Telecoms Job Trends in Surrey

Telecommunications
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 62 53
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 +52
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 44 44 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.66% 3.65% 3.85%
As % of the General category 4.25% 5.45% 6.44%
Number of salaries quoted 28 2 30
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,575 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,313 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £39,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.29% -17.37% -13.64%
75th Percentile £84,375 £48,813 £55,393
90th Percentile £105,000 £52,525 £75,000
South East median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +29.41% -22.73%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,035 807 637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 62.54% 66.97% 59.87%
Number of salaries quoted 519 328 414
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £30,138
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £64,688
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £75,700
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in Surrey

Telecoms
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in Surrey over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in Surrey

Telecoms
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 9 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
Redhill - 21 £29,500 - 1
Woking - 7 £100,000 - 8
Guildford -4 5 - - 10
Egham - 5 £26,000 -
Epsom +24 1 £65,000 - 1
Whyteleafe -2 1 £31,500 -
Leatherhead - 1 - -
Reigate - 1 £80,000 - 2
Staines - 1 £37,500 - 1
Weybridge - 1 £37,500 - 4
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 1 (2.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (2.27%) GIMP
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) AWS
1 8 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (4.55%) SaaS
3 1 (2.27%) Canva
3 1 (2.27%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 13 (29.55%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (20.45%) VPN
3 8 (18.18%) LAN
3 8 (18.18%) WAN
4 7 (15.91%) SD-WAN
4 7 (15.91%) Unified Communications
4 7 (15.91%) VoIP
5 4 (9.09%) Firewall
5 4 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (9.09%) VSAT
6 3 (6.82%) LTE
7 2 (4.55%) Network Security
7 2 (4.55%) Wireless
8 1 (2.27%) 5G
8 1 (2.27%) GPRS
8 1 (2.27%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.36%) Manufacturing
3 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Marketing
4 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.55%) Billing
5 2 (4.55%) Finance
5 2 (4.55%) Military
6 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.27%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Support Engineer
2 11 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
2 11 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 11 (25.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 7 (15.91%) Head of IT
3 7 (15.91%) Head of IT Operations
3 7 (15.91%) Head of Operations
4 6 (13.64%) Service Manager
5 4 (9.09%) Cabling Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Data Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Telesales Executive
7 2 (4.55%) Sales Representative
8 1 (2.27%) Account Manager
8 1 (2.27%) Client Account Manager
8 1 (2.27%) Electronics Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) IT Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) IT Support
8 1 (2.27%) Marketing Executive
8 1 (2.27%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) Operational Technology
2 6 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 4 (9.09%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.27%) Animation
4 1 (2.27%) FPGA
4 1 (2.27%) IoT
4 1 (2.27%) NB-IoT
4 1 (2.27%) Social Media
4 1 (2.27%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Linux
1 2 (4.55%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Project Management
2 11 (25.00%) Statistics
3 10 (22.73%) Service Delivery
4 9 (20.45%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 8 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 8 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (15.91%) Business Continuity
6 7 (15.91%) DevOps
6 7 (15.91%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 7 (15.91%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (15.91%) ERP
6 7 (15.91%) High Availability
6 7 (15.91%) Infrastructure Management
6 7 (15.91%) ITIL
6 7 (15.91%) ITSM
6 7 (15.91%) Logistics
6 7 (15.91%) Problem Management
6 7 (15.91%) Resource Management
6 7 (15.91%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 14 (31.82%) SC Cleared
3 9 (20.45%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (20.45%) Degree
4 7 (15.91%) AWS Certification
4 7 (15.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 7 (15.91%) Azure Certification
4 7 (15.91%) CCNP
4 7 (15.91%) Master's Degree
4 7 (15.91%) PMI Certification
4 7 (15.91%) PMP
5 4 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.55%) CCNA
6 2 (4.55%) JNCIA
7 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.27%) HNC
7 1 (2.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) NIST
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.27%) pfSense
1 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Ansible
1 1 (2.27%) Grafana
1 1 (2.27%) Puppet
1 1 (2.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (15.91%) Cisco
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) Freshdesk
3 1 (2.27%) Adobe
3 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.27%) Google
3 1 (2.27%) HubSpot
3 1 (2.27%) Juniper
3 1 (2.27%) SAP
3 1 (2.27%) VMware