Telecommunications
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 67 187
Rank change year-on-year -65 +120 -52
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 2,144 4,690 3,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.12% 4.76% 2.15%
As % of the General category 3.58% 6.98% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,476 1,182 2,053
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £61,875 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,832 67,156 106,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.28% 68.18% 64.79%
Number of salaries quoted 39,796 36,292 51,369
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England -70 1,911 £45,000 -21.74% 754
UK excluding London -74 1,731 £40,000 -11.11% 564
South East -28 614 £38,000 -10.59% 193
Work from Home -13 549 £50,000 -13.04% 238
London -46 308 £63,750 -8.93% 235
Midlands -59 282 £40,000 -11.11% 85
South West -59 267 £40,000 -15.79% 73
North of England -112 263 £42,500 -5.56% 120
North West -83 173 £41,500 -30.83% 72
West Midlands -52 160 £40,000 -20.00% 45
East of England -60 150 £50,000 -16.67% 61
East Midlands -43 122 £39,000 -3.11% 40
Scotland -123 78 £42,500 - 26
Yorkshire -103 68 £47,500 +11.76% 25
Northern Ireland +14 39 £35,000 -20.00% 9
Wales -56 29 £32,500 +2.60% 17
North East -79 22 £27,500 -42.11% 24
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 68 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.17%) Skype for Business
4 11 (0.51%) Apache
5 7 (0.33%) Confluence
5 7 (0.33%) nginx
6 5 (0.23%) CMS
6 5 (0.23%) IIS
7 4 (0.19%) Moodle
7 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.14%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.14%) WordPress
9 1 (0.047%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.047%) WebSphere
Applications
1 158 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
2 142 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 56 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.28%) OrCAD
9 5 (0.23%) InfoPath
10 4 (0.19%) Doxygen
10 4 (0.19%) Simulink
11 2 (0.093%) Fusion 360
12 1 (0.047%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.047%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.047%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.047%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.33%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.19%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.093%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
4 2 (0.093%) Summit
5 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.047%) Primavera
5 1 (0.047%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.047%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.047%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.047%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 239 (11.15%) Azure
2 210 (9.79%) Microsoft 365
3 109 (5.08%) AWS
4 67 (3.13%) SaaS
5 56 (2.61%) Entra ID
6 46 (2.15%) Power Platform
7 34 (1.59%) GCP
8 29 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (1.07%) GitHub
10 21 (0.98%) OneDrive
11 19 (0.89%) IaaS
12 16 (0.75%) PaaS
13 15 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 14 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (0.65%) Mimecast
15 12 (0.56%) Amazon S3
16 11 (0.51%) Serverless
17 8 (0.37%) Power Automate
18 6 (0.28%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 214 (9.98%) Firewall
2 118 (5.50%) WAN
3 112 (5.22%) Broadband
4 111 (5.18%) VPN
5 110 (5.13%) Wireless
6 109 (5.08%) 5G
6 109 (5.08%) VoIP
7 108 (5.04%) LAN
8 106 (4.94%) Internet
9 105 (4.90%) TCP/IP
10 99 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
11 85 (3.96%) DNS
12 63 (2.94%) MPLS
13 58 (2.71%) Network Security
14 56 (2.61%) 4G
15 49 (2.29%) Unified Communications
16 43 (2.01%) PBX
17 42 (1.96%) DHCP
18 40 (1.87%) LTE
18 40 (1.87%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (2.10%) SQL Server
2 43 (2.01%) Power BI
3 42 (1.96%) MySQL
4 31 (1.45%) MongoDB
