Telecoms Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Telecommunications
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 89 119
Rank change year-on-year -2 +30 +23
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 29 13 21
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 1.58% 0.91% 1.02%
As % of the General category 2.76% 1.40% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 15 1 16
10th Percentile £37,050 - £53,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £30,500 £55,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £31,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +85.48% -48.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £31,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £51,250 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.20% -7.56% +30.45%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,052 927 1,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 57.30% 64.73% 67.56%
Number of salaries quoted 583 438 1,045
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £39,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% +2.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,438 £72,433
90th Percentile £86,050 £86,625 £90,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Telecoms
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in West Yorkshire

Telecoms
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Leeds +4 25 £65,000 - 7
Wakefield - 2 £40,000 - 5
Bradford - 1 £38,500 - 1
Castleford - 1 £55,000 - 2
Telecoms
Yorkshire

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (3.45%) Site Server
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
1 3 (10.34%) SaaS
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) Unified Communications
2 2 (6.90%) Broadband
3 1 (3.45%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.45%) Firewall
3 1 (3.45%) Internet
3 1 (3.45%) VPN
3 1 (3.45%) WAN
3 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Power BI
General
1 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (17.24%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Law
5 3 (10.34%) Legal
5 3 (10.34%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.45%) Electronics
7 1 (3.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Senior
2 7 (24.14%) Senior Manager
3 6 (20.69%) Account Manager
3 6 (20.69%) Senior Account Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Project Officer
4 3 (10.34%) Project Support Officer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Project Officer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Project Support Officer
4 3 (10.34%) Support Officer
5 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Business Development Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Business Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Development Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Business Development Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Driving Licence
1 2 (6.90%) Social Media
2 1 (3.45%) CCTV
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Contract Negotiation
1 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (17.24%) Business Development
2 5 (17.24%) CRM
3 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (13.79%) Change Management
3 4 (13.79%) Lead Generation
4 3 (10.34%) Budget Control
4 3 (10.34%) Budget Management
4 3 (10.34%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (10.34%) Commercial Awareness
4 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (10.34%) Cost Control
4 3 (10.34%) Data Protection
4 3 (10.34%) Document Management
4 3 (10.34%) Financial Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) Order Management
4 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
4 3 (10.34%) Project Governance
4 3 (10.34%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) EU AI Act
1 3 (10.34%) GDPR
1 3 (10.34%) PMO
2 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Salesforce
3 3 (10.34%) Openreach
4 1 (3.45%) Okta
4 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.45%) SAP
4 1 (3.45%) Trend Micro