Telecommunications
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 67 183
Rank change year-on-year -64 +116 -55
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 2,138 4,854 3,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.18% 4.64% 2.22%
As % of the General category 3.64% 6.75% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 1,252 2,101
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £62,375 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,250 £88,750 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,251 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.52% -8.95% -

All General Skills
UK

Telecoms is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58,670 71,907 98,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.84% 68.71% 63.59%
Number of salaries quoted 39,462 38,624 51,085
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Telecoms.

Salary trend for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England -63 1,904 £45,000 -18.18% 631
UK excluding London -74 1,705 £40,000 -7.52% 488
South East -26 609 £37,500 -12.79% 128
Work from Home -10 568 £50,000 -9.09% 239
London -29 323 £65,000 -7.14% 182
Midlands -48 276 £40,000 -11.11% 94
North of England -116 260 £45,000 +5.88% 102
South West -65 259 £40,000 -8.31% 59
North West -76 176 £42,500 -19.05% 66
West Midlands -46 162 £43,750 -2.78% 64
East of England -71 147 £48,750 -18.75% 58
East Midlands -48 114 £39,000 -4.48% 30
Scotland -133 78 £43,750 +2.94% 36
Yorkshire -102 68 £47,500 +11.76% 23
Northern Ireland +15 37 £35,000 +27.27% 11
Wales -53 31 £32,500 -23.08% 18
North East -81 16 £27,500 -24.66% 14
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 64 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.22%) Skype for Business
4 12 (0.56%) Apache
5 8 (0.37%) nginx
6 7 (0.33%) Confluence
6 7 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.23%) CMS
7 5 (0.23%) IIS
8 4 (0.19%) Moodle
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.14%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.14%) WordPress
10 1 (0.047%) Gunicorn
10 1 (0.047%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.047%) SAS
10 1 (0.047%) uWSGI
10 1 (0.047%) WebSphere
Applications
1 159 (7.44%) Microsoft Office
2 139 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 55 (2.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.23%) OrCAD
9 4 (0.19%) Doxygen
9 4 (0.19%) InfoPath
9 4 (0.19%) Simulink
10 2 (0.094%) Fusion 360
11 1 (0.047%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.047%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.047%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.047%) InVision
11 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.047%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.33%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.19%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.047%) Primavera
4 1 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.047%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.047%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.047%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.047%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.047%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 235 (10.99%) Azure
2 218 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
3 112 (5.24%) AWS
4 70 (3.27%) SaaS
5 53 (2.48%) Entra ID
6 47 (2.20%) Power Platform
7 31 (1.45%) GCP
8 29 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (1.08%) GitHub
10 19 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (0.89%) IaaS
10 19 (0.89%) OneDrive
11 16 (0.75%) PaaS
12 14 (0.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 14 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (0.65%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.61%) Amazon S3
14 11 (0.51%) Serverless
15 7 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 205 (9.59%) Firewall
2 136 (6.36%) WAN
3 128 (5.99%) Broadband
4 127 (5.94%) LAN
5 125 (5.85%) Wireless
6 111 (5.19%) Internet
7 109 (5.10%) VPN
8 106 (4.96%) TCP/IP
9 105 (4.91%) VoIP
10 103 (4.82%) 5G
11 98 (4.58%) Wi-Fi
12 86 (4.02%) DNS
13 64 (2.99%) MPLS
14 55 (2.57%) Network Security
15 53 (2.48%) 4G
16 50 (2.34%) Unified Communications
