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 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 98 163 173
Rank change year-on-year +65 +10 -42
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 1,670 2,830 2,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.19% 2.32% 2.24%
As % of the General category 4.86% 3.36% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 1,647 1,941
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,436 £29,750
25th Percentile £26,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -35.00% +5.26% -

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 34,334 84,285 76,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 65.68% 68.96% 59.82%
Number of salaries quoted 24,048 48,071 48,046
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Top 18 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 10 December 2023. 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 +41 1,300 £50,000 -9.09% 780
UK excluding London +68 1,244 £32,500 -35.00% 567
Work from Home -16 382 £54,000 -10.00% 302
South East +29 346 £42,500 -22.73% 189
London +25 346 £70,000 +3.70% 248
Scotland +150 295 £25,000 -50.00% 40
Midlands +185 237 £26,500 -45.64% 89
West Midlands +170 174 £26,500 -44.21% 62
North of England +49 160 £49,750 +15.70% 104
South West -59 114 £46,250 +2.78% 74
North West +88 107 £45,000 -5.26% 73
East Midlands +68 63 £28,000 -49.09% 27
East of England +44 48 £55,000 +4.76% 59
Yorkshire -3 44 £55,440 +30.45% 24
Wales +37 36 £28,000 -46.15% 12
Northern Ireland +31 19 £59,125 +39.12% 17
North East +33 9 £25,000 -20.63% 10
Channel Islands -1 3 £52,500 -47.50% 1

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 23 (1.38%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.72%) MS Exchange
3 10 (0.60%) Confluence
3 10 (0.60%) OpenStack
4 7 (0.42%) Apache
5 6 (0.36%) IIS
6 5 (0.30%) CMS
7 3 (0.18%) nginx
8 2 (0.12%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.12%) WordPress
9 1 (0.060%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.060%) Artix
9 1 (0.060%) Gunicorn
9 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.060%) SAS
9 1 (0.060%) uWSGI
9 1 (0.060%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.060%) WildFly
Applications
1 79 (4.73%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (4.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.54%) AutoCAD
7 7 (0.42%) Simulink
8 4 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.24%) OrCAD
9 2 (0.12%) ArcView
9 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.12%) TargetLink
10 1 (0.060%) InVision
10 1 (0.060%) Sketch
10 1 (0.060%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.12%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (0.12%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (0.060%) Cerner Millennium
5 1 (0.060%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.060%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.060%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.060%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.060%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.060%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 254 (15.21%) Azure
2 179 (10.72%) AWS
3 135 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
4 127 (7.60%) GCP
5 53 (3.17%) Entra ID
6 41 (2.46%) SaaS
7 31 (1.86%) Power Platform
8 14 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (0.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 11 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (0.60%) AWS CodePipeline
11 10 (0.60%) IaaS
11 10 (0.60%) Sentry
12 9 (0.54%) PaaS
13 8 (0.48%) Yammer
14 6 (0.36%) GitHub
14 6 (0.36%) OpenShift
15 5 (0.30%) Google Compute Engine
16 4 (0.24%) Figma
17 3 (0.18%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 409 (24.49%) Broadband
2 135 (8.08%) Wireless
3 132 (7.90%) WAN
4 124 (7.43%) Firewall
5 116 (6.95%) LAN
6 106 (6.35%) VPN
7 90 (5.39%) Internet
8 84 (5.03%) VoIP
9 77 (4.61%) DNS
10 72 (4.31%) MPLS
11 69 (4.13%) BGP
12 66 (3.95%) DHCP
12 66 (3.95%) VLAN
13 54 (3.23%) TCP/IP
14 43 (2.57%) OSPF
15 41 (2.46%) Network Security
16 36 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
17 34 (2.04%) SAN
