Telecommunications — headcount changes
Year-on-year headcount change for Telecommunications companies that file detailed accounts. A structural signal from filed accounts — not a live jobs feed; figures lag the present by roughly 12–24 months.
Fastest-growing Telecommunications teams · 2026
By year-on-year headcount growth — companies of 20+ staff
| # | Company | Headcount | Growth | Trend | Cost/head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | CIRCET HOME LIMITED | 269 729 | +171% | £34k | |
| 02 | NORTH PB LIMITED | 73 197 | +170% | £60k | |
| 03 | YOUFIBRE LIMITED | 203 382 | +88% | £48k | |
| 04 | NANO FIBRE UK LIMITED | 169 315 | +86% | £40k | |
| 05 | HIGHLAND BROADBAND NETWORKS LIMITED | 49 80 | +63% | — | |
| 06 | XOCEAN UK LIMITED | 46 75 | +63% | £57k | |
| 07 | SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION MISSION SYSTEMS UK, LTD | 52 84 | +62% | £81k | |
| 08 | DABCO LIMITED | 42 67 | +60% | £77k | |
| 09 | WILDANET LIMITED | 119 184 | +55% | £26k | |
| 10 | DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LIMITED | 93 142 | +53% | £56k | |
| 11 | GLOBAL 4 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 95 142 | +49% | £40k | |
| 12 | ARROW BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 294 439 | +49% | £58k |
Sharpest Telecommunications headcount cuts
By year-on-year headcount decline — talent likely coming onto the market
| # | Company | Headcount | Change | Trend | Cost/head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | VODAFONE GLOBAL ENTERPRISE LIMITED | 271 114 | -58% | £89k | |
| 02 | ELITETELE.COM PLC | 120 55 | -54% | £56k | |
| 03 | COMMSCOPE UK LIMITED | 81 38 | -53% | £132k | |
| 04 | COUNTY BROADBAND LTD | 277 132 | -52% | — | |
| 05 | COUNTY BROADBAND HOLDINGS LIMITED | 279 133 | -52% | £56k | |
| 06 | ZZOOMM PLC | 456 221 | -52% | £61k | |
| 07 | ZZOOMM GROUP LIMITED | 457 222 | -51% | £61k | |
| 08 | GATEWAY GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 128 67 | -48% | £103k | |
| 09 | EVERBRIDGE EUROPE LIMITED | 217 119 | -45% | £205k | |
| 10 | TELELINK (UK) LIMITED | 136 76 | -44% | £59k | |
| 11 | BARDEN NETWORK ENGINEERING LIMITED | 174 99 | -43% | £41k | |
| 12 | TRUESPEED COMMUNICATIONS LTD | 220 132 | -40% | £45k |
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Headcount drawn from each company's two most recent sets of filed accounts. Companies below 20 staff in either year are excluded, and growth above +300% is treated as a scale or scope artefact and dropped. Figures carry the usual iXBRL / PDF extraction caveats. Snapshot 2026-05-01.