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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 168 228
Rank change year-on-year +9 +60 -26
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 317 266 323
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.56% 2.09% 1.38%
As % of the General category 2.76% 2.73% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 192 128 248
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,825 £30,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £89,688 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £95,000
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 11,505 9,729 15,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 56.55% 76.35% 67.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,079 5,587 11,346
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,475 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -5.41%
75th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £125,000 £117,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -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 6 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 6 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 -28 31 £45,000 -10.00% 52
West London -13 19 £29,350 -58.07% 13
East London -5 3 £20,000 -35.48% 6
South London - 1 - - 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 4 (1.26%) Apache Pulsar
2 3 (0.95%) Apache
2 3 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.63%) Sketch
5 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.58%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.63%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 33 (10.41%) GCP
2 32 (10.09%) AWS
3 29 (9.15%) Azure
4 16 (5.05%) SaaS
5 15 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (4.42%) OpenShift
7 7 (2.21%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.21%) GitHub
7 7 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (1.58%) PaaS
10 4 (1.26%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.26%) Cloud Run
10 4 (1.26%) Google Compute Engine
11 3 (0.95%) Anthos
11 3 (0.95%) Apigee
11 3 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.95%) IaaS
11 3 (0.95%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.94%) Broadband
2 16 (5.05%) LAN
2 16 (5.05%) WAN
3 15 (4.73%) Firewall
4 13 (4.10%) Multicast
5 12 (3.79%) 4G
6 11 (3.47%) Network Security
6 11 (3.47%) TCP/IP
7 10 (3.15%) BGP
7 10 (3.15%) MPLS
8 9 (2.84%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (2.84%) Ethernet VPN
9 8 (2.52%) IOS XR
9 8 (2.52%) SD-WAN
9 8 (2.52%) VoIP
10 6 (1.89%) VPN
10 6 (1.89%) Wireless
11 4 (1.26%) 5G
11 4 (1.26%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.73%) Relational Database
2 13 (4.10%) RDBMS
3 7 (2.21%) Amazon Athena
3 7 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (2.21%) Apache Iceberg
4 6 (1.89%) Big Data
5 5 (1.58%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.26%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.63%) Apache Hudi
8 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.63%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.63%) Metadata
8 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.63%) Redis
8 2 (0.63%) Redshift Spectrum
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (4.42%) Git
2 7 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.58%) JIRA
4 3 (0.95%) Postman
5 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 119 (37.54%) Social Skills
2 73 (23.03%) Finance
3 33 (10.41%) Law
3 33 (10.41%) Legal
4 32 (10.09%) Billing
5 31 (9.78%) Marketing
6 25 (7.89%) Public Sector
7 20 (6.31%) Retail
8 19 (5.99%) Banking
8 19 (5.99%) Electronics
9 18 (5.68%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (5.05%) Manufacturing
10 16 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (3.15%) Games
13 5 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.26%) Advertising
15 3 (0.95%) Esports
15 3 (0.95%) German Language
Job Titles
1 54 (17.03%) Senior
2 36 (11.36%) Lead
3 28 (8.83%) Account Manager
4 24 (7.57%) Telecoms Manager
5 21 (6.62%) Architect
6 18 (5.68%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 16 (5.05%) IT Support
8 15 (4.73%) Analyst
8 15 (4.73%) Developer
9 14 (4.42%) Network Engineer
10 13 (4.10%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.10%) Senior Developer
11 12 (3.79%) Senior Java Developer
11 12 (3.79%) Support Specialist
12 11 (3.47%) Consultant
12 11 (3.47%) IT Support Analyst
12 11 (3.47%) IT Support Specialist
12 11 (3.47%) Security Engineer
12 11 (3.47%) Senior Security Engineer
12 11 (3.47%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.20%) REST
2 23 (7.26%) Spring
3 22 (6.94%) Kafka
3 22 (6.94%) Spring Boot
4 18 (5.68%) RESTful
5 14 (4.42%) gRPC
6 13 (4.10%) AngularJS
6 13 (4.10%) Bootstrap
6 13 (4.10%) WebSockets
7 9 (2.84%) OAuth
7 9 (2.84%) Spring Cloud
8 8 (2.52%) Jinja
8 8 (2.52%) NETCONF
8 8 (2.52%) YANG
9 6 (1.89%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.89%) Spring Integration
9 6 (1.89%) Spring MVC
10 5 (1.58%) JWT
11 4 (1.26%) Node.js
12 3 (0.95%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.57%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.99%) Social Media
3 18 (5.68%) Cloud Native
3 18 (5.68%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.47%) AI Agents
4 11 (3.47%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (3.15%) MPEG
5 10 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.84%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.21%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.89%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.58%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.58%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.26%) TM Forum
10 4 (1.26%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.95%) Life Science
12 2 (0.63%) CCTV
12 2 (0.63%) CMDB
12 2 (0.63%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.62%) Windows
2 17 (5.36%) Android
3 7 (2.21%) Linux
4 4 (1.26%) 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 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (15.77%) Agile
2 49 (15.46%) AI
3 37 (11.67%) Business Development
3 37 (11.67%) Microservices
4 36 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (10.73%) Containerisation
6 32 (10.09%) CRM
6 32 (10.09%) Mentoring
7 31 (9.78%) DevOps
8 28 (8.83%) Computer Science
9 27 (8.52%) Analytics
9 27 (8.52%) CI/CD
9 27 (8.52%) Information Security
9 27 (8.52%) Regulatory Compliance
10 26 (8.20%) Machine Learning
11 25 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
11 25 (7.89%) Roadmaps
12 24 (7.57%) Customer Experience
13 23 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (7.26%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 30 (9.46%) Python
2 26 (8.20%) Java
3 18 (5.68%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.73%) Go
5 14 (4.42%) C++
6 12 (3.79%) SQL
7 8 (2.52%) Bash
8 6 (1.89%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.58%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.26%) C#
10 4 (1.26%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.95%) PHP
12 1 (0.32%) C
12 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 68 (21.45%) Degree
2 26 (8.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (3.47%) A+ Certification
4 11 (3.47%) CCIE
5 9 (2.84%) CCNP
6 8 (2.52%) CCSE
6 8 (2.52%) CISSP
7 6 (1.89%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.58%) CISM
8 5 (1.58%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.58%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.26%) APMG
9 4 (1.26%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.26%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.26%) CCSA
9 4 (1.26%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.95%) CCIE Security
10 3 (0.95%) CISA
10 3 (0.95%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (6.94%) GRC
2 22 (6.94%) PCI DSS
3 11 (3.47%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.52%) QA
5 6 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.89%) SLA
6 5 (1.58%) GDPR
7 4 (1.26%) 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%) NCSC
10 1 (0.32%) RMADS
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (7.57%) Docker
2 4 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (11.67%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.42%) Terraform
3 7 (2.21%) Ansible
3 7 (2.21%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.58%) Autotask
5 3 (0.95%) Grafana
6 1 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (8.52%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.26%) Cisco
3 18 (5.68%) SAP
4 11 (3.47%) Google
5 9 (2.84%) CheckPoint
6 7 (2.21%) Fortinet
6 7 (2.21%) Palo Alto
7 6 (1.89%) F5
8 5 (1.58%) Kaseya
8 5 (1.58%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.26%) Arista
9 4 (1.26%) DocuSign
9 4 (1.26%) Ericsson
9 4 (1.26%) Mavenir
9 4 (1.26%) Nokia
9 4 (1.26%) Remedy
10 3 (0.95%) BT
11 2 (0.63%) Palantir
11 2 (0.63%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.63%) VMware