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 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 87 61
Rank change year-on-year +31 -26 -19
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 139 80 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.92% 2.92% 3.97%
As % of the General category 6.06% 4.13% 7.29%
Number of salaries quoted 92 19 101
10th Percentile - £27,050 £28,850
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,625 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +30.00% -3.71%
75th Percentile £63,750 £83,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% -25.00%

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 general skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,294 1,939 3,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 48.17% 70.71% 54.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,385 687 2,210
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £34,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +25.00% -8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £76,375
South East median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +15.79% -10.38%

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 21 March 2026.

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 21 March 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
Berkshire +25 108 £35,000 -36.36% 47
Buckinghamshire -14 18 £60,000 -29.41% 4
Oxfordshire +11 13 £53,750 -25.86% 4
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 4 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.72%) Camunda
Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.72%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.79%) Azure
1 15 (10.79%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (7.91%) AWS
2 11 (7.91%) GCP
3 10 (7.19%) OpenShift
4 5 (3.60%) Apigee
4 5 (3.60%) Kong
5 4 (2.88%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.72%) Canva
6 1 (0.72%) dbt
6 1 (0.72%) Figma
6 1 (0.72%) GitHub
6 1 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.72%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 34 (24.46%) Firewall
2 23 (16.55%) VoIP
2 23 (16.55%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (12.23%) VPN
4 13 (9.35%) DECT
4 13 (9.35%) DSL
4 13 (9.35%) PBX
4 13 (9.35%) Unified Communications
4 13 (9.35%) VLAN
4 13 (9.35%) WAN
4 13 (9.35%) Wireshark
5 5 (3.60%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (2.88%) DHCP
6 4 (2.88%) DNS
7 3 (2.16%) Broadband
8 2 (1.44%) SDH
8 2 (1.44%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.72%) 4G
9 1 (0.72%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.88%) Big Data
2 2 (1.44%) GIS
3 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 11 (7.91%) GitLab
2 7 (5.04%) Git
General
1 31 (22.30%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.51%) Marketing
3 10 (7.19%) Finance
4 9 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.32%) Legal
6 6 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.88%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.16%) Automotive
8 3 (2.16%) Law
8 3 (2.16%) Military
9 2 (1.44%) Aviation
9 2 (1.44%) Banking
9 2 (1.44%) Games
10 1 (0.72%) Advertising
10 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.72%) Electronics
10 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.72%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 19 (13.67%) Accountant
1 19 (13.67%) Assistant Accountant
2 14 (10.07%) 2nd Line Support
2 14 (10.07%) IT Manager
3 12 (8.63%) IT Support
4 11 (7.91%) Account Manager
5 10 (7.19%) Automation Engineer
5 10 (7.19%) Field Engineer
5 10 (7.19%) Field Service Engineer
5 10 (7.19%) Network Engineer
5 10 (7.19%) Telecoms Engineer
6 8 (5.76%) IT Support Technician
6 8 (5.76%) IT Technician
6 8 (5.76%) Support Technician
7 6 (4.32%) Analyst
7 6 (4.32%) Architect
7 6 (4.32%) Automation Specialist
7 6 (4.32%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.32%) Network Specialist
7 6 (4.32%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.19%) Jinja
1 10 (7.19%) JSON
1 10 (7.19%) YAML
2 5 (3.60%) REST
2 5 (3.60%) XML
2 5 (3.60%) YANG
3 1 (0.72%) Kafka
3 1 (0.72%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.35%) Web Conferencing
2 10 (7.19%) CCTV
2 10 (7.19%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.47%) Driving Licence
4 7 (5.04%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.16%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.72%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (0.72%) GNSS
6 1 (0.72%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.72%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.72%) Lidar
6 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.72%) Robotics
6 1 (0.72%) Self-Driving Car
6 1 (0.72%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.79%) Linux
2 11 (7.91%) Windows
3 5 (3.60%) Unix
4 4 (2.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (11.51%) Time Management
2 14 (10.07%) Presales
3 13 (9.35%) Case Management
3 13 (9.35%) Containerisation
4 12 (8.63%) CI/CD
4 12 (8.63%) Project Delivery
5 11 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (7.91%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (7.19%) API Management
6 10 (7.19%) Task Automation
7 9 (6.47%) Customer Service
8 8 (5.76%) Agile
9 6 (4.32%) B2B
9 6 (4.32%) CRM
9 6 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (4.32%) Project Management
9 6 (4.32%) Software Engineering
10 5 (3.60%) Customer Experience
10 5 (3.60%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.51%) Python
2 6 (4.32%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.60%) C++
4 3 (2.16%) C
4 3 (2.16%) Rust
5 2 (1.44%) Java
5 2 (1.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (20.14%) Degree
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.44%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.72%) HND
5 1 (0.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.32%) SLA
2 4 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.88%) QA
3 3 (2.16%) GDPR
4 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.72%) ECSS
4 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (6.47%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.16%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.16%) KVM
4 2 (1.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.44%) Netcool
2 2 (1.44%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 26 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.19%) Cisco
2 10 (7.19%) Red Hat
3 8 (5.76%) VMware
4 5 (3.60%) F5
4 5 (3.60%) Juniper
4 5 (3.60%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.88%) Google
6 3 (2.16%) Pega
6 3 (2.16%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.16%) UiPath
7 2 (1.44%) Blue Prism
7 2 (1.44%) IBM
8 1 (0.72%) Adobe
8 1 (0.72%) Automation Anywhere
8 1 (0.72%) Remedy
8 1 (0.72%) Salesforce