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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 162 239
Rank change year-on-year +11 +77 -49
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 315 268 312
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.54% 2.17% 1.34%
As % of the General category 2.78% 2.84% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 193 127 241
10th Percentile £32,800 £37,600 £28,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £99,273 £92,500 £81,125
90th Percentile £125,000 £110,000 £97,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -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 11,317 9,422 15,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 55.46% 76.19% 68.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,095 5,415 11,363
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.04%
75th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £125,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -42 33 £45,000 -10.00% 48
West London -6 18 £26,200 -62.57% 11
East London -5 3 £20,000 -35.48% 3
South London - 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 3 (0.95%) Apache
1 3 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.63%) Apache Pulsar
2 2 (0.63%) Confluence
2 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.63%) Sketch
5 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.90%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.63%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 27 (8.57%) AWS
2 24 (7.62%) GCP
3 23 (7.30%) Azure
4 17 (5.40%) SaaS
5 15 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (4.44%) OpenShift
7 7 (2.22%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.27%) GitHub
9 4 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.27%) PaaS
10 3 (0.95%) Anthos
10 3 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.95%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (0.95%) Cloud Functions
10 3 (0.95%) Cloud Run
10 3 (0.95%) IaaS
10 3 (0.95%) OCI
10 3 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.98%) Broadband
2 17 (5.40%) WAN
3 16 (5.08%) LAN
4 14 (4.44%) Firewall
4 14 (4.44%) Multicast
4 14 (4.44%) TCP/IP
5 13 (4.13%) BGP
6 12 (3.81%) 4G
6 12 (3.81%) Network Security
7 10 (3.17%) MPLS
8 9 (2.86%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (2.86%) Ethernet VPN
8 9 (2.86%) SD-WAN
9 8 (2.54%) IOS XR
9 8 (2.54%) VoIP
10 6 (1.90%) VPN
10 6 (1.90%) Wireless
11 5 (1.59%) 5G
11 5 (1.59%) Ethernet
11 5 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.76%) Relational Database
2 13 (4.13%) RDBMS
3 7 (2.22%) Amazon Athena
3 7 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (2.22%) Apache Iceberg
3 7 (2.22%) Big Data
4 4 (1.27%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Hudi
6 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.63%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.63%) Metadata
6 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.63%) Redshift Spectrum
7 1 (0.32%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.32%) Redis
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (4.13%) Git
2 6 (1.90%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.59%) JIRA
4 3 (0.95%) Postman
5 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 116 (36.83%) Social Skills
2 71 (22.54%) Finance
3 36 (11.43%) Law
4 34 (10.79%) Legal
5 31 (9.84%) Billing
6 28 (8.89%) Marketing
7 20 (6.35%) Public Sector
8 17 (5.40%) Banking
8 17 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (5.40%) Retail
9 16 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
10 15 (4.76%) Electronics
11 13 (4.13%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.86%) Games
13 5 (1.59%) Advertising
13 5 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.95%) Esports
14 3 (0.95%) German Language
Job Titles
1 47 (14.92%) Senior
2 36 (11.43%) Lead
3 29 (9.21%) Account Manager
4 24 (7.62%) Telecoms Manager
5 22 (6.98%) Architect
6 18 (5.71%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 16 (5.08%) IT Support
8 15 (4.76%) Analyst
8 15 (4.76%) Network Engineer
9 14 (4.44%) Developer
10 13 (4.13%) Senior Developer
11 12 (3.81%) Java Developer
11 12 (3.81%) Senior Java Developer
11 12 (3.81%) Support Specialist
12 11 (3.49%) IT Analyst
12 11 (3.49%) IT Support Analyst
12 11 (3.49%) IT Support Specialist
12 11 (3.49%) Support Analyst
