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 14 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 158 189
Rank change year-on-year +13 +31 +25
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 286 329 355
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.85% 2.19% 1.67%
As % of the General category 2.85% 2.95% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 186 116 267
10th Percentile £32,375 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £98,205 £87,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £106,875 £95,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -18.18%

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 10,033 11,149 14,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 64.78% 74.08% 65.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,191 5,868 10,911
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,000 £37,188
25th Percentile £50,813 £56,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +4.83% -2.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 14 February 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 14 February 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 -5 35 £45,000 -10.00% 13
West London -19 11 £53,750 -23.21% 3
South London +28 5 £45,000 - 3
North London +1 1 £35,000 - 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 5 (1.75%) Apache Pulsar
1 5 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.35%) Apache
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.35%) CMS
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.75%) Maya
5 3 (1.05%) Chatbot
5 3 (1.05%) Sketch
6 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.75%) SAP IBP
1 5 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.70%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 49 (17.13%) Azure
2 46 (16.08%) GCP
3 35 (12.24%) AWS
4 11 (3.85%) GitHub
4 11 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
4 11 (3.85%) OpenShift
4 11 (3.85%) SaaS
5 9 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.80%) Azure Service Bus
7 6 (2.10%) IaaS
7 6 (2.10%) PaaS
8 5 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.75%) Datadog
9 4 (1.40%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (1.40%) Cloud Run
9 4 (1.40%) Google Compute Engine
10 3 (1.05%) Anthos
10 3 (1.05%) Apigee
10 3 (1.05%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 30 (10.49%) Broadband
2 22 (7.69%) Firewall
3 17 (5.94%) LAN
4 16 (5.59%) WAN
5 14 (4.90%) VoIP
6 12 (4.20%) SD-WAN
7 11 (3.85%) VPN
8 10 (3.50%) MPLS
9 9 (3.15%) 4G
9 9 (3.15%) BGP
9 9 (3.15%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (3.15%) Ethernet VPN
9 9 (3.15%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (2.80%) Ethernet
10 8 (2.80%) IOS XR
10 8 (2.80%) Wireless
10 8 (2.80%) Wireshark
11 6 (2.10%) IP Telephony
12 5 (1.75%) Multicast
12 5 (1.75%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.90%) Relational Database
2 12 (4.20%) RDBMS
3 11 (3.85%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.45%) BigQuery
5 6 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.75%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.05%) Redis
8 2 (0.70%) KNIME
8 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.70%) Power BI
8 2 (0.70%) QlikView
8 2 (0.70%) Tableau
9 1 (0.35%) Big Data
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.20%) Git
2 11 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.75%) GitLab
4 4 (1.40%) Postman
5 3 (1.05%) JIRA
6 2 (0.70%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.70%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
General
1 109 (38.11%) Social Skills
2 89 (31.12%) Finance
3 58 (20.28%) Marketing
4 51 (17.83%) Public Sector
5 48 (16.78%) Manufacturing
6 45 (15.73%) Electronics
7 25 (8.74%) Billing
8 24 (8.39%) Law
9 23 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
10 22 (7.69%) Legal
11 18 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (5.94%) Banking
13 15 (5.24%) Games
14 13 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (3.50%) German Language
16 7 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (2.10%) Retail
18 5 (1.75%) Automotive
19 4 (1.40%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 70 (24.48%) Senior
2 28 (9.79%) Analyst
3 27 (9.44%) Lead
4 24 (8.39%) IT Support
5 22 (7.69%) Architect
5 22 (7.69%) Network Engineer
5 22 (7.69%) Support Analyst
6 20 (6.99%) Account Manager
7 19 (6.64%) IT Analyst
