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 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 62 67
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 96 142 149
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.38% 4.20% 3.74%
As % of the General category 4.15% 6.49% 6.87%
Number of salaries quoted 63 14 53
10th Percentile - £56,625 £32,850
25th Percentile £30,000 £67,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £77,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -54.84% +46.23% -15.20%
75th Percentile £36,500 £87,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £89,400 £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
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 2,314 2,189 2,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 57.41% 64.69% 54.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,175 734 1,298
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,761 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £36,908
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £57,500 £52,397
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +9.74% -1.14%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,833 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £79,000
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 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 13 January 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 13 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
Berkshire -35 69 £35,000 -50.00% 76
Buckinghamshire +7 16 £36,000 -58.86% 10
Oxfordshire +35 14 £35,250 -51.38% 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.21%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.04%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.04%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (6.25%) Azure
3 4 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.13%) GCP
5 2 (2.08%) AWS
6 1 (1.04%) Canva
6 1 (1.04%) Figma
6 1 (1.04%) GitHub
6 1 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (12.50%) Firewall
2 12 (12.50%) VoIP
2 12 (12.50%) VPN
2 12 (12.50%) WAN
3 8 (8.33%) DECT
3 8 (8.33%) DSL
3 8 (8.33%) PBX
3 8 (8.33%) Unified Communications
3 8 (8.33%) VLAN
3 8 (8.33%) Wireshark
4 6 (6.25%) Internet
5 4 (4.17%) DHCP
5 4 (4.17%) DNS
5 4 (4.17%) LAN
6 3 (3.13%) Ethernet
7 2 (2.08%) 4G
7 2 (2.08%) 5G
7 2 (2.08%) SDH
7 2 (2.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) BigQuery
1 2 (2.08%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Git
2 1 (1.04%) GitLab
2 1 (1.04%) JIRA
General
1 13 (13.54%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.50%) Finance
3 11 (11.46%) Marketing
4 5 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.17%) Electronics
5 4 (4.17%) Legal
6 3 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.13%) Automotive
6 3 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.08%) Aviation
7 2 (2.08%) Banking
7 2 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.08%) Law
7 2 (2.08%) Military
7 2 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.04%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (15.63%) Accountant
1 15 (15.63%) Assistant Accountant
2 13 (13.54%) Field Engineer
3 12 (12.50%) IT Support
4 10 (10.42%) Field Service Engineer
5 9 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (9.38%) IT Manager
6 8 (8.33%) IT Support Technician
6 8 (8.33%) IT Technician
6 8 (8.33%) Support Technician
7 6 (6.25%) Account Manager
8 5 (5.21%) Support Engineer
9 4 (4.17%) Architect
9 4 (4.17%) IT Engineer
9 4 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
10 3 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support Technician
10 3 (3.13%) Category Manager
10 3 (3.13%) Procurement Manager
10 3 (3.13%) Project Manager
10 3 (3.13%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.63%) Driving Licence
2 14 (14.58%) CCTV
3 8 (8.33%) Web Conferencing
4 6 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.17%) Virtual Team
6 3 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.08%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.04%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (1.04%) FPGA
8 1 (1.04%) GNSS
8 1 (1.04%) Graphic Design
8 1 (1.04%) IoT
8 1 (1.04%) Lidar
8 1 (1.04%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.04%) PCIe
8 1 (1.04%) Robotics
8 1 (1.04%) Self-Driving Car
8 1 (1.04%) Smart City
8 1 (1.04%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.17%) Windows
1 4 (4.17%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (12.50%) Time Management
2 10 (10.42%) Presales
3 8 (8.33%) B2B
3 8 (8.33%) Case Management
3 8 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 6 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (6.25%) Project Delivery
5 5 (5.21%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (5.21%) Project Management
5 5 (5.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (4.17%) Agile
6 4 (4.17%) B2B Sales
6 4 (4.17%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (4.17%) Customer Experience
6 4 (4.17%) Decision-Making
6 4 (4.17%) Facilities Management
6 4 (4.17%) Software Testing
7 3 (3.13%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (3.13%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.21%) Python
2 4 (4.17%) SQL
3 2 (2.08%) C++
3 2 (2.08%) Java
4 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.04%) Perl
4 1 (1.04%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 18 (18.75%) Degree
2 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.04%) HND
4 1 (1.04%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.04%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.21%) GDPR
1 5 (5.21%) SLA
2 4 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.13%) QA
4 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.04%) ECSS
System Software
1 9 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.04%) Netcool
3 1 (1.04%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 22 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.21%) VMware
3 3 (3.13%) Google
3 3 (3.13%) SAP
4 1 (1.04%) Adobe
4 1 (1.04%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.04%) IBM
4 1 (1.04%) Openreach
4 1 (1.04%) Pega
4 1 (1.04%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.04%) UiPath