Telecoms Jobs

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 cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 133 68
Rank change year-on-year +13 -65 +116
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 1,275 2,146 4,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.44% 2.19% 4.59%
As % of the General category 3.60% 3.66% 6.68%
Number of salaries quoted 520 1,478 1,250
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,688 £31,250 £36,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £43,251
% change year-on-year -12.50% -7.52% -8.46%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,407 58,648 72,561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.71% 59.88% 68.77%
Number of salaries quoted 18,445 39,565 38,877
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £76,840 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,001 £92,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%

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 25 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Top 17 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 25 April 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
England +5 1,141 £45,000 - 1,621
UK excluding London +18 1,002 £35,000 -12.50% 1,089
South East -13 280 £31,500 -16.00% 366
Midlands +41 269 £37,500 -6.25% 170
London +42 257 £70,000 +7.69% 697
North of England +39 257 £35,000 -22.22% 226
Work from Home -18 223 £65,000 +30.00% 644
North West +27 210 £47,683 +8.99% 135
West Midlands +51 197 £37,500 -11.76% 104
Scotland +127 87 £26,929 -38.45% 79
East Midlands +16 71 £38,750 -0.64% 61
East of England -19 52 £45,000 -7.69% 136
South West -30 51 £40,000 - 109
Yorkshire +47 39 £29,500 -37.89% 75
Wales +27 14 £39,250 +20.77% 30
North East +39 7 £29,250 +6.36% 20
Northern Ireland +4 3 £57,500 +64.29% 17

