Telecoms Job Trends in the South East

Telecommunications
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 77 63
Rank change year-on-year +8 -14 -36
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 375 290 594
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.40% 3.39% 3.49%
As % of the General category 5.34% 5.05% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 322 166 335
10th Percentile £28,000 £23,731 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £23,923 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £49,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,125 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -21.74%

All General Skills
South East

Telecoms falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 7,025 5,745 9,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 44.87% 67.24% 54.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,526 2,504 5,908
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £25,841
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,177 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Telecoms relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Telecoms job vacancy trend in the South East

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the South East over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the South East

Telecoms
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 July 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 +29 136 £40,000 -12.30% 66
Hampshire +19 122 £45,000 +26.76% 27
Berkshire +54 93 £42,500 +0.59% 49
Surrey -28 48 £50,000 +75.44% 21
West Sussex +5 38 £55,000 +22.22% 10
Buckinghamshire -25 32 £30,000 -33.78% 10
East Sussex +4 18 £37,500 - 2
Oxfordshire -14 11 £82,500 +26.92% 10
Kent -55 7 £34,000 +35.17% 7
Sussex -7 5 £28,000 +7.69% 6
Middlesex +23 1 £97,500 - 1
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.07%) CMS
2 4 (1.07%) WordPress
3 2 (0.53%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) Camunda
Applications
1 13 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.07%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.07%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.07%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.33%) Azure
2 14 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (3.47%) GCP
4 11 (2.93%) AWS
5 10 (2.67%) OpenShift
6 9 (2.40%) SaaS
7 5 (1.33%) Apigee
7 5 (1.33%) Kong
8 4 (1.07%) Canva
9 2 (0.53%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.53%) Google Ads
9 2 (0.53%) Meta Ads
9 2 (0.53%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.53%) Serverless
10 1 (0.27%) dbt
10 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.27%) GitHub
10 1 (0.27%) GitHub Copilot
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 41 (10.93%) Broadband
2 33 (8.80%) Firewall
2 33 (8.80%) VoIP
3 19 (5.07%) Wireless
4 15 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (3.73%) WAN
6 13 (3.47%) 5G
7 10 (2.67%) TCP/IP
7 10 (2.67%) VPN
8 9 (2.40%) LAN
9 7 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (1.87%) Ethernet
10 6 (1.60%) BGP
10 6 (1.60%) Unified Communications
10 6 (1.60%) VLAN
11 5 (1.33%) DECT
11 5 (1.33%) DSL
11 5 (1.33%) PBX
11 5 (1.33%) Wireshark
12 4 (1.07%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.07%) Big Data
2 2 (0.53%) GIS
2 2 (0.53%) MySQL
2 2 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.53%) Power BI
2 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (2.67%) GitLab
2 8 (2.13%) Git
3 3 (0.80%) JIRA
4 2 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 83 (22.13%) Social Skills
2 44 (11.73%) Finance
3 39 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.27%) Marketing
5 19 (5.07%) Electronics
6 18 (4.80%) Automotive
7 11 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.93%) Legal
7 11 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (2.93%) Retail
8 9 (2.40%) Billing
8 9 (2.40%) Public Sector
9 7 (1.87%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.87%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.33%) Law
11 4 (1.07%) Brand Awareness
11 4 (1.07%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.80%) Banking
13 2 (0.53%) Games
13 2 (0.53%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 54 (14.40%) Account Manager
2 50 (13.33%) Telecoms Manager
3 43 (11.47%) Technology Manager
