Telecoms Job Trends in Wakefield

Telecommunications
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Wakefield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 2.82% - -
As % of the General category 4.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £49,250 £58,750
% change year-on-year +16.75% -16.17% +46.88%

All General Skills
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 47 20 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 66.20% 66.67% 71.08%
Number of salaries quoted 23 6 43
10th Percentile £38,000 £33,250 £36,050
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £46,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -9.48% +36.47%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £73,500 £63,750 £75,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,223 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.51% -7.00% -1.82%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft