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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 174 165
Rank change year-on-year +42 -9 +41
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 296 335 365
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.25% 1.92% 1.96%
As % of the General category 3.11% 2.73% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 199 130 270
10th Percentile £37,250 £31,475 £39,875
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £55,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -17.86% +2.94%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £126,000 £85,875 £102,500
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 9,506 12,265 12,644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 72.24% 70.40% 67.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5,724 7,054 9,922
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,322 £55,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £121,250 £122,500 £120,000
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 29 November 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 29 November 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 +2 27 £47,500 -5.00% 29
West London -19 6 £53,750 -18.87% 9
South London +21 5 £45,000 - 4
North London +3 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 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.35%) Apache Pulsar
4 3 (1.01%) 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 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (5.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.70%) Maya
5 7 (2.36%) Sketch
6 6 (2.03%) Adobe XD
7 5 (1.69%) MS Visio
8 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.34%) InDesign
9 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.70%) SAP IBP
1 8 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.68%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 61 (20.61%) Azure
2 49 (16.55%) GCP
3 44 (14.86%) AWS
4 18 (6.08%) SaaS
5 11 (3.72%) PaaS
6 10 (3.38%) GitHub
6 10 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (3.04%) Figma
8 8 (2.70%) Datadog
9 7 (2.36%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (2.36%) IaaS
10 6 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.03%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.35%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.01%) Cloud Run
13 3 (1.01%) Cloudflare
13 3 (1.01%) Google Compute Engine
13 3 (1.01%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.78%) Firewall
2 16 (5.41%) LAN
3 15 (5.07%) WAN
4 12 (4.05%) SD-WAN
4 12 (4.05%) VoIP
5 11 (3.72%) Wireless
5 11 (3.72%) Wireshark
6 10 (3.38%) Broadband
7 9 (3.04%) IP Telephony
7 9 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (2.70%) Network Security
9 7 (2.36%) Internet
10 6 (2.03%) Ethernet
10 6 (2.03%) Multicast
10 6 (2.03%) VPN
11 5 (1.69%) DNS
11 5 (1.69%) TCP/IP
12 4 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (1.35%) PSTN
12 4 (1.35%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.74%) NoSQL
2 12 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (4.05%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.38%) RDBMS
4 8 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.70%) SAP BW
5 5 (1.69%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.01%) Redis
6 3 (1.01%) 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 15 (5.07%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.04%) Git
3 5 (1.69%) GitLab
3 5 (1.69%) JIRA
4 3 (1.01%) Burp Suite
4 3 (1.01%) 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
1 134 (45.27%) Social Skills
2 120 (40.54%) Finance
3 91 (30.74%) Marketing
4 83 (28.04%) Public Sector
5 77 (26.01%) Manufacturing
6 72 (24.32%) Electronics
7 51 (17.23%) Analytical Skills
8 44 (14.86%) Law
9 24 (8.11%) Banking
9 24 (8.11%) Legal
10 15 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (3.72%) Games
12 11 (3.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (3.38%) Billing
13 10 (3.38%) German Language
14 9 (3.04%) Automotive
14 9 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.69%) Retail
16 4 (1.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 73 (24.66%) Senior
2 36 (12.16%) IT Support
3 31 (10.47%) Analyst
4 24 (8.11%) Support Analyst
5 22 (7.43%) IT Manager
6 20 (6.76%) IT Analyst
6 20 (6.76%) IT Support Analyst
7 18 (6.08%) Consultant
7 18 (6.08%) Senior Manager
7 18 (6.08%) Software Engineer
8 16 (5.41%) IT Operations Manager
