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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 31 147
Rank change year-on-year -77 +116 -21
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 1,475 3,654 1,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.26% 7.59% 2.47%
As % of the General category 4.19% 11.55% 3.82%
Number of salaries quoted 914 676 1,163
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -4.04% +10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £65,625
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £46,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.30% +3.64% -

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 35,229 31,627 50,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.97% 65.69% 64.67%
Number of salaries quoted 20,712 17,348 26,425
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,557 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.42% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,720
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -44 496 £40,000 -5.88% 102
Midlands -60 324 £46,000 -12.38% 66
South West -57 208 £40,000 -15.79% 46
West Midlands -43 196 £42,500 -19.05% 46
North of England -157 195 £45,000 -7.62% 80
North West -114 136 £38,250 -36.25% 43
East Midlands -57 128 £50,000 +24.22% 20
East of England -62 123 £51,250 -14.58% 31
Scotland -127 63 £43,750 +16.67% 16
Yorkshire -115 42 £48,750 +21.83% 31
Northern Ireland +16 33 £35,000 -43.20% 12
Wales -37 30 £27,500 -31.25% 8
North East -66 17 £35,000 -26.58% 12
Isle of Man - 3 £37,000 -
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 55 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.61%) Apache
3 9 (0.61%) nginx
4 4 (0.27%) CMS
5 3 (0.20%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.20%) WordPress
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.068%) Confluence
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 105 (7.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (6.78%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.61%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.54%) InfoPath
6 7 (0.47%) OrCAD
6 7 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.20%) Simulink
9 2 (0.14%) Fusion 360
9 2 (0.14%) Revit
10 1 (0.068%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.068%) Doxygen
10 1 (0.068%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.27%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
5 1 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.068%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.068%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.068%) Primavera
5 1 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 160 (10.85%) Azure
2 134 (9.08%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (3.80%) AWS
4 51 (3.46%) Entra ID
5 49 (3.32%) SaaS
6 25 (1.69%) OneDrive
7 21 (1.42%) GCP
8 20 (1.36%) Power Platform
9 16 (1.08%) GitHub
10 13 (0.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 13 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (0.68%) PaaS
12 9 (0.61%) Mimecast
13 8 (0.54%) IaaS
14 7 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (0.47%) OCI
15 6 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.41%) Twilio
16 5 (0.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 4 (0.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 156 (10.58%) Firewall
2 123 (8.34%) 5G
3 94 (6.37%) VPN
4 78 (5.29%) Broadband
5 72 (4.88%) VoIP
6 64 (4.34%) Wi-Fi
7 62 (4.20%) Internet
8 60 (4.07%) WAN
9 58 (3.93%) TCP/IP
10 56 (3.80%) LAN
11 51 (3.46%) 3GPP
11 51 (3.46%) Wireless
12 49 (3.32%) 4G
13 46 (3.12%) Network Security
14 38 (2.58%) DNS
15 32 (2.17%) MPLS
16 31 (2.10%) Radio Access Network
17 27 (1.83%) PBX
18 24 (1.63%) LTE
19 22 (1.49%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (1.49%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.08%) Power BI
4 10 (0.68%) GIS
4 10 (0.68%) MySQL
5 8 (0.54%) Data Lake
5 8 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
5 8 (0.54%) MongoDB
6 7 (0.47%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.47%) SQLite
7 6 (0.41%) Redis
8 5 (0.34%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.34%) Tableau
9 4 (0.27%) Power Query
9 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.20%) Big Data
10 3 (0.20%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.14%) Impala
Development Applications
1 42 (2.85%) Git
2 27 (1.83%) JIRA
3 17 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.68%) Eclipse
4 10 (0.68%) LabVIEW
4 10 (0.68%) Maven
5 9 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
5 9 (0.61%) Trac
5 9 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.47%) Subversion
7 4 (0.27%) Vagrant
8 3 (0.20%) GCC
8 3 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.14%) Apache Continuum
9 2 (0.14%) Hudson
9 2 (0.14%) Selenium
10 1 (0.068%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.068%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.068%) GitLab
10 1 (0.068%) WebDriver
General
1 419 (28.41%) Social Skills
2 277 (18.78%) Finance
3 142 (9.63%) Electronics
4 135 (9.15%) Manufacturing
5 129 (8.75%) Marketing
6 122 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
7 117 (7.93%) Public Sector
8 86 (5.83%) Retail
9 51 (3.46%) Legal
10 47 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 46 (3.12%) Billing
12 44 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (2.71%) Law
14 32 (2.17%) Local Government
15 30 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (1.69%) Games
17 23 (1.56%) Aerospace
18 20 (1.36%) Automotive
18 20 (1.36%) Military
19 14 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 113 (7.66%) Senior
2 104 (7.05%) Support Engineer
3 96 (6.51%) Analyst
4 81 (5.49%) Project Manager
5 79 (5.36%) Developer
6 64 (4.34%) Lead
6 64 (4.34%) Network Engineer
7 62 (4.20%) IT Engineer
7 62 (4.20%) Telecoms Manager
8 61 (4.14%) Business Manager
