Telecoms Specialist Job Trends

Telecommunications Specialist
UK

The median Telecommunications Specialist salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 672 753 752
Rank change year-on-year +81 -1 +394
Permanent jobs requiring a Telecoms Specialist 1 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.014% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.015% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.66%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 - £62,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.66%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,123 68,674 54,167
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.76% 95.36% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 25,686 39,256 41,914
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,750 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.50% -4.76% -

Telecoms Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Telecoms Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Telecoms Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Telecoms Specialist
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Telecoms Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Telecoms Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Telecoms Specialist
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 12 October 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
England +102 1 £45,000 - 2
UK excluding London +71 1 £45,000 - 1
South East +32 1 £45,000 - 1

Telecoms Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 October 2025, Telecoms Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Telecoms Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCDA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Telecoms Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCDA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco