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 7 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 110 52
Rank change year-on-year +29 -58 -26
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 126 102 188
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.79% 2.61% 3.79%
As % of the General category 4.15% 3.51% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 101 46 44
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,608 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% -24.61% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,374 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £112,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £36,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +1.12%

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 3,033 2,902 2,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 43.10% 74.28% 48.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,070 1,007 1,066
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,950 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%

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 7 September 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 7 September 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 +46 70 £47,500 +31.94% 66
Buckinghamshire -3 46 £30,000 -16.67% 17
Oxfordshire -42 10 £67,500 +3.85% 10
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:

Applications
1 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (5.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.32%) Azure
2 9 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.35%) SaaS
4 6 (4.76%) AWS
5 4 (3.17%) GCP
5 4 (3.17%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.59%) Apigee
6 2 (1.59%) GitHub
6 2 (1.59%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.59%) Kong
6 2 (1.59%) Meta Ads
6 2 (1.59%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Databricks
7 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.79%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (15.08%) Broadband
2 13 (10.32%) 5G
3 12 (9.52%) Wireless
4 9 (7.14%) Firewall
4 9 (7.14%) VoIP
5 7 (5.56%) Ethernet
5 7 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (3.97%) Unified Communications
7 4 (3.17%) Internet
7 4 (3.17%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.17%) WAN
8 2 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.59%) LAN
8 2 (1.59%) WLAN
9 1 (0.79%) DAB
9 1 (0.79%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.79%) MVNO
9 1 (0.79%) Network Security
9 1 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.79%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.59%) Power BI
2 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.17%) Git
1 4 (3.17%) GitLab
2 1 (0.79%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) MLflow
General
1 30 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.08%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.73%) Legal
4 9 (7.14%) Finance
5 7 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 7 (5.56%) Electronics
6 6 (4.76%) Law
6 6 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.97%) Marketing
8 4 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.38%) Billing
9 3 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.38%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.59%) Advertising
10 2 (1.59%) Local Government
10 2 (1.59%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (1.59%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.59%) Military
10 2 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (12.70%) Account Manager
2 13 (10.32%) Corporate Account Manager
2 13 (10.32%) Internal Account Manager
3 11 (8.73%) Field Engineer
4 10 (7.94%) IT Manager
4 10 (7.94%) Telecoms Engineer
5 8 (6.35%) Network Manager
5 8 (6.35%) Sales Engineer
5 8 (6.35%) Sales Executive
5 8 (6.35%) Senior
6 7 (5.56%) Network Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) CAD Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) Development Manager
7 6 (4.76%) Project Engineer
8 5 (3.97%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (3.97%) 1st Line Support Technician
8 5 (3.97%) Administrator
8 5 (3.97%) Architect
8 5 (3.97%) Sales Manager
8 5 (3.97%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.97%) REST
2 4 (3.17%) Jinja
2 4 (3.17%) JSON
2 4 (3.17%) YAML
3 3 (2.38%) AngularJS
3 3 (2.38%) CSS
3 3 (2.38%) HTML
3 3 (2.38%) OAuth
3 3 (2.38%) SAML
3 3 (2.38%) SOAP
4 2 (1.59%) XML
4 2 (1.59%) YANG
5 1 (0.79%) PySpark
5 1 (0.79%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.17%) CMDB
3 4 (3.17%) IoT
3 4 (3.17%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.38%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.38%) Smart Home
4 3 (2.38%) TM Forum
5 2 (1.59%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.79%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.79%) Digital TV
6 1 (0.79%) Pricing Data
6 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.14%) Windows
2 7 (5.56%) Linux
3 2 (1.59%) Unix
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (8.73%) CRM
5 10 (7.94%) Presales
6 9 (7.14%) Customer Experience
6 9 (7.14%) Decision-Making
7 8 (6.35%) Business Development
8 7 (5.56%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (5.56%) CAD
8 7 (5.56%) Workflow
9 6 (4.76%) AI
9 6 (4.76%) CI/CD
9 6 (4.76%) Customer Service
9 6 (4.76%) Project Management
9 6 (4.76%) Test Automation
9 6 (4.76%) Time Management
10 5 (3.97%) Customer Engagement
10 5 (3.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.56%) Python
2 5 (3.97%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.59%) C
3 2 (1.59%) C++
3 2 (1.59%) Java
3 2 (1.59%) Rust
4 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (8.73%) Degree
2 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.59%) ACCA
4 1 (0.79%) CIMA
4 1 (0.79%) CIPD
4 1 (0.79%) City & Guilds
4 1 (0.79%) HND
4 1 (0.79%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.97%) SLA
2 4 (3.17%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.17%) GDPR
3 3 (2.38%) QA
4 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.79%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.97%) ClearTrust
2 3 (2.38%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.59%) KVM
3 2 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.56%) BT
3 5 (3.97%) Cisco
3 5 (3.97%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.17%) ConnectWise
4 4 (3.17%) Red Hat
4 4 (3.17%) SAP
5 3 (2.38%) Oracle
5 3 (2.38%) Starlink
5 3 (2.38%) VMware
6 2 (1.59%) F5
6 2 (1.59%) Google
6 2 (1.59%) Juniper
6 2 (1.59%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.79%) Arqiva
7 1 (0.79%) Databricks
7 1 (0.79%) HP
7 1 (0.79%) Remedy
7 1 (0.79%) Xero