8 16 (5.41%) Network Engineer
8 16 (5.41%) Operations Manager
9 15 (5.07%) IT Support Manager
9 15 (5.07%) Lead
9 15 (5.07%) Support Manager
9 15 (5.07%) Support Specialist
10 13 (4.39%) Security Engineer
11 12 (4.05%) Architect
11 12 (4.05%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.09%) REST
2 20 (6.76%) RESTful
3 15 (5.07%) Kafka
4 11 (3.72%) gRPC
5 10 (3.38%) FastAPI
5 10 (3.38%) Flask
5 10 (3.38%) WebSockets
6 9 (3.04%) Middleware
6 9 (3.04%) Node.js
7 8 (2.70%) OAuth
8 7 (2.36%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.35%) NumPy
10 4 (1.35%) Pandas
10 4 (1.35%) SOAP
10 4 (1.35%) Web Services
11 3 (1.01%) JWT
11 3 (1.01%) OpenTelemetry
12 2 (0.68%) NestJS
12 2 (0.68%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.11%) Onboarding
2 23 (7.77%) Data Centre
3 18 (6.08%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (5.07%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.73%) Mobile App
6 13 (4.39%) Video Conferencing
7 12 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (3.72%) AI Agents
8 11 (3.72%) Social Media
9 10 (3.38%) Cloud Native
10 8 (2.70%) PMI
10 8 (2.70%) Reinsurance
10 8 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.36%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.69%) IVR
12 5 (1.69%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (1.01%) Security Posture
14 3 (1.01%) VUI
14 3 (1.01%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.85%) Windows
2 20 (6.76%) Linux
3 17 (5.74%) Android
4 7 (2.36%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.36%) 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 (25.34%) Programme Management
2 74 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 71 (23.99%) Digital Marketing
4 69 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (21.28%) AI
6 45 (15.20%) Project Management
7 42 (14.19%) ITIL
8 41 (13.85%) Agile
8 41 (13.85%) Cybersecurity
9 38 (12.84%) Project Delivery
10 36 (12.16%) Analytics
10 36 (12.16%) Business Development
10 36 (12.16%) CRM
11 35 (11.82%) CI/CD
11 35 (11.82%) High Availability
11 35 (11.82%) Machine Learning
12 33 (11.15%) Computer Science
12 33 (11.15%) DevOps
13 31 (10.47%) Containerisation
13 31 (10.47%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 64 (21.62%) Python
2 28 (9.46%) SQL
3 19 (6.42%) Bash
4 17 (5.74%) C++
5 16 (5.41%) PowerShell
6 14 (4.73%) Go
7 11 (3.72%) Java
8 10 (3.38%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.04%) C#
10 4 (1.35%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.35%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.01%) 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 84 (28.38%) Degree
2 27 (9.12%) Computer Science Degree
2 27 (9.12%) PMI Certification
3 24 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 23 (7.77%) SC Cleared
5 19 (6.42%) CISSP
5 19 (6.42%) PMP
6 15 (5.07%) DV Cleared
7 13 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (4.05%) A+ Certification
9 8 (2.70%) CCNP
9 8 (2.70%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.03%) CCIE
11 3 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.01%) CCNA
11 3 (1.01%) CCSP
11 3 (1.01%) GCIH
11 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.68%) CCSA
12 2 (0.68%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.49%) QA
2 31 (10.47%) GDPR
3 20 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (4.05%) GAAP
6 10 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (2.70%) Accessibility
8 7 (2.36%) NIST
9 5 (1.69%) EU AI Act
10 3 (1.01%) PMO
10 3 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (9.80%) Docker
2 16 (5.41%) 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 34 (11.49%) Kubernetes
2 28 (9.46%) Terraform
3 16 (5.41%) Ansible
4 11 (3.72%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.70%) Grafana
6 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.01%) 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 (26.01%) SAP
2 44 (14.86%) Microsoft
3 32 (10.81%) Cisco
4 25 (8.45%) Google
5 18 (6.08%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.72%) CheckPoint
7 10 (3.38%) Meraki
7 10 (3.38%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.70%) Ariba
8 8 (2.70%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.36%) Adobe
9 7 (2.36%) Palantir
10 6 (2.03%) Avaya
11 5 (1.69%) Splunk
12 4 (1.35%) Ericsson
12 4 (1.35%) Genesys
12 4 (1.35%) Juniper
12 4 (1.35%) Mavenir
12 4 (1.35%) Nokia
12 4 (1.35%) ServiceNow