Telecoms Job Trends in Yorkshire

Telecommunications
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in 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 95 113 136
Rank change year-on-year +18 +23 -1
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 67 40 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.00% 1.29% 1.38%
As % of the General category 3.39% 1.88% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 38 10 36
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,750 £27,875
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,938 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,250 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -7.56% +30.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £64,500 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -13.64%

All General Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,978 2,133 2,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 59.04% 68.63% 64.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,087 735 1,656
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,332 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £69,041
90th Percentile £82,900 £81,250 £84,964
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.00%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Yorkshire

Telecoms
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the 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
West Yorkshire -2 29 £57,500 +85.48% 17
North Yorkshire +4 15 £26,750 -43.68% 12
East Yorkshire - 10 £28,000 - 7
South Yorkshire -2 8 £45,000 -21.74% 6
Humberside - 2 - - 3
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) Site Server
Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.42%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (13.43%) Azure
3 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.48%) SaaS
4 1 (1.49%) AWS
4 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.49%) GCP
4 1 (1.49%) GitHub
4 1 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.42%) VoIP
2 9 (13.43%) Firewall
3 8 (11.94%) Broadband
3 8 (11.94%) Internet
3 8 (11.94%) Unified Communications
3 8 (11.94%) VPN
3 8 (11.94%) WAN
4 7 (10.45%) DNS
4 7 (10.45%) TCP/IP
5 6 (8.96%) DHCP
5 6 (8.96%) LAN
5 6 (8.96%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (8.96%) VLAN
5 6 (8.96%) Wireless
6 3 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.99%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.49%) ADSL
8 1 (1.49%) HTTP
8 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.49%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.90%) Finance
3 8 (11.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (8.96%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.46%) Law
5 5 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.97%) Legal
6 4 (5.97%) Marketing
6 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.49%) Electronics
9 1 (1.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (17.91%) Senior
2 11 (16.42%) Analyst
3 10 (14.93%) Account Manager
3 10 (14.93%) Support Analyst
3 10 (14.93%) Technical Support
4 8 (11.94%) Support Engineer
5 7 (10.45%) Senior Manager
6 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 6 (8.96%) IT Manager
6 6 (8.96%) Senior Account Manager
6 6 (8.96%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (8.96%) Technical Support Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (5.97%) Technical Support Analyst
7 4 (5.97%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 4 (5.97%) Telecoms Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Business Development Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Project Officer
8 3 (4.48%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.48%) Social Media
2 2 (2.99%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.49%) CCTV
3 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.49%) NHS
3 1 (1.49%) Replication
3 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.96%) Linux
1 6 (8.96%) Windows
1 6 (8.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (19.40%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (14.93%) Contract Negotiation
3 9 (13.43%) CRM
3 9 (13.43%) Customer Service
4 8 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (10.45%) Line Management
6 6 (8.96%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 6 (8.96%) Business Development
6 6 (8.96%) Network Management
7 5 (7.46%) Change Management
7 5 (7.46%) Lead Generation
8 4 (5.97%) Budget Management
8 4 (5.97%) Budgeting
8 4 (5.97%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (5.97%) Cost Control
8 4 (5.97%) Customer Experience
8 4 (5.97%) Financial Analysis
9 3 (4.48%) Co-Creation
9 3 (4.48%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.49%) Bash
1 1 (1.49%) Go
1 1 (1.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (5.97%) Degree
2 3 (4.48%) ACCA
2 3 (4.48%) CIMA
3 2 (2.99%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.49%) CCNA
4 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) EU AI Act
1 3 (4.48%) GDPR
1 3 (4.48%) PMO
2 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (8.96%) Active Directory
1 6 (8.96%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.49%) Ansible
2 1 (1.49%) Grafana
2 1 (1.49%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (26.87%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) Apple
2 6 (8.96%) Sage
2 6 (8.96%) Salesforce
2 6 (8.96%) SonicWALL
3 4 (5.97%) Openreach
4 2 (2.99%) Xero
5 1 (1.49%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.49%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.49%) Cisco
5 1 (1.49%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.49%) Huawei
5 1 (1.49%) Meraki
5 1 (1.49%) Okta
5 1 (1.49%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.49%) Polycom
5 1 (1.49%) SAP
5 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.49%) Trend Micro