Telecoms Job Trends in London

Telecommunications
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 143 243
Rank change year-on-year -43 +100 -90
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 297 308 250
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.23% 2.55% 1.28%
As % of the General category 2.32% 3.38% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 180 171 169
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,438 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £85,625 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £88,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%

All General Skills
London

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 general skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 12,782 9,124 13,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 53.01% 75.54% 69.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7,979 5,497 8,527
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Telecoms relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Telecoms job vacancy trend in London

Telecoms
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Telecoms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Telecoms

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in London over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in London

Telecoms
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the London region over the 6 months to 27 August 2026. 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
Central London -10 29 £45,000 -10.00% 44
West London -11 15 £55,000 - 21
South London +7 8 £70,000 -12.50% 1
East London - 3 £38,000 - 7
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.35%) Confluence
4 2 (0.67%) Apache
4 2 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.34%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (8.42%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.01%) AutoCAD
5 3 (1.01%) Revit
6 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.69%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (12.79%) AWS
2 36 (12.12%) Azure
3 25 (8.42%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (6.06%) SaaS
5 13 (4.38%) Amazon S3
5 13 (4.38%) GCP
6 12 (4.04%) Serverless
7 10 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (3.37%) Entra ID
8 9 (3.03%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.36%) Amazon Bedrock
9 7 (2.36%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (2.36%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (2.36%) Azure AI
9 7 (2.36%) LangSmith
10 4 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.35%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.35%) WeChat
11 3 (1.01%) AWS IoT
11 3 (1.01%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.77%) Firewall
2 31 (10.44%) LAN
3 29 (9.76%) WAN
4 27 (9.09%) TCP/IP
5 23 (7.74%) Network Security
6 17 (5.72%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (4.38%) DNS
7 13 (4.38%) Multicast
7 13 (4.38%) SD-WAN
8 12 (4.04%) DHCP
8 12 (4.04%) Wireless
9 10 (3.37%) VoIP
10 9 (3.03%) BGP
10 9 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
11 8 (2.69%) Broadband
11 8 (2.69%) OSPF
12 7 (2.36%) 3GPP
12 7 (2.36%) GSM
12 7 (2.36%) UMTS
12 7 (2.36%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.69%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
2 7 (2.36%) Big Data
3 6 (2.02%) Amazon Athena
3 6 (2.02%) Apache Iceberg
4 4 (1.35%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.01%) Delta Lake
5 3 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.01%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.67%) Apache Hudi
6 2 (0.67%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.67%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.67%) Metadata
7 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.34%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.34%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.34%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 11 (3.70%) Git
2 8 (2.69%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.36%) GCC
3 7 (2.36%) GDB
4 5 (1.68%) JIRA
5 1 (0.34%) CMake
5 1 (0.34%) Maven
5 1 (0.34%) Valgrind
General
1 113 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 79 (26.60%) Finance
3 41 (13.80%) Law
4 31 (10.44%) Legal
5 30 (10.10%) Banking
6 29 (9.76%) Retail
7 24 (8.08%) Marketing
8 20 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (6.06%) Public Sector
11 17 (5.72%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (4.04%) Billing
13 10 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (2.69%) Military
16 4 (1.35%) Advertising
16 4 (1.35%) Arabic Language
16 4 (1.35%) French Language
16 4 (1.35%) Mandarin Language
16 4 (1.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (9.76%) Senior
2 24 (8.08%) Lead
3 20 (6.73%) Account Manager
4 19 (6.40%) Network Engineer
5 15 (5.05%) Account Director