17 48 (2.25%) VLAN
18 44 (2.06%) DHCP
19 43 (2.01%) LTE
19 43 (2.01%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (2.25%) MySQL
2 46 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 45 (2.10%) Power BI
4 33 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 30 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (0.98%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.70%) Redis
8 12 (0.56%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (0.51%) SQLite
10 9 (0.42%) DynamoDB
10 9 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
11 8 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.37%) Tableau
12 7 (0.33%) GIS
12 7 (0.33%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.19%) Big Data
14 4 (0.19%) Power Query
15 3 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 71 (3.32%) Git
2 48 (2.25%) JIRA
3 29 (1.36%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.12%) LabVIEW
5 18 (0.84%) Visual Studio
6 17 (0.80%) Eclipse
7 16 (0.75%) Subversion
8 15 (0.70%) GitLab
9 10 (0.47%) Trac
10 8 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
10 8 (0.37%) Vagrant
11 7 (0.33%) GCC
11 7 (0.33%) Selenium
12 6 (0.28%) Maven
13 5 (0.23%) Hudson
14 4 (0.19%) Bitbucket
15 3 (0.14%) Cypress.io
15 3 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
15 3 (0.14%) WebDriver
16 2 (0.094%) Apache Continuum
General
1 642 (30.03%) Social Skills
2 479 (22.40%) Finance
3 244 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
4 242 (11.32%) Electronics
5 239 (11.18%) Marketing
6 223 (10.43%) Manufacturing
7 215 (10.06%) Public Sector
8 127 (5.94%) Retail
9 92 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
10 81 (3.79%) Legal
11 78 (3.65%) Law
12 72 (3.37%) Automotive
13 67 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 65 (3.04%) Billing
15 51 (2.39%) Local Government
16 50 (2.34%) Pharmaceutical
17 43 (2.01%) Military
18 40 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
19 33 (1.54%) Aerospace
20 20 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 217 (10.15%) Senior
2 171 (8.00%) Support Engineer
3 149 (6.97%) Developer
4 136 (6.36%) Lead
5 113 (5.29%) Project Manager
6 104 (4.86%) Analyst
7 101 (4.72%) Network Engineer
8 85 (3.98%) Telecoms Manager
9 84 (3.93%) Development Manager
10 80 (3.74%) Business Manager
10 80 (3.74%) Consultant
10 80 (3.74%) IT Support
11 78 (3.65%) IT Engineer
12 76 (3.55%) IT Manager
13 71 (3.32%) Business Development Manager
14 67 (3.13%) Team Leader
15 62 (2.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 62 (2.90%) Technical Support
16 55 (2.57%) Systems Engineer
17 53 (2.48%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.81%) HTML
2 46 (2.15%) .NET
2 46 (2.15%) CSS
3 41 (1.92%) React
4 28 (1.31%) REST
5 25 (1.17%) YAML
6 24 (1.12%) AngularJS
7 23 (1.08%) Flask
7 23 (1.08%) Laravel
8 21 (0.98%) XML
9 20 (0.94%) LDAP
10 19 (0.89%) Node.js
10 19 (0.89%) SOAP
11 17 (0.80%) .NET Framework
11 17 (0.80%) JSON
12 16 (0.75%) NETCONF
12 16 (0.75%) WPF
13 14 (0.65%) Django
13 14 (0.65%) Svelte
13 14 (0.65%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 130 (6.08%) Driving Licence
2 125 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
3 111 (5.19%) Management Information System
4 69 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 52 (2.43%) IoT
6 48 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
7 44 (2.06%) CCTV
8 35 (1.64%) Fibre Optics
9 32 (1.50%) Onboarding
10 31 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
11 30 (1.40%) Product Ownership
12 24 (1.12%) Robotics
12 24 (1.12%) Smartphone
13 23 (1.08%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.03%) Acoustics
14 22 (1.03%) Satnav
15 17 (0.80%) Operational Technology
16 16 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
16 16 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
17 15 (0.70%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 299 (13.99%) Windows
2 199 (9.31%) Linux
3 128 (5.99%) Windows Server
4 83 (3.88%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.36%) Windows 7
6 25 (1.17%) CentOS
7 24 (1.12%) Ubuntu
8 23 (1.08%) Unix
9 20 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
10 18 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 18 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.51%) Android
