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 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 93 56
Rank change year-on-year +29 -37 -33
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 137 105 219
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.16% 2.91% 3.92%
As % of the General category 4.95% 3.93% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 97 48 81
10th Percentile £26,446 £29,025 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,608 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.30% -8.78% -2.63%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £106,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -5.88%

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 2,770 2,675 2,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 43.65% 74.14% 49.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,792 943 1,542
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,300 £28,333
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% +5.26% -8.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £76,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £49,881
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.77% -4.99%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 +51 84 £42,500 +12.58% 39
Buckinghamshire -19 42 £30,000 -33.33% 9
Oxfordshire -23 11 £82,500 +26.92% 11
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 1 (0.73%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.73%) Camunda
Applications
1 7 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.38%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.41%) Azure
2 12 (8.76%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.03%) AWS
4 10 (7.30%) GCP
4 10 (7.30%) OpenShift
5 5 (3.65%) Apigee
5 5 (3.65%) Kong
5 5 (3.65%) SaaS
6 2 (1.46%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.46%) Meta Ads
6 2 (1.46%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.73%) dbt
7 1 (0.73%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (16.06%) Firewall
2 19 (13.87%) Broadband
3 14 (10.22%) VoIP
4 13 (9.49%) 5G
5 10 (7.30%) Wireless
6 9 (6.57%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (5.11%) Unified Communications
8 5 (3.65%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (3.65%) WAN
9 4 (2.92%) Ethernet
9 4 (2.92%) VLAN
10 3 (2.19%) DECT
10 3 (2.19%) DSL
10 3 (2.19%) PBX
10 3 (2.19%) VPN
10 3 (2.19%) Wireshark
11 2 (1.46%) Internet
11 2 (1.46%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.73%) LAN
12 1 (0.73%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.92%) Big Data
2 2 (1.46%) Power BI
3 1 (0.73%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (7.30%) GitLab
2 5 (3.65%) Git
General
1 36 (26.28%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.06%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.49%) Legal
4 9 (6.57%) Finance
5 8 (5.84%) Marketing
6 7 (5.11%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (5.11%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.65%) Law
9 3 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.46%) Advertising
10 2 (1.46%) Billing
10 2 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.46%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.73%) Banking
11 1 (0.73%) Electronics
11 1 (0.73%) Local Government
11 1 (0.73%) Military
11 1 (0.73%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (13.87%) Account Manager
2 16 (11.68%) Telecoms Engineer
3 13 (9.49%) Corporate Account Manager
3 13 (9.49%) Internal Account Manager
3 13 (9.49%) IT Manager
4 12 (8.76%) Network Engineer
5 10 (7.30%) Automation Engineer
5 10 (7.30%) Development Manager
6 8 (5.84%) Analyst
6 8 (5.84%) Architect
6 8 (5.84%) Network Manager
7 7 (5.11%) Sales Executive
8 6 (4.38%) Automation Specialist
8 6 (4.38%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.38%) Business Development Manager
8 6 (4.38%) Business Manager
8 6 (4.38%) CAD Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) Network Specialist
8 6 (4.38%) Project Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.30%) Jinja
1 10 (7.30%) JSON
1 10 (7.30%) YAML
2 8 (5.84%) REST
3 5 (3.65%) XML
3 5 (3.65%) YANG
4 3 (2.19%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.19%) CSS
4 3 (2.19%) HTML
4 3 (2.19%) OAuth
4 3 (2.19%) SAML
4 3 (2.19%) SOAP
5 1 (0.73%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.03%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.38%) Cloud Native
3 4 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (2.92%) Client/Server
3 4 (2.92%) CMDB
3 4 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (2.92%) Learning Management System
3 4 (2.92%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.92%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.19%) IoT
4 3 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.19%) Smart Home
4 3 (2.19%) TM Forum
4 3 (2.19%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (1.46%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.46%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.73%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.73%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.68%) Linux
2 13 (9.49%) Windows
3 5 (3.65%) Unix
4 1 (0.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (13.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (8.03%) Business Development
4 11 (8.03%) Containerisation
4 11 (8.03%) Presales
4 11 (8.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (7.30%) API Management
5 10 (7.30%) CI/CD
5 10 (7.30%) CRM
5 10 (7.30%) Decision-Making
5 10 (7.30%) Task Automation
6 8 (5.84%) Customer Experience
6 8 (5.84%) Time Management
7 7 (5.11%) CAD
7 7 (5.11%) Logistics
7 7 (5.11%) Test Automation
7 7 (5.11%) Workflow
8 6 (4.38%) AI
8 6 (4.38%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.95%) Python
2 8 (5.84%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.92%) C
3 4 (2.92%) C++
3 4 (2.92%) Rust
Qualifications
1 15 (10.95%) Degree
2 4 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.46%) ACCA
4 1 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (0.73%) CIMA
4 1 (0.73%) CIPD
4 1 (0.73%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.73%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.38%) SLA
2 4 (2.92%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.92%) GDPR
3 3 (2.19%) QA
4 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.73%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.65%) ClearTrust
1 5 (3.65%) Hyper-V
2 4 (2.92%) KVM
2 4 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.73%) Netcool
2 1 (0.73%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 21 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.03%) Cisco
3 10 (7.30%) Red Hat
4 6 (4.38%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.65%) BT
5 5 (3.65%) F5
5 5 (3.65%) Juniper
5 5 (3.65%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.65%) VMware
6 4 (2.92%) ConnectWise
6 4 (2.92%) SAP
7 2 (1.46%) Google
7 2 (1.46%) Oracle
7 2 (1.46%) Pega
7 2 (1.46%) Remedy
7 2 (1.46%) Starlink
7 2 (1.46%) UiPath
8 1 (0.73%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.73%) HP
8 1 (0.73%) Salesforce