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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 161 189
Rank change year-on-year +25 +28 +19
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 301 328 302
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.13% 2.11% 1.67%
As % of the General category 3.17% 2.88% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 199 116 231
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,188 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.15% -16.07% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £81,563 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £97,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -13.64%

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 9,506 11,403 11,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.19% 73.38% 65.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,836 6,093 9,228
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,550 £39,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,028 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 January 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 January 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 +20 35 £57,500 +15.00% 25
West London -14 12 £53,750 -20.37% 4
South London +25 5 £45,000 - 5
North London +3 1 £35,000 -6.67%
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 7 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.66%) Apache Pulsar
2 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.33%) CMS
3 1 (0.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (6.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.33%) Maya
4 7 (2.33%) Sketch
5 4 (1.33%) Adobe XD
6 3 (1.00%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.33%) SAP IBP
1 7 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.66%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 57 (18.94%) Azure
2 52 (17.28%) GCP
3 40 (13.29%) AWS
4 14 (4.65%) SaaS
5 11 (3.65%) GitHub
5 11 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
5 11 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.99%) PaaS
7 8 (2.66%) Azure Service Bus
7 8 (2.66%) Datadog
8 7 (2.33%) Figma
9 6 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (1.99%) IaaS
9 6 (1.99%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.33%) Cloud Functions
11 4 (1.33%) Cloud Run
11 4 (1.33%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.33%) Google Compute Engine
12 3 (1.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.64%) Broadband
2 23 (7.64%) Firewall
3 15 (4.98%) LAN
4 14 (4.65%) WAN
5 13 (4.32%) VoIP
6 11 (3.65%) SD-WAN
7 10 (3.32%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (2.99%) VPN
8 9 (2.99%) Wireless
8 9 (2.99%) Wireshark
9 8 (2.66%) 4G
9 8 (2.66%) Cisco IOS
9 8 (2.66%) Ethernet
10 7 (2.33%) BGP
10 7 (2.33%) Ethernet VPN
10 7 (2.33%) IOS XR
10 7 (2.33%) IP Telephony
10 7 (2.33%) MPLS
11 5 (1.66%) DNS
11 5 (1.66%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.32%) NoSQL
2 11 (3.65%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.99%) RDBMS
4 8 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.33%) SAP BW
6 6 (1.99%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.00%) Redis
8 2 (0.66%) KNIME
8 2 (0.66%) Metadata
8 2 (0.66%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.66%) Power BI
8 2 (0.66%) QlikView
8 2 (0.66%) Tableau
9 1 (0.33%) IBM InfoSphere
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (4.65%) Git
1 14 (4.65%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.66%) GitLab
3 4 (1.33%) Postman
4 3 (1.00%) Burp Suite
4 3 (1.00%) JIRA
4 3 (1.00%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 124 (41.20%) Social Skills
2 108 (35.88%) Finance
3 77 (25.58%) Marketing
4 67 (22.26%) Public Sector
5 66 (21.93%) Manufacturing
6 61 (20.27%) Electronics
7 39 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
8 35 (11.63%) Law
9 23 (7.64%) Legal
10 20 (6.64%) Banking
11 19 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (5.65%) Billing
13 15 (4.98%) Games
14 14 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (2.99%) German Language
16 7 (2.33%) Automotive
16 7 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (1.33%) Retail
18 3 (1.00%) Military
18 3 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (24.92%) Senior
2 30 (9.97%) Analyst
3 29 (9.63%) IT Support
4 24 (7.97%) Lead
5 23 (7.64%) Architect
5 23 (7.64%) Support Analyst
6 20 (6.64%) Network Engineer
7 19 (6.31%) IT Analyst
7 19 (6.31%) IT Support Analyst
8 17 (5.65%) Software Engineer
9 16 (5.32%) Security Engineer
