Telecoms Jobs in the UK excluding London

Telecommunications
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 41 142
Rank change year-on-year -73 +101 -28
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 1,720 3,875 1,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.40% 6.55% 2.59%
As % of the General category 4.20% 9.55% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,146 711 1,150
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Telecoms is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40,938 40,588 44,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.15% 68.63% 60.68%
Number of salaries quoted 26,499 18,514 24,456
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,462 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the UK excluding London

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Telecoms in the UK excluding London

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the UK excluding London

Telecoms
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
South East -30 612 £37,500 -11.76% 177
Midlands -57 279 £40,000 -11.11% 92
South West -61 266 £40,000 -15.79% 82
North of England -113 261 £45,000 - 118
North West -86 173 £42,500 -29.17% 68
West Midlands -57 159 £41,250 -17.50% 54
East of England -66 148 £50,000 -16.67% 63
East Midlands -52 120 £39,000 -3.11% 38
Scotland -124 77 £42,500 - 21
Yorkshire -106 68 £47,500 +11.76% 31
Northern Ireland +18 39 £35,000 +27.27% 9
Wales -57 29 £32,500 +4.84% 21
North East -74 20 £27,500 -34.52% 20
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -
Telecoms
UK

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 63 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.47%) Apache
4 7 (0.41%) nginx
5 4 (0.23%) CMS
5 4 (0.23%) Confluence
5 4 (0.23%) Moodle
6 3 (0.17%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.17%) WordPress
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.058%) IIS
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.058%) WebSphere
Applications
1 132 (7.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 112 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.47%) AutoCAD
5 7 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.35%) OrCAD
7 5 (0.29%) InfoPath
7 5 (0.29%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.23%) Doxygen
8 4 (0.23%) Simulink
9 2 (0.12%) Fusion 360
10 1 (0.058%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.058%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.058%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.058%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.058%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
1 7 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.23%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.12%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
5 1 (0.058%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.058%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 174 (10.12%) Azure
2 172 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (3.90%) AWS
4 58 (3.37%) SaaS
5 54 (3.14%) Entra ID
6 39 (2.27%) Power Platform
7 24 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
8 21 (1.22%) GitHub
8 21 (1.22%) OneDrive
9 17 (0.99%) GCP
10 13 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (0.70%) Mimecast
12 11 (0.64%) PaaS
13 9 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (0.35%) OCI
14 6 (0.35%) Twilio
15 5 (0.29%) AWS IoT
15 5 (0.29%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 188 (10.93%) Firewall
2 100 (5.81%) Broadband
3 97 (5.64%) 5G
4 90 (5.23%) Wireless
5 89 (5.17%) Wi-Fi
6 83 (4.83%) VoIP
7 81 (4.71%) VPN
8 78 (4.53%) WAN
9 71 (4.13%) TCP/IP
10 70 (4.07%) LAN
11 63 (3.66%) Internet
12 56 (3.26%) DNS
13 54 (3.14%) 4G
14 42 (2.44%) LTE
15 39 (2.27%) Network Security
16 38 (2.21%) MPLS
16 38 (2.21%) PBX
17 34 (1.98%) DHCP
18 30 (1.74%) Unified Communications
19 29 (1.69%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.21%) Power BI
2 30 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.22%) MySQL
4 11 (0.64%) SQLite
5 9 (0.52%) Data Lake
