Telecoms Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Telecommunications
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 199 204
Rank change year-on-year +36 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 451 548 588
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.14% 1.67% 1.69%
As % of the General category 2.80% 2.74% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 147 371 421
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,875 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £81,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% -21.05% +3.64%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Telecoms falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16,110 20,035 22,652
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 76.44% 61.20% 65.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8,097 14,052 16,286
10th Percentile £25,087 £32,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £41,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -9.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £103,750
UK median annual salary £54,793 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.37% -12.50% -

Telecoms
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Telecoms trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Telecoms
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Telecoms.

Telecoms salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Telecoms
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Telecoms over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Telecoms salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.89%) CMS
4 2 (0.44%) Confluence
4 2 (0.44%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 148 (32.82%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.67%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.22%) Sketch
5 1 (0.22%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (7.10%) AWS
1 32 (7.10%) Azure
2 22 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (2.66%) SaaS
4 10 (2.22%) GCP
5 8 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (1.77%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.77%) Serverless
6 7 (1.55%) PaaS
7 4 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (0.89%) Amazon S3
7 4 (0.89%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.67%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.44%) Akamai
9 2 (0.44%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.44%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.44%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.44%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 198 (43.90%) Broadband
2 141 (31.26%) Ethernet
3 140 (31.04%) Wi-Fi
4 29 (6.43%) Network Security
5 25 (5.54%) VoIP
6 23 (5.10%) Firewall
7 16 (3.55%) DNS
8 10 (2.22%) Internet
8 10 (2.22%) VPN
9 9 (2.00%) 3GPP
9 9 (2.00%) DHCP
9 9 (2.00%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.55%) MPLS
11 6 (1.33%) 5G
11 6 (1.33%) BGP
11 6 (1.33%) IP Telephony
11 6 (1.33%) VLAN
12 5 (1.11%) G.fast
12 5 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (1.11%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.11%) MySQL
2 3 (0.67%) Big Data
2 3 (0.67%) NoSQL
2 3 (0.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (0.44%) CouchDB
3 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.44%) Oracle Exadata
3 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.44%) Power BI
3 2 (0.44%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.44%) Tableau
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.22%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.22%) Flink
4 1 (0.22%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.22%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 14 (3.10%) Git
2 12 (2.66%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.33%) JIRA
4 4 (0.89%) GitLab
5 2 (0.44%) Gradle
5 2 (0.44%) Maven
5 2 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.44%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.22%) CMake
6 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.22%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.22%) Subversion
6 1 (0.22%) WiX
General
1 267 (59.20%) Social Skills
2 195 (43.24%) Presentation Skills
3 97 (21.51%) Finance
4 76 (16.85%) Public Sector
5 69 (15.30%) Marketing
6 68 (15.08%) Electronics
7 64 (14.19%) Manufacturing
8 55 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
9 22 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.00%) Billing
10 9 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.77%) Law
11 8 (1.77%) Legal
12 6 (1.33%) Advertising
12 6 (1.33%) Banking
12 6 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.33%) Retail
13 4 (0.89%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 186 (41.24%) Business Manager
2 185 (41.02%) Business Development Manager
2 185 (41.02%) Development Manager
3 95 (21.06%) Senior
4 53 (11.75%) Senior Manager
5 48 (10.64%) Senior Business Development Manager
5 48 (10.64%) Senior Business Manager
5 48 (10.64%) Senior Development Manager
6 25 (5.54%) Consultant
7 19 (4.21%) Tester
8 16 (3.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 16 (3.55%) Security Consultant
9 12 (2.66%) Lead
10 11 (2.44%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 11 (2.44%) Security Tester
11 10 (2.22%) Account Manager
11 10 (2.22%) Cloud Engineer