5 30 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (1.07%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.65%) Data Lake
7 14 (0.65%) Redis
8 11 (0.51%) SQLite
9 9 (0.42%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
10 8 (0.37%) GIS
11 7 (0.33%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.33%) Tableau
12 6 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.19%) Big Data
13 4 (0.19%) Power Query
14 3 (0.14%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 69 (3.22%) Git
2 48 (2.24%) JIRA
3 29 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.12%) LabVIEW
5 18 (0.84%) Visual Studio
6 17 (0.79%) Eclipse
7 15 (0.70%) GitLab
8 14 (0.65%) Subversion
9 10 (0.47%) Trac
10 8 (0.37%) GCC
10 8 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
10 8 (0.37%) Vagrant
11 6 (0.28%) Maven
12 5 (0.23%) Hudson
12 5 (0.23%) Selenium
13 4 (0.19%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
14 3 (0.14%) WebDriver
15 2 (0.093%) Apache Continuum
General
1 627 (29.24%) Social Skills
2 457 (21.32%) Finance
3 233 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 232 (10.82%) Electronics
5 219 (10.21%) Marketing
6 212 (9.89%) Manufacturing
7 205 (9.56%) Public Sector
8 125 (5.83%) Retail
9 89 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
10 76 (3.54%) Legal
11 73 (3.40%) Law
12 67 (3.13%) Billing
13 66 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 64 (2.99%) Automotive
15 50 (2.33%) Local Government
16 48 (2.24%) Military
17 47 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
18 41 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
19 34 (1.59%) Aerospace
20 18 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 204 (9.51%) Senior
2 170 (7.93%) Support Engineer
3 157 (7.32%) Developer
4 132 (6.16%) Lead
5 111 (5.18%) Project Manager
6 100 (4.66%) Analyst
7 95 (4.43%) Network Engineer
8 87 (4.06%) Telecoms Manager
9 85 (3.96%) IT Engineer
10 84 (3.92%) Development Manager
11 82 (3.82%) IT Support
12 80 (3.73%) Business Manager
13 73 (3.40%) Consultant
14 71 (3.31%) Business Development Manager
14 71 (3.31%) IT Manager
15 68 (3.17%) Team Leader
16 64 (2.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 61 (2.85%) Systems Engineer
18 60 (2.80%) Technical Support
19 56 (2.61%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.80%) HTML
2 47 (2.19%) .NET
3 45 (2.10%) CSS
4 40 (1.87%) React
5 28 (1.31%) REST
6 25 (1.17%) Laravel
7 24 (1.12%) YAML
8 22 (1.03%) AngularJS
9 21 (0.98%) XML
10 20 (0.93%) Flask
10 20 (0.93%) LDAP
11 19 (0.89%) SOAP
12 18 (0.84%) Node.js
12 18 (0.84%) WPF
13 17 (0.79%) .NET Framework
13 17 (0.79%) JSON
14 16 (0.75%) NETCONF
15 14 (0.65%) 802.1X
15 14 (0.65%) Svelte
15 14 (0.65%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 139 (6.48%) Driving Licence
2 119 (5.55%) Self-Motivation
3 109 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 69 (3.22%) Data Centre
5 54 (2.52%) IoT
6 49 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
7 47 (2.19%) CCTV
8 36 (1.68%) Fibre Optics
8 36 (1.68%) Onboarding
9 32 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
10 30 (1.40%) Product Ownership
11 23 (1.07%) Algorithms
12 22 (1.03%) Acoustics
12 22 (1.03%) Satnav
13 20 (0.93%) Robotics
14 17 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (0.79%) Operational Technology
14 17 (0.79%) Replication
15 16 (0.75%) FPGA
15 16 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 295 (13.76%) Windows
2 197 (9.19%) Linux
3 132 (6.16%) Windows Server
4 72 (3.36%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.35%) Windows 7
6 27 (1.26%) CentOS
7 25 (1.17%) Ubuntu
8 23 (1.07%) Unix
9 22 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
11 17 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
12 16 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
14 8 (0.37%) Android
15 7 (0.33%) Mac OS
15 7 (0.33%) VMS
15 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.28%) Apple iOS
16 6 (0.28%) Windows 8