13 8 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
14 7 (0.33%) Apple iOS
14 7 (0.33%) Mac OS
14 7 (0.33%) VMS
14 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
15 6 (0.28%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
2 310 (14.50%) Customer Service
3 239 (11.18%) Project Management
4 225 (10.52%) Agile
5 210 (9.82%) Business Intelligence
6 194 (9.07%) Programme Management
7 192 (8.98%) Digital Marketing
8 171 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
9 152 (7.11%) Project Delivery
10 141 (6.59%) ITIL
11 135 (6.31%) Customer Experience
12 134 (6.27%) Mentoring
13 128 (5.99%) Computer Science
14 123 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 122 (5.71%) Business Development
16 111 (5.19%) Stakeholder Management
17 108 (5.05%) Software Engineering
18 107 (5.00%) B2B
19 99 (4.63%) Data Management
20 97 (4.54%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 183 (8.56%) Python
2 125 (5.85%) SQL
3 107 (5.00%) C
4 93 (4.35%) JavaScript
5 91 (4.26%) C#
6 66 (3.09%) Java
7 64 (2.99%) C++
8 45 (2.10%) PowerShell
9 40 (1.87%) PHP
10 29 (1.36%) TypeScript
11 24 (1.12%) Bash
12 23 (1.08%) Perl
13 22 (1.03%) Go
14 20 (0.94%) Embedded C
15 17 (0.80%) Shell Script
16 15 (0.70%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.61%) Kotlin
18 11 (0.51%) MATLAB
18 11 (0.51%) R
19 10 (0.47%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 480 (22.45%) Degree
2 170 (7.95%) Security Cleared
3 105 (4.91%) SC Cleared
4 68 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
5 66 (3.09%) Master's Degree
6 55 (2.57%) CCNA
6 55 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (1.96%) HNC
9 35 (1.64%) CISSP
9 35 (1.64%) DBS Check
9 35 (1.64%) MBA
10 34 (1.59%) DV Cleared
11 33 (1.54%) HND
12 29 (1.36%) CISM
13 26 (1.22%) A+ Certification
13 26 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 25 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 25 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
15 22 (1.03%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (4.12%) SLA
2 80 (3.74%) QA
3 46 (2.15%) GDPR
4 27 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 22 (1.03%) ISO 9001
6 22 (1.03%) NCSC
6 22 (1.03%) NIST
7 20 (0.94%) Accessibility
8 18 (0.84%) PMO
9 16 (0.75%) Data Quality
9 16 (0.75%) GRC
10 11 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 10 (0.47%) COSHH
12 9 (0.42%) ITGC
12 9 (0.42%) NIST 800
12 9 (0.42%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.37%) NEBOSH
14 6 (0.28%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.19%) JTAG
System Software
1 136 (6.36%) Active Directory
2 83 (3.88%) Hyper-V
3 65 (3.04%) Docker
4 58 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 39 (1.82%) Firmware
6 26 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
7 22 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (0.75%) pfSense
9 13 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
9 13 (0.61%) NFS
10 7 (0.33%) vSphere
11 6 (0.28%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.19%) KVM
13 3 (0.14%) Ceph
13 3 (0.14%) Gluster
13 3 (0.14%) oVirt
14 2 (0.094%) HDFS
14 2 (0.094%) OpenSIPS
15 1 (0.047%) Virtual Desktop
15 1 (0.047%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (1.73%) Ansible
2 35 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (1.26%) Grafana
3 27 (1.26%) Kubernetes
4 21 (0.98%) Terraform
5 20 (0.94%) ZABBIX
6 14 (0.65%) SCCM
7 13 (0.61%) FortiGate
7 13 (0.61%) HAProxy
7 13 (0.61%) Puppet
8 11 (0.51%) Nagios
8 11 (0.51%) vCenter Server
9 10 (0.47%) Graphite
9 10 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 10 (0.47%) Nessus
9 10 (0.47%) SCDPM
10 6 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.19%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.19%) Autotask
Vendors
1 458 (21.42%) Microsoft
2 183 (8.56%) SAP
3 163 (7.62%) Cisco
4 90 (4.21%) VMware
5 73 (3.41%) Juniper
6 64 (2.99%) Openreach
7 59 (2.76%) Virgin Media
8 58 (2.71%) Fortinet
9 42 (1.96%) BT
9 42 (1.96%) Veeam
10 38 (1.78%) HP
11 37 (1.73%) NEC
11 37 (1.73%) Oracle
12 32 (1.50%) Aruba
13 30 (1.40%) Apple
13 30 (1.40%) Ericsson
14 28 (1.31%) Salesforce
15 25 (1.17%) Polycom
16 22 (1.03%) Palo Alto
17 21 (0.98%) Sandvine