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 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 56 58
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 107 145 201
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.53% 4.32% 4.00%
As % of the General category 4.56% 6.46% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 68 16 77
10th Percentile - £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £55,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £73,750 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.54% +67.61% -29.60%
75th Percentile £36,500 £87,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,750 £90,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £35,000 £54,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -35.19% +28.57% -20.00%

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 2,347 2,245 2,748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.58% 66.82% 54.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,224 734 1,758
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £63,706
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,525 £77,500
South East median annual salary £46,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.36% +10.00% -9.09%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 -25 79 £35,000 -50.00% 67
Oxfordshire +35 15 £42,500 -41.38% 4
Buckinghamshire -4 14 £35,000 -60.00% 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 5 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.93%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.93%) Camunda
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.93%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.93%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.28%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (6.54%) Azure
3 6 (5.61%) GCP
4 4 (3.74%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.80%) AWS
6 1 (0.93%) Canva
6 1 (0.93%) Figma
6 1 (0.93%) GitHub
6 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (19.63%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (14.02%) Firewall
2 15 (14.02%) VoIP
2 15 (14.02%) VPN
3 13 (12.15%) WAN
4 11 (10.28%) DECT
4 11 (10.28%) DSL
4 11 (10.28%) PBX
4 11 (10.28%) Unified Communications
4 11 (10.28%) VLAN
4 11 (10.28%) Wireshark
5 4 (3.74%) DHCP
5 4 (3.74%) DNS
5 4 (3.74%) Internet
6 3 (2.80%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.87%) 4G
7 2 (1.87%) Broadband
7 2 (1.87%) LAN
7 2 (1.87%) SDH
7 2 (1.87%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.87%) BigQuery
1 2 (1.87%) GIS
2 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Git
2 1 (0.93%) GitLab
2 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 19 (17.76%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.08%) Finance
2 14 (13.08%) Marketing
3 5 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (3.74%) Electronics
4 4 (3.74%) Legal
5 3 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.80%) Automotive
5 3 (2.80%) Law
5 3 (2.80%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.80%) Military
5 3 (2.80%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.87%) Aviation
6 2 (1.87%) Banking
6 2 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.87%) Games
6 2 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (17.76%) Accountant
1 19 (17.76%) Assistant Accountant
2 13 (12.15%) Field Engineer
3 12 (11.21%) 2nd Line Support
3 12 (11.21%) IT Support
4 10 (9.35%) Field Service Engineer
5 9 (8.41%) IT Manager
6 8 (7.48%) IT Support Technician
6 8 (7.48%) IT Technician
6 8 (7.48%) Support Technician
7 6 (5.61%) Account Manager
7 6 (5.61%) Architect
7 6 (5.61%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.67%) Support Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) IT Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Lead
9 4 (3.74%) Senior
10 3 (2.80%) 2nd Line Support Technician
10 3 (2.80%) Category Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) Kafka
1 1 (0.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.21%) CCTV
1 12 (11.21%) Driving Licence
2 11 (10.28%) Web Conferencing
3 6 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.74%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.80%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.93%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (0.93%) FPGA
6 1 (0.93%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.93%) IoT
6 1 (0.93%) Lidar
6 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.93%) PCIe
6 1 (0.93%) Robotics
6 1 (0.93%) Self-Driving Car
6 1 (0.93%) Smart City
6 1 (0.93%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.74%) Windows
1 4 (3.74%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.02%) Time Management
2 13 (12.15%) Presales
3 11 (10.28%) Case Management
4 9 (8.41%) Customer Service
5 8 (7.48%) B2B
6 7 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (6.54%) Project Delivery
7 6 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (5.61%) Project Management
8 5 (4.67%) Agile
8 5 (4.67%) Customer Experience
8 5 (4.67%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (4.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (3.74%) B2B Sales
9 4 (3.74%) Collaborative Culture
9 4 (3.74%) Decision-Making
9 4 (3.74%) Facilities Management
9 4 (3.74%) IT Strategy
9 4 (3.74%) Technology Strategy
10 3 (2.80%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.61%) Python
2 4 (3.74%) SQL
3 2 (1.87%) C++
3 2 (1.87%) Java
4 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.93%) Perl
4 1 (0.93%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 23 (21.50%) Degree
2 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.74%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.87%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.93%) HND
5 1 (0.93%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.67%) GDPR
1 5 (4.67%) SLA
2 4 (3.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.80%) QA
4 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.93%) ECSS
4 1 (0.93%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (8.41%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.87%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.93%) Netcool
3 1 (0.93%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 23 (21.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.67%) Google
2 5 (4.67%) VMware
3 3 (2.80%) SAP
3 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.87%) Pega
4 2 (1.87%) UiPath
5 1 (0.93%) Adobe
5 1 (0.93%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (0.93%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.93%) IBM
5 1 (0.93%) Openreach
5 1 (0.93%) Salesforce