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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 161 180
Rank change year-on-year +21 +19 +20
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 293 320 330
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.21% 1.98% 1.84%
As % of the General category 3.15% 2.72% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 202 117 249
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,350 £41,000
25th Percentile £51,938 £46,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -21.43% +3.70%
75th Percentile £99,688 £75,000 £82,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £95,000 £98,000
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 9,295 11,766 12,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 69.98% 72.69% 67.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,716 6,594 9,433
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £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 £120,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.44%

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 15 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 15 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 +27 31 £57,500 +15.00% 28
West London -13 8 £53,750 -18.87% 18
South London +24 5 £45,000 - 9
North London +4 1 £35,000 -6.67% 2
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 9 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.71%) Apache Pulsar
4 2 (0.68%) CMS
4 2 (0.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (6.48%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (5.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.07%) Sketch
5 8 (2.73%) Maya
6 6 (2.05%) Adobe XD
7 3 (1.02%) Chatbot
7 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.73%) SAP IBP
1 8 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.68%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 62 (21.16%) Azure
2 51 (17.41%) GCP
3 45 (15.36%) AWS
4 15 (5.12%) SaaS
5 11 (3.75%) GitHub
5 11 (3.75%) GitHub Actions
5 11 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.41%) Figma
6 10 (3.41%) PaaS
7 8 (2.73%) Azure Service Bus
7 8 (2.73%) Datadog
8 7 (2.39%) IaaS
9 6 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (1.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.71%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.71%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.37%) Cloud Functions
11 4 (1.37%) Cloud Run
11 4 (1.37%) Google Compute Engine
11 4 (1.37%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.85%) Firewall
2 15 (5.12%) LAN
3 14 (4.78%) WAN
4 12 (4.10%) Broadband
4 12 (4.10%) SD-WAN
4 12 (4.10%) VoIP
5 10 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (3.41%) Wireless
6 9 (3.07%) IP Telephony
6 9 (3.07%) Wireshark
7 7 (2.39%) Ethernet
7 7 (2.39%) VPN
8 6 (2.05%) Network Security
9 5 (1.71%) DNS
9 5 (1.71%) Internet
9 5 (1.71%) Multicast
9 5 (1.71%) PSTN
10 4 (1.37%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.37%) Unified Communications
11 3 (1.02%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.12%) NoSQL
2 12 (4.10%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.41%) RDBMS
4 8 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.73%) SAP BW
5 6 (2.05%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.02%) Redis
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%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.68%) Tableau
8 1 (0.34%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (4.78%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.39%) Git
3 5 (1.71%) GitLab
4 4 (1.37%) JIRA
5 3 (1.02%) Burp Suite
5 3 (1.02%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.34%) CMake
6 1 (0.34%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.34%) Postman
6 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
General
1 126 (43.00%) Social Skills
2 118 (40.27%) Finance
3 89 (30.38%) Marketing
4 82 (27.99%) Public Sector
5 78 (26.62%) Manufacturing
6 73 (24.91%) Electronics
7 44 (15.02%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (14.68%) Law
9 25 (8.53%) Legal
10 23 (7.85%) Banking
11 16 (5.46%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (4.10%) Billing
13 11 (3.75%) Games
14 10 (3.41%) German Language
14 10 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (3.41%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (3.07%) Automotive
16 6 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (1.71%) Retail
18 4 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (25.94%) Senior
2 35 (11.95%) IT Support
3 32 (10.92%) Analyst
4 25 (8.53%) Support Analyst
5 21 (7.17%) IT Analyst
5 21 (7.17%) IT Support Analyst
6 20 (6.83%) IT Manager