4 31 (8.27%) Development Manager
5 29 (7.73%) IT Manager
6 23 (6.13%) Analyst
7 21 (5.60%) IT Development Manager
8 20 (5.33%) Telecoms Account Manager
9 19 (5.07%) Business Development Manager
9 19 (5.07%) Business Manager
9 19 (5.07%) Sales Manager
10 17 (4.53%) Software Engineer
11 16 (4.27%) Network Engineer
11 16 (4.27%) Telecoms Engineer
12 15 (4.00%) Sales Representative
13 13 (3.47%) Corporate Account Manager
13 13 (3.47%) Electronics Engineer
13 13 (3.47%) Internal Account Manager
13 13 (3.47%) Senior
14 12 (3.20%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.67%) Jinja
1 10 (2.67%) JSON
1 10 (2.67%) YAML
2 6 (1.60%) REST
3 5 (1.33%) XML
3 5 (1.33%) YANG
4 3 (0.80%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.53%) .NET
5 2 (0.53%) LAMP
5 2 (0.53%) Node.js
5 2 (0.53%) React
6 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.27%) CSS
6 1 (0.27%) Django
6 1 (0.27%) Flask
6 1 (0.27%) HTML
6 1 (0.27%) Kafka
6 1 (0.27%) OAuth
6 1 (0.27%) SAML
6 1 (0.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.40%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (3.73%) Driving Licence
3 11 (2.93%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.93%) Social Media
4 6 (1.60%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.33%) CCTV
5 5 (1.33%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.33%) IoT
5 5 (1.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 5 (1.33%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (1.07%) Blog
6 4 (1.07%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.07%) Learning Management System
6 4 (1.07%) Podcast
6 4 (1.07%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.80%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (0.80%) Smart Home
8 2 (0.53%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.93%) Linux
2 15 (4.00%) Windows
3 5 (1.33%) Unix
4 2 (0.53%) Debian
4 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (15.47%) Business Development
2 56 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (6.93%) CRM
4 22 (5.87%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (5.60%) Customer Service
6 20 (5.33%) Service Delivery
6 20 (5.33%) Software Engineering
7 18 (4.80%) Collaborative Working
8 17 (4.53%) Time Management
9 16 (4.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (4.00%) Project Management
11 14 (3.73%) CI/CD
11 14 (3.73%) Decision-Making
12 13 (3.47%) Process Improvement
13 12 (3.20%) API Management
13 12 (3.20%) Computer Science
13 12 (3.20%) Lead Generation
14 11 (2.93%) Agile
14 11 (2.93%) Containerisation
14 11 (2.93%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.87%) Python
2 6 (1.60%) C
2 6 (1.60%) C++
2 6 (1.60%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.07%) Rust
4 2 (0.53%) C#
4 2 (0.53%) PHP
4 2 (0.53%) SQL
5 1 (0.27%) Ada
5 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (7.73%) Degree
2 23 (6.13%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.00%) DV Cleared
4 13 (3.47%) HNC
5 8 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.13%) HND
5 8 (2.13%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (1.07%) CCNA
8 4 (1.07%) CCNP
9 3 (0.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.80%) CCSP
9 3 (0.80%) CESG Certified Professional
9 3 (0.80%) CISM
9 3 (0.80%) CISSP
9 3 (0.80%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (0.80%) GIAC
9 3 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.87%) SLA
3 4 (1.07%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.80%) NCSC
5 2 (0.53%) GDPR
5 2 (0.53%) PMO
5 2 (0.53%) QA
6 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.33%) ClearTrust
2 5 (1.33%) XenApp
3 4 (1.07%) Docker
3 4 (1.07%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.07%) KVM
4 2 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (0.80%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.27%) Netcool
2 1 (0.27%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.53%) Cisco
3 10 (2.67%) Red Hat
4 6 (1.60%) Juniper
4 6 (1.60%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.60%) VMware
5 5 (1.33%) F5
5 5 (1.33%) Google
5 5 (1.33%) Palo Alto
5 5 (1.33%) Starlink
6 4 (1.07%) ConnectWise
6 4 (1.07%) Fortinet
6 4 (1.07%) SAP
7 3 (0.80%) BT
8 2 (0.53%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.53%) IBM
8 2 (0.53%) Openreach
8 2 (0.53%) Oracle
8 2 (0.53%) Remedy
8 2 (0.53%) UiPath