9 16 (5.32%) Senior Manager
9 16 (5.32%) Support Specialist
10 15 (4.98%) Consultant
11 14 (4.65%) IT Manager
12 13 (4.32%) Android Engineer
12 13 (4.32%) Senior Android Engineer
12 13 (4.32%) Senior Security Engineer
12 13 (4.32%) Telecoms Manager
13 12 (3.99%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.97%) REST
2 25 (8.31%) RESTful
3 22 (7.31%) Kafka
4 17 (5.65%) gRPC
4 17 (5.65%) WebSockets
5 14 (4.65%) Spring
6 13 (4.32%) Spring Boot
7 11 (3.65%) OAuth
8 9 (2.99%) Spring Cloud
9 8 (2.66%) Middleware
9 8 (2.66%) Node.js
9 8 (2.66%) OAuth2
10 7 (2.33%) Jinja
10 7 (2.33%) NETCONF
10 7 (2.33%) YANG
11 6 (1.99%) JWT
11 6 (1.99%) Spring Integration
11 6 (1.99%) Spring MVC
12 5 (1.66%) Flask
12 5 (1.66%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.64%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (7.31%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.98%) Social Media
4 20 (6.64%) Data Centre
5 17 (5.65%) Cloud Native
6 16 (5.32%) AI Agents
6 16 (5.32%) Mobile App
7 12 (3.99%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.99%) Video Conferencing
8 11 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.33%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.33%) PMI
10 7 (2.33%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.99%) IVR
12 4 (1.33%) Public Cloud
13 3 (1.00%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (1.00%) Distributed Computing
13 3 (1.00%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.00%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.62%) Windows
2 26 (8.64%) Android
3 17 (5.65%) Linux
4 7 (2.33%) Unix
5 5 (1.66%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.33%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.33%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.66%) VMS
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (22.26%) AI
2 62 (20.60%) Business Intelligence
2 62 (20.60%) Programme Management
3 61 (20.27%) Digital Marketing
4 56 (18.60%) Agile
5 54 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (13.62%) CRM
7 40 (13.29%) CI/CD
7 40 (13.29%) DevOps
7 40 (13.29%) User Experience
8 38 (12.62%) Computer Science
8 38 (12.62%) Machine Learning
9 37 (12.29%) Business Development
9 37 (12.29%) Containerisation
9 37 (12.29%) ITIL
10 35 (11.63%) Microservices
11 33 (10.96%) Mentoring
11 33 (10.96%) Project Management
12 29 (9.63%) Analytics
12 29 (9.63%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 62 (20.60%) Python
2 29 (9.63%) SQL
3 23 (7.64%) C++
4 22 (7.31%) Java
5 18 (5.98%) Bash
5 18 (5.98%) Go
6 17 (5.65%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.99%) TypeScript
8 10 (3.32%) C#
8 10 (3.32%) JavaScript
9 8 (2.66%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.00%) PHP
10 3 (1.00%) R
11 2 (0.66%) C
12 1 (0.33%) Bicep
12 1 (0.33%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.33%) Rust
12 1 (0.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 84 (27.91%) Degree
2 34 (11.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (7.31%) Security Cleared
4 21 (6.98%) SC Cleared
5 18 (5.98%) PMI Certification
6 16 (5.32%) DV Cleared
7 12 (3.99%) A+ Certification
7 12 (3.99%) Master's Degree
8 11 (3.65%) CISSP
8 11 (3.65%) PMP
9 10 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.66%) CCNP
11 4 (1.33%) CCIE
12 3 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.00%) CCSP
12 3 (1.00%) GCIH
13 2 (0.66%) CCSA
13 2 (0.66%) CCSE
13 2 (0.66%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.31%) QA
2 23 (7.64%) GDPR
3 12 (3.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.66%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.66%) EU AI Act
6 5 (1.66%) PMO
7 3 (1.00%) GAAP
7 3 (1.00%) NIST
8 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (11.96%) Docker
2 15 (4.98%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.98%) Terraform
3 12 (3.99%) Prometheus
4 11 (3.65%) Ansible
5 8 (2.66%) Grafana
5 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.00%) Nmap
7 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 66 (21.93%) SAP
2 44 (14.62%) Microsoft
3 36 (11.96%) Cisco
4 24 (7.97%) Google
5 19 (6.31%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.32%) CheckPoint
6 10 (3.32%) Meraki
7 9 (2.99%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.66%) Palantir
8 8 (2.66%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.33%) Ariba
10 6 (1.99%) Avaya
11 5 (1.66%) Ericsson
11 5 (1.66%) Genesys
11 5 (1.66%) Mavenir
11 5 (1.66%) Nokia
11 5 (1.66%) Splunk
12 4 (1.33%) Adobe
13 3 (1.00%) HubSpot
13 3 (1.00%) Rapid7