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 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 92 57
Rank change year-on-year +28 -35 -37
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 146 99 194
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.19% 2.74% 3.75%
As % of the General category 5.00% 3.71% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 110 45 66
10th Percentile £26,544 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £45,608 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% -18.92% +9.54%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £84,063
90th Percentile £80,125 £90,000 £107,625
South East median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -17.65% -3.41%

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 2,922 2,666 2,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 43.76% 73.69% 48.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,926 969 1,331
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,450 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £48,000 £49,881
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% -3.77% -4.99%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,500 £77,500
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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +58 87 £47,500 +17.28% 66
Buckinghamshire 0 48 £30,000 -16.67% 9
Oxfordshire -30 11 £67,500 +3.85% 9
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 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.79%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (11.64%) Azure
2 12 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (6.85%) AWS
3 10 (6.85%) OpenShift
4 7 (4.79%) GCP
5 6 (4.11%) SaaS
6 5 (3.42%) Apigee
6 5 (3.42%) Kong
7 2 (1.37%) Google Ads
7 2 (1.37%) Meta Ads
7 2 (1.37%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.68%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.68%) GitHub
8 1 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.01%) Broadband
1 19 (13.01%) Firewall
2 13 (8.90%) 5G
3 12 (8.22%) VoIP
3 12 (8.22%) Wireless
4 7 (4.79%) Ethernet
4 7 (4.79%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (3.42%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (3.42%) Unified Communications
6 4 (2.74%) Internet
6 4 (2.74%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.74%) WAN
7 2 (1.37%) LAN
7 2 (1.37%) WLAN
8 1 (0.68%) DAB
8 1 (0.68%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.68%) MVNO
8 1 (0.68%) Network Security
8 1 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.37%) Big Data
1 2 (1.37%) Power BI
2 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (6.85%) GitLab
2 6 (4.11%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) MLflow
General
1 37 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 23 (15.75%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (8.22%) Legal
4 10 (6.85%) Finance
5 7 (4.79%) Aerospace
5 7 (4.79%) Electronics
5 7 (4.79%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.11%) Law
6 6 (4.11%) Marketing
6 6 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.05%) Billing
8 3 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.37%) Advertising
9 2 (1.37%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.37%) Military
9 2 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (13.01%) Account Manager
2 16 (10.96%) Telecoms Engineer
3 13 (8.90%) Corporate Account Manager
3 13 (8.90%) Internal Account Manager
3 13 (8.90%) IT Manager
3 13 (8.90%) Network Engineer
4 11 (7.53%) Field Engineer
5 10 (6.85%) Automation Engineer
5 10 (6.85%) Development Manager
6 9 (6.16%) Senior
7 8 (5.48%) Network Manager
7 8 (5.48%) Sales Engineer
7 8 (5.48%) Sales Executive
8 6 (4.11%) Analyst
8 6 (4.11%) Business Development Manager
8 6 (4.11%) Business Manager
8 6 (4.11%) CAD Engineer
8 6 (4.11%) Network Specialist
8 6 (4.11%) Project Engineer
8 6 (4.11%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.85%) Jinja
1 10 (6.85%) JSON
1 10 (6.85%) YAML
2 8 (5.48%) REST
3 5 (3.42%) XML
3 5 (3.42%) YANG
4 3 (2.05%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.05%) CSS
4 3 (2.05%) HTML
4 3 (2.05%) OAuth
4 3 (2.05%) SAML
4 3 (2.05%) SOAP
5 1 (0.68%) PySpark
5 1 (0.68%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.27%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.16%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (2.74%) Client/Server
3 4 (2.74%) CMDB
3 4 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (2.74%) IoT
3 4 (2.74%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.05%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.05%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.05%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.05%) Smart Home
4 3 (2.05%) TM Forum
5 2 (1.37%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.68%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.68%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.96%) Linux
2 13 (8.90%) Windows
3 5 (3.42%) Unix
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
1 20 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (10.96%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (9.59%) CRM
3 14 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (8.22%) Business Development
5 11 (7.53%) CI/CD
6 10 (6.85%) API Management
6 10 (6.85%) Containerisation
6 10 (6.85%) Decision-Making
6 10 (6.85%) Presales
6 10 (6.85%) Task Automation
7 9 (6.16%) Customer Experience
8 8 (5.48%) Project Delivery
8 8 (5.48%) Test Automation
9 7 (4.79%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (4.79%) CAD
9 7 (4.79%) Customer Service
9 7 (4.79%) Logistics
9 7 (4.79%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.27%) Python
2 8 (5.48%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.74%) C
3 4 (2.74%) C++
3 4 (2.74%) Rust
4 1 (0.68%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (8.22%) Degree
2 4 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.37%) ACCA
4 1 (0.68%) CIMA
4 1 (0.68%) CIPD
4 1 (0.68%) City & Guilds
4 1 (0.68%) HND
4 1 (0.68%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.42%) SLA
2 4 (2.74%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.74%) GDPR
3 3 (2.05%) QA
4 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.68%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.42%) ClearTrust
1 5 (3.42%) Hyper-V
2 4 (2.74%) KVM
2 4 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (15.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.53%) Cisco
3 10 (6.85%) Red Hat
4 7 (4.79%) BT
5 5 (3.42%) F5
5 5 (3.42%) Juniper
5 5 (3.42%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.42%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.42%) VMware
6 4 (2.74%) ConnectWise
6 4 (2.74%) SAP
7 3 (2.05%) Oracle
7 3 (2.05%) Starlink
8 2 (1.37%) Google
8 2 (1.37%) Remedy
9 1 (0.68%) Arqiva
9 1 (0.68%) Databricks
9 1 (0.68%) HP
9 1 (0.68%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.68%) Xero