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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 151 208
Rank change year-on-year +1 +57 0
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 317 307 334
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.66% 2.38% 1.46%
As % of the General category 2.82% 3.12% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 201 119 258
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,700 £32,350
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £86,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -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 11,225 9,840 15,430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 58.92% 76.24% 67.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,878 5,639 11,234
10th Percentile £37,000 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £51,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -4.76%
75th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £124,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.22%

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 April 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 April 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 -25 30 £45,000 -10.00% 23
West London -20 17 £26,200 -62.57% 3
South London +2 2 £45,000 - 3
East London -19 2 £20,000 -35.48% 3
North London 0 1 £35,000 - 3
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 (1.58%) Apache Pulsar
2 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.63%) Apache
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.95%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.95%) Sketch
5 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Misys Midas
2 2 (0.63%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 38 (11.99%) GCP
2 35 (11.04%) AWS
3 33 (10.41%) Azure
4 15 (4.73%) OpenShift
5 14 (4.42%) SaaS
6 10 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.84%) GitHub
7 9 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (2.52%) Azure Service Bus
9 6 (1.89%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.26%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.26%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.26%) Cloud Run
10 4 (1.26%) Google Compute Engine
11 3 (0.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.95%) Anthos
11 3 (0.95%) Apigee
11 3 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.95%) Datadog
11 3 (0.95%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.94%) Broadband
2 16 (5.05%) LAN
3 15 (4.73%) Firewall
3 15 (4.73%) VoIP
3 15 (4.73%) WAN
4 14 (4.42%) Multicast
5 11 (3.47%) 4G
5 11 (3.47%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.15%) BGP
6 10 (3.15%) MPLS
6 10 (3.15%) Network Security
7 9 (2.84%) Cisco IOS
7 9 (2.84%) Ethernet VPN
8 8 (2.52%) IOS XR
9 7 (2.21%) SD-WAN
9 7 (2.21%) VPN
10 4 (1.26%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.26%) PBX
10 4 (1.26%) PSTN
10 4 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.05%) Relational Database
2 14 (4.42%) RDBMS
3 7 (2.21%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (1.89%) Apache Iceberg
5 5 (1.58%) Big Data
5 5 (1.58%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.95%) Redis
8 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.32%) Apache Hudi
9 1 (0.32%) KNIME
9 1 (0.32%) Metadata
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.32%) Power BI
9 1 (0.32%) QlikView
9 1 (0.32%) Redshift Spectrum
9 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (4.10%) Git
2 9 (2.84%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.58%) JIRA
4 4 (1.26%) Postman
5 3 (0.95%) GitLab
6 1 (0.32%) SoapUI
General
1 114 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 77 (24.29%) Finance
3 41 (12.93%) Marketing
4 39 (12.30%) Public Sector
5 34 (10.73%) Legal
6 32 (10.09%) Billing
7 31 (9.78%) Electronics
7 31 (9.78%) Law
8 28 (8.83%) Manufacturing
9 18 (5.68%) Banking
10 16 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
11 15 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (4.42%) Retail
13 11 (3.47%) Games
14 9 (2.84%) German Language
15 7 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (1.26%) Advertising
17 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (19.56%) Senior
2 40 (12.62%) Lead
3 29 (9.15%) Account Manager
4 24 (7.57%) Telecoms Manager
5 20 (6.31%) Architect
6 19 (5.99%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 17 (5.36%) Analyst
8 16 (5.05%) Developer
8 16 (5.05%) IT Support
8 16 (5.05%) Network Engineer
9 14 (4.42%) Support Specialist
10 13 (4.10%) Consultant
10 13 (4.10%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.10%) Security Engineer