5 9 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
6 8 (0.47%) GIS
7 7 (0.41%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.35%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.35%) Redis
8 6 (0.35%) Tableau
9 4 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.23%) Power Query
10 3 (0.17%) Big Data
10 3 (0.17%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.12%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.12%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 66 (3.84%) Git
2 33 (1.92%) JIRA
3 24 (1.40%) LabVIEW
4 20 (1.16%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.99%) Eclipse
6 15 (0.87%) Subversion
7 13 (0.76%) Visual Studio
8 10 (0.58%) Trac
9 8 (0.47%) GCC
9 8 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
10 6 (0.35%) Maven
11 5 (0.29%) Selenium
12 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.23%) GitLab
12 4 (0.23%) Hudson
12 4 (0.23%) Vagrant
13 3 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
13 3 (0.17%) WebDriver
14 2 (0.12%) Apache Continuum
14 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
General
1 507 (29.48%) Social Skills
2 345 (20.06%) Finance
3 192 (11.16%) Electronics
4 173 (10.06%) Marketing
5 166 (9.65%) Manufacturing
6 158 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
7 154 (8.95%) Public Sector
8 107 (6.22%) Retail
9 84 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
10 63 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 63 (3.66%) Legal
11 58 (3.37%) Law
12 51 (2.97%) Billing
13 47 (2.73%) Local Government
14 41 (2.38%) Military
15 35 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
16 29 (1.69%) Aerospace
17 25 (1.45%) Automotive
18 18 (1.05%) Brand Awareness
19 15 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 139 (8.08%) Senior
1 139 (8.08%) Support Engineer
2 108 (6.28%) Project Manager
3 104 (6.05%) Developer
4 93 (5.41%) Lead
5 85 (4.94%) Analyst
6 82 (4.77%) IT Engineer
7 79 (4.59%) Telecoms Manager
8 73 (4.24%) IT Support
9 69 (4.01%) Business Manager
9 69 (4.01%) Development Manager
10 60 (3.49%) Business Development Manager
11 59 (3.43%) Technical Support
12 57 (3.31%) Team Leader
13 55 (3.20%) IT Manager
14 54 (3.14%) IT Support Engineer
15 51 (2.97%) Consultant
16 50 (2.91%) Network Engineer
16 50 (2.91%) Technical Engineer
17 49 (2.85%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.26%) HTML
2 38 (2.21%) CSS
3 32 (1.86%) .NET
4 26 (1.51%) React
5 21 (1.22%) Flask
6 16 (0.93%) Laravel
7 15 (0.87%) AngularJS
8 13 (0.76%) Django
8 13 (0.76%) REST
9 12 (0.70%) .NET Framework
9 12 (0.70%) 802.1X
10 10 (0.58%) WPF
10 10 (0.58%) XML
11 9 (0.52%) HTML5
12 8 (0.47%) Svelte
12 8 (0.47%) Vue
13 7 (0.41%) LDAP
13 7 (0.41%) Qt
13 7 (0.41%) RESTful
14 6 (0.35%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 127 (7.38%) Driving Licence
2 95 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
3 85 (4.94%) Management Information System
4 42 (2.44%) IoT
5 40 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 39 (2.27%) CCTV
7 32 (1.86%) Fibre Optics
8 27 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
8 27 (1.57%) Product Ownership
9 26 (1.51%) Onboarding
10 22 (1.28%) Acoustics
10 22 (1.28%) Satnav
11 18 (1.05%) Algorithms
12 17 (0.99%) Replication
13 16 (0.93%) FPGA
13 16 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
14 15 (0.87%) Robotics
15 14 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
16 13 (0.76%) ARM Cortex
16 13 (0.76%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 215 (12.50%) Windows
2 134 (7.79%) Linux
3 109 (6.34%) Windows Server
4 45 (2.62%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (0.87%) Ubuntu
7 15 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (0.70%) CentOS
9 10 (0.58%) Unix
10 9 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
11 8 (0.47%) Android
11 8 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (0.41%) Mac OS
12 7 (0.41%) VMS
12 7 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (0.35%) Apple iOS
13 6 (0.35%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.23%) Windows 7
