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 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 140 220
Rank change year-on-year -44 +80 -62
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 300 305 268
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 2.56% 1.41%
As % of the General category 2.24% 3.36% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 182 176 147
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,875 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £109,750 £100,000 £91,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -7.41%

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 13,395 9,067 13,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 52.37% 76.23% 69.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,292 5,492 7,697
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,300 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £126,125 £122,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -7 34 £45,000 -10.00% 77
West London -4 13 £55,000 - 31
South London +8 8 £70,000 -9.68% 5
East London - 2 £49,000 - 12
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 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.00%) Apache
3 3 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.00%) Confluence
4 2 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.33%) JBoss
5 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 24 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.67%) InDesign
3 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.00%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.00%) Revit
5 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.67%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (12.67%) Azure
2 35 (11.67%) AWS
3 25 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (4.67%) SaaS
5 13 (4.33%) GCP
5 13 (4.33%) Serverless
6 10 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (3.33%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.00%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.00%) OneDrive
8 7 (2.33%) Amazon Bedrock
8 7 (2.33%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (2.33%) Azure AI
8 7 (2.33%) LangSmith
9 4 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.33%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.33%) WeChat
10 3 (1.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.33%) Firewall
1 28 (9.33%) LAN
2 25 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 25 (8.33%) WAN
3 21 (7.00%) Network Security
4 17 (5.67%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (4.33%) DNS
6 12 (4.00%) 5G
6 12 (4.00%) DHCP
7 10 (3.33%) Broadband
7 10 (3.33%) Internet
7 10 (3.33%) Multicast
7 10 (3.33%) SD-WAN
8 9 (3.00%) Structured Cabling
8 9 (3.00%) VoIP
8 9 (3.00%) Wireless
9 8 (2.67%) LTE
9 8 (2.67%) Radio Access Network
9 8 (2.67%) VPN
9 8 (2.67%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.67%) Big Data
3 5 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.33%) Power BI
5 3 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.00%) Delta Lake
5 3 (1.00%) Metadata
6 2 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.67%) Apache Hudi
6 2 (0.67%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.67%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.67%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.67%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.67%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.67%) Tableau
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.33%) Redis
7 1 (0.33%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 12 (4.00%) Git
2 10 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.33%) GCC
3 7 (2.33%) GDB
4 3 (1.00%) JIRA
5 2 (0.67%) GitLab
6 1 (0.33%) CMake
6 1 (0.33%) Maven
6 1 (0.33%) MLflow
6 1 (0.33%) Selenium
6 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.33%) Valgrind
General
1 114 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 90 (30.00%) Finance
3 39 (13.00%) Law
4 36 (12.00%) Marketing
4 36 (12.00%) Retail
5 32 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (10.67%) Legal
6 27 (9.00%) Banking
7 22 (7.33%) Public Sector
8 18 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (4.33%) Billing
10 12 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (3.00%) Military
13 7 (2.33%) Electronics
14 6 (2.00%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.33%) Advertising
15 4 (1.33%) Games
15 4 (1.33%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 37 (12.33%) Senior
2 21 (7.00%) Network Engineer
3 20 (6.67%) Lead
4 16 (5.33%) Project Manager
5 15 (5.00%) Account Director
5 15 (5.00%) Consultant
6 14 (4.67%) Architect
7 13 (4.33%) Account Manager
7 13 (4.33%) Analyst
7 13 (4.33%) Development Manager
8 12 (4.00%) Business Development Manager
8 12 (4.00%) Business Manager