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 21 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.55%) SAS
4 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.078%) IIS
5 1 (0.078%) Joomla!
5 1 (0.078%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.078%) WordPress
Applications
1 68 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (3.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.33%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.55%) Maya
6 5 (0.39%) SPSS
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.16%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.078%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.078%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.078%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.078%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.078%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.078%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (1.73%) Dynamics AX
2 7 (0.55%) SAP IBP
2 7 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.078%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.078%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 89 (6.98%) Azure
2 77 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (5.65%) AWS
4 49 (3.84%) GCP
5 37 (2.90%) SaaS
6 24 (1.88%) PaaS
7 22 (1.73%) Power Platform
8 13 (1.02%) Serverless
9 9 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (0.71%) IBM Watson
10 7 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (0.47%) Amazon S3
11 6 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (0.47%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.39%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.39%) IaaS
13 4 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (0.31%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.24%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 102 (8.00%) TCP/IP
2 85 (6.67%) VPN
3 70 (5.49%) 5G
4 66 (5.18%) VoIP
5 59 (4.63%) Firewall
6 44 (3.45%) 4G
7 37 (2.90%) Network Security
8 36 (2.82%) LAN
9 35 (2.75%) Broadband
10 34 (2.67%) Wireless
11 30 (2.35%) DNS
11 30 (2.35%) Internet
12 29 (2.27%) VLAN
13 28 (2.20%) WAN
14 24 (1.88%) 3GPP
15 21 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
16 18 (1.41%) MPLS
17 17 (1.33%) DHCP
18 12 (0.94%) OSPF
19 11 (0.86%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.65%) Power BI
2 15 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (1.18%) SQL Server
3 12 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (0.94%) NoSQL
4 9 (0.71%) MySQL
4 9 (0.71%) QlikView
4 9 (0.71%) Relational Database
5 8 (0.63%) Big Data
5 8 (0.63%) RDBMS
6 7 (0.55%) SAP BW
6 7 (0.55%) Tableau
7 5 (0.39%) Apache Hive
7 5 (0.39%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.31%) GIS
8 4 (0.31%) Metadata
8 4 (0.31%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.16%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.16%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.16%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 64 (5.02%) Cucumber
1 64 (5.02%) Robot Framework
2 40 (3.14%) Git
3 28 (2.20%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.18%) JIRA
5 4 (0.31%) GitLab
6 3 (0.24%) Maven
6 3 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.24%) Subversion
7 2 (0.16%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.16%) Gradle
7 2 (0.16%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.078%) CMake
8 1 (0.078%) GDB
8 1 (0.078%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.078%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.078%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.078%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.078%) WinDbg
8 1 (0.078%) WiX
General
1 343 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 296 (23.22%) Automotive
3 271 (21.25%) Finance
4 183 (14.35%) Retail
5 139 (10.90%) Marketing
6 136 (10.67%) Manufacturing
7 122 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 121 (9.49%) Public Sector
9 114 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
10 112 (8.78%) Electronics
11 107 (8.39%) Games
12 80 (6.27%) Law
13 50 (3.92%) Banking
14 40 (3.14%) Legal
15 29 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
16 26 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
17 22 (1.73%) Military
17 22 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
18 21 (1.65%) Billing
19 16 (1.25%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 302 (23.69%) Senior
2 248 (19.45%) Principal Engineer
3 244 (19.14%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 126 (9.88%) Systems Engineer
5 101 (7.92%) Analyst
6 65 (5.10%) IT Support
6 65 (5.10%) Test Engineer
7 64 (5.02%) Test Automation Engineer
8 55 (4.31%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 53 (4.16%) Support Analyst
10 46 (3.61%) IT Analyst
11 44 (3.45%) Support Engineer
12 40 (3.14%) Developer
12 40 (3.14%) IT Support Analyst
13 39 (3.06%) Architect
14 32 (2.51%) Risk Manager
14 32 (2.51%) Technology Risk Manager
15 29 (2.27%) Network Engineer
16 26 (2.04%) Cloud Engineer
16 26 (2.04%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.88%) Node.js
2 14 (1.10%) REST
3 11 (0.86%) RESTful
4 10 (0.78%) Spring Boot
5 9 (0.71%) Middleware
6 8 (0.63%) Kafka
6 8 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
7 7 (0.55%) FastAPI
7 7 (0.55%) Flask
7 7 (0.55%) HTML
8 6 (0.47%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.47%) CSS
8 6 (0.47%) XML
9 5 (0.39%) 802.1X
9 5 (0.39%) React
10 4 (0.31%) JSON
11 3 (0.24%) .NET
11 3 (0.24%) EDI
11 3 (0.24%) GraphQL
11 3 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 66 (5.18%) Linux Command Line
2 64 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 55 (4.31%) Robotics
4 54 (4.24%) Blockchain
5 34 (2.67%) Driving Licence
6 29 (2.27%) PMI
7 28 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (1.96%) IoT
9 23 (1.80%) Data Centre
10 22 (1.73%) Public Cloud
11 20 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
12 16 (1.25%) CCTV
13 14 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.10%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.78%) PACS
16 9 (0.71%) Analogue Electronics
16 9 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
16 9 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
16 9 (0.71%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 181 (14.20%) Windows
2 130 (10.20%) Linux
3 43 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 35 (2.75%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.94%) Mac OS
6 11 (0.86%) Android
6 11 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.71%) Unix
8 5 (0.39%) Mac OS X
8 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.16%) Android TV
11 2 (0.16%) VMS
12 1 (0.078%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.078%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.078%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (26.12%) Problem-Solving
2 289 (22.67%) Systems Engineering
3 211 (16.55%) Mentoring
4 161 (12.63%) Architectural Design
5 152 (11.92%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 137 (10.75%) Cybersecurity
7 136 (10.67%) Customer Service
8 124 (9.73%) Coaching
9 123 (9.65%) Agile
10 117 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
11 115 (9.02%) DevOps
12 104 (8.16%) Analytics
13 103 (8.08%) Programme Management
14 99 (7.76%) Digital Marketing
15 98 (7.69%) Project Planning
16 92 (7.22%) Artificial Intelligence
17 91 (7.14%) Project Delivery
18 86 (6.75%) Project Management
19 77 (6.04%) Test Automation
20 68 (5.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 173 (13.57%) Python
2 81 (6.35%) Bash
2 81 (6.35%) PowerShell
3 75 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 45 (3.53%) SQL
5 40 (3.14%) R
6 28 (2.20%) C
7 27 (2.12%) Java
8 22 (1.73%) C++
9 14 (1.10%) Perl
10 13 (1.02%) C#
11 12 (0.94%) PHP
12 9 (0.71%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.39%) Assembly Language
13 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.39%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.31%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.24%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.24%) Ruby
16 2 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 529 (41.49%) Degree
2 94 (7.37%) Security Cleared
3 79 (6.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 49 (3.84%) Cisco Certification
4 49 (3.84%) DV Cleared
5 41 (3.22%) PMI Certification
6 36 (2.82%) CCNP
6 36 (2.82%) SC Cleared
7 30 (2.35%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.88%) CCNA
10 22 (1.73%) CISA
10 22 (1.73%) ISACA
11 20 (1.57%) CISSP
12 18 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (1.33%) A+ Certification
14 15 (1.18%) CCIE
15 12 (0.94%) PMP
16 10 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (0.71%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (7.22%) QA
2 45 (3.53%) ITGC
3 26 (2.04%) NCSC
4 24 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.73%) SLA
6 19 (1.49%) GDPR
7 13 (1.02%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.78%) NIST
9 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.55%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.55%) MIL-STD-1553
11 6 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.31%) PMO
13 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.24%) NEBOSH
13 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.16%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 45 (3.53%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.65%) Docker
3 9 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.63%) Firmware
4 8 (0.63%) vSphere
5 7 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.078%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.078%) Xen
Systems Management
1 37 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 32 (2.51%) Terraform
3 29 (2.27%) Ansible
4 9 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (0.71%) SCCM
5 4 (0.31%) Puppet
6 3 (0.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.16%) Cisco UCCX
7 2 (0.16%) EnCase
7 2 (0.16%) FTK
7 2 (0.16%) Nmap
7 2 (0.16%) RSA Security Analytics
7 2 (0.16%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.078%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.078%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.078%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.078%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.078%) Netcool
8 1 (0.078%) WSUS
Vendors
1 164 (12.86%) Microsoft
2 134 (10.51%) SAP
3 80 (6.27%) BT
4 59 (4.63%) Cisco
5 32 (2.51%) Oracle
6 28 (2.20%) Google
7 23 (1.80%) VMware
8 17 (1.33%) F5
9 16 (1.25%) CheckPoint
10 12 (0.94%) Apple
10 12 (0.94%) Fortinet
11 11 (0.86%) Databricks
11 11 (0.86%) Salesforce
12 10 (0.78%) Arista
12 10 (0.78%) HP
12 10 (0.78%) IBM
13 9 (0.71%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.63%) Dell
14 8 (0.63%) Juniper
15 7 (0.55%) Ariba