15 3 (0.17%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
2 254 (14.77%) Customer Service
3 202 (11.74%) Project Management
4 164 (9.53%) Business Intelligence
5 157 (9.13%) Agile
6 150 (8.72%) Digital Marketing
7 148 (8.60%) Programme Management
8 128 (7.44%) Cybersecurity
9 122 (7.09%) Project Delivery
10 103 (5.99%) Customer Experience
11 98 (5.70%) B2B
11 98 (5.70%) Business Development
11 98 (5.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 92 (5.35%) Software Engineering
13 83 (4.83%) CRM
14 82 (4.77%) Computer Science
14 82 (4.77%) ITIL
15 81 (4.71%) Mentoring
16 77 (4.48%) Change Management
16 77 (4.48%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 145 (8.43%) Python
2 94 (5.47%) C
3 93 (5.41%) SQL
4 67 (3.90%) C#
5 65 (3.78%) JavaScript
6 62 (3.60%) C++
7 51 (2.97%) Java
8 26 (1.51%) PHP
8 26 (1.51%) PowerShell
9 20 (1.16%) Embedded C
10 16 (0.93%) Go
11 14 (0.81%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.70%) T-SQL
13 11 (0.64%) MATLAB
14 10 (0.58%) R
15 9 (0.52%) Assembly Language
15 9 (0.52%) Bash
15 9 (0.52%) Embedded C++
15 9 (0.52%) Perl
16 8 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 318 (18.49%) Degree
2 159 (9.24%) Security Cleared
3 95 (5.52%) SC Cleared
4 40 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
5 36 (2.09%) HNC
6 31 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (1.74%) CCNA
7 30 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 29 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.57%) DV Cleared
9 27 (1.57%) HND
10 24 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 24 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 22 (1.28%) CISSP
12 19 (1.10%) ACCA
12 19 (1.10%) CIMA
12 19 (1.10%) CISM
13 18 (1.05%) A+ Certification
14 14 (0.81%) CCNP
14 14 (0.81%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (4.48%) SLA
2 58 (3.37%) QA
3 34 (1.98%) GDPR
4 26 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 23 (1.34%) ISO 9001
6 21 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (0.99%) PMO
8 14 (0.81%) NCSC
9 13 (0.76%) GRC
10 12 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 12 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 11 (0.64%) NIST
12 10 (0.58%) COSHH
12 10 (0.58%) Data Quality
13 8 (0.47%) NEBOSH
13 8 (0.47%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.35%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.35%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.23%) IEC 61131
15 4 (0.23%) JTAG
System Software
1 127 (7.38%) Active Directory
2 81 (4.71%) Hyper-V
3 44 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (2.21%) Firmware
5 37 (2.15%) Docker
6 22 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (0.93%) pfSense
9 13 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
10 10 (0.58%) NFS
11 6 (0.35%) Terminal Services
11 6 (0.35%) vSphere
12 3 (0.17%) Ceph
12 3 (0.17%) Gluster
12 3 (0.17%) KVM
12 3 (0.17%) oVirt
13 2 (0.12%) HDFS
13 2 (0.12%) Kamailio
14 1 (0.058%) QEMU
14 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 36 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.16%) Ansible
3 19 (1.10%) ZABBIX
4 16 (0.93%) Grafana
4 16 (0.93%) SCCM
5 15 (0.87%) FortiGate
5 15 (0.87%) Kubernetes
6 11 (0.64%) Terraform
7 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 10 (0.58%) SCDPM
8 7 (0.41%) Nessus
9 6 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.23%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.23%) Autotask
11 3 (0.17%) Graylog
11 3 (0.17%) Observium
11 3 (0.17%) PaperCut
11 3 (0.17%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.17%) Puppet
12 2 (0.12%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 363 (21.10%) Microsoft
2 139 (8.08%) SAP
3 96 (5.58%) Cisco
4 74 (4.30%) VMware
5 66 (3.84%) Openreach
6 58 (3.37%) Virgin Media
7 50 (2.91%) Juniper
8 42 (2.44%) Veeam
9 40 (2.33%) NEC
10 37 (2.15%) HP
11 31 (1.80%) BT
11 31 (1.80%) Fortinet
12 30 (1.74%) Aruba
13 28 (1.63%) Oracle
14 24 (1.40%) Salesforce
15 23 (1.34%) Ericsson
16 21 (1.22%) McAfee
17 20 (1.16%) Sage
18 17 (0.99%) Palo Alto
19 16 (0.93%) Ribbon