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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 52 199
Rank change year-on-year -76 +147 -47
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 1,809 4,401 3,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.00% 5.45% 2.07%
As % of the General category 3.50% 8.25% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,160 1,135 2,032
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,600 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -4.04% +10.00%

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 51,660 53,362 118,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.16% 66.13% 67.50%
Number of salaries quoted 31,702 33,264 55,108
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%
75th Percentile £72,557 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.42% +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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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 -81 1,624 £46,500 -19.13% 395
UK excluding London -77 1,475 £42,500 -10.53% 340
South East -44 496 £40,000 -5.88% 102
Work from Home +6 489 £50,000 -13.04% 137
Midlands -60 324 £46,000 -12.38% 66
London -93 255 £64,500 -7.86% 88
South West -57 208 £40,000 -15.79% 46
West Midlands -43 196 £42,500 -19.05% 46
North of England -157 195 £45,000 -7.62% 80
North West -114 136 £38,250 -36.25% 43
East Midlands -57 128 £50,000 +24.22% 20
East of England -62 123 £51,250 -14.58% 31
Scotland -127 63 £43,750 +16.67% 16
Yorkshire -115 42 £48,750 +21.83% 31
Northern Ireland +16 33 £35,000 -43.20% 12
Wales -37 30 £27,500 -31.25% 8
North East -66 17 £35,000 -26.58% 12
Isle of Man - 3 £37,000 -

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 59 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.61%) Apache
4 9 (0.50%) nginx
5 7 (0.39%) CMS
6 6 (0.33%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.22%) Confluence
8 3 (0.17%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.17%) WordPress
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.11%) IIS
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 131 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
2 115 (6.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.61%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.44%) InfoPath
6 7 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.39%) OrCAD
6 7 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.17%) Simulink
9 2 (0.11%) Fusion 360
9 2 (0.11%) Revit
10 1 (0.055%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.055%) Doxygen
10 1 (0.055%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.22%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.17%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
4 3 (0.17%) Summit
5 1 (0.055%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.055%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.055%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.055%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.055%) Primavera
5 1 (0.055%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 213 (11.77%) Azure
2 159 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
3 96 (5.31%) AWS
4 58 (3.21%) SaaS
5 55 (3.04%) Entra ID
6 37 (2.05%) GCP
7 26 (1.44%) OneDrive
8 24 (1.33%) Power Platform
9 18 (1.00%) IaaS
10 16 (0.88%) GitHub
11 15 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 13 (0.72%) PaaS
14 12 (0.66%) Mimecast
15 10 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (0.44%) Serverless
17 7 (0.39%) OCI
18 6 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
18 6 (0.33%) Power Automate
18 6 (0.33%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 177 (9.78%) Firewall
2 129 (7.13%) 5G
3 120 (6.63%) VPN
4 94 (5.20%) VoIP
5 88 (4.86%) Broadband
6 87 (4.81%) WAN
7 83 (4.59%) LAN
8 75 (4.15%) Internet
9 74 (4.09%) TCP/IP
10 72 (3.98%) Wireless
11 71 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
12 62 (3.43%) Network Security
13 54 (2.99%) MPLS
14 52 (2.87%) 4G
