Telecoms Jobs 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 106 56
Rank change year-on-year +61 -50 +118
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 209 160 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.84% 2.17% 5.50%
As % of the General category 8.52% 3.76% 7.23%
Number of salaries quoted 22 123 78
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £25,350
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.94% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,375 £65,000 £74,125
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -18.18% -

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 common skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,454 4,260 4,788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.83% 57.71% 76.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,067 3,017 2,195
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,125 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +9.95%
75th Percentile £65,302 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,471 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.47% -12.50% -

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the West Midlands

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Telecoms in the West Midlands

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 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
Birmingham +32 98 £42,500 -8.60% 42
Warwickshire +39 77 £42,500 -12.82% 9
Coventry +9 17 - - 3
Shropshire +23 12 £28,500 -24.00% 7
Staffordshire +17 3 £28,000 -37.78% 10
Worcestershire +17 1 - - 4
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (2.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (10.53%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (2.87%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (2.87%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (10.53%) 3GPP
1 22 (10.53%) 5G
2 9 (4.31%) VPN
3 8 (3.83%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.87%) DHCP
4 6 (2.87%) Firewall
4 6 (2.87%) LAN
4 6 (2.87%) WAN
5 3 (1.44%) VoIP
6 2 (0.96%) MPLS
7 1 (0.48%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.48%) Wireless
7 1 (0.48%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.48%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.96%) MySQL
2 1 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Cucumber
1 2 (0.96%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.48%) GDB
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (0.48%) WinDbg
General
1 101 (48.33%) Automotive
2 58 (27.75%) Finance
3 45 (21.53%) Retail
4 23 (11.00%) Manufacturing
4 23 (11.00%) Marketing
5 22 (10.53%) Games
6 17 (8.13%) Social Skills
7 7 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.35%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.87%) Law
9 5 (2.39%) Military
10 4 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.44%) Legal
12 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.48%) Electronics
13 1 (0.48%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 73 (34.93%) Senior
2 67 (32.06%) Systems Engineer
3 65 (31.10%) Principal Engineer
3 65 (31.10%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 36 (17.22%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 23 (11.00%) Risk Manager
5 23 (11.00%) Technology Risk Manager
6 12 (5.74%) Automation Specialist
6 12 (5.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 11 (5.26%) IT Support
8 9 (4.31%) Tester
9 6 (2.87%) Analyst
9 6 (2.87%) IT Analyst
9 6 (2.87%) IT Support Analyst
9 6 (2.87%) Security Tester
9 6 (2.87%) Support Analyst
9 6 (2.87%) Support Engineer
10 5 (2.39%) IT Engineer
10 5 (2.39%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (2.39%) Telecoms Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.48%) CSS
1 1 (0.48%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.48%) HTML
1 1 (0.48%) Laravel
1 1 (0.48%) libvirt
1 1 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (0.48%) React
1 1 (0.48%) RESTful
1 1 (0.48%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 45 (21.53%) Blockchain
1 45 (21.53%) Robotics
2 24 (11.48%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.96%) CCTV
5 2 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (0.96%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.48%) Clustering
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.48%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.48%) Smart Energy
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.18%) Windows
2 11 (5.26%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.87%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.87%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.44%) Linux
5 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (48.80%) Systems Engineering
2 65 (31.10%) Project Planning
3 49 (23.44%) Agile
4 48 (22.97%) Mentoring
5 47 (22.49%) Artificial Intelligence
5 47 (22.49%) Coaching
6 45 (21.53%) Analytics
6 45 (21.53%) Data Analytics
6 45 (21.53%) Robotic Process Automation
7 44 (21.05%) Creative Thinking
8 28 (13.40%) ERP
9 26 (12.44%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (11.00%) IT Governance
10 23 (11.00%) Risk Management
11 22 (10.53%) Change Management
11 22 (10.53%) Information Security
11 22 (10.53%) IT Audit
11 22 (10.53%) Project Delivery
12 21 (10.05%) People Management
13 15 (7.18%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.35%) Python
2 4 (1.91%) JavaScript
2 4 (1.91%) PHP
3 2 (0.96%) Bash
3 2 (0.96%) C
3 2 (0.96%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.48%) Assembly Language
4 1 (0.48%) C#
4 1 (0.48%) C++
4 1 (0.48%) CodeQL
4 1 (0.48%) VB
Qualifications
1 111 (53.11%) Degree
2 57 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (10.53%) CISA
3 22 (10.53%) ISACA
4 6 (2.87%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.96%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.48%) CSPO
6 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.48%) PhD
6 1 (0.48%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.48%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (0.48%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (21.53%) ITGC
2 22 (10.53%) NCSC
3 3 (1.44%) QA
4 1 (0.48%) PMO
4 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Firmware
2 1 (0.48%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (0.96%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (13.88%) SAP
2 22 (10.53%) Oracle
3 18 (8.61%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.87%) Apple
5 4 (1.91%) Cisco
6 1 (0.48%) Citrix
6 1 (0.48%) ForeScout
6 1 (0.48%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.48%) Nexthink
6 1 (0.48%) PayPal
6 1 (0.48%) ServiceNow