17 3 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
2 292 (13.62%) Customer Service
3 232 (10.82%) Project Management
4 223 (10.40%) Agile
5 203 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
6 185 (8.63%) Programme Management
7 182 (8.49%) Digital Marketing
8 178 (8.30%) Cybersecurity
9 147 (6.86%) Project Delivery
10 138 (6.44%) ITIL
11 135 (6.30%) Customer Experience
11 135 (6.30%) Mentoring
12 129 (6.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 121 (5.64%) Business Development
14 115 (5.36%) Computer Science
15 109 (5.08%) Software Engineering
16 104 (4.85%) B2B
17 102 (4.76%) Data Management
18 99 (4.62%) Stakeholder Management
19 96 (4.48%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 172 (8.02%) Python
2 124 (5.78%) SQL
3 99 (4.62%) C
4 91 (4.24%) JavaScript
5 85 (3.96%) C#
6 64 (2.99%) Java
7 63 (2.94%) C++
8 42 (1.96%) PowerShell
9 38 (1.77%) PHP
10 29 (1.35%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.07%) Bash
12 22 (1.03%) Go
12 22 (1.03%) Perl
13 20 (0.93%) Embedded C
14 17 (0.79%) T-SQL
15 16 (0.75%) Shell Script
16 14 (0.65%) Kotlin
17 11 (0.51%) MATLAB
17 11 (0.51%) R
18 10 (0.47%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 458 (21.36%) Degree
2 174 (8.12%) Security Cleared
3 104 (4.85%) SC Cleared
4 61 (2.85%) Master's Degree
5 54 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
6 49 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (1.96%) HNC
8 39 (1.82%) CCNA
9 36 (1.68%) DBS Check
9 36 (1.68%) DV Cleared
10 34 (1.59%) CISSP
11 33 (1.54%) HND
12 32 (1.49%) MBA
13 31 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
14 28 (1.31%) CISM
15 26 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 25 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 24 (1.12%) A+ Certification
18 21 (0.98%) CCNP
19 19 (0.89%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.15%) SLA
2 80 (3.73%) QA
3 42 (1.96%) GDPR
4 31 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (1.07%) ISO 9001
6 23 (1.07%) NIST
7 22 (1.03%) NCSC
8 21 (0.98%) Accessibility
9 17 (0.79%) PMO
10 16 (0.75%) Data Quality
10 16 (0.75%) GRC
11 12 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 10 (0.47%) COSHH
13 9 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 9 (0.42%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.37%) NEBOSH
15 6 (0.28%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.23%) ITGC
17 4 (0.19%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 139 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 87 (4.06%) Hyper-V
3 65 (3.03%) Docker
4 55 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 37 (1.73%) Firmware
6 27 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (0.75%) pfSense
9 13 (0.61%) NFS
10 12 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
11 7 (0.33%) vSphere
12 6 (0.28%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.19%) KVM
14 3 (0.14%) Ceph
14 3 (0.14%) Gluster
14 3 (0.14%) oVirt
15 2 (0.093%) HDFS
15 2 (0.093%) Kamailio
16 1 (0.047%) QEMU
16 1 (0.047%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (1.73%) Ansible
1 37 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.26%) Kubernetes
3 26 (1.21%) Grafana
4 21 (0.98%) Terraform
5 20 (0.93%) ZABBIX
6 17 (0.79%) SCCM
7 16 (0.75%) FortiGate
8 12 (0.56%) HAProxy
8 12 (0.56%) Puppet
9 11 (0.51%) Nagios
10 10 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 10 (0.47%) Nessus
10 10 (0.47%) SCDPM
10 10 (0.47%) vCenter Server
11 9 (0.42%) Graphite
12 6 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 4 (0.19%) AirWatch
13 4 (0.19%) Autotask
Vendors
1 463 (21.60%) Microsoft
2 173 (8.07%) SAP
3 160 (7.46%) Cisco
4 86 (4.01%) VMware
5 76 (3.54%) Juniper
6 67 (3.13%) Openreach
7 58 (2.71%) Virgin Media
8 57 (2.66%) Fortinet
9 43 (2.01%) BT
9 43 (2.01%) Veeam
10 41 (1.91%) HP
10 41 (1.91%) NEC
11 38 (1.77%) Oracle
12 32 (1.49%) Aruba
13 29 (1.35%) Ericsson
13 29 (1.35%) Salesforce
14 28 (1.31%) Apple
15 25 (1.17%) Polycom
16 21 (0.98%) McAfee
16 21 (0.98%) Palo Alto