11 10 (2.22%) Support Engineer
12 8 (1.77%) Architect
12 8 (1.77%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.22%) Node.js
2 5 (1.11%) RESTful
3 4 (0.89%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (0.67%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.67%) GraphQL
4 3 (0.67%) HTML
5 2 (0.44%) CSS
5 2 (0.44%) Jinja
5 2 (0.44%) Kafka
5 2 (0.44%) Laravel
5 2 (0.44%) React
5 2 (0.44%) REST
5 2 (0.44%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.44%) XML
5 2 (0.44%) YAML
5 2 (0.44%) YANG
6 1 (0.22%) OAuth
6 1 (0.22%) Swagger
6 1 (0.22%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 180 (39.91%) Social Media
2 19 (4.21%) PMI
3 16 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.33%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.22%) Public Cloud
7 8 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.55%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.11%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.11%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.11%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.89%) CCTV
10 4 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.67%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (0.67%) IoT
11 3 (0.67%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.44%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.44%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.87%) Windows
2 26 (5.76%) Linux
3 9 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) Debian
5 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.22%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.22%) Solaris
5 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.22%) Unix
5 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (43.46%) Business Development
2 191 (42.35%) CRM
3 186 (41.24%) Contract Negotiation
4 143 (31.71%) Lead Generation
5 142 (31.49%) B2B
6 140 (31.04%) Performance Metrics
7 135 (29.93%) B2B Sales
8 99 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
9 64 (14.19%) Business Intelligence
9 64 (14.19%) Business Strategy
10 61 (13.53%) Programme Management
11 60 (13.30%) Digital Marketing
11 60 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (7.54%) Agile
13 33 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (6.65%) Project Management
15 29 (6.43%) Project Delivery
16 27 (5.99%) Mentoring
17 26 (5.76%) Stakeholder Management
18 24 (5.32%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.43%) Python
2 17 (3.77%) PowerShell
3 12 (2.66%) SQL
4 9 (2.00%) PHP
5 8 (1.77%) Bash
5 8 (1.77%) R
6 7 (1.55%) C
6 7 (1.55%) C++
6 7 (1.55%) Java
7 4 (0.89%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.67%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.67%) Perl
8 3 (0.67%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.44%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.44%) C#
9 2 (0.44%) Go
9 2 (0.44%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.44%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.22%) ProC
Qualifications
1 59 (13.08%) Security Cleared
2 39 (8.65%) Degree
3 35 (7.76%) DV Cleared
4 20 (4.43%) PMI Certification
5 18 (3.99%) CISSP
6 17 (3.77%) CompTIA Security+
7 16 (3.55%) CEH
8 15 (3.33%) Master's Degree
9 11 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (2.00%) CCNP
11 8 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.55%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.55%) Chartered Engineer
12 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.55%) SC Cleared
13 6 (1.33%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.89%) PhD
15 3 (0.67%) CCIE
15 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.32%) NIST
2 23 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.55%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.22%) QA
5 9 (2.00%) NCSC
6 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.67%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.67%) GDPR
6 3 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.44%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.44%) PMO
8 1 (0.22%) ECSS
8 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.22%) SLA
8 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.77%) Docker
3 6 (1.33%) Firmware
4 3 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.22%) Corosync
5 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.22%) Kamailio
5 1 (0.22%) KVM
5 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (3.33%) Ansible
2 11 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.22%) Terraform
4 5 (1.11%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (0.89%) Puppet
6 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.22%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.22%) Grafana
6 1 (0.22%) Icinga
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.22%) Pacemaker
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 170 (37.69%) Microsoft
2 133 (29.49%) Salesforce
3 63 (13.97%) SAP
4 13 (2.88%) Cisco
5 7 (1.55%) VMware
6 6 (1.33%) Oracle
7 5 (1.11%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.89%) Google
9 3 (0.67%) PayPal
9 3 (0.67%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.67%) Workday
10 2 (0.44%) Avaya
10 2 (0.44%) Dell
10 2 (0.44%) EMC
10 2 (0.44%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.44%) Freescale
10 2 (0.44%) HP
10 2 (0.44%) IFS
10 2 (0.44%) Nokia
10 2 (0.44%) Sage