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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 97 56
Rank change year-on-year +44 -41 -16
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 142 69 253
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.91% 2.54% 4.03%
As % of the General category 6.11% 3.52% 7.49%
Number of salaries quoted 94 17 104
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,600 £29,570
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +10.00% -2.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £88,500 £86,375
South East median annual salary £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% -21.05%

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 2,324 1,959 3,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 47.59% 72.21% 53.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,406 692 2,240
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,775 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% -9.96%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £76,375
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +17.02% -10.48%

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 28 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 28 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 +32 112 £35,000 -25.93% 43
Buckinghamshire -21 18 £60,000 -7.69% 6
Oxfordshire +6 12 £65,000 -10.34% 5
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 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.70%) Camunda
Applications
1 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.70%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.27%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (10.56%) Azure
3 11 (7.75%) AWS
3 11 (7.75%) GCP
4 10 (7.04%) OpenShift
5 5 (3.52%) Apigee
5 5 (3.52%) Kong
6 4 (2.82%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.41%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.70%) Canva
8 1 (0.70%) dbt
8 1 (0.70%) Figma
8 1 (0.70%) GitHub
8 1 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (23.94%) Firewall
2 23 (16.20%) VoIP
2 23 (16.20%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (11.97%) VPN
4 13 (9.15%) DECT
4 13 (9.15%) DSL
4 13 (9.15%) PBX
4 13 (9.15%) Unified Communications
4 13 (9.15%) VLAN
4 13 (9.15%) WAN
4 13 (9.15%) Wireshark
5 5 (3.52%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (2.82%) Broadband
6 4 (2.82%) DHCP
6 4 (2.82%) DNS
7 2 (1.41%) SDH
7 2 (1.41%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.70%) 4G
8 1 (0.70%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.82%) Big Data
2 2 (1.41%) GIS
3 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 11 (7.75%) GitLab
2 7 (4.93%) Git
General
1 32 (22.54%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.97%) Marketing
3 11 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (7.75%) Finance
4 7 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (4.93%) Legal
5 6 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.82%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.11%) Law
7 3 (2.11%) Military
8 2 (1.41%) Advertising
8 2 (1.41%) Automotive
8 2 (1.41%) Aviation
8 2 (1.41%) Banking
8 2 (1.41%) Games
8 2 (1.41%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.70%) Electronics
9 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (13.38%) Accountant
1 19 (13.38%) Assistant Accountant
2 15 (10.56%) IT Manager
3 14 (9.86%) 2nd Line Support
4 12 (8.45%) Account Manager
4 12 (8.45%) IT Support
5 10 (7.04%) Automation Engineer
5 10 (7.04%) Field Engineer
5 10 (7.04%) Field Service Engineer
5 10 (7.04%) Network Engineer
5 10 (7.04%) Telecoms Engineer
6 8 (5.63%) IT Support Technician
6 8 (5.63%) IT Technician
6 8 (5.63%) Support Technician
7 7 (4.93%) Senior
8 6 (4.23%) Automation Specialist
8 6 (4.23%) Development Manager
8 6 (4.23%) IT Engineer
8 6 (4.23%) OSS Business Analyst
8 6 (4.23%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.04%) Jinja
1 10 (7.04%) JSON
1 10 (7.04%) YAML
2 5 (3.52%) REST
2 5 (3.52%) XML
2 5 (3.52%) YANG
3 1 (0.70%) Kafka
3 1 (0.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.15%) Web Conferencing
2 10 (7.04%) CCTV
2 10 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.34%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.93%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.11%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.41%) Smart Home
7 1 (0.70%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (0.70%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.70%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.70%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.70%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.70%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.56%) Linux
2 11 (7.75%) Windows
3 5 (3.52%) Unix
4 4 (2.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (11.97%) Time Management
2 14 (9.86%) Presales
3 13 (9.15%) Case Management
3 13 (9.15%) Containerisation
3 13 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (8.45%) CI/CD
4 12 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (8.45%) Project Delivery
5 10 (7.04%) API Management
5 10 (7.04%) Task Automation
6 9 (6.34%) Customer Service
7 8 (5.63%) Agile
8 7 (4.93%) B2B
8 7 (4.93%) Project Management
9 6 (4.23%) Business Development
9 6 (4.23%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (4.23%) CRM
9 6 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (4.23%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.27%) Python
2 6 (4.23%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.52%) C++
4 3 (2.11%) C
4 3 (2.11%) Rust
5 2 (1.41%) Java
5 2 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (19.72%) Degree
2 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.41%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.70%) ACCA
5 1 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.70%) HND
5 1 (0.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.23%) SLA
2 4 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.11%) GDPR
3 3 (2.11%) QA
4 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.70%) ECSS
4 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (6.34%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.11%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.11%) KVM
4 2 (1.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.41%) Netcool
2 2 (1.41%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 27 (19.01%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.04%) Cisco
2 10 (7.04%) Red Hat
3 8 (5.63%) VMware
4 5 (3.52%) F5
4 5 (3.52%) Google
4 5 (3.52%) Juniper
4 5 (3.52%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.11%) Pega
5 3 (2.11%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.11%) UiPath
6 2 (1.41%) Blue Prism
6 2 (1.41%) IBM
7 1 (0.70%) Adobe
7 1 (0.70%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (0.70%) Remedy
7 1 (0.70%) Salesforce