18 31 (1.86%) Unified Communications
19 30 (1.80%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.40%) SQL Server
2 28 (1.68%) MySQL
3 23 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (1.38%) Power BI
4 10 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.42%) GIS
6 7 (0.42%) MongoDB
6 7 (0.42%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.30%) BigQuery
7 5 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.24%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.24%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.24%) Tableau
9 3 (0.18%) Metadata
9 3 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 30 (1.80%) Git
2 29 (1.74%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.32%) JIRA
4 12 (0.72%) Selenium
5 11 (0.66%) CircleCI
6 8 (0.48%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.36%) Subversion
8 5 (0.30%) GitLab
9 4 (0.24%) JMeter
9 4 (0.24%) LabVIEW
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.24%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.18%) Postman
11 2 (0.12%) CMake
11 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.12%) GCC
11 2 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
11 2 (0.12%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 711 (42.57%) Social Skills
2 427 (25.57%) Finance
3 409 (24.49%) Retail
4 357 (21.38%) Local Government
5 319 (19.10%) Games
6 220 (13.17%) Marketing
7 210 (12.57%) Public Sector
8 206 (12.34%) Manufacturing
9 193 (11.56%) Electronics
10 113 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
11 104 (6.23%) Legal
12 72 (4.31%) Banking
13 57 (3.41%) Law
14 56 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 38 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
16 33 (1.98%) Automotive
17 30 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
19 15 (0.90%) Investment Banking
19 15 (0.90%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 232 (13.89%) Consultant
2 196 (11.74%) Business Manager
2 196 (11.74%) Senior
3 185 (11.08%) Development Manager
4 184 (11.02%) Business Development Manager
5 177 (10.60%) Enterprise Consultant
6 146 (8.74%) Architect
7 115 (6.89%) Solutions Architect
8 114 (6.83%) Network Engineer
9 98 (5.87%) Support Engineer
10 92 (5.51%) Analyst
11 89 (5.33%) Enterprise Architect
11 89 (5.33%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
12 66 (3.95%) Developer
13 63 (3.77%) Lead
14 62 (3.71%) Project Manager
15 57 (3.41%) Infrastructure Manager
16 53 (3.17%) IT Support
17 45 (2.69%) Senior Manager
18 33 (1.98%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.32%) .NET
2 20 (1.20%) HTML
3 19 (1.14%) React
4 17 (1.02%) Node.js
4 17 (1.02%) RESTful
5 15 (0.90%) CSS
6 13 (0.78%) AngularJS
7 11 (0.66%) FreeSWITCH
8 10 (0.60%) .NET Core
9 9 (0.54%) Laravel
9 9 (0.54%) MFC
10 7 (0.42%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.36%) Flask
11 6 (0.36%) jQuery
11 6 (0.36%) LAMP
11 6 (0.36%) OpenDaylight
11 6 (0.36%) REST
11 6 (0.36%) Web Services
12 5 (0.30%) 802.1X
12 5 (0.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 102 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
2 41 (2.46%) Data Centre
3 38 (2.28%) Management Information System
4 30 (1.80%) Driving Licence
5 28 (1.68%) Onboarding
6 26 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
7 23 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
8 20 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
9 19 (1.14%) IoT
9 19 (1.14%) Smartphone
10 18 (1.08%) Virtual Team
11 16 (0.96%) Product Ownership
12 14 (0.84%) PKI
13 13 (0.78%) Algorithms
13 13 (0.78%) FPGA
14 11 (0.66%) Fibre Optics
14 11 (0.66%) Replication
14 11 (0.66%) Smart Meter
15 10 (0.60%) CCTV
15 10 (0.60%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 191 (11.44%) Windows
2 94 (5.63%) Linux
3 79 (4.73%) Windows Server
4 56 (3.35%) Windows 10
5 21 (1.26%) Unix
6 17 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
7 16 (0.96%) Android
8 14 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.78%) Apple iOS
10 10 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.42%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.24%) CentOS
13 4 (0.24%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.18%) Debian