8 12 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (3.67%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.33%) Installations Engineer
11 9 (3.00%) Operations Engineer
11 9 (3.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.67%) Head of AI
12 8 (2.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.67%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.67%) FastAPI
2 7 (2.33%) LangChain
2 7 (2.33%) LangGraph
2 7 (2.33%) STL
2 7 (2.33%) Terraform
3 3 (1.00%) Google Maps API
3 3 (1.00%) Kafka
3 3 (1.00%) React
3 3 (1.00%) REST
4 2 (0.67%) CSS
4 2 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.67%) gRPC
4 2 (0.67%) HTML
4 2 (0.67%) RESTful
5 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.33%) Playwright
5 1 (0.33%) PySpark
5 1 (0.33%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.33%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.67%) Data Centre
2 34 (11.33%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.00%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.33%) Algorithms
6 9 (3.00%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.00%) MPEG
6 9 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (2.33%) CCTV
7 7 (2.33%) IoT
7 7 (2.33%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.00%) AI Agents
8 6 (2.00%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.00%) Social Media
8 6 (2.00%) Web Conferencing
9 5 (1.67%) Blog
9 5 (1.67%) Fibre Optics
9 5 (1.67%) TM Forum
10 4 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.00%) Windows
2 13 (4.33%) Linux
3 10 (3.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (21.67%) AI
2 63 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (15.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (13.67%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (12.00%) Project Delivery
6 33 (11.00%) Analytics
6 33 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (11.00%) Presales
7 30 (10.00%) Business Development
8 28 (9.33%) ITIL
9 27 (9.00%) CI/CD
9 27 (9.00%) Customer Experience
9 27 (9.00%) Decision-Making
10 25 (8.33%) Agile
10 25 (8.33%) Roadmaps
11 23 (7.67%) CRM
11 23 (7.67%) DevOps
12 22 (7.33%) Computer Science
12 22 (7.33%) Project Management
13 21 (7.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.33%) Python
2 15 (5.00%) SQL
3 8 (2.67%) C++
4 4 (1.33%) Java
5 3 (1.00%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.67%) Bash
6 2 (0.67%) C
6 2 (0.67%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.33%) Bicep
7 1 (0.33%) C#
7 1 (0.33%) Go
7 1 (0.33%) Perl
7 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.33%) ProC
7 1 (0.33%) R
7 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.33%) SOQL
7 1 (0.33%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 69 (23.00%) Degree
2 22 (7.33%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (6.33%) CCNP
4 15 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.67%) Security Cleared
6 11 (3.67%) CISSP
7 10 (3.33%) SC Cleared
8 9 (3.00%) CCNA
8 9 (3.00%) CISM
9 7 (2.33%) BICSI Certification
9 7 (2.33%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.67%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.67%) ACCA
10 5 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.67%) CCIE
10 5 (1.67%) CCSE
10 5 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.33%) CISMP
11 4 (1.33%) PMP
11 4 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.33%) QA
2 15 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (4.67%) Accessibility
3 14 (4.67%) SLA
4 12 (4.00%) GRC
5 9 (3.00%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.00%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.00%) NIST
7 5 (1.67%) GDPR
8 4 (1.33%) NEBOSH
9 3 (1.00%) IFRS
9 3 (1.00%) NCSC
10 2 (0.67%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.67%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.67%) PMO
11 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.33%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.33%) MiFID
11 1 (0.33%) RMADS
System Software
1 17 (5.67%) Docker
2 15 (5.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.00%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.67%) Ansible
3 5 (1.67%) Autotask
4 3 (1.00%) Grafana
4 3 (1.00%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.00%) WSUS
5 2 (0.67%) Nagios
6 1 (0.33%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.33%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.33%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.67%) Cisco
3 15 (5.00%) VMware
4 14 (4.67%) HubSpot
5 13 (4.33%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.00%) Fortinet
6 12 (4.00%) Google
7 10 (3.33%) Veritas
8 9 (3.00%) Arista
8 9 (3.00%) Juniper
8 9 (3.00%) Zscaler
9 8 (2.67%) CheckPoint
9 8 (2.67%) Palo Alto
10 7 (2.33%) Citrix
10 7 (2.33%) F5
10 7 (2.33%) HP
11 6 (2.00%) Databricks
12 5 (1.67%) DocuSign
12 5 (1.67%) Kaseya
12 5 (1.67%) ServiceNow