Telecoms Engineer Job Trends in Reading

Telecommunications Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Telecommunications Engineer salary in Reading is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 67 104
Rank change year-on-year +12 +37 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Telecoms Engineer 10 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 1.17% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 0.23% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 766 435 1,331
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.59% 86.65% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 478 226 979
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,375 £29,500
25th Percentile £39,719 £45,000 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £54,995
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +11.37% -0.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £83,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,750 £112,500 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%

Telecoms Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Telecoms Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Telecoms Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Telecoms Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Telecoms Engineer job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Telecoms Engineer job vacancies in Reading

Telecoms Engineer
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 23 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms Engineer in Reading

Telecoms Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 23 March 2026, Telecoms Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Reading region featuring Telecoms Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) API Management
1 10 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
1 10 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
1 10 (100.00%) GitLab
1 10 (100.00%) Jinja
1 10 (100.00%) JSON
1 10 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 10 (100.00%) Python
1 10 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 10 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 10 (100.00%) YAML
2 5 (50.00%) API Integration
2 5 (50.00%) Apigee
2 5 (50.00%) AWS
2 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (50.00%) DevOps
2 5 (50.00%) F5
2 5 (50.00%) Git
2 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (50.00%) Juniper
2 5 (50.00%) Kong
2 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 5 (50.00%) Microservices
2 5 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery

Telecoms Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 10 (100.00%) OpenShift
2 5 (50.00%) Apigee
2 5 (50.00%) AWS
2 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) GitLab
2 5 (50.00%) Git
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 10 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) Jinja
1 10 (100.00%) JSON
1 10 (100.00%) YAML
2 5 (50.00%) REST
2 5 (50.00%) XML
2 5 (50.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
1 5 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) API Management
1 10 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 10 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 10 (100.00%) Task Automation
2 5 (50.00%) API Integration
2 5 (50.00%) DevOps
2 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (50.00%) Microservices
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Secrets Management
2 5 (50.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
1 10 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 5 (50.00%) F5
2 5 (50.00%) Juniper
2 5 (50.00%) Palo Alto