Telecoms Jobs in the South West

Telecommunications
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 94 33 62
Rank change year-on-year -61 +29 +21
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 266 512 415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.83% 7.62% 5.02%
As % of the General category 5.29% 11.98% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 217 116 310
10th Percentile £24,000 £32,625 £26,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,375 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% -

All General Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,032 4,273 5,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 53.59% 63.56% 61.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,424 2,336 3,099
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,149 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £37,239
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,070 £64,106
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,375 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the South West

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Telecoms in the South West

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the South West over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the South West

Telecoms
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the South West 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
Bristol -9 78 £53,500 -2.73% 30
Gloucestershire -16 73 £40,000 -34.69% 24
Cornwall +10 31 £39,005 -11.35% 1
Somerset -24 20 £47,500 +11.76% 7
Dorset -73 20 £31,375 -40.24% 8
Wiltshire -41 17 £42,500 -1.74% 8
Devon -57 13 £18,000 -49.30% 5
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.50%) Moodle
3 3 (1.13%) CloudStack
Applications
1 25 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.26%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.75%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 23 (8.65%) Azure
2 17 (6.39%) SaaS
3 14 (5.26%) AWS
4 5 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.50%) GCP
5 4 (1.50%) OCI
6 3 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.13%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.75%) PaaS
7 2 (0.75%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.38%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.89%) VPN
2 19 (7.14%) Broadband
3 17 (6.39%) Firewall
3 17 (6.39%) VoIP
4 16 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (3.76%) TCP/IP
5 10 (3.76%) Unified Communications
6 9 (3.38%) LAN
7 8 (3.01%) PBX
8 7 (2.63%) SDH
9 6 (2.26%) Wireless
10 5 (1.88%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (1.88%) VSAT
11 4 (1.50%) 5G
11 4 (1.50%) Ethernet
12 3 (1.13%) 4G
12 3 (1.13%) Internet
12 3 (1.13%) iSCSI
12 3 (1.13%) MPLS
12 3 (1.13%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
1 11 (4.14%) SQLite
2 8 (3.01%) Electronic Patient Records
2 8 (3.01%) MySQL
3 2 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.75%) Power BI
3 2 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (6.77%) Git
2 10 (3.76%) Subversion
3 7 (2.63%) Eclipse
3 7 (2.63%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.50%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.75%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 87 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 47 (17.67%) Finance
3 35 (13.16%) Military
4 30 (11.28%) Electronics
5 26 (9.77%) Public Sector
6 20 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (7.14%) Marketing
7 19 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (6.77%) Manufacturing
9 11 (4.14%) Retail
10 10 (3.76%) Local Government
10 10 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.26%) Billing
11 6 (2.26%) Games
12 5 (1.88%) French Language
12 5 (1.88%) Law
12 5 (1.88%) Police
12 5 (1.88%) Portuguese Language
13 4 (1.50%) Brand Awareness
13 4 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (15.04%) Project Manager
2 29 (10.90%) Support Engineer
3 26 (9.77%) Technical Engineer
4 23 (8.65%) Technical Support
5 20 (7.52%) Architect
6 18 (6.77%) Technical Support Engineer
7 16 (6.02%) Analyst
8 14 (5.26%) IT Engineer
8 14 (5.26%) Telecoms Manager
9 12 (4.51%) Lead
10 11 (4.14%) Business Development Manager
10 11 (4.14%) Business Manager
10 11 (4.14%) Developer
10 11 (4.14%) Development Manager
10 11 (4.14%) IT Support
10 11 (4.14%) IT Support Engineer
10 11 (4.14%) Telecoms Project Manager
11 10 (3.76%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.76%) Systems Architect
12 9 (3.38%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.89%) HTML
2 8 (3.01%) REST