5 15 (5.05%) Project Manager
6 14 (4.71%) Analyst
6 14 (4.71%) Consultant
7 13 (4.38%) Architect
7 13 (4.38%) Development Manager
8 12 (4.04%) Business Development Manager
8 12 (4.04%) Business Manager
8 12 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (3.70%) Installations Engineer
9 11 (3.70%) Software Engineer
10 9 (3.03%) Operations Engineer
10 9 (3.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.69%) Head of AI
11 8 (2.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.69%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.69%) Terraform
2 7 (2.36%) FastAPI
2 7 (2.36%) LangChain
2 7 (2.36%) LangGraph
2 7 (2.36%) STL
3 3 (1.01%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.01%) Bootstrap
3 3 (1.01%) Google Maps API
3 3 (1.01%) React
3 3 (1.01%) REST
3 3 (1.01%) Spring
3 3 (1.01%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.67%) gRPC
4 2 (0.67%) Kafka
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Avro
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.34%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.34%) CSS3
5 1 (0.34%) Drools
5 1 (0.34%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.12%) Data Centre
2 32 (10.77%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.72%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.04%) MPEG
5 11 (3.70%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.37%) Algorithms
6 10 (3.37%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (2.69%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.36%) CCTV
8 7 (2.36%) Low-Code
9 6 (2.02%) AI Agents
9 6 (2.02%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.68%) Blog
11 4 (1.35%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.35%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.35%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.35%) Social Media
11 4 (1.35%) TM Forum
12 3 (1.01%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.01%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.08%) Windows
2 12 (4.04%) Linux
3 10 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (17.85%) AI
3 41 (13.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (11.78%) Presales
5 35 (11.78%) Project Delivery
6 32 (10.77%) Analytics
6 32 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (10.10%) Customer Experience
8 29 (9.76%) Business Development
9 28 (9.43%) Agile
10 27 (9.09%) ITIL
11 26 (8.75%) Regulatory Compliance
12 25 (8.42%) Roadmaps
13 23 (7.74%) CRM
13 23 (7.74%) Project Management
14 22 (7.41%) IT Strategy
15 21 (7.07%) CI/CD
16 20 (6.73%) Computer Science
16 20 (6.73%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (10.44%) Python
2 9 (3.03%) SQL
3 8 (2.69%) C++
4 6 (2.02%) Java
5 3 (1.01%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.01%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.67%) C
7 1 (0.34%) Bash
7 1 (0.34%) Go
7 1 (0.34%) Perl
7 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.34%) ProC
Qualifications
1 63 (21.21%) Degree
2 24 (8.08%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (7.07%) CCNP
4 14 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.70%) Security Cleared
6 9 (3.03%) CISSP
7 8 (2.69%) CCIE
7 8 (2.69%) CCNA
8 7 (2.36%) BICSI Certification
8 7 (2.36%) CCSE
8 7 (2.36%) CISM
8 7 (2.36%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.02%) A+ Certification
9 6 (2.02%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.35%) APMG
11 4 (1.35%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.35%) PMP
11 4 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.39%) GRC
3 15 (5.05%) SLA
4 14 (4.71%) PCI DSS
5 12 (4.04%) Accessibility
5 12 (4.04%) QA
6 5 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.68%) GDPR
6 5 (1.68%) NIST
7 3 (1.01%) IFRS
7 3 (1.01%) NCSC
7 3 (1.01%) NEBOSH
7 3 (1.01%) PMO
8 2 (0.67%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.34%) MiFID
9 1 (0.34%) RMADS
9 1 (0.34%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (5.05%) Active Directory
1 15 (5.05%) Docker
2 8 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.02%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.35%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (6.73%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.36%) Ansible
4 5 (1.68%) Autotask
5 3 (1.01%) WSUS
6 2 (0.67%) Grafana
6 2 (0.67%) Nagios
6 2 (0.67%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.34%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.44%) Cisco
3 16 (5.39%) VMware
4 13 (4.38%) Fortinet
5 11 (3.70%) CheckPoint
5 11 (3.70%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.37%) Palo Alto
6 10 (3.37%) Veritas
7 9 (3.03%) Google
7 9 (3.03%) HubSpot
7 9 (3.03%) Zscaler
8 8 (2.69%) Arista
8 8 (2.69%) Juniper
9 7 (2.36%) Citrix
9 7 (2.36%) F5
9 7 (2.36%) HP
10 5 (1.68%) DocuSign
10 5 (1.68%) Kaseya
10 5 (1.68%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.35%) Databricks