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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 102 54
Rank change year-on-year +30 -48 -33
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 131 101 203
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.90% 2.65% 3.92%
As % of the General category 4.41% 3.58% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 105 44 59
10th Percentile £26,381 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,608 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% -24.61% +17.82%
75th Percentile £63,374 £76,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £80,750 £90,000 £107,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £35,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +26.76% -21.11% -

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 2,969 2,824 2,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 43.15% 74.14% 49.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,008 999 1,264
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,500 £29,575
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £64,609
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,500 £80,000
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 24 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 24 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 +45 74 £45,000 +11.11% 49
Buckinghamshire +4 47 £30,000 -25.93% 7
Oxfordshire -34 10 £67,500 +3.85% 8
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 (6.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (5.34%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.92%) Azure
2 12 (9.16%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.34%) SaaS
4 6 (4.58%) AWS
4 6 (4.58%) OpenShift
5 3 (2.29%) Apigee
5 3 (2.29%) GCP
5 3 (2.29%) Kong
6 2 (1.53%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.53%) Meta Ads
6 2 (1.53%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.76%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.76%) GitHub
7 1 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.50%) Broadband
2 13 (9.92%) 5G
2 13 (9.92%) Firewall
3 12 (9.16%) Wireless
4 10 (7.63%) VoIP
5 7 (5.34%) Ethernet
5 7 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (3.82%) Unified Communications
7 4 (3.05%) Internet
7 4 (3.05%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.05%) WAN
8 3 (2.29%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.53%) LAN
9 2 (1.53%) WLAN
10 1 (0.76%) DAB
10 1 (0.76%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.76%) MVNO
10 1 (0.76%) Network Security
10 1 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.76%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.53%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.58%) GitLab
2 4 (3.05%) Git
3 1 (0.76%) MLflow
General
1 32 (24.43%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.40%) Legal
4 9 (6.87%) Finance
5 7 (5.34%) Aerospace
5 7 (5.34%) Electronics
6 6 (4.58%) Law
6 6 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.82%) Marketing
8 4 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.29%) Billing
9 3 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.29%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.53%) Advertising
10 2 (1.53%) Local Government
10 2 (1.53%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (14.50%) Account Manager
2 13 (9.92%) Corporate Account Manager
2 13 (9.92%) Internal Account Manager
2 13 (9.92%) IT Manager
3 12 (9.16%) Telecoms Engineer
4 11 (8.40%) Field Engineer
5 9 (6.87%) Network Engineer
6 8 (6.11%) Network Manager
6 8 (6.11%) Sales Engineer
6 8 (6.11%) Sales Executive
6 8 (6.11%) Senior
7 6 (4.58%) Architect
7 6 (4.58%) Automation Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) CAD Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) Development Manager
7 6 (4.58%) Project Engineer
8 5 (3.82%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (3.82%) 1st Line Support Technician
8 5 (3.82%) Sales Manager
8 5 (3.82%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.58%) Jinja
1 6 (4.58%) JSON
1 6 (4.58%) REST
1 6 (4.58%) YAML
2 3 (2.29%) AngularJS
2 3 (2.29%) CSS
2 3 (2.29%) HTML
2 3 (2.29%) OAuth
2 3 (2.29%) SAML
2 3 (2.29%) SOAP
2 3 (2.29%) XML
2 3 (2.29%) YANG
3 1 (0.76%) PySpark
3 1 (0.76%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.92%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.87%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.05%) CMDB
3 4 (3.05%) IoT
3 4 (3.05%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.29%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.29%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.29%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.29%) Smart Home
4 3 (2.29%) TM Forum
5 2 (1.53%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.53%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.76%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.76%) Digital TV
6 1 (0.76%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.76%) Pricing Data
6 1 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.40%) Windows
2 10 (7.63%) Linux
3 3 (2.29%) Unix
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (12.98%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (8.40%) CRM
6 10 (7.63%) Presales
7 9 (6.87%) Customer Experience
7 9 (6.87%) Decision-Making
8 8 (6.11%) Business Development
9 7 (5.34%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (5.34%) CAD
9 7 (5.34%) CI/CD
9 7 (5.34%) Workflow
10 6 (4.58%) API Management
10 6 (4.58%) Containerisation
10 6 (4.58%) Customer Service
10 6 (4.58%) Project Delivery
10 6 (4.58%) Project Management
10 6 (4.58%) Task Automation
10 6 (4.58%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.87%) Python
2 6 (4.58%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.53%) C
3 2 (1.53%) C++
3 2 (1.53%) Rust
4 1 (0.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (7.63%) Degree
2 2 (1.53%) ACCA
2 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.76%) CIMA
3 1 (0.76%) CIPD
3 1 (0.76%) City & Guilds
3 1 (0.76%) HND
3 1 (0.76%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.82%) SLA
2 4 (3.05%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.05%) GDPR
3 3 (2.29%) QA
4 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.82%) ClearTrust
2 3 (2.29%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.53%) KVM
3 2 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (16.03%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.34%) BT
2 7 (5.34%) Cisco
3 6 (4.58%) Red Hat
4 5 (3.82%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.05%) ConnectWise
5 4 (3.05%) SAP
6 3 (2.29%) F5
6 3 (2.29%) Juniper
6 3 (2.29%) Oracle
6 3 (2.29%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.29%) Starlink
6 3 (2.29%) VMware
7 2 (1.53%) Google
7 2 (1.53%) Remedy
8 1 (0.76%) Arqiva
8 1 (0.76%) Databricks
8 1 (0.76%) HP
8 1 (0.76%) Xero