3 7 (2.63%) Laravel
4 5 (1.88%) .NET
4 5 (1.88%) Qt
4 5 (1.88%) XML
5 4 (1.50%) .NET Core
5 4 (1.50%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.50%) DAO
5 4 (1.50%) JSON
5 4 (1.50%) SOAP
6 3 (1.13%) RESTful
7 2 (0.75%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.75%) CSS
7 2 (0.75%) Doctrine
7 2 (0.75%) jQuery
7 2 (0.75%) LAMP
7 2 (0.75%) React
7 2 (0.75%) Symfony
7 2 (0.75%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.53%) Driving Licence
2 16 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.14%) Fibre Optics
4 10 (3.76%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (3.01%) Social Media
6 7 (2.63%) Freedom of Information
6 7 (2.63%) NHS
7 6 (2.26%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.88%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.88%) VHDL
8 5 (1.88%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.50%) Analogue Electronics
9 4 (1.50%) FPGA
9 4 (1.50%) Verilog
10 3 (1.13%) CPLD
10 3 (1.13%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.13%) Robotics
11 2 (0.75%) CMDB
11 2 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.16%) Windows
2 27 (10.15%) Linux
3 7 (2.63%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.88%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.88%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.13%) CentOS
6 3 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.13%) SUSE
6 3 (1.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 3 (1.13%) Unix
6 3 (1.13%) VMS
7 2 (0.75%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.38%) Android
8 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (23.68%) Customer Service
2 46 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (17.29%) Project Management
3 32 (12.03%) Project Delivery
4 30 (11.28%) B2B
4 30 (11.28%) PRINCE2
5 25 (9.40%) Agile
6 23 (8.65%) Software Engineering
7 21 (7.89%) Customer Experience
8 20 (7.52%) Business Intelligence
9 15 (5.64%) ITIL
9 15 (5.64%) Project Planning
10 14 (5.26%) DevOps
10 14 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
10 14 (5.26%) Programme Management
10 14 (5.26%) Time Management
11 13 (4.89%) Business Development
11 13 (4.89%) Computer Science
11 13 (4.89%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 13 (4.89%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 46 (17.29%) Python
2 23 (8.65%) Java
3 22 (8.27%) C
3 22 (8.27%) C#
4 19 (7.14%) C++
5 17 (6.39%) SQL
6 14 (5.26%) PHP
7 11 (4.14%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.63%) Bash
9 5 (1.88%) Embedded C++
10 4 (1.50%) Embedded C
10 4 (1.50%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.13%) Go
11 3 (1.13%) Perl
12 2 (0.75%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.75%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 48 (18.05%) Security Cleared
2 33 (12.41%) Degree
3 22 (8.27%) DV Cleared
4 20 (7.52%) HNC
5 15 (5.64%) SC Cleared
6 11 (4.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (1.88%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.88%) PCI QSA
8 4 (1.50%) HND
9 3 (1.13%) CCNP
9 3 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.75%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.75%) CCNA
10 2 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.38%) SLA
2 6 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.88%) GRC
3 5 (1.88%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.75%) PMO
4 2 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 16 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.01%) Docker
3 7 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.26%) Firmware
5 4 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.50%) vSphere
6 3 (1.13%) Ceph
6 3 (1.13%) Gluster
6 3 (1.13%) KVM
6 3 (1.13%) oVirt
7 2 (0.75%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (2.26%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.50%) Ansible
3 3 (1.13%) Graylog
3 3 (1.13%) Observium
3 3 (1.13%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.13%) Puppet
3 3 (1.13%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.38%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 63 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.64%) SAP
3 13 (4.89%) BT
4 12 (4.51%) Ericsson
5 10 (3.76%) Draytek
5 10 (3.76%) Openreach
6 9 (3.38%) Cisco
7 8 (3.01%) VMware
8 6 (2.26%) Ribbon
8 6 (2.26%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.26%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.50%) Dialogic
9 4 (1.50%) Google
9 4 (1.50%) HP
9 4 (1.50%) Juniper
9 4 (1.50%) Oracle
9 4 (1.50%) Symantec
10 3 (1.13%) Fujitsu
11 2 (0.75%) Avaya
11 2 (0.75%) IBM