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 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 56 45
Rank change year-on-year -66 -11 +22
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 74 179 185
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.93% 4.08% 5.40%
As % of the General category 2.61% 7.92% 8.83%
Number of salaries quoted 49 28 65
10th Percentile £32,000 £26,450 £29,550
25th Percentile £33,500 £34,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +10.93% -14.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,900 £77,500
South East median annual salary £37,000 £47,500 £44,750
% change year-on-year -22.11% +6.15% -22.17%

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 2,839 2,260 2,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 74.20% 51.50% 61.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 812 1,266
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,313 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.15% +3.45% -4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £53,818 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.38% +2.51% -4.55%

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 22 October 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 22 October 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
Berkshire -71 43 £36,000 -41.46% 97
Buckinghamshire +6 20 £45,608 -25.54% 17
Oxfordshire +30 14 £65,000 +4.00% 16
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 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.70%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.41%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.70%) GCP
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (1.35%) AWS
3 1 (1.35%) AWS CloudTrail
3 1 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (1.35%) SaaS
3 1 (1.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.81%) Internet
2 6 (8.11%) Broadband
3 5 (6.76%) Ethernet
4 4 (5.41%) LAN
4 4 (5.41%) WAN
5 3 (4.05%) Firewall
5 3 (4.05%) VoIP
6 2 (2.70%) Mobile Broadband
6 2 (2.70%) RS-485
6 2 (2.70%) SDH
6 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.70%) Wireless
7 1 (1.35%) 4G
7 1 (1.35%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) Power BI
2 2 (2.70%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 35 (47.30%) Finance
2 17 (22.97%) Marketing
3 14 (18.92%) Social Skills
4 12 (16.22%) Electronics
4 12 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (13.51%) Legal
6 7 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (8.11%) Manufacturing
7 6 (8.11%) Public Sector
8 5 (6.76%) Banking
8 5 (6.76%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (5.41%) Back Office
9 4 (5.41%) Retail
9 4 (5.41%) Retail Finance
10 3 (4.05%) Spanish Language
11 2 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
12 1 (1.35%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (8.11%) Analyst
1 6 (8.11%) Sales Executive
2 5 (6.76%) Technical Trainer
2 5 (6.76%) Trainer
3 4 (5.41%) Account Director
3 4 (5.41%) Operations Engineer
3 4 (5.41%) Pricing Manager
3 4 (5.41%) Sales Manager
4 3 (4.05%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 3 (4.05%) Business Development Manager
4 3 (4.05%) Business Manager
4 3 (4.05%) Category Manager
4 3 (4.05%) Development Manager
4 3 (4.05%) Field Engineer
4 3 (4.05%) Internal Sales Executive
4 3 (4.05%) IT Manager
4 3 (4.05%) IT Procurement Manager
4 3 (4.05%) Procurement Manager
4 3 (4.05%) Software Analyst
4 3 (4.05%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.35%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.86%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.11%) Handset
3 5 (6.76%) IoT
4 4 (5.41%) CCTV
4 4 (5.41%) Learning Management System
4 4 (5.41%) Virtual Team
5 3 (4.05%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (4.05%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.70%) FPGA
7 1 (1.35%) GNSS
7 1 (1.35%) Lidar
7 1 (1.35%) PCIe
7 1 (1.35%) Robotics
7 1 (1.35%) SCADA
7 1 (1.35%) Self-Driving Car
7 1 (1.35%) Smart City
7 1 (1.35%) Verilog
7 1 (1.35%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (17.57%) B2B
1 13 (17.57%) B2B Sales
2 10 (13.51%) Business Development
2 10 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (13.51%) Decision-Making
2 10 (13.51%) Facilities Management
2 10 (13.51%) Time Management
3 8 (10.81%) Project Management
4 7 (9.46%) Pricing Strategy
5 6 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (8.11%) Customer Service
5 6 (8.11%) Customer-Centricity
5 6 (8.11%) Digital Marketing
5 6 (8.11%) Programme Management
6 5 (6.76%) Presales
6 5 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (5.41%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (5.41%) Contract Negotiation
7 4 (5.41%) GTM Strategy
7 4 (5.41%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.46%) Python
2 6 (8.11%) SQL
3 1 (1.35%) Perl
3 1 (1.35%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 14 (18.92%) Degree
2 9 (12.16%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.76%) City & Guilds
3 5 (6.76%) DV Cleared
3 5 (6.76%) Master's Degree
3 5 (6.76%) NVQ Level 3
4 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.35%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.76%) GDPR
2 2 (2.70%) PMO
2 2 (2.70%) QA
3 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.70%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.35%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.35%) Netcool
1 1 (1.35%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 10 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.11%) SAP
3 2 (2.70%) EMC
3 2 (2.70%) Freescale
3 2 (2.70%) Google
3 2 (2.70%) IFS
3 2 (2.70%) VMware
4 1 (1.35%) Altera
4 1 (1.35%) Avaya
4 1 (1.35%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.35%) Genesys
4 1 (1.35%) IBM
4 1 (1.35%) Openreach
4 1 (1.35%) Pega
4 1 (1.35%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.35%) UiPath