13 10 (3.17%) Account Director
13 10 (3.17%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.30%) REST
2 22 (6.98%) Spring
2 22 (6.98%) Spring Boot
3 14 (4.44%) Kafka
4 13 (4.13%) AngularJS
4 13 (4.13%) Bootstrap
5 11 (3.49%) gRPC
6 10 (3.17%) RESTful
6 10 (3.17%) WebSockets
7 9 (2.86%) Spring Cloud
8 8 (2.54%) Jinja
8 8 (2.54%) NETCONF
8 8 (2.54%) YANG
9 6 (1.90%) OAuth
9 6 (1.90%) Spring Integration
9 6 (1.90%) Spring MVC
10 4 (1.27%) JWT
11 3 (0.95%) Apache Camel
11 3 (0.95%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.95%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.57%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.71%) Social Media
3 15 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.49%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.49%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (3.17%) MPEG
6 8 (2.54%) AI Agents
7 7 (2.22%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.90%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.59%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.27%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.95%) Digital Media
11 3 (0.95%) Life Science
11 3 (0.95%) TM Forum
12 2 (0.63%) CMDB
12 2 (0.63%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.67%) Windows
2 14 (4.44%) Android
3 5 (1.59%) Linux
4 4 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.63%) VMS
7 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.32%) Unix
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (15.56%) Agile
2 42 (13.33%) AI
3 38 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (11.11%) Business Development
5 32 (10.16%) Mentoring
6 30 (9.52%) Analytics
6 30 (9.52%) CRM
7 29 (9.21%) Customer Experience
7 29 (9.21%) Microservices
8 28 (8.89%) Containerisation
9 26 (8.25%) Regulatory Compliance
10 25 (7.94%) Information Security
10 25 (7.94%) Roadmaps
11 24 (7.62%) Computer Science
11 24 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (7.62%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (7.30%) ITIL
12 23 (7.30%) Machine Learning
13 22 (6.98%) CI/CD
13 22 (6.98%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 30 (9.52%) Python
2 25 (7.94%) Java
3 18 (5.71%) JavaScript
4 11 (3.49%) SQL
5 10 (3.17%) C++
6 9 (2.86%) Go
7 7 (2.22%) Bash
8 5 (1.59%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.27%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.95%) C#
10 3 (0.95%) PHP
10 3 (0.95%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.32%) C
11 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 64 (20.32%) Degree
2 20 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (3.49%) A+ Certification
4 11 (3.49%) CCIE
5 9 (2.86%) CCNP
6 8 (2.54%) CCSE
6 8 (2.54%) CISSP
7 5 (1.59%) CISM
7 5 (1.59%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.27%) APMG
8 4 (1.27%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.27%) CCSA
8 4 (1.27%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.27%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.95%) CISA
9 3 (0.95%) JNCIE
9 3 (0.95%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (6.98%) GRC
2 22 (6.98%) PCI DSS
3 11 (3.49%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.54%) QA
4 8 (2.54%) SLA
5 6 (1.90%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.59%) GDPR
7 4 (1.27%) PMO
8 3 (0.95%) NIST
9 2 (0.63%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.32%) IFRS
10 1 (0.32%) NCSC
10 1 (0.32%) RMADS
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (5.71%) Docker
2 4 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.44%) Terraform
3 7 (2.22%) Prometheus
4 6 (1.90%) Ansible
5 5 (1.59%) Autotask
6 4 (1.27%) Grafana
7 2 (0.63%) Nagios
8 1 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.32%) WSUS
8 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (9.21%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.30%) Cisco
3 14 (4.44%) SAP
4 9 (2.86%) CheckPoint
5 8 (2.54%) Google
6 7 (2.22%) Fortinet
6 7 (2.22%) Palo Alto
7 6 (1.90%) F5
7 6 (1.90%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.59%) Arista
8 5 (1.59%) Kaseya
8 5 (1.59%) Remedy
9 4 (1.27%) DocuSign
9 4 (1.27%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.95%) BT
10 3 (0.95%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.63%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.63%) Ericsson
11 2 (0.63%) Mavenir
11 2 (0.63%) Nokia