10 13 (4.10%) Senior Developer
10 13 (4.10%) Senior Security Engineer
11 12 (3.79%) Android Engineer
11 12 (3.79%) Senior Android Engineer
11 12 (3.79%) Senior Java Developer
12 11 (3.47%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.78%) REST
2 24 (7.57%) Kafka
3 23 (7.26%) Spring
4 22 (6.94%) Spring Boot
5 21 (6.62%) RESTful
6 17 (5.36%) gRPC
7 16 (5.05%) WebSockets
8 13 (4.10%) AngularJS
8 13 (4.10%) Bootstrap
9 11 (3.47%) OAuth
10 9 (2.84%) Spring Cloud
11 8 (2.52%) Jinja
11 8 (2.52%) NETCONF
11 8 (2.52%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.52%) YANG
12 6 (1.89%) JWT
12 6 (1.89%) Spring Integration
12 6 (1.89%) Spring MVC
13 5 (1.58%) Node.js
14 4 (1.26%) Android NDK
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.26%) Data Centre
2 22 (6.94%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (5.99%) Social Media
4 17 (5.36%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.79%) AI Agents
6 11 (3.47%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (2.84%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.84%) MPEG
7 9 (2.84%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.52%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.58%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.26%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.26%) IoT
11 4 (1.26%) IVR
11 4 (1.26%) Virtual Reality
12 3 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.95%) Life Science
12 3 (0.95%) TM Forum
13 2 (0.63%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.57%) Windows
2 21 (6.62%) Android
3 9 (2.84%) Linux
4 5 (1.58%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.95%) Unix
6 2 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (17.03%) AI
2 51 (16.09%) Agile
3 43 (13.56%) Business Development
4 41 (12.93%) Microservices
5 40 (12.62%) Containerisation
6 39 (12.30%) Mentoring
7 35 (11.04%) Computer Science
7 35 (11.04%) CRM
8 34 (10.73%) Business Intelligence
8 34 (10.73%) DevOps
9 33 (10.41%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (9.46%) CI/CD
10 30 (9.46%) Machine Learning
11 28 (8.83%) Digital Marketing
11 28 (8.83%) Programme Management
12 26 (8.20%) Information Security
13 25 (7.89%) Analytics
14 24 (7.57%) ITIL
14 24 (7.57%) User Experience
14 24 (7.57%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 37 (11.67%) Python
2 26 (8.20%) Java
3 21 (6.62%) C++
4 18 (5.68%) Go
4 18 (5.68%) JavaScript
5 17 (5.36%) SQL
6 11 (3.47%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.15%) Bash
8 9 (2.84%) C#
9 7 (2.21%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.89%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.95%) PHP
12 2 (0.63%) C
12 2 (0.63%) R
13 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 76 (23.97%) Degree
2 33 (10.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (3.47%) A+ Certification
4 11 (3.47%) CCIE
5 10 (3.15%) SC Cleared
5 10 (3.15%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.84%) CCNP
7 8 (2.52%) CCSE
8 7 (2.21%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.21%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.89%) CISSP
10 4 (1.26%) APMG
10 4 (1.26%) CCSA
10 4 (1.26%) CISM
10 4 (1.26%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.95%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.95%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.95%) CISA
12 2 (0.63%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.99%) GRC
1 19 (5.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 19 (5.99%) PCI DSS
2 10 (3.15%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.84%) QA
4 7 (2.21%) GDPR
5 6 (1.89%) SLA
6 5 (1.58%) PMO
7 3 (0.95%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.63%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.32%) NIST
9 1 (0.32%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (9.15%) Docker
2 4 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (13.25%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.73%) Terraform
3 10 (3.15%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.52%) Ansible
5 6 (1.89%) Grafana
6 2 (0.63%) Autotask
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 29 (9.15%) Cisco
1 29 (9.15%) SAP
2 26 (8.20%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.79%) Google
4 9 (2.84%) CheckPoint
4 9 (2.84%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.21%) F5
5 7 (2.21%) Palantir
6 6 (1.89%) Fortinet
6 6 (1.89%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.58%) Ericsson
7 5 (1.58%) Mavenir
7 5 (1.58%) Nokia
8 4 (1.26%) Arista
8 4 (1.26%) Avaya
8 4 (1.26%) DocuSign
8 4 (1.26%) Genesys
9 3 (0.95%) Remedy
9 3 (0.95%) Splunk
10 2 (0.63%) Kaseya