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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 156 198
Rank change year-on-year +12 +42 +23
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 317 295 349
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.80% 2.30% 1.57%
As % of the General category 2.95% 3.02% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 205 118 267
10th Percentile £32,700 £39,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £99,273 £94,688 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £48,842 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +8.54% -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 10,735 9,776 14,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 60.89% 76.06% 66.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,624 5,590 11,132
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £76,000 £71,495
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.30% -3.39%
75th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -12.55%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -23 29 £45,000 -10.00% 42
West London -20 16 £29,350 -58.07% 2
South London +17 4 £45,000 - 4
East London -21 2 £20,000 -35.48% 9
North London +3 1 £35,000 - 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 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
3 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.95%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.95%) Sketch
4 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
Cloud Services
1 41 (12.93%) GCP
2 39 (12.30%) Azure
3 38 (11.99%) AWS
4 15 (4.73%) OpenShift
5 14 (4.42%) SaaS
6 11 (3.47%) GitHub
6 11 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (2.52%) Azure Service Bus
7 8 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.89%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (1.58%) Datadog
10 4 (1.26%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.26%) Cloud Run
10 4 (1.26%) Google Compute Engine
10 4 (1.26%) IaaS
10 4 (1.26%) PaaS
11 3 (0.95%) Apigee
11 3 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.57%) Broadband
2 18 (5.68%) Firewall
3 16 (5.05%) LAN
4 15 (4.73%) WAN
5 14 (4.42%) VoIP
6 12 (3.79%) Multicast
7 11 (3.47%) 4G
8 10 (3.15%) BGP
8 10 (3.15%) MPLS
8 10 (3.15%) Network Security
9 9 (2.84%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (2.84%) Ethernet VPN
9 9 (2.84%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.84%) VPN
10 8 (2.52%) IOS XR
10 8 (2.52%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.58%) Wireless
12 4 (1.26%) Ethernet
12 4 (1.26%) IP Telephony
12 4 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.05%) Relational Database
2 14 (4.42%) RDBMS
3 9 (2.84%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (1.89%) Apache Iceberg
5 5 (1.58%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.26%) Big Data
6 4 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.95%) Redis
8 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.63%) KNIME
8 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.63%) Power BI
8 2 (0.63%) QlikView
8 2 (0.63%) Tableau
9 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.32%) Metadata
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.32%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 13 (4.10%) Git
2 11 (3.47%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.58%) GitLab
3 5 (1.58%) JIRA
4 4 (1.26%) Postman
5 1 (0.32%) SoapUI
General
1 119 (37.54%) Social Skills
2 73 (23.03%) Finance
3 45 (14.20%) Marketing
4 44 (13.88%) Public Sector
5 36 (11.36%) Electronics
6 33 (10.41%) Manufacturing
7 32 (10.09%) Billing
7 32 (10.09%) Legal
8 28 (8.83%) Law
9 19 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (5.68%) Banking
11 15 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (3.47%) Games
13 11 (3.47%) German Language
14 9 (2.84%) Retail
15 7 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (1.26%) Advertising
17 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (19.56%) Senior
2 39 (12.30%) Lead
3 31 (9.78%) Account Manager
4 24 (7.57%) Telecoms Manager
5 21 (6.62%) Analyst
6 20 (6.31%) Architect
7 19 (5.99%) IT Support
7 19 (5.99%) Telecoms Account Manager
8 18 (5.68%) Network Engineer
9 16 (5.05%) Developer
10 15 (4.73%) Consultant
10 15 (4.73%) Support Specialist
11 14 (4.42%) IT Analyst
11 14 (4.42%) IT Support Analyst
11 14 (4.42%) Support Analyst
12 13 (4.10%) Java Developer