15 51 (2.82%) 3GPP
15 51 (2.82%) DNS
16 36 (1.99%) Radio Access Network
17 31 (1.71%) PBX
18 30 (1.66%) Structured Cabling
18 30 (1.66%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (1.93%) SQL Server
2 25 (1.38%) MongoDB
2 25 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (1.22%) MySQL
4 19 (1.05%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.05%) Power BI
5 13 (0.72%) Redis
6 11 (0.61%) Data Lake
6 11 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (0.61%) DynamoDB
6 11 (0.61%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.55%) GIS
8 8 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
9 7 (0.39%) SQLite
9 7 (0.39%) Tableau
10 4 (0.22%) Big Data
10 4 (0.22%) Power Query
10 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.11%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 47 (2.60%) Git
2 42 (2.32%) JIRA
3 18 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.77%) Visual Studio
5 12 (0.66%) GitLab
6 10 (0.55%) Eclipse
6 10 (0.55%) LabVIEW
6 10 (0.55%) Maven
7 9 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
7 9 (0.50%) Trac
8 8 (0.44%) Vagrant
9 7 (0.39%) Subversion
10 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.17%) GCC
10 3 (0.17%) Hudson
10 3 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
10 3 (0.17%) Selenium
11 2 (0.11%) Apache Continuum
11 2 (0.11%) Postman
12 1 (0.055%) Storybook
General
1 531 (29.35%) Social Skills
2 352 (19.46%) Finance
3 184 (10.17%) Electronics
4 180 (9.95%) Marketing
5 174 (9.62%) Manufacturing
6 168 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
7 161 (8.90%) Public Sector
8 97 (5.36%) Retail
9 60 (3.32%) Legal
10 55 (3.04%) Billing
11 51 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 50 (2.76%) Law
13 48 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (2.10%) Local Government
15 37 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
16 32 (1.77%) Automotive
17 29 (1.60%) Aerospace
18 26 (1.44%) Games
19 23 (1.27%) Military
20 20 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 142 (7.85%) Senior
2 124 (6.85%) Developer
3 122 (6.74%) Analyst
4 117 (6.47%) Support Engineer
5 98 (5.42%) Lead
6 92 (5.09%) Network Engineer
7 86 (4.75%) Project Manager
8 76 (4.20%) Development Manager
9 72 (3.98%) Business Manager
9 72 (3.98%) IT Support
9 72 (3.98%) Telecoms Manager
10 70 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 67 (3.70%) Business Development Manager
12 65 (3.59%) IT Engineer
13 58 (3.21%) Consultant
14 55 (3.04%) Software Engineer
15 53 (2.93%) Systems Engineer
16 52 (2.87%) IT Manager
17 50 (2.76%) IT Analyst
18 47 (2.60%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.05%) HTML
2 31 (1.71%) .NET
2 31 (1.71%) React
3 26 (1.44%) REST
4 21 (1.16%) CSS
5 20 (1.11%) XML
6 19 (1.05%) SOAP
7 18 (1.00%) AngularJS
7 18 (1.00%) Laravel
8 16 (0.88%) JSON
8 16 (0.88%) NETCONF
9 14 (0.77%) LDAP
9 14 (0.77%) YAML
10 13 (0.72%) .NET Framework
10 13 (0.72%) 802.1X
11 12 (0.66%) Node.js
12 11 (0.61%) Flask
12 11 (0.61%) RESTCONF
12 11 (0.61%) YANG
13 10 (0.55%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 108 (5.97%) Driving Licence
2 99 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
3 87 (4.81%) Management Information System
4 59 (3.26%) Data Centre
5 48 (2.65%) IoT
6 38 (2.10%) CCTV
7 37 (2.05%) Onboarding
8 27 (1.49%) Fibre Optics
9 26 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
10 22 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
11 18 (1.00%) Algorithms
12 17 (0.94%) NHS
13 15 (0.83%) Augmented Reality
14 14 (0.77%) Handset
14 14 (0.77%) Product Ownership
15 13 (0.72%) Analogue Electronics
15 13 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
16 12 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (0.66%) Replication
16 12 (0.66%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 224 (12.38%) Windows
2 154 (8.51%) Linux
3 79 (4.37%) Windows Server
4 51 (2.82%) Windows 10
5 26 (1.44%) CentOS
6 22 (1.22%) Ubuntu
7 19 (1.05%) Unix
7 19 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (0.61%) Mac OS
