Telecoms Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Telecommunications
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 66 63
Rank change year-on-year -32 -3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 78 144 130
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.98% 4.00% 4.12%
As % of the General category 3.30% 6.56% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 50 20 42
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,475 -
25th Percentile £32,000 £53,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £70,000 £55,220
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +26.77% -7.97%
75th Percentile £46,090 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £88,200 £75,000
South East median annual salary £35,000 £54,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -35.78% +28.24% -22.73%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 common skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,361 2,195 1,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 60.08% 60.94% 55.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 799 1,137
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,728 £29,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +8.57% -2.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,250 £87,500 £81,550
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £51,944
% change year-on-year -18.18% +5.88% -5.56%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Telecoms job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the Thames Valley

Telecoms
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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
Berkshire -50 47 £35,000 -48.15% 47
Buckinghamshire +5 19 £36,000 -57.65% 12
Oxfordshire +31 15 £42,500 -34.62% 12
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.56%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.41%) Azure
3 4 (5.13%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.56%) AWS
4 2 (2.56%) GCP
5 1 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.28%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.28%) GitHub
5 1 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.28%) SaaS
5 1 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (12.82%) Firewall
2 10 (12.82%) VoIP
2 10 (12.82%) VPN
2 10 (12.82%) WAN
3 8 (10.26%) Internet
4 6 (7.69%) DECT
4 6 (7.69%) DSL
4 6 (7.69%) PBX
4 6 (7.69%) Unified Communications
4 6 (7.69%) VLAN
4 6 (7.69%) Wireshark
5 4 (5.13%) DHCP
5 4 (5.13%) DNS
5 4 (5.13%) LAN
6 3 (3.85%) Ethernet
7 2 (2.56%) 4G
7 2 (2.56%) 5G
7 2 (2.56%) SDH
7 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Git
1 1 (1.28%) GitLab
1 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 16 (20.51%) Finance
2 12 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 11 (14.10%) Marketing
4 8 (10.26%) Electronics
5 6 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (6.41%) Legal
7 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.13%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.13%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.56%) Automotive
8 2 (2.56%) Banking
8 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.28%) Aviation
9 1 (1.28%) Retail
9 1 (1.28%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (12.82%) Field Engineer
1 10 (12.82%) IT Support
2 7 (8.97%) Field Service Engineer
3 6 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 6 (7.69%) IT Support Technician
3 6 (7.69%) IT Technician
3 6 (7.69%) Support Technician
4 5 (6.41%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (6.41%) IT Engineer
4 5 (6.41%) Support Engineer
5 4 (5.13%) Accountant
5 4 (5.13%) Assistant Accountant
5 4 (5.13%) Business Development Manager
5 4 (5.13%) Business Manager
5 4 (5.13%) Development Manager
5 4 (5.13%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (5.13%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (3.85%) Procurement Manager
6 3 (3.85%) Technical Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.23%) Driving Licence
2 11 (14.10%) CCTV
3 6 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (7.69%) Web Conferencing
4 4 (5.13%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.28%) FPGA
7 1 (1.28%) GNSS
7 1 (1.28%) IoT
7 1 (1.28%) IVR
7 1 (1.28%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.28%) Lidar
7 1 (1.28%) PCIe
7 1 (1.28%) Robotics
7 1 (1.28%) Self-Driving Car
7 1 (1.28%) Smart City
7 1 (1.28%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.13%) Windows
1 4 (5.13%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (12.82%) Time Management
2 8 (10.26%) B2B
2 8 (10.26%) Presales
3 6 (7.69%) Case Management
3 6 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (7.69%) Customer Service
3 6 (7.69%) Project Delivery
4 5 (6.41%) Business Development
4 5 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (6.41%) Collaborative Culture
4 5 (6.41%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (5.13%) B2B Sales
5 4 (5.13%) Decision-Making
5 4 (5.13%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (5.13%) Facilities Management
5 4 (5.13%) Programme Management
5 4 (5.13%) Software Testing
5 4 (5.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (3.85%) Contract Management
6 3 (3.85%) Pricing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.41%) Python
2 4 (5.13%) SQL
3 1 (1.28%) C++
3 1 (1.28%) Java
3 1 (1.28%) Perl
3 1 (1.28%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 16 (20.51%) Degree
2 7 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.85%) City & Guilds
4 3 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.85%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.28%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.41%) GDPR
1 5 (6.41%) SLA
2 4 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.85%) QA
4 1 (1.28%) ECSS
System Software
1 9 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.28%) Netcool
2 1 (1.28%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.41%) VMware
3 4 (5.13%) SAP
4 2 (2.56%) Google
5 1 (1.28%) Avaya
5 1 (1.28%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.28%) Genesys
5 1 (1.28%) IBM
5 1 (1.28%) Openreach
5 1 (1.28%) Pega
5 1 (1.28%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.28%) UiPath