15 2 (0.12%) OpenBSD
15 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.060%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (25.75%) Decision-Making
2 428 (25.63%) Customer Experience
3 393 (23.53%) B2B
4 377 (22.57%) Collaborative Working
5 371 (22.22%) B2C
6 252 (15.09%) Agile
7 233 (13.95%) Business Development
8 216 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
9 200 (11.98%) Business Intelligence
10 193 (11.56%) Programme Management
11 189 (11.32%) Computer Science
12 182 (10.90%) Digital Marketing
13 178 (10.66%) Cybersecurity
14 164 (9.82%) DevOps
15 145 (8.68%) Customer Service
16 120 (7.19%) Project Management
17 117 (7.01%) Validation
18 116 (6.95%) Actionable Insight
19 109 (6.53%) Network Architecture
20 104 (6.23%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 124 (7.43%) Python
2 78 (4.67%) SQL
3 63 (3.77%) PowerShell
4 57 (3.41%) C
5 56 (3.35%) C#
6 51 (3.05%) C++
6 51 (3.05%) JavaScript
7 40 (2.40%) Java
8 33 (1.98%) Bash
9 28 (1.68%) PHP
10 16 (0.96%) Perl
11 14 (0.84%) MATLAB
12 11 (0.66%) Embedded C
13 10 (0.60%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.54%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.24%) Embedded C++
17 3 (0.18%) Assembly Language
17 3 (0.18%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.18%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 362 (21.68%) Degree
2 152 (9.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 130 (7.78%) Security Cleared
4 116 (6.95%) Cisco Certification
5 109 (6.53%) SC Cleared
6 99 (5.93%) CCNA
7 89 (5.33%) TOGAF Certification
8 54 (3.23%) CCNP
9 44 (2.63%) Master's Degree
10 42 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 27 (1.62%) Network+ Certification
11 27 (1.62%) PMI Certification
12 25 (1.50%) MCITP
13 24 (1.44%) PMP
14 20 (1.20%) CISSP
15 16 (0.96%) AWS Certification
15 16 (0.96%) CFA
15 16 (0.96%) MBA
16 13 (0.78%) DV Cleared
16 13 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (2.34%) SLA
2 38 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (1.92%) QA
4 22 (1.32%) GDPR
4 22 (1.32%) NCSC
5 14 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (0.84%) PMO
6 10 (0.60%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.54%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.48%) NIST
8 8 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.36%) ISO 22301
9 6 (0.36%) ISO 26262
9 6 (0.36%) ITGC
9 6 (0.36%) MISRA
10 5 (0.30%) COBIT
10 5 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.24%) ISO 14001
11 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 3 (0.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 120 (7.19%) Active Directory
2 66 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (3.11%) Docker
4 39 (2.34%) Hyper-V
5 28 (1.68%) Firmware
6 23 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (0.78%) OpenSIPS
7 13 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.54%) XenApp
10 8 (0.48%) vSphere
11 3 (0.18%) KVM
11 3 (0.18%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.12%) Kamailio
12 2 (0.12%) Postfix
13 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.060%) NFS
13 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.50%) Terraform
3 24 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.38%) SCCM
5 18 (1.08%) Ansible
6 17 (1.02%) Cisco CUCM
7 16 (0.96%) Grafana
8 15 (0.90%) Cisco UCCX
9 14 (0.84%) Cisco Prime
10 11 (0.66%) Prometheus
11 10 (0.60%) Kibana
12 9 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (0.54%) PaperCut
12 9 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (0.48%) Puppet
14 4 (0.24%) Nagios
14 4 (0.24%) Nessus
14 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
15 3 (0.18%) FortiGate
15 3 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 361 (21.62%) BT
2 244 (14.61%) Microsoft
3 198 (11.86%) SAP
4 187 (11.20%) Cisco
5 72 (4.31%) VMware
6 67 (4.01%) Juniper
7 51 (3.05%) Fortinet
8 42 (2.51%) Veeam
9 39 (2.34%) HP
10 37 (2.22%) Mitel
11 34 (2.04%) Palo Alto
12 23 (1.38%) Nimble Storage
12 23 (1.38%) Zerto
13 20 (1.20%) CheckPoint
14 18 (1.08%) Bloomberg
14 18 (1.08%) Google
15 16 (0.96%) Ericsson
16 15 (0.90%) Aruba
16 15 (0.90%) Citrix
16 15 (0.90%) Oracle