11 11 (0.61%) Windows 7
12 10 (0.55%) Android
13 9 (0.50%) Apple iOS
14 6 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
15 5 (0.28%) OS/2
15 5 (0.28%) VMS
16 4 (0.22%) Windows 8
16 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
2 212 (11.72%) Customer Service
3 180 (9.95%) Cybersecurity
4 174 (9.62%) Agile
5 165 (9.12%) Business Intelligence
6 159 (8.79%) Project Management
7 149 (8.24%) Programme Management
8 141 (7.79%) Digital Marketing
9 115 (6.36%) Business Development
10 108 (5.97%) Project Delivery
11 100 (5.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 100 (5.53%) ITIL
11 100 (5.53%) Mentoring
12 99 (5.47%) Customer Experience
12 99 (5.47%) Software Engineering
13 96 (5.31%) Decision-Making
14 85 (4.70%) B2B
15 82 (4.53%) Change Management
16 81 (4.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 78 (4.31%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 113 (6.25%) Python
2 99 (5.47%) SQL
3 76 (4.20%) JavaScript
4 59 (3.26%) C
5 54 (2.99%) C++
6 46 (2.54%) C#
7 38 (2.10%) Java
8 33 (1.82%) PowerShell
9 25 (1.38%) PHP
10 20 (1.11%) TypeScript
11 16 (0.88%) Embedded C
12 15 (0.83%) T-SQL
13 11 (0.61%) Go
13 11 (0.61%) R
14 10 (0.55%) Perl
14 10 (0.55%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.50%) Embedded C++
15 9 (0.50%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.39%) Bash
17 6 (0.33%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 329 (18.19%) Degree
2 151 (8.35%) Security Cleared
3 98 (5.42%) SC Cleared
4 43 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (2.05%) DV Cleared
6 36 (1.99%) Master's Degree
7 35 (1.93%) CISSP
8 30 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (1.55%) CCNA
10 28 (1.55%) CISM
11 22 (1.22%) DBS Check
12 21 (1.16%) A+ Certification
12 21 (1.16%) HND
13 20 (1.11%) CCNP
14 19 (1.05%) ACCA
14 19 (1.05%) CIMA
15 15 (0.83%) CRISC
15 15 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
16 14 (0.77%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.20%) QA
2 68 (3.76%) SLA
3 55 (3.04%) NCSC
4 44 (2.43%) GDPR
5 42 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (1.22%) ISO 9001
8 20 (1.11%) NIST
9 17 (0.94%) Data Quality
10 16 (0.88%) GRC
11 13 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 12 (0.66%) Accessibility
12 12 (0.66%) NEBOSH
13 11 (0.61%) PMO
14 9 (0.50%) NIST 800
14 9 (0.50%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.39%) COSHH
16 6 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 5 (0.28%) HIPAA
17 5 (0.28%) JTAG
System Software
1 115 (6.36%) Active Directory
2 69 (3.81%) Hyper-V
3 61 (3.37%) Docker
4 42 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 31 (1.71%) Firmware
6 19 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (0.83%) pfSense
7 15 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
9 9 (0.50%) NFS
10 6 (0.33%) vSphere
11 4 (0.22%) KVM
12 3 (0.17%) Ceph
12 3 (0.17%) Gluster
12 3 (0.17%) Kamailio
12 3 (0.17%) oVirt
12 3 (0.17%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.11%) HDFS
13 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 25 (1.38%) Ansible
4 18 (1.00%) ZABBIX
5 17 (0.94%) Grafana
6 16 (0.88%) FortiGate
7 15 (0.83%) SCCM
8 12 (0.66%) Terraform
9 10 (0.55%) Nessus
10 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 9 (0.50%) SCDPM
11 6 (0.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 6 (0.33%) Puppet
12 4 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.22%) AirWatch
12 4 (0.22%) Nagios
12 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.22%) WSUS
13 3 (0.17%) Icinga
13 3 (0.17%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 372 (20.56%) Microsoft
2 142 (7.85%) SAP
3 123 (6.80%) Cisco
4 68 (3.76%) VMware
5 65 (3.59%) Openreach
6 57 (3.15%) Virgin Media
7 56 (3.10%) Juniper
8 39 (2.16%) Fortinet
8 39 (2.16%) HP
9 37 (2.05%) BT
10 34 (1.88%) NEC
11 31 (1.71%) Oracle
12 29 (1.60%) Veeam
13 18 (1.00%) Aruba
13 18 (1.00%) Palo Alto
14 17 (0.94%) Ericsson
15 16 (0.88%) McAfee
16 15 (0.83%) EMC
17 14 (0.77%) Darktrace
17 14 (0.77%) Sage