12 13 (4.10%) Security Engineer
12 13 (4.10%) Senior Developer
12 13 (4.10%) Senior Security Engineer
12 13 (4.10%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.78%) REST
2 24 (7.57%) Kafka
3 23 (7.26%) Spring
4 22 (6.94%) RESTful
4 22 (6.94%) Spring Boot
5 17 (5.36%) gRPC
6 16 (5.05%) WebSockets
7 13 (4.10%) AngularJS
7 13 (4.10%) Bootstrap
8 11 (3.47%) OAuth
9 9 (2.84%) Spring Cloud
10 8 (2.52%) Jinja
10 8 (2.52%) NETCONF
10 8 (2.52%) OAuth2
10 8 (2.52%) YANG
11 6 (1.89%) JWT
11 6 (1.89%) Spring Integration
11 6 (1.89%) Spring MVC
12 5 (1.58%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (1.58%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.94%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (6.62%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.99%) Social Media
4 17 (5.36%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.79%) AI Agents
5 12 (3.79%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.84%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.84%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.21%) MPEG
9 6 (1.89%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.26%) IoT
10 4 (1.26%) IVR
10 4 (1.26%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.26%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.95%) Life Science
11 3 (0.95%) TM Forum
12 2 (0.63%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.78%) Windows
2 21 (6.62%) Android
3 11 (3.47%) Linux
4 5 (1.58%) Unix
4 5 (1.58%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (16.40%) Agile
1 52 (16.40%) AI
2 43 (13.56%) Business Development
3 42 (13.25%) Containerisation
4 41 (12.93%) Microservices
5 40 (12.62%) Mentoring
6 39 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
7 37 (11.67%) CRM
7 37 (11.67%) DevOps
8 36 (11.36%) Computer Science
8 36 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (10.41%) Digital Marketing
9 33 (10.41%) Programme Management
10 32 (10.09%) CI/CD
11 28 (8.83%) Machine Learning
12 27 (8.52%) ITIL
13 26 (8.20%) Analytics
13 26 (8.20%) User Experience
14 24 (7.57%) Information Security
14 24 (7.57%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 43 (13.56%) Python
2 28 (8.83%) Java
3 22 (6.94%) SQL
4 21 (6.62%) C++
5 18 (5.68%) Go
5 18 (5.68%) JavaScript
6 13 (4.10%) Bash
7 11 (3.47%) PowerShell
7 11 (3.47%) TypeScript
8 9 (2.84%) C#
9 7 (2.21%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.95%) PHP
10 3 (0.95%) R
11 2 (0.63%) C
12 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 80 (25.24%) Degree
2 34 (10.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.10%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.10%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.79%) A+ Certification
4 12 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (3.15%) CCIE
6 9 (2.84%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.52%) CCNP
8 7 (2.21%) CCSE
8 7 (2.21%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.26%) CCSA
9 4 (1.26%) CISSP
9 4 (1.26%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.95%) APMG
10 3 (0.95%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.95%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.95%) CISA
10 3 (0.95%) CISM
11 2 (0.63%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.05%) GRC
2 16 (5.05%) PCI DSS
3 9 (2.84%) QA
4 8 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.21%) GDPR
6 5 (1.58%) PMO
7 4 (1.26%) SLA
8 3 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.95%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.63%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.32%) NIST
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (9.78%) Docker
2 7 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (13.88%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.36%) Terraform
3 12 (3.79%) Prometheus
4 10 (3.15%) Ansible
5 8 (2.52%) Grafana
6 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 34 (10.73%) SAP
2 30 (9.46%) Cisco
3 29 (9.15%) Microsoft
4 12 (3.79%) Google
5 10 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.84%) CheckPoint
7 7 (2.21%) Palantir
8 6 (1.89%) F5
8 6 (1.89%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.58%) Ericsson
9 5 (1.58%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.58%) Mavenir
9 5 (1.58%) Nokia
9 5 (1.58%) Splunk
10 4 (1.26%) Avaya
10 4 (1.26%) DocuSign
10 4 (1.26%) Genesys
11 3 (0.95%) Arista
11 3 (0.95%) Remedy
12 2 (0.63%) VMware