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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 174 169
Rank change year-on-year +34 -5 +33
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 294 331 360
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.22% 1.95% 1.96%
As % of the General category 3.12% 2.74% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 200 129 268
10th Percentile £37,375 £31,450 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,313 £46,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -17.86% +3.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £132,500 £86,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%

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 common skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,423 12,098 12,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 71.28% 71.16% 67.89%
Number of salaries quoted 5,721 6,943 9,752
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £121,250 £122,500 £118,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025. 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 +18 28 £53,750 +7.50% 36
West London -18 6 £53,750 -18.87% 13
South London +22 5 £45,000 - 5
North London 0 1 £35,000 -6.67% 1
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 (3.40%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.36%) Apache Pulsar
4 3 (1.02%) Confluence
5 2 (0.68%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (6.46%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (5.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.72%) Maya
4 8 (2.72%) Sketch
5 6 (2.04%) Adobe XD
6 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.36%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.68%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.34%) InDesign
8 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.72%) SAP IBP
1 8 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.68%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 62 (21.09%) Azure
2 50 (17.01%) GCP
3 45 (15.31%) AWS
4 17 (5.78%) SaaS
5 11 (3.74%) PaaS
6 10 (3.40%) Figma
6 10 (3.40%) GitHub
6 10 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.72%) Datadog
8 7 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (2.38%) IaaS
9 6 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (2.04%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.36%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.02%) Cloud Run
12 3 (1.02%) Cloudflare
12 3 (1.02%) Google Compute Engine
12 3 (1.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.50%) Firewall
2 15 (5.10%) LAN
3 13 (4.42%) WAN
4 12 (4.08%) SD-WAN
4 12 (4.08%) VoIP
5 11 (3.74%) Wireless
6 10 (3.40%) Broadband
6 10 (3.40%) Wireshark
7 9 (3.06%) IP Telephony
7 9 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (2.72%) Network Security
9 6 (2.04%) Ethernet
9 6 (2.04%) VPN
10 5 (1.70%) DNS
10 5 (1.70%) Internet
10 5 (1.70%) Multicast
10 5 (1.70%) PSTN
11 4 (1.36%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.36%) TCP/IP
11 4 (1.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.78%) NoSQL
2 12 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (4.08%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.40%) RDBMS
4 8 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.72%) SAP BW
5 5 (1.70%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.02%) Redis
6 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.68%) KNIME
7 2 (0.68%) Metadata
7 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.68%) Power BI
7 2 (0.68%) QlikView
7 2 (0.68%) Tableau
8 1 (0.34%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.72%) Git
3 5 (1.70%) GitLab
3 5 (1.70%) JIRA
4 3 (1.02%) Burp Suite
4 3 (1.02%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.34%) CMake
5 1 (0.34%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.34%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.34%) Postman
5 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
General
1 132 (44.90%) Social Skills
2 120 (40.82%) Finance
3 90 (30.61%) Marketing
4 82 (27.89%) Public Sector
5 77 (26.19%) Manufacturing
6 72 (24.49%) Electronics
7 49 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
8 44 (14.97%) Law
9 24 (8.16%) Banking
9 24 (8.16%) Legal
10 15 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (3.74%) Games
11 11 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (3.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (3.40%) Billing
12 10 (3.40%) German Language
13 9 (3.06%) Automotive
14 8 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.70%) Retail
16 4 (1.36%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 75 (25.51%) Senior
2 36 (12.24%) IT Support
3 31 (10.54%) Analyst
4 24 (8.16%) Support Analyst
5 22 (7.48%) IT Manager
6 20 (6.80%) IT Analyst
6 20 (6.80%) IT Support Analyst
7 18 (6.12%) Senior Manager
7 18 (6.12%) Software Engineer
8 17 (5.78%) Consultant
9 16 (5.44%) IT Operations Manager
9 16 (5.44%) Operations Manager
10 15 (5.10%) IT Support Manager
10 15 (5.10%) Lead
10 15 (5.10%) Network Engineer
10 15 (5.10%) Security Engineer
10 15 (5.10%) Support Manager
10 15 (5.10%) Support Specialist
11 12 (4.08%) Architect
11 12 (4.08%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.82%) REST
2 22 (7.48%) RESTful
3 16 (5.44%) Kafka
4 13 (4.42%) gRPC
4 13 (4.42%) WebSockets
5 10 (3.40%) FastAPI
5 10 (3.40%) Flask
6 9 (3.06%) Middleware
6 9 (3.06%) Node.js
7 8 (2.72%) OAuth
8 7 (2.38%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.70%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (1.70%) SOAP
9 5 (1.70%) Web Services
10 4 (1.36%) NumPy
10 4 (1.36%) Pandas
11 3 (1.02%) Android NDK
11 3 (1.02%) JWT
11 3 (1.02%) OpenTelemetry
12 2 (0.68%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.82%) Onboarding
2 22 (7.48%) Data Centre
3 19 (6.46%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (5.44%) Mobile App
5 15 (5.10%) Management Information System
6 13 (4.42%) AI Agents
6 13 (4.42%) Video Conferencing
7 12 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (3.74%) Cloud Native
8 11 (3.74%) Social Media
9 8 (2.72%) PMI
9 8 (2.72%) Reinsurance
9 8 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.38%) Driving Licence
11 6 (2.04%) IVR
12 5 (1.70%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (1.02%) Distributed Computing
14 3 (1.02%) VUI
14 3 (1.02%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.95%) Windows
2 21 (7.14%) Android
3 20 (6.80%) Linux
4 7 (2.38%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.38%) Unix
5 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.68%) VMS
5 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (25.51%) Programme Management
2 74 (25.17%) Business Intelligence
3 71 (24.15%) Digital Marketing
4 68 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (22.11%) AI
6 45 (15.31%) Project Management
7 43 (14.63%) Agile
7 43 (14.63%) ITIL
8 42 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
9 38 (12.93%) Project Delivery
10 36 (12.24%) Analytics
10 36 (12.24%) CI/CD
10 36 (12.24%) Computer Science
10 36 (12.24%) CRM
10 36 (12.24%) High Availability
10 36 (12.24%) Machine Learning
11 35 (11.90%) Business Development
12 34 (11.56%) DevOps
12 34 (11.56%) User Experience
13 32 (10.88%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 63 (21.43%) Python
2 28 (9.52%) SQL
3 19 (6.46%) Bash
3 19 (6.46%) C++
4 16 (5.44%) PowerShell
5 14 (4.76%) Go
6 11 (3.74%) Java
7 10 (3.40%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.06%) C#
9 6 (2.04%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.36%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.02%) R
12 2 (0.68%) C
13 1 (0.34%) Bicep
13 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.34%) Swift
Qualifications
1 86 (29.25%) Degree
2 30 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (9.18%) PMI Certification
4 24 (8.16%) Security Cleared
5 23 (7.82%) SC Cleared
6 19 (6.46%) CISSP
6 19 (6.46%) PMP
7 15 (5.10%) DV Cleared
8 12 (4.08%) A+ Certification
8 12 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (3.06%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.38%) CCNP
11 5 (1.70%) CCIE
12 3 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.02%) CCNA
12 3 (1.02%) CCSP
12 3 (1.02%) GCIH
12 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.68%) CCSA
13 2 (0.68%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.90%) QA
2 31 (10.54%) GDPR
3 20 (6.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (5.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (3.74%) GAAP
6 10 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (2.72%) Accessibility
8 7 (2.38%) NIST
9 5 (1.70%) EU AI Act
10 3 (1.02%) PMO
11 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (10.20%) Docker
2 16 (5.44%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (11.90%) Kubernetes
2 27 (9.18%) Terraform
3 15 (5.10%) Ansible
4 11 (3.74%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.72%) Grafana
6 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.02%) Nmap
8 2 (0.68%) WSUS
9 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.34%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 77 (26.19%) SAP
2 43 (14.63%) Microsoft
3 31 (10.54%) Cisco
4 25 (8.50%) Google
5 19 (6.46%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.74%) CheckPoint
7 10 (3.40%) Meraki
7 10 (3.40%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.72%) Ariba
8 8 (2.72%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.38%) Adobe
9 7 (2.38%) Avaya
9 7 (2.38%) Palantir
10 5 (1.70%) Genesys
10 5 (1.70%) Splunk
11 4 (1.36%) Ericsson
11 4 (1.36%) Mavenir
11 4 (1.36%) Nokia
11 4 (1.36%) OpenAI
12 3 (1.02%) Juniper