0.46%) F5