DSL Job Trends in London

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring DSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 432 446
Rank change year-on-year +58 +14 +261
Permanent jobs citing DSL 3 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.022% 0.044% 0.006%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.18% 0.34% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £45,000 £40,625
% change year-on-year +44.44% +10.77% -25.58%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

DSL falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,677 2,052 2,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.41% 12.77% 12.76%
Number of salaries quoted 901 1,164 1,810
10th Percentile £28,697 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £50,000 £46,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% -4.76%

DSL
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DSL job vacancy trend in London

DSL
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DSL

DSL
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DSL within the London region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Central London - 2 - -
DSL
England

DSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Step Functions
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (33.33%) Pulumi
1 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Broadband
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DOCSIS
1 2 (66.67%) GPON
1 2 (66.67%) IPv4
1 2 (66.67%) IPv6
1 2 (66.67%) PPP
1 2 (66.67%) RTP
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VoIP
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architect
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Architect
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Security Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Open Source
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Use Case
1 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Blue Team
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Purple Team
2 1 (33.33%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Go
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform