Telecoms Job Trends in South London

Telecommunications
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 66 53
Rank change year-on-year +25 -13 +37
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 5 20 8
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 1.03% 3.33% 1.98%
As % of the General category 1.52% 3.77% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 8
10th Percentile - - £51,558
25th Percentile - - £61,110
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.55%
75th Percentile £53,125 - £82,000
90th Percentile £67,750 - -
London median annual salary £70,000 £58,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +19.15% -16.07% -

All General Skills
South London

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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 330 530 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 68.18% 88.19% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 110 148 162
10th Percentile £34,150 £27,525 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,744 £38,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,078 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% -0.79% -2.73%
75th Percentile £51,813 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,625 £83,750
London median annual salary £71,028 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% - +3.45%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in South London

Telecoms
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in South London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in South London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in South London

Telecoms
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the South London region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Bromley +16 3 £45,000 - 1
Croydon +21 1 - -
Kingston Upon Thames +1 1 £75,000 -
Telecoms
London

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) 4G
1 1 (20.00%) BGP
1 1 (20.00%) Broadband
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (20.00%) IOS XR
1 1 (20.00%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 1 (20.00%) Advertising
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Account Manager
1 3 (60.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Associate Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Bid Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Bid Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Jinja
1 1 (20.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (20.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile
1 1 (20.00%) Data Science
1 1 (20.00%) Network Design
1 1 (20.00%) Pricing Strategy
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco