Telecoms Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Telecommunications Engineer
England > South East

The median Telecommunications Engineer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 267 336
Rank change year-on-year -5 +69 +81
Permanent jobs requiring a Telecoms Engineer 4 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.034% 0.078% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.089% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £47,750 - £27,375
25th Percentile £50,000 - £29,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.21%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £31,875
90th Percentile £62,250 - £35,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £32,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +71.88% -8.57% +22.81%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 10,807 6,778 11,782
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 87.65% 93.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7,025 3,641 8,990
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,790 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +11.58% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

Telecoms Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Telecoms Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Telecoms Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Telecoms Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Telecoms Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Telecoms Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms Engineer in the South East

Telecoms Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 February 2026. 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
Thames Valley -1 4 £55,000 - 5
Berkshire -3 4 £55,000 - 5
Telecoms Engineer
England

Telecoms Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 27 February 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 South East region featuring Telecoms Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) API Management
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) GitLab
1 4 (100.00%) Jinja
1 4 (100.00%) JSON
1 4 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 4 (100.00%) YAML
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Apigee
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) F5
2 2 (50.00%) Git
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) Kong
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery

Telecoms Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (100.00%) OpenShift
2 2 (50.00%) Apigee
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) GitLab
2 2 (50.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Jinja
1 4 (100.00%) JSON
1 4 (100.00%) YAML
2 2 (50.00%) REST
2 2 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) API Management
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Task Automation
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Secrets Management
2 2 (50.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (50.00%) F5
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto