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 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 162 234
Rank change year-on-year -15 +72 -64
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 290 286 308
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.30% 2.28% 1.33%
As % of the General category 2.39% 3.00% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 167 153 228
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,300 £28,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £81,563
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -21.74%

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 12,154 9,547 15,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 54.55% 75.97% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7,767 5,647 10,925
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £54,633 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -4.73%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -27 28 £45,000 -10.00% 54
West London -1 16 £55,000 -18.52% 18
South London +19 4 £70,000 -12.50%
East London -2 3 £20,000 -35.48% 8
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 6 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.38%) Apache
3 4 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.38%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (3.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.76%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (11.38%) AWS
2 25 (8.62%) Azure
3 20 (6.90%) SaaS
4 18 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.14%) Amazon S3
6 11 (3.79%) GCP
7 9 (3.10%) OpenShift
7 9 (3.10%) Serverless
8 8 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.72%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.72%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.38%) Amazon Bedrock
10 4 (1.38%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.38%) Azure AI
10 4 (1.38%) LangSmith
11 3 (1.03%) AWS Step Functions
11 3 (1.03%) OCI
11 3 (1.03%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.97%) Firewall
1 26 (8.97%) LAN
2 25 (8.62%) WAN
3 23 (7.93%) TCP/IP
4 19 (6.55%) Network Security
5 15 (5.17%) Broadband
5 15 (5.17%) Multicast
6 13 (4.48%) SD-WAN
7 10 (3.45%) BGP
7 10 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (3.45%) Wireless
8 9 (3.10%) VoIP
9 8 (2.76%) OSPF
10 7 (2.41%) 5G
10 7 (2.41%) DNS
10 7 (2.41%) Software-Defined Networking
10 7 (2.41%) VPN
11 6 (2.07%) Internet
11 6 (2.07%) MPLS
11 6 (2.07%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.45%) Relational Database
2 9 (3.10%) RDBMS
3 8 (2.76%) Amazon Athena
3 8 (2.76%) Amazon Redshift
3 8 (2.76%) Apache Iceberg
3 8 (2.76%) Big Data
4 3 (1.03%) Apache Hudi
4 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.03%) Delta Lake
4 3 (1.03%) Metadata
4 3 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.03%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.69%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.69%) Redshift Spectrum
6 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.34%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.34%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 9 (3.10%) Git
2 3 (1.03%) GCC
2 3 (1.03%) GDB
2 3 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.69%) JIRA
4 1 (0.34%) CMake
4 1 (0.34%) Valgrind
General
1 116 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 64 (22.07%) Finance
3 41 (14.14%) Law
4 35 (12.07%) Legal
5 24 (8.28%) Banking
5 24 (8.28%) Billing
6 23 (7.93%) Marketing
6 23 (7.93%) Retail
7 20 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
9 14 (4.83%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (4.83%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.41%) Military
11 6 (2.07%) Advertising
11 6 (2.07%) Games
12 4 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.38%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.03%) German Language
13 3 (1.03%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 31 (10.69%) Account Manager
2 29 (10.00%) Senior
3 28 (9.66%) Lead
4 18 (6.21%) Architect
5 15 (5.17%) Account Director
6 14 (4.83%) Telecoms Manager
7 13 (4.48%) Analyst
7 13 (4.48%) Network Engineer
8 11 (3.79%) Development Manager
8 11 (3.79%) Telecoms Account Manager
9 10 (3.45%) Administrator
9 10 (3.45%) Business Development Manager
9 10 (3.45%) Business Manager
9 10 (3.45%) Consultant
9 10 (3.45%) Data Engineer
9 10 (3.45%) Developer
9 10 (3.45%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.10%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (2.76%) IT Support
11 8 (2.76%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.45%) REST
2 9 (3.10%) AngularJS
2 9 (3.10%) Bootstrap
2 9 (3.10%) Spring
2 9 (3.10%) Spring Boot
3 4 (1.38%) FastAPI
3 4 (1.38%) Kafka
3 4 (1.38%) LangChain
3 4 (1.38%) LangGraph
4 3 (1.03%) STL
5 2 (0.69%) gRPC
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Beam
6 1 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.34%) JSON
6 1 (0.34%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.34%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.34%) PySpark
6 1 (0.34%) Streamlit
6 1 (0.34%) web3js
6 1 (0.34%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.21%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.83%) MPEG
5 10 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (2.76%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.76%) Social Media
7 7 (2.41%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.07%) Algorithms
8 6 (2.07%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.38%) IoT
9 4 (1.38%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.38%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.38%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (1.03%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.03%) Digital Media
10 3 (1.03%) Life Science
10 3 (1.03%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.03%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.52%) Windows
2 8 (2.76%) Linux
3 4 (1.38%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (12.07%) AI
3 34 (11.72%) Agile
3 34 (11.72%) Analytics
3 34 (11.72%) Business Development
4 32 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (10.69%) CRM
5 31 (10.69%) Regulatory Compliance
6 28 (9.66%) Customer Experience
7 27 (9.31%) Presales
8 26 (8.97%) IT Strategy
9 23 (7.93%) Information Security
9 23 (7.93%) Roadmaps
9 23 (7.93%) Technology Strategy
10 21 (7.24%) Line Management
10 21 (7.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (6.90%) B2B
11 20 (6.90%) Project Delivery
12 19 (6.55%) Technical Leadership
13 18 (6.21%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.97%) Python
2 11 (3.79%) Java
3 9 (3.10%) JavaScript
3 9 (3.10%) SQL
4 4 (1.38%) C++
5 2 (0.69%) Bash
6 1 (0.34%) C
6 1 (0.34%) Go
6 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 57 (19.66%) Degree
2 21 (7.24%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (5.52%) CCNP
4 10 (3.45%) CCIE
4 10 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.41%) A+ Certification
5 7 (2.41%) CCSE
5 7 (2.41%) CISSP
6 6 (2.07%) CCNA
7 5 (1.72%) CISM
8 4 (1.38%) APMG
8 4 (1.38%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.38%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.03%) ACCA
9 3 (1.03%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.03%) CCSA
9 3 (1.03%) CISA
9 3 (1.03%) RHCSA
9 3 (1.03%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (8.28%) GRC
3 23 (7.93%) PCI DSS
4 15 (5.17%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.41%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.41%) SLA
6 6 (2.07%) QA
7 5 (1.72%) GDPR
8 3 (1.03%) IFRS
8 3 (1.03%) NIST
9 2 (0.69%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.69%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.69%) PMO
9 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.34%) MiFID
10 1 (0.34%) NCSC
10 1 (0.34%) RMADS
10 1 (0.34%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (2.76%) Active Directory
1 8 (2.76%) Docker
2 5 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.38%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (6.21%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.10%) Terraform
3 6 (2.07%) Ansible
4 5 (1.72%) Autotask
4 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.69%) Grafana
5 2 (0.69%) Nagios
5 2 (0.69%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.69%) WSUS
6 1 (0.34%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 27 (9.31%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.21%) Cisco
3 11 (3.79%) CheckPoint
3 11 (3.79%) Fortinet
4 10 (3.45%) Palo Alto
5 9 (3.10%) VMware
6 8 (2.76%) F5
6 8 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.41%) DocuSign
8 6 (2.07%) Citrix
8 6 (2.07%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.72%) Arista
9 5 (1.72%) Kaseya
9 5 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.72%) Zscaler
10 4 (1.38%) Freshdesk
10 4 (1.38%) Remedy
10 4 (1.38%) Veritas
11 3 (1.03%) BT
11 3 (1.03%) Google