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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 194 183
Rank change year-on-year -70 -11 -2
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 224 550 786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.22% 1.63% 1.93%
As % of the General category 1.56% 2.64% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 129 408 513
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,100
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -13.04% +2.68%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £81,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -18.18% -

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 14,340 20,798 26,857
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 78.31% 61.65% 66.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,586 15,066 17,869
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,840 £75,000 £82,751
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -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 May 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 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.89%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.45%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.34%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.45%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (15.18%) AWS
2 31 (13.84%) Azure
3 23 (10.27%) SaaS
4 22 (9.82%) GCP
5 19 (8.48%) PaaS
6 12 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (3.13%) Serverless
8 6 (2.68%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.79%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.34%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.89%) Amazon SageMaker
11 2 (0.89%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.89%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.89%) OCI
12 1 (0.45%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.45%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.71%) 5G
1 24 (10.71%) VoIP
2 23 (10.27%) 3GPP
3 14 (6.25%) Broadband
4 11 (4.91%) Firewall
5 10 (4.46%) Network Security
6 9 (4.02%) Unified Communications
7 8 (3.57%) Wireless
8 7 (3.13%) VPN
8 7 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (2.68%) Internet
9 6 (2.68%) MPLS
10 5 (2.23%) DNS
10 5 (2.23%) IP Telephony
10 5 (2.23%) NAS
10 5 (2.23%) SAN
11 4 (1.79%) IPv4
11 4 (1.79%) ISDN
12 3 (1.34%) Ethernet
12 3 (1.34%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.23%) MySQL
2 3 (1.34%) Big Data
2 3 (1.34%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.34%) Power BI
2 3 (1.34%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.34%) Tableau
3 2 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.89%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (0.89%) CouchDB
3 2 (0.89%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Exadata
3 2 (0.89%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.45%) Flink
4 1 (0.45%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.45%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 31 (13.84%) Git
2 28 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.79%) GitLab
4 3 (1.34%) JIRA
5 2 (0.89%) Gradle
5 2 (0.89%) Maven
6 1 (0.45%) CMake
6 1 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.45%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.45%) Subversion
6 1 (0.45%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.45%) WiX
General
1 89 (39.73%) Social Skills
2 77 (34.38%) Finance
3 55 (24.55%) Public Sector
4 53 (23.66%) Marketing
5 52 (23.21%) Electronics
6 48 (21.43%) Manufacturing
7 41 (18.30%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (10.27%) Law
9 21 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (5.80%) Legal
11 12 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (4.02%) Aerospace
13 8 (3.57%) Billing
14 6 (2.68%) Banking
15 5 (2.23%) Retail
16 3 (1.34%) Games
16 3 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.89%) Advertising
17 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.89%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 57 (25.45%) Senior
2 22 (9.82%) Cloud Engineer
3 19 (8.48%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 15 (6.70%) Architect
5 14 (6.25%) Developer
6 12 (5.36%) Automation Specialist
6 12 (5.36%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 11 (4.91%) Support Engineer
8 10 (4.46%) Software Engineer
8 10 (4.46%) Tester
9 9 (4.02%) Account Manager
10 8 (3.57%) Business Manager
10 8 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.57%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.57%) IT Support
10 8 (3.57%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (3.57%) Senior Software Engineer
11 7 (3.13%) Analyst
11 7 (3.13%) Consultant
11 7 (3.13%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.48%) Node.js
2 6 (2.68%) RESTful
3 4 (1.79%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.79%) HTML
4 3 (1.34%) CSS
4 3 (1.34%) GraphQL
4 3 (1.34%) React
5 2 (0.89%) .NET
5 2 (0.89%) Kafka
5 2 (0.89%) Laravel
5 2 (0.89%) REST
5 2 (0.89%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.89%) XML
6 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.45%) CSS3
6 1 (0.45%) FreeSWITCH
6 1 (0.45%) HTML5
6 1 (0.45%) SOAP
6 1 (0.45%) STL
6 1 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.82%) Public Cloud
2 19 (8.48%) PMI
3 18 (8.04%) Management Information System
4 13 (5.80%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.68%) Device Driver
8 5 (2.23%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.23%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.23%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.79%) CCTV
9 4 (1.79%) IoT
9 4 (1.79%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.34%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.89%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.89%) Smart Energy
11 2 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (17.41%) Linux
2 32 (14.29%) Windows
3 2 (0.89%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.45%) Debian
4 1 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.45%) Solaris
4 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (26.34%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (20.98%) Business Intelligence
4 46 (20.54%) Programme Management
5 44 (19.64%) Digital Marketing
6 33 (14.73%) DevOps
6 33 (14.73%) High Availability
7 32 (14.29%) CI/CD
8 31 (13.84%) Computer Science
9 28 (12.50%) Project Management
10 27 (12.05%) Agile
10 27 (12.05%) Cloud Security
10 27 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (12.05%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (11.16%) Risk Management
11 25 (11.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (8.93%) Analytics
12 20 (8.93%) Incident Management
12 20 (8.93%) Risk Register
12 20 (8.93%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 48 (21.43%) Python
2 13 (5.80%) C++
2 13 (5.80%) PowerShell
3 12 (5.36%) C
3 12 (5.36%) SQL
4 10 (4.46%) PHP
5 9 (4.02%) R
6 8 (3.57%) Bash
7 7 (3.13%) Java
8 4 (1.79%) C#
8 4 (1.79%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.79%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.34%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.34%) Perl
10 2 (0.89%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.89%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.89%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.45%) Go
11 1 (0.45%) ProC
Qualifications
1 48 (21.43%) Degree
2 45 (20.09%) Security Cleared
3 33 (14.73%) DV Cleared
4 19 (8.48%) PMI Certification
5 13 (5.80%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.13%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (3.13%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.23%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.79%) CISSP
9 4 (1.79%) PhD
10 3 (1.34%) CCIE
10 3 (1.34%) CCNP
11 2 (0.89%) CCSAS
11 2 (0.89%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.89%) JNCIE
11 2 (0.89%) JNCIP
11 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.71%) NCSC
2 6 (2.68%) QA
3 5 (2.23%) NIST
4 4 (1.79%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.79%) GDPR
4 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.34%) SLA
6 2 (0.89%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (0.89%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.45%) ECSS
7 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.13%) Docker
3 2 (0.89%) Firmware
4 1 (0.45%) Corosync
4 1 (0.45%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.45%) KVM
4 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (10.71%) Ansible
2 22 (9.82%) Kubernetes
3 21 (9.38%) Terraform
4 6 (2.68%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (1.79%) Puppet
6 1 (0.45%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.45%) Grafana
6 1 (0.45%) Icinga
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.45%) Pacemaker
6 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 47 (20.98%) SAP
2 32 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.25%) Cisco
4 6 (2.68%) Oracle
4 6 (2.68%) VMware
5 5 (2.23%) HubSpot
6 4 (1.79%) Google
7 3 (1.34%) PayPal
7 3 (1.34%) Sage
8 2 (0.89%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.89%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.89%) Xero
9 1 (0.45%) Avaya
9 1 (0.45%) BT
9 1 (0.45%) EMC
9 1 (0.45%) ForeScout
9 1 (0.45%) HP
9 1 (0.45%) Informatica
9 1 (0.45%) Remedy
9 1 (0.45%) Siemens