7 19 (6.48%) Software Engineer
8 18 (6.14%) Senior Manager
9 17 (5.80%) Security Engineer
9 17 (5.80%) Support Specialist
10 16 (5.46%) Lead
11 15 (5.12%) Consultant
11 15 (5.12%) Network Engineer
12 14 (4.78%) IT Operations Manager
12 14 (4.78%) Operations Manager
13 13 (4.44%) IT Support Specialist
14 12 (4.10%) IT Support Manager
14 12 (4.10%) Senior Security Engineer
14 12 (4.10%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.87%) RESTful
2 25 (8.53%) REST
3 19 (6.48%) Kafka
4 17 (5.80%) gRPC
4 17 (5.80%) WebSockets
5 9 (3.07%) Middleware
6 8 (2.73%) FastAPI
6 8 (2.73%) Flask
6 8 (2.73%) Node.js
6 8 (2.73%) OAuth
6 8 (2.73%) OAuth2
7 5 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (1.71%) SOAP
7 5 (1.71%) Web Services
8 4 (1.37%) Android NDK
8 4 (1.37%) NumPy
8 4 (1.37%) Pandas
8 4 (1.37%) Spring
9 3 (1.02%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.02%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.85%) Data Centre
1 23 (7.85%) Onboarding
2 22 (7.51%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (6.48%) Mobile App
4 16 (5.46%) AI Agents
5 14 (4.78%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.78%) Social Media
5 14 (4.78%) Video Conferencing
6 13 (4.44%) Management Information System
7 12 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.73%) PMI
8 8 (2.73%) Reinsurance
8 8 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.39%) Driving Licence
10 6 (2.05%) IVR
11 4 (1.37%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.02%) IoT
12 3 (1.02%) Life Science
12 3 (1.02%) VUI
12 3 (1.02%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (14.33%) Windows
2 27 (9.22%) Android
3 19 (6.48%) Linux
4 7 (2.39%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.39%) 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 10
5 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (25.94%) Programme Management
2 74 (25.26%) Business Intelligence
3 72 (24.57%) AI
3 72 (24.57%) Digital Marketing
4 64 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (15.70%) Agile
6 42 (14.33%) ITIL
6 42 (14.33%) Project Management
7 41 (13.99%) Machine Learning
8 39 (13.31%) Computer Science
8 39 (13.31%) User Experience
9 38 (12.97%) CRM
10 37 (12.63%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (12.29%) Analytics
11 36 (12.29%) CI/CD
11 36 (12.29%) Containerisation
11 36 (12.29%) DevOps
12 35 (11.95%) High Availability
12 35 (11.95%) Project Delivery
13 33 (11.26%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 62 (21.16%) Python
2 30 (10.24%) SQL
3 23 (7.85%) C++
4 20 (6.83%) Bash
5 17 (5.80%) Go
6 15 (5.12%) PowerShell
7 13 (4.44%) Java
8 12 (4.10%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.41%) C#
10 8 (2.73%) Kotlin
11 6 (2.05%) JavaScript
12 3 (1.02%) R
13 2 (0.68%) C
14 1 (0.34%) Bicep
14 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.34%) Swift
Qualifications
1 89 (30.38%) Degree
2 35 (11.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (8.87%) Security Cleared
4 25 (8.53%) PMI Certification
4 25 (8.53%) SC Cleared
5 17 (5.80%) CISSP
5 17 (5.80%) PMP
6 16 (5.46%) DV Cleared
7 13 (4.44%) A+ Certification
8 11 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (3.41%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.05%) CCNP
11 4 (1.37%) CCIE
12 3 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.02%) CCSP
12 3 (1.02%) GCIH
12 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.68%) CCNA
13 2 (0.68%) CCSA
13 2 (0.68%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.26%) QA
2 29 (9.90%) GDPR
3 18 (6.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (3.07%) GAAP
6 8 (2.73%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.71%) EU AI Act
7 5 (1.71%) NIST
7 5 (1.71%) PMO
8 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (10.92%) Docker
2 17 (5.80%) 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 38 (12.97%) Kubernetes
2 24 (8.19%) Terraform
3 13 (4.44%) Ansible
4 12 (4.10%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.73%) Grafana
6 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.02%) Nmap
8 2 (0.68%) WSUS
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.34%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 78 (26.62%) SAP
2 46 (15.70%) Microsoft
3 31 (10.58%) Cisco
4 24 (8.19%) Google
5 20 (6.83%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.75%) CheckPoint
7 10 (3.41%) Meraki
7 10 (3.41%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.73%) Ariba
8 8 (2.73%) Palantir
8 8 (2.73%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.39%) Avaya
10 6 (2.05%) Adobe
11 5 (1.71%) Ericsson
11 5 (1.71%) Genesys
11 5 (1.71%) Mavenir
11 5 (1.71%) Nokia
11 5 (1.71%) Splunk
12 4 (1.37%) OpenAI
13 3 (1.02%) Zscaler