Hybrid/Remote Telecoms Specialist Job Trends

Telecommunications Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Telecommunications Specialist salary for remote/hybrid work is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 436 -
Rank change year-on-year +58 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Telecoms Specialist 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.018% 0.006% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.007% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £51,125 - -
25th Percentile £52,813 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 - -
75th Percentile £60,313 - -
90th Percentile £62,375 - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 - £27,500
% change year-on-year - - -45.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,262 14,864 26,568
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 95.65% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,157 8,972 22,220
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £33,516
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,375 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Telecoms Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Telecoms Specialist' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Telecoms Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Telecoms Specialist
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Telecoms Specialist job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Telecoms Specialist job vacancies

Telecoms Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 17 February 2026, Telecoms Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Telecoms Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) API Management
2 2 (66.67%) Apigee
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) F5
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) GitLab
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Jinja
2 2 (66.67%) JSON
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) Kong
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) OpenShift
2 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 2 (66.67%) REST
2 2 (66.67%) Secrets Management
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Unix
2 2 (66.67%) Webhook
2 2 (66.67%) XML

Telecoms Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Apigee
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Kong
1 2 (66.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) GitLab
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Jinja
1 2 (66.67%) JSON
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) XML
1 2 (66.67%) YAML
1 2 (66.67%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) API Management
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Secrets Management
1 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) F5
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
Telecoms Specialist jobs