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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 157 240
Rank change year-on-year +7 +83 -49
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 311 272 307
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.50% 2.22% 1.31%
As % of the General category 2.72% 2.91% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 190 130 239
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,725 £28,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.53% -7.86%
75th Percentile £97,188 £91,563 £80,563
90th Percentile £110,500 £110,000 £98,200
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -21.74%

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 11,448 9,342 15,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 55.23% 76.12% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7,202 5,391 11,369
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -5.41%
75th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £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 21 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 21 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 -37 34 £45,000 -10.00% 22
West London -2 19 £40,600 -42.00% 18
East London -9 3 £20,000 -35.48% 3
South London +13 1 - - 4
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 (0.96%) Apache
1 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.64%) Confluence
3 1 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.64%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (2.25%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.32%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 24 (7.72%) AWS
2 20 (6.43%) GCP
3 18 (5.79%) Azure
3 18 (5.79%) SaaS
4 15 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.18%) OpenShift
6 7 (2.25%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (0.96%) Anthos
8 3 (0.96%) Apigee
8 3 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (0.96%) OCI
8 3 (0.96%) Serverless
9 2 (0.64%) Amazon Kinesis
9 2 (0.64%) AWS CodePipeline
9 2 (0.64%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (0.64%) Cloud Functions
9 2 (0.64%) Cloud Run
9 2 (0.64%) Figma
9 2 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.07%) Broadband
2 17 (5.47%) WAN
3 16 (5.14%) TCP/IP
4 15 (4.82%) Firewall
4 15 (4.82%) LAN
5 14 (4.50%) BGP
6 12 (3.86%) 4G
6 12 (3.86%) Multicast
6 12 (3.86%) Network Security
7 10 (3.22%) MPLS
8 9 (2.89%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (2.89%) Ethernet VPN
8 9 (2.89%) SD-WAN
9 8 (2.57%) IOS XR
10 7 (2.25%) VPN
10 7 (2.25%) Wireless
11 6 (1.93%) VoIP
12 5 (1.61%) Ethernet
12 5 (1.61%) OSPF
12 5 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.18%) RDBMS
1 13 (4.18%) Relational Database
2 7 (2.25%) Amazon Athena
2 7 (2.25%) Amazon Redshift
2 7 (2.25%) Apache Iceberg
2 7 (2.25%) Big Data
3 3 (0.96%) BigQuery
3 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.64%) Apache Hudi
4 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.64%) Delta Lake
4 2 (0.64%) Metadata
4 2 (0.64%) Redshift Spectrum
5 1 (0.32%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (3.54%) Git
2 3 (0.96%) JIRA
2 3 (0.96%) Postman
3 2 (0.64%) Jenkins
General
1 118 (37.94%) Social Skills
2 70 (22.51%) Finance
3 35 (11.25%) Law
4 34 (10.93%) Legal
5 31 (9.97%) Billing
6 26 (8.36%) Marketing
7 18 (5.79%) Public Sector
8 17 (5.47%) Retail
9 16 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
10 15 (4.82%) Banking
10 15 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.86%) Electronics
12 11 (3.54%) Manufacturing
13 8 (2.57%) Games
14 5 (1.61%) Advertising
15 3 (0.96%) Esports
15 3 (0.96%) German Language
15 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (12.22%) Senior
2 36 (11.58%) Lead
3 30 (9.65%) Account Manager
4 24 (7.72%) Telecoms Manager
5 23 (7.40%) Architect
6 18 (5.79%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 15 (4.82%) IT Support
8 14 (4.50%) Account Director
8 14 (4.50%) Analyst
8 14 (4.50%) Developer
8 14 (4.50%) Network Engineer
9 13 (4.18%) Senior Developer
10 12 (3.86%) Java Developer
10 12 (3.86%) Senior Java Developer
11 11 (3.54%) Support Specialist
12 10 (3.22%) Consultant
12 10 (3.22%) IT Analyst
12 10 (3.22%) IT Support Analyst
12 10 (3.22%) IT Support Specialist
12 10 (3.22%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.07%) REST
1 22 (7.07%) Spring
1 22 (7.07%) Spring Boot
2 13 (4.18%) AngularJS
