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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 52 29
Rank change year-on-year -54 -23 +35
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 105 185 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.67% 3.84% 7.47%
As % of the General category 3.55% 7.89% 12.13%
Number of salaries quoted 47 37 80
10th Percentile £31,200 £28,250 £29,625
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,608 £60,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.61% +10.00% -15.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £112,500 £80,125
South East median annual salary £36,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +3.45% -21.62%

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 common skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,958 2,346 2,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 75.13% 48.67% 61.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 954 1,436
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £30,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.28%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £45,500 £50,663 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.19% -3.50% -4.55%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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
Buckinghamshire +24 43 £36,000 +6.67% 3
Berkshire -83 42 £36,000 -41.46% 114
Oxfordshire +46 23 £65,000 +8.33% 16
Telecoms
South East

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.90%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.81%) Power Platform
2 2 (1.90%) GCP
2 2 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (0.95%) AWS
3 1 (0.95%) AWS CloudTrail
3 1 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (0.95%) SaaS
3 1 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (32.38%) TCP/IP
1 34 (32.38%) VPN
2 8 (7.62%) Internet
3 7 (6.67%) Broadband
3 7 (6.67%) Firewall
3 7 (6.67%) VoIP
4 5 (4.76%) Ethernet
4 5 (4.76%) WAN
5 4 (3.81%) LAN
6 2 (1.90%) 4G
6 2 (1.90%) 5G
6 2 (1.90%) Mobile Broadband
6 2 (1.90%) RS-485
6 2 (1.90%) Wireless
7 1 (0.95%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.81%) Power BI
2 2 (1.90%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.95%) Big Data
3 1 (0.95%) GIS
Development Applications
1 34 (32.38%) Cucumber
1 34 (32.38%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 54 (51.43%) Social Skills
2 41 (39.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 39 (37.14%) Finance
4 21 (20.00%) Marketing
5 13 (12.38%) Electronics
6 12 (11.43%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (8.57%) Legal
9 8 (7.62%) Manufacturing
9 8 (7.62%) Public Sector
10 7 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (6.67%) Spanish Language
11 4 (3.81%) Back Office
11 4 (3.81%) Banking
11 4 (3.81%) Retail
11 4 (3.81%) Retail Finance
12 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (32.38%) Test Automation Engineer
1 34 (32.38%) Test Engineer
2 10 (9.52%) Analyst
3 7 (6.67%) 1st Line Support
3 7 (6.67%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 7 (6.67%) Support Analyst
4 6 (5.71%) Software Analyst
4 6 (5.71%) Software Support Analyst
5 5 (4.76%) Sales Executive
5 5 (4.76%) Technical Trainer
5 5 (4.76%) Trainer
6 4 (3.81%) Account Director
6 4 (3.81%) Internal Sales Executive
6 4 (3.81%) Operations Engineer
6 4 (3.81%) Pricing Manager
6 4 (3.81%) Sales Manager
7 3 (2.86%) Business Development Manager
7 3 (2.86%) Business Manager
7 3 (2.86%) Development Manager
7 3 (2.86%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.95%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 34 (32.38%) Linux Command Line
2 9 (8.57%) Driving Licence
3 6 (5.71%) Handset
3 6 (5.71%) IoT
4 5 (4.76%) Learning Management System
5 4 (3.81%) CCTV
5 4 (3.81%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (3.81%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.90%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.90%) FPGA
8 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.95%) IVR
8 1 (0.95%) PCIe
8 1 (0.95%) Robotics
8 1 (0.95%) SCADA
8 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.95%) Verilog
8 1 (0.95%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 34 (32.38%) Linux
1 34 (32.38%) Windows
2 2 (1.90%) Unix
3 1 (0.95%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (36.19%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (34.29%) Coaching
3 35 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 34 (32.38%) DevOps
4 34 (32.38%) System Testing
4 34 (32.38%) Test Automation
4 34 (32.38%) Test Management
5 17 (16.19%) B2B
5 17 (16.19%) B2B Sales
6 12 (11.43%) Business Development
6 12 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (11.43%) Decision-Making
7 10 (9.52%) Facilities Management
7 10 (9.52%) Time Management
8 9 (8.57%) Customer Service
9 8 (7.62%) Digital Marketing
9 8 (7.62%) Programme Management
10 7 (6.67%) Case Management
11 6 (5.71%) Customer-Centricity
11 6 (5.71%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 42 (40.00%) Python
2 34 (32.38%) Bash
2 34 (32.38%) JavaScript
2 34 (32.38%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.71%) SQL
4 2 (1.90%) C++
5 1 (0.95%) Perl
5 1 (0.95%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 47 (44.76%) Degree
2 9 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 8 (7.62%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.76%) City & Guilds
4 5 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 5 (4.76%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.95%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (32.38%) QA
2 3 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.90%) GDPR
3 2 (1.90%) PMO
4 1 (0.95%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.95%) Firmware
Vendors
1 11 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.62%) SAP
3 2 (1.90%) EMC
3 2 (1.90%) Freescale
3 2 (1.90%) Google
3 2 (1.90%) IFS
3 2 (1.90%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.95%) Altera
4 1 (0.95%) Avaya
4 1 (0.95%) ConnectWise
4 1 (0.95%) Genesys
4 1 (0.95%) Openreach