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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 172 220
Rank change year-on-year +16 +48 -22
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 312 266 323
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.53% 2.09% 1.38%
As % of the General category 2.70% 2.74% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 191 127 248
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,650 £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 £92,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% -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 11,538 9,723 15,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 56.53% 76.28% 67.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7,092 5,576 11,411
10th Percentile £38,774 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,000
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 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £125,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -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 7 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 7 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 -34 31 £45,000 -10.00% 45
West London -11 18 £29,350 -58.07% 14
East London -10 3 £20,000 -35.48% 7
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 (1.28%) Apache Pulsar
2 3 (0.96%) Apache
2 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.64%) Confluence
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.64%) Sketch
5 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.60%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.28%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.64%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 32 (10.26%) AWS
2 31 (9.94%) GCP
3 29 (9.29%) Azure
4 15 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (4.49%) OpenShift
5 14 (4.49%) SaaS
6 7 (2.24%) Amazon S3
7 6 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (1.60%) GitHub
8 5 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.28%) PaaS
10 3 (0.96%) Anthos
10 3 (0.96%) Apigee
10 3 (0.96%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.96%) Cloud Functions
10 3 (0.96%) Cloud Run
10 3 (0.96%) Google Compute Engine
10 3 (0.96%) OCI
11 2 (0.64%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.73%) Broadband
2 16 (5.13%) LAN
2 16 (5.13%) WAN
3 14 (4.49%) Firewall
4 13 (4.17%) Multicast
5 12 (3.85%) 4G
6 11 (3.53%) Network Security
6 11 (3.53%) TCP/IP
7 10 (3.21%) BGP
7 10 (3.21%) MPLS
8 9 (2.88%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (2.88%) Ethernet VPN
9 8 (2.56%) IOS XR
9 8 (2.56%) SD-WAN
9 8 (2.56%) VoIP
10 6 (1.92%) VPN
10 6 (1.92%) Wireless
11 4 (1.28%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.28%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.81%) Relational Database
2 13 (4.17%) RDBMS
3 7 (2.24%) Amazon Athena
3 7 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (2.24%) Apache Iceberg
4 6 (1.92%) Big Data
5 4 (1.28%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.96%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.64%) Apache Hudi
7 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.64%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.64%) Metadata
7 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.64%) Redis
7 2 (0.64%) Redshift Spectrum
8 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (4.49%) Git
2 6 (1.92%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.60%) JIRA
4 3 (0.96%) Postman
5 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 117 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 69 (22.12%) Finance
3 33 (10.58%) Law
4 32 (10.26%) Billing
4 32 (10.26%) Legal
5 28 (8.97%) Marketing
6 23 (7.37%) Public Sector
7 19 (6.09%) Retail
8 18 (5.77%) Banking
9 17 (5.45%) Electronics
9 17 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
11 15 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (4.49%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.88%) Games
14 5 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.28%) Advertising
16 3 (0.96%) Esports
16 3 (0.96%) German Language
Job Titles
1 53 (16.99%) Senior
2 36 (11.54%) Lead
3 28 (8.97%) Account Manager
4 23 (7.37%) Telecoms Manager
5 21 (6.73%) Architect
6 18 (5.77%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 16 (5.13%) IT Support
8 15 (4.81%) Analyst
8 15 (4.81%) Developer
9 13 (4.17%) Java Developer
9 13 (4.17%) Network Engineer
9 13 (4.17%) Senior Developer
10 12 (3.85%) Senior Java Developer
10 12 (3.85%) Support Specialist
11 11 (3.53%) Consultant
11 11 (3.53%) IT Support Analyst
11 11 (3.53%) IT Support Specialist
11 11 (3.53%) Security Engineer
11 11 (3.53%) Senior Security Engineer
11 11 (3.53%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.33%) REST
2 23 (7.37%) Spring
3 22 (7.05%) Spring Boot
4 21 (6.73%) Kafka
5 16 (5.13%) RESTful
6 14 (4.49%) gRPC
7 13 (4.17%) AngularJS
7 13 (4.17%) Bootstrap
7 13 (4.17%) WebSockets
8 9 (2.88%) OAuth
8 9 (2.88%) Spring Cloud
9 8 (2.56%) Jinja
9 8 (2.56%) NETCONF
9 8 (2.56%) YANG
10 6 (1.92%) OAuth2
10 6 (1.92%) Spring Integration
10 6 (1.92%) Spring MVC
11 5 (1.60%) JWT
12 3 (0.96%) Apache Camel
12 3 (0.96%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.77%) Social Media
3 17 (5.45%) Cloud Native
3 17 (5.45%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.53%) AI Agents
4 11 (3.53%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (3.21%) MPEG
5 10 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.92%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.60%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.60%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.28%) TM Forum
10 4 (1.28%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.96%) Life Science
12 2 (0.64%) CMDB
12 2 (0.64%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.64%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.73%) Windows
2 17 (5.45%) Android
3 7 (2.24%) Linux
4 4 (1.28%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.64%) VMS
7 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.32%) Unix
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (15.38%) Agile
2 47 (15.06%) AI
3 36 (11.54%) Business Development
3 36 (11.54%) Microservices
4 35 (11.22%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (10.58%) Containerisation
6 32 (10.26%) Mentoring
7 30 (9.62%) CRM
8 28 (8.97%) Computer Science
8 28 (8.97%) DevOps
9 27 (8.65%) Analytics
9 27 (8.65%) Information Security
9 27 (8.65%) Regulatory Compliance
10 25 (8.01%) CI/CD
10 25 (8.01%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (8.01%) Machine Learning
10 25 (8.01%) Roadmaps
11 23 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (7.37%) Customer Experience
11 23 (7.37%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.97%) Python
2 26 (8.33%) Java
3 18 (5.77%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.81%) Go
5 14 (4.49%) C++
6 12 (3.85%) SQL
7 6 (1.92%) Bash
8 5 (1.60%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.60%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.28%) C#
9 4 (1.28%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.96%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) C
11 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 67 (21.47%) Degree
2 26 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (3.53%) A+ Certification
4 11 (3.53%) CCIE
5 9 (2.88%) CCNP
6 8 (2.56%) CCSE
6 8 (2.56%) CISSP
7 5 (1.60%) CISM
7 5 (1.60%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.60%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.60%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.28%) APMG
8 4 (1.28%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.28%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.28%) CCSA
8 4 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.96%) CISA
9 3 (0.96%) JNCIE
9 3 (0.96%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (7.05%) GRC
2 22 (7.05%) PCI DSS
3 11 (3.53%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.56%) QA
5 6 (1.92%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.92%) SLA
6 5 (1.60%) GDPR
7 4 (1.28%) PMO
8 3 (0.96%) NIST
9 2 (0.64%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.64%) 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 23 (7.37%) Docker
2 4 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.64%) 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 36 (11.54%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.17%) Terraform
3 6 (1.92%) Ansible
3 6 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.60%) Autotask
5 3 (0.96%) 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 (8.65%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.37%) Cisco
3 16 (5.13%) SAP
4 9 (2.88%) CheckPoint
4 9 (2.88%) Google
5 7 (2.24%) Fortinet
5 7 (2.24%) Palo Alto
6 6 (1.92%) F5
7 5 (1.60%) Kaseya
8 4 (1.28%) Arista
8 4 (1.28%) DocuSign
8 4 (1.28%) Ericsson
8 4 (1.28%) Mavenir
8 4 (1.28%) Nokia
8 4 (1.28%) Remedy
8 4 (1.28%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.96%) BT
10 2 (0.64%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.64%) Oracle
10 2 (0.64%) VMware