2 13 (4.18%) Bootstrap
3 11 (3.54%) Kafka
4 9 (2.89%) gRPC
4 9 (2.89%) Spring Cloud
4 9 (2.89%) WebSockets
5 8 (2.57%) Jinja
5 8 (2.57%) NETCONF
5 8 (2.57%) RESTful
5 8 (2.57%) YANG
6 6 (1.93%) Spring Integration
6 6 (1.93%) Spring MVC
7 4 (1.29%) OAuth
8 3 (0.96%) Android NDK
8 3 (0.96%) Apache Camel
8 3 (0.96%) JSON
8 3 (0.96%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.00%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.79%) Social Media
3 13 (4.18%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.18%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.54%) MPEG
6 10 (3.22%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (2.25%) AI Agents
7 7 (2.25%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.93%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.61%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.29%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.96%) Digital Media
11 3 (0.96%) Life Science
11 3 (0.96%) TM Forum
12 2 (0.64%) IVR
12 2 (0.64%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.43%) Windows
2 13 (4.18%) Android
3 4 (1.29%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.96%) Linux
4 3 (0.96%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.32%) VMS
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (15.11%) Agile
2 37 (11.90%) AI
2 37 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (10.61%) Business Development
4 32 (10.29%) Customer Experience
5 31 (9.97%) CRM
5 31 (9.97%) Mentoring
6 27 (8.68%) Analytics
6 27 (8.68%) Regulatory Compliance
7 25 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (8.04%) Microservices
8 24 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (7.72%) Information Security
9 23 (7.40%) Containerisation
9 23 (7.40%) Roadmaps
10 21 (6.75%) IT Strategy
10 21 (6.75%) ITIL
11 20 (6.43%) Machine Learning
12 19 (6.11%) Line Management
12 19 (6.11%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.36%) Python
2 23 (7.40%) Java
3 16 (5.14%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.89%) C++
4 9 (2.89%) SQL
5 6 (1.93%) Go
6 5 (1.61%) Bash
6 5 (1.61%) Kotlin
7 3 (0.96%) PHP
7 3 (0.96%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.64%) C
8 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.32%) C#
9 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 59 (18.97%) Degree
2 15 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.18%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (3.22%) A+ Certification
4 10 (3.22%) CCIE
5 8 (2.57%) CCNP
5 8 (2.57%) CISSP
6 7 (2.25%) CCSE
7 6 (1.93%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.61%) CISM
8 5 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.29%) APMG
9 4 (1.29%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.29%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.29%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.29%) Security Cleared
10 3 (0.96%) CCSA
10 3 (0.96%) CISA
10 3 (0.96%) JNCIE
10 3 (0.96%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (7.72%) GRC
3 23 (7.40%) PCI DSS
4 12 (3.86%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.57%) SLA
6 7 (2.25%) QA
7 6 (1.93%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.61%) GDPR
9 4 (1.29%) PMO
10 3 (0.96%) NIST
11 2 (0.64%) IFRS
11 2 (0.64%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.32%) NCSC
12 1 (0.32%) RMADS
12 1 (0.32%) SOC 1
12 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (4.50%) Docker
2 4 (1.29%) 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 27 (8.68%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.22%) Terraform
3 5 (1.61%) Autotask
4 4 (1.29%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.96%) Ansible
6 2 (0.64%) Grafana
6 2 (0.64%) Nagios
7 1 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.32%) WSUS
7 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (8.36%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.07%) Cisco
3 12 (3.86%) SAP
4 8 (2.57%) CheckPoint
5 7 (2.25%) Fortinet
5 7 (2.25%) Google
5 7 (2.25%) Palo Alto
5 7 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.61%) Arista
6 5 (1.61%) F5
6 5 (1.61%) HubSpot
6 5 (1.61%) Kaseya
6 5 (1.61%) Remedy
7 4 (1.29%) DocuSign
7 4 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.96%) BT
8 3 (0.96%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.64%) Databricks
9 2 (0.64%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.32%) VMware