7 19 (6.64%) IT Support Analyst
8 18 (6.29%) Telecoms Manager
9 16 (5.59%) Support Specialist
10 15 (5.24%) Security Engineer
10 15 (5.24%) Software Engineer
11 14 (4.90%) Consultant
11 14 (4.90%) Developer
11 14 (4.90%) Telecoms Account Manager
12 13 (4.55%) Senior Security Engineer
13 12 (4.20%) Android Engineer
13 12 (4.20%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (10.49%) REST
2 24 (8.39%) RESTful
3 23 (8.04%) Kafka
4 19 (6.64%) Spring
5 18 (6.29%) Spring Boot
6 17 (5.94%) gRPC
7 16 (5.59%) WebSockets
8 11 (3.85%) OAuth
9 9 (3.15%) AngularJS
9 9 (3.15%) Bootstrap
9 9 (3.15%) Spring Cloud
10 8 (2.80%) Jinja
10 8 (2.80%) NETCONF
10 8 (2.80%) OAuth2
10 8 (2.80%) YANG
11 6 (2.10%) JWT
11 6 (2.10%) Middleware
11 6 (2.10%) Spring Integration
11 6 (2.10%) Spring MVC
12 5 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.39%) Social Media
2 22 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (5.94%) Cloud Native
3 17 (5.94%) Data Centre
4 12 (4.20%) AI Agents
4 12 (4.20%) Video Conferencing
5 11 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.15%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.80%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.80%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.75%) IVR
9 5 (1.75%) PMI
9 5 (1.75%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.05%) IoT
10 3 (1.05%) Life Science
10 3 (1.05%) TM Forum
10 3 (1.05%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 34 (11.89%) Windows
2 21 (7.34%) Android
3 13 (4.55%) Linux
4 7 (2.45%) Unix
5 5 (1.75%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.05%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (19.58%) AI
2 53 (18.53%) Agile
3 46 (16.08%) Business Intelligence
4 45 (15.73%) Business Development
4 45 (15.73%) Digital Marketing
5 44 (15.38%) Programme Management
6 43 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (13.99%) Containerisation
8 39 (13.64%) CRM
9 37 (12.94%) DevOps
9 37 (12.94%) Mentoring
9 37 (12.94%) Microservices
10 33 (11.54%) CI/CD
10 33 (11.54%) Computer Science
11 31 (10.84%) User Experience
12 28 (9.79%) Machine Learning
13 27 (9.44%) ITIL
14 23 (8.04%) B2B
14 23 (8.04%) Data Management
14 23 (8.04%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.83%) Python
2 26 (9.09%) Java
2 26 (9.09%) SQL
3 22 (7.69%) C++
4 18 (6.29%) Go
5 17 (5.94%) Bash
5 17 (5.94%) PowerShell
6 14 (4.90%) JavaScript
7 12 (4.20%) TypeScript
8 10 (3.50%) C#
9 7 (2.45%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.05%) PHP
10 3 (1.05%) R
11 2 (0.70%) C
12 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 71 (24.83%) Degree
2 31 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (6.29%) Security Cleared
4 17 (5.94%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.20%) A+ Certification
5 12 (4.20%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.80%) PMI Certification
8 7 (2.45%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.40%) CCIE
9 4 (1.40%) CCNP
9 4 (1.40%) CISSP
9 4 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.05%) PMP
11 2 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.70%) CCSA
11 2 (0.70%) CCSE
11 2 (0.70%) CCSP
11 2 (0.70%) GCIH
12 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.55%) QA
2 12 (4.20%) GDPR
3 7 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.75%) PMO
6 4 (1.40%) GRC
6 4 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.05%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.70%) SLA
9 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.35%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (11.54%) Docker
2 13 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (14.69%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.59%) Terraform
3 12 (4.20%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.80%) Ansible
4 8 (2.80%) Grafana
4 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.70%) Nmap
6 1 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.35%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 48 (16.78%) SAP
2 37 (12.94%) Microsoft
3 34 (11.89%) Cisco
4 17 (5.94%) Salesforce
5 16 (5.59%) Google
6 9 (3.15%) CheckPoint
7 8 (2.80%) Meraki
7 8 (2.80%) Palantir
8 7 (2.45%) Palo Alto
8 7 (2.45%) SolarWinds
9 5 (1.75%) Ariba
9 5 (1.75%) Avaya
9 5 (1.75%) Ericsson
9 5 (1.75%) Genesys
9 5 (1.75%) Mavenir
9 5 (1.75%) Nokia
9 5 (1.75%) Splunk
10 3 (1.05%) F5
11 2 (0.70%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.70%) Rapid7