9 60 (4.07%) Development Manager
10 59 (4.00%) IT Support
11 56 (3.80%) Business Development Manager
12 52 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 51 (3.46%) Consultant
14 49 (3.32%) Software Engineer
15 47 (3.19%) Coordinator
15 47 (3.19%) Systems Engineer
16 45 (3.05%) IT Support Engineer
17 44 (2.98%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (2.31%) HTML
2 20 (1.36%) .NET
3 17 (1.15%) CSS
4 16 (1.08%) React
5 12 (0.81%) 802.1X
5 12 (0.81%) AngularJS
5 12 (0.81%) REST
6 11 (0.75%) Flask
7 9 (0.61%) XML
8 8 (0.54%) .NET Framework
8 8 (0.54%) COM
8 8 (0.54%) HTML5
8 8 (0.54%) Laravel
9 7 (0.47%) Django
10 6 (0.41%) Celery
10 6 (0.41%) Dask
10 6 (0.41%) GeoJSON
10 6 (0.41%) GeoPandas
10 6 (0.41%) LAPP Stack
10 6 (0.41%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.05%) Driving Licence
2 81 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
3 70 (4.75%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.78%) Data Centre
5 35 (2.37%) IoT
6 32 (2.17%) CCTV
7 28 (1.90%) Onboarding
8 27 (1.83%) Fibre Optics
9 24 (1.63%) Embedded Systems
10 18 (1.22%) Algorithms
11 15 (1.02%) Augmented Reality
12 13 (0.88%) Handset
13 12 (0.81%) Analogue Electronics
14 11 (0.75%) ARM Cortex
14 11 (0.75%) Replication
15 10 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.68%) FPGA
15 10 (0.68%) NHS
15 10 (0.68%) Product Ownership
15 10 (0.68%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 177 (12.00%) Windows
2 110 (7.46%) Linux
3 64 (4.34%) Windows Server
4 40 (2.71%) Windows 10
5 16 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (0.88%) Ubuntu
8 11 (0.75%) CentOS
9 10 (0.68%) Android
9 10 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.61%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.61%) Mac OS
11 8 (0.54%) Unix
12 7 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
14 5 (0.34%) OS/2
14 5 (0.34%) VMS
14 5 (0.34%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.27%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (12.54%) Customer Service
3 163 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
4 135 (9.15%) Project Management
5 125 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
6 112 (7.59%) Programme Management
7 106 (7.19%) Digital Marketing
8 104 (7.05%) Agile
9 96 (6.51%) Project Delivery
10 90 (6.10%) Business Development
11 85 (5.76%) Customer Experience
12 82 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 79 (5.36%) Software Engineering
14 77 (5.22%) B2B
14 77 (5.22%) Decision-Making
15 69 (4.68%) ITIL
16 68 (4.61%) Change Management
17 63 (4.27%) Mentoring
18 59 (4.00%) Computer Science
18 59 (4.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (6.17%) Python
2 70 (4.75%) SQL
3 55 (3.73%) C
4 50 (3.39%) C++
5 48 (3.25%) JavaScript
6 32 (2.17%) C#
7 29 (1.97%) PowerShell
8 28 (1.90%) Java
9 16 (1.08%) Embedded C
10 14 (0.95%) PHP
11 12 (0.81%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.75%) R
13 8 (0.54%) Embedded C++
13 8 (0.54%) Perl
14 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.41%) Assembly Language
15 6 (0.41%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.34%) Bash
16 5 (0.34%) Go
16 5 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 228 (15.46%) Degree
2 139 (9.42%) Security Cleared
3 90 (6.10%) SC Cleared
4 28 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (1.90%) DV Cleared
5 26 (1.76%) Master's Degree
6 25 (1.69%) CISSP
7 24 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (1.42%) CCNA
8 21 (1.42%) CISM
9 20 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (1.29%) ACCA
10 19 (1.29%) CIMA
11 17 (1.15%) DBS Check
12 16 (1.08%) A+ Certification
12 16 (1.08%) HND
13 12 (0.81%) CRISC
13 12 (0.81%) NVQ Level 3
13 12 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 10 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (4.61%) QA
2 59 (4.00%) SLA
3 49 (3.32%) NCSC
4 37 (2.51%) GDPR
5 35 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (1.49%) ISO 9001
8 13 (0.88%) Data Quality
8 13 (0.88%) GRC
8 13 (0.88%) NIST
9 12 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 12 (0.81%) NEBOSH
10 11 (0.75%) PMO
11 8 (0.54%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.47%) COSHH
13 6 (0.41%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.41%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.34%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.34%) JTAG
15 4 (0.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 102 (6.92%) Active Directory
2 64 (4.34%) Hyper-V
3 39 (2.64%) Docker
4 30 (2.03%) Firmware
4 30 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (1.02%) pfSense
7 13 (0.88%) Embedded Firmware
8 11 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (0.61%) NFS
10 5 (0.34%) vSphere
11 3 (0.20%) Ceph
11 3 (0.20%) Gluster
11 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
11 3 (0.20%) KVM
11 3 (0.20%) oVirt
11 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.14%) HDFS
12 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.22%) ZABBIX
3 17 (1.15%) Ansible
4 16 (1.08%) Kubernetes
5 15 (1.02%) FortiGate
5 15 (1.02%) Grafana
6 14 (0.95%) SCCM
7 10 (0.68%) Terraform
8 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 9 (0.61%) SCDPM
9 7 (0.47%) Nessus
10 6 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.27%) AirWatch
12 3 (0.20%) Autotask
12 3 (0.20%) Graylog
12 3 (0.20%) Observium
12 3 (0.20%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.20%) Puppet
13 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 299 (20.27%) Microsoft
2 109 (7.39%) SAP
3 79 (5.36%) Cisco
4 64 (4.34%) Openreach
5 57 (3.86%) Virgin Media
6 55 (3.73%) VMware
7 39 (2.64%) Juniper
8 34 (2.31%) HP
8 34 (2.31%) NEC
9 28 (1.90%) Veeam
10 27 (1.83%) Fortinet
11 25 (1.69%) Oracle
12 24 (1.63%) BT
13 18 (1.22%) Aruba
14 16 (1.08%) Ericsson
14 16 (1.08%) McAfee
15 15 (1.02%) EMC
16 14 (0.95%) Darktrace
16 14 (0.95%) Palo Alto
16 14 (0.95%) Sage