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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 143 215
Rank change year-on-year -8 +72 -4
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 319 314 329
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.64% 2.43% 1.42%
As % of the General category 2.81% 3.19% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 204 124 253
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,575 £31,400
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
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 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £108,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 11,372 9,832 15,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 58.43% 76.09% 67.60%
Number of salaries quoted 6,967 5,646 11,249
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,125 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £50,000
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 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £125,000 £117,500
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 21 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 21 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 -29 31 £45,000 -10.00% 36
West London -30 17 £26,200 -62.57% 10
East London -19 3 £20,000 -35.48% 4
South London +1 2 £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 (1.57%) Apache Pulsar
2 3 (0.94%) 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 22 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (4.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.94%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.94%) Sketch
5 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.25%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.63%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 37 (11.60%) GCP
2 35 (10.97%) AWS
3 33 (10.34%) Azure
4 15 (4.70%) OpenShift
5 13 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.08%) SaaS
6 9 (2.82%) GitHub
6 9 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (2.51%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (1.88%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.25%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.25%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (1.25%) Cloud Run
9 4 (1.25%) Google Compute Engine
10 3 (0.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.94%) Anthos
10 3 (0.94%) Apigee
10 3 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.94%) Datadog
10 3 (0.94%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.90%) Broadband
2 16 (5.02%) LAN
3 15 (4.70%) Firewall
3 15 (4.70%) VoIP
3 15 (4.70%) WAN
4 14 (4.39%) Multicast
5 11 (3.45%) 4G
5 11 (3.45%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.13%) BGP
6 10 (3.13%) MPLS
6 10 (3.13%) Network Security
7 9 (2.82%) Cisco IOS
7 9 (2.82%) Ethernet VPN
8 8 (2.51%) IOS XR
9 7 (2.19%) SD-WAN
9 7 (2.19%) VPN
10 4 (1.25%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.25%) PBX
10 4 (1.25%) PSTN
10 4 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.70%) Relational Database
2 13 (4.08%) RDBMS
3 6 (1.88%) Amazon Athena
3 6 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (1.88%) Apache Iceberg
3 6 (1.88%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.57%) Big Data
4 5 (1.57%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.94%) Redis
6 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Hudi
7 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.31%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.31%) Metadata
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.31%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 13 (4.08%) Git
2 9 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.57%) JIRA
4 4 (1.25%) Postman
5 3 (0.94%) GitLab
6 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
General
1 116 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 75 (23.51%) Finance
3 35 (10.97%) Marketing
4 34 (10.66%) Legal
5 33 (10.34%) Billing
6 31 (9.72%) Law
6 31 (9.72%) Public Sector
7 24 (7.52%) Electronics
8 21 (6.58%) Manufacturing
9 19 (5.96%) Banking
10 16 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (5.02%) Retail
11 14 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (3.45%) Games
13 7 (2.19%) German Language
14 6 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.25%) Advertising
16 3 (0.94%) Esports
Job Titles
1 63 (19.75%) Senior
2 38 (11.91%) Lead
3 29 (9.09%) Account Manager
4 24 (7.52%) Telecoms Manager
5 20 (6.27%) Architect
6 19 (5.96%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 18 (5.64%) Analyst
8 17 (5.33%) IT Support
9 16 (5.02%) Network Engineer
