Telecoms Job Trends in the West Midlands

Telecommunications
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 65 75
Rank change year-on-year -17 +10 -52
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 124 132 193
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.45% 3.82% 3.00%
As % of the General category 3.34% 6.24% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 94 39 92
10th Percentile £24,750 £21,000 £26,300
25th Percentile £28,250 £25,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £28,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -34.86% +25.00%
75th Percentile £56,563 £42,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,750 £64,800
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,710 2,116 3,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 43.38% 61.19% 54.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,505 1,284 1,934
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,500 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the West Midlands

Telecoms
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Birmingham -54 42 £40,000 -5.88% 25
Shropshire -10 25 £35,000 +22.81%
Coventry -12 19 £25,500 +15.91% 8
Staffordshire +15 16 £67,500 +141.07% 5
Warwickshire -19 10 £52,500 +94.44% 6
Herefordshire -21 4 £60,000 +84.62% 1
Worcestershire - 1 £38,000 - 4
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (0.81%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 9 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.61%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 20 (16.13%) SaaS
2 13 (10.48%) Azure
3 8 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.65%) Nutanix
5 4 (3.23%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.81%) AWS
6 1 (0.81%) Cloud Run
6 1 (0.81%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.81%) GCP
6 1 (0.81%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.81%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.26%) Wireless
2 7 (5.65%) LAN
2 7 (5.65%) WAN
3 6 (4.84%) Structured Cabling
4 5 (4.03%) Network Security
4 5 (4.03%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.23%) VLAN
6 3 (2.42%) BGP
6 3 (2.42%) Broadband
6 3 (2.42%) Firewall
6 3 (2.42%) OSPF
6 3 (2.42%) SD-WAN
6 3 (2.42%) VPN
7 2 (1.61%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.61%) Internet
7 2 (1.61%) MPLS
7 2 (1.61%) VoIP
8 1 (0.81%) DNS
8 1 (0.81%) IPFIX
8 1 (0.81%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.81%) GIS
1 1 (0.81%) MySQL
1 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.81%) Power BI
1 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Git
General
1 39 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 30 (24.19%) Finance
3 21 (16.94%) Back Office
4 16 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (12.10%) Public Sector
6 14 (11.29%) Law
7 13 (10.48%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (9.68%) Military
9 10 (8.06%) Legal
10 8 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (4.03%) Electronics
11 5 (4.03%) Marketing
12 4 (3.23%) Billing
12 4 (3.23%) Manufacturing
12 4 (3.23%) Retail
13 3 (2.42%) Automotive
13 3 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.61%) Banking
14 2 (1.61%) French Language
14 2 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (17.74%) Lead
2 14 (11.29%) Project Manager
3 9 (7.26%) Sales Manager
4 7 (5.65%) Account Manager
4 7 (5.65%) Sales Representative
5 5 (4.03%) Accountant
5 5 (4.03%) Internal Account Manager
5 5 (4.03%) IT Engineer
5 5 (4.03%) Management Accountant
5 5 (4.03%) Technical Manager
5 5 (4.03%) Technical Sales Manager
6 4 (3.23%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 4 (3.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (3.23%) Business Manager
6 4 (3.23%) Commissioning Engineer
6 4 (3.23%) Contracts Manager
6 4 (3.23%) Installations Engineer
6 4 (3.23%) IT Support
6 4 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (3.23%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.23%) XML
2 1 (0.81%) .NET
2 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.81%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (0.81%) CSS
2 1 (0.81%) CSS3
2 1 (0.81%) gRPC
2 1 (0.81%) HTML
2 1 (0.81%) HTML5
2 1 (0.81%) Node.js
2 1 (0.81%) React
2 1 (0.81%) RESTful
2 1 (0.81%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.52%) Driving Licence
2 10 (8.06%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.03%) Client/Server
4 5 (4.03%) NHS
5 4 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.23%) SCADA
6 3 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.42%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.61%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.81%) IoT
8 1 (0.81%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.03%) Windows
2 1 (0.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (30.65%) B2B
2 30 (24.19%) CRM
3 21 (16.94%) Business Development
4 18 (14.52%) Decision-Making
5 16 (12.90%) Commercial Awareness
5 16 (12.90%) Lead Generation
6 15 (12.10%) B2C
7 14 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (8.87%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (6.45%) Telesales
12 7 (5.65%) Sales Enablement
12 7 (5.65%) Validation
13 6 (4.84%) Budgeting
13 6 (4.84%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 6 (4.84%) Customer Service
14 5 (4.03%) AI
14 5 (4.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 5 (4.03%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.26%) Python
2 4 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.23%) SQL
3 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (10.48%) Degree
2 6 (4.84%) ACCA
2 6 (4.84%) CIMA
3 3 (2.42%) Azure Certification
3 3 (2.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (1.61%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.23%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.81%) QA
2 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.81%) BitLocker
1 1 (0.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) Grafana
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.81%) Nagios
1 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
1 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.26%) Cisco
3 7 (5.65%) VMware
4 4 (3.23%) Google
4 4 (3.23%) HubSpot
4 4 (3.23%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.42%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.42%) Meraki
5 3 (2.42%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.61%) NEC
6 2 (1.61%) Oracle
7 1 (0.81%) BT
7 1 (0.81%) Virgin Media