10 15 (4.70%) Developer
11 13 (4.08%) Consultant
11 13 (4.08%) Java Developer
11 13 (4.08%) Security Engineer
11 13 (4.08%) Senior Developer
11 13 (4.08%) Senior Security Engineer
11 13 (4.08%) Support Specialist
12 12 (3.76%) IT Support Analyst
12 12 (3.76%) IT Support Specialist
12 12 (3.76%) Senior Java Developer
12 12 (3.76%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.40%) REST
2 24 (7.52%) Kafka
3 23 (7.21%) Spring
4 22 (6.90%) Spring Boot
5 21 (6.58%) RESTful
6 17 (5.33%) gRPC
7 16 (5.02%) WebSockets
8 13 (4.08%) AngularJS
8 13 (4.08%) Bootstrap
9 11 (3.45%) OAuth
10 9 (2.82%) Spring Cloud
11 8 (2.51%) Jinja
11 8 (2.51%) NETCONF
11 8 (2.51%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.51%) YANG
12 6 (1.88%) JWT
12 6 (1.88%) Spring Integration
12 6 (1.88%) Spring MVC
13 5 (1.57%) Node.js
14 4 (1.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.21%) Data Centre
2 22 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (5.96%) Social Media
4 17 (5.33%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.76%) AI Agents
5 12 (3.76%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (2.82%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.82%) MPEG
6 9 (2.82%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.51%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.57%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.25%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.25%) IoT
9 4 (1.25%) IVR
9 4 (1.25%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.94%) Life Science
10 3 (0.94%) TM Forum
11 2 (0.63%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.84%) Windows
2 21 (6.58%) Android
3 9 (2.82%) Linux
4 5 (1.57%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.94%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.94%) Unix
6 2 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (16.93%) AI
2 50 (15.67%) Agile
3 41 (12.85%) Microservices
4 40 (12.54%) Business Development
5 39 (12.23%) Containerisation
6 38 (11.91%) Mentoring
7 36 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (10.97%) Computer Science
9 34 (10.66%) CRM
9 34 (10.66%) DevOps
10 29 (9.09%) CI/CD
11 28 (8.78%) Machine Learning
12 27 (8.46%) Business Intelligence
12 27 (8.46%) Information Security
13 25 (7.84%) Analytics
13 25 (7.84%) ITIL
13 25 (7.84%) Regulatory Compliance
14 24 (7.52%) Cybersecurity
14 24 (7.52%) User Experience
14 24 (7.52%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 33 (10.34%) Python
2 26 (8.15%) Java
3 19 (5.96%) C++
4 18 (5.64%) Go
4 18 (5.64%) JavaScript
5 14 (4.39%) SQL
6 10 (3.13%) Bash
7 9 (2.82%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.19%) C#
8 7 (2.19%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.88%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.94%) PHP
11 1 (0.31%) C
11 1 (0.31%) Rust
Qualifications
1 76 (23.82%) Degree
2 33 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (3.76%) A+ Certification
5 11 (3.45%) CCIE
6 9 (2.82%) CCNP
6 9 (2.82%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.82%) Security Cleared
7 8 (2.51%) CCSE
8 7 (2.19%) CISSP
8 7 (2.19%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.88%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.57%) CISM
11 4 (1.25%) APMG
11 4 (1.25%) CCSA
11 4 (1.25%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.94%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.94%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.94%) CISA
13 2 (0.63%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (6.27%) GRC
2 20 (6.27%) PCI DSS
3 10 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.82%) QA
5 6 (1.88%) GDPR
5 6 (1.88%) SLA
6 4 (1.25%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.94%) PMO
8 2 (0.63%) NIST
8 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.31%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.31%) RMADS
9 1 (0.31%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (8.78%) Docker
2 4 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (12.85%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.39%) Terraform
3 10 (3.13%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.51%) Ansible
5 6 (1.88%) Grafana
6 4 (1.25%) Autotask
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 26 (8.15%) Cisco
2 25 (7.84%) Microsoft
3 22 (6.90%) SAP
4 11 (3.45%) Google
5 9 (2.82%) CheckPoint
6 7 (2.19%) F5
7 6 (1.88%) Fortinet
7 6 (1.88%) Palo Alto
7 6 (1.88%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.57%) Ericsson
8 5 (1.57%) Mavenir
8 5 (1.57%) Nokia
8 5 (1.57%) Palantir
9 4 (1.25%) Arista
9 4 (1.25%) Avaya
9 4 (1.25%) DocuSign
9 4 (1.25%) Genesys
9 4 (1.25%) Kaseya
10 3 (0.94%) Remedy
10 3 (0.94%) Splunk