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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 146 251
Rank change year-on-year -16 +105 -97
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 323 300 249
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.39% 2.44% 1.24%
As % of the General category 2.57% 3.24% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 188 162 179
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £99,200
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -8.60% -19.13%

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 12,592 9,269 13,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 54.09% 75.47% 69.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,961 5,627 9,110
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,649 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -21 31 £45,000 -10.00% 55
West London -11 17 £55,000 - 18
South London +5 8 £70,000 -12.50% 3
East London -5 4 £29,000 -6.45% 7
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 9 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.93%) Apache
3 3 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.62%) Confluence
5 1 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.62%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.62%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (2.48%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (11.46%) AWS
2 34 (10.53%) Azure
3 24 (7.43%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (6.81%) SaaS
5 13 (4.02%) Amazon S3
5 13 (4.02%) GCP
6 11 (3.41%) Serverless
7 9 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (2.79%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.48%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.86%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.55%) Amazon Bedrock
10 5 (1.55%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.55%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (1.55%) Azure AI
10 5 (1.55%) LangSmith
11 4 (1.24%) WeChat
12 3 (0.93%) AWS IoT
12 3 (0.93%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (9.60%) Firewall
1 31 (9.60%) LAN
2 30 (9.29%) TCP/IP
3 29 (8.98%) WAN
4 23 (7.12%) Network Security
5 17 (5.26%) Multicast
6 16 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (4.64%) SD-WAN
8 12 (3.72%) DNS
8 12 (3.72%) Wireless
9 11 (3.41%) DHCP
9 11 (3.41%) VoIP
10 10 (3.10%) Broadband
11 8 (2.48%) 3GPP
11 8 (2.48%) BGP
11 8 (2.48%) VPN
12 7 (2.17%) GSM
12 7 (2.17%) OSPF
12 7 (2.17%) SS7
12 7 (2.17%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.79%) Amazon Redshift
1 9 (2.79%) Big Data
2 8 (2.48%) Amazon Athena
2 8 (2.48%) Apache Iceberg
3 7 (2.17%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.17%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.86%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.93%) Apache Hudi
5 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.93%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.93%) Metadata
5 3 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.62%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.62%) Redshift Spectrum
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.31%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 11 (3.41%) Git
2 7 (2.17%) GCC
2 7 (2.17%) GDB
2 7 (2.17%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.93%) JIRA
4 1 (0.31%) CMake
4 1 (0.31%) Valgrind
General
1 130 (40.25%) Social Skills
2 78 (24.15%) Finance
3 47 (14.55%) Law
4 40 (12.38%) Legal
5 30 (9.29%) Retail
6 27 (8.36%) Banking
7 25 (7.74%) Marketing
8 23 (7.12%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (6.50%) Public Sector
10 20 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
10 20 (6.19%) Billing
11 18 (5.57%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.48%) Advertising
12 8 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.17%) Military
14 4 (1.24%) Games
14 4 (1.24%) Mandarin Language
14 4 (1.24%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.93%) German Language
Job Titles
1 32 (9.91%) Senior
2 30 (9.29%) Account Manager
2 30 (9.29%) Lead
3 16 (4.95%) Network Engineer
4 15 (4.64%) Account Director
4 15 (4.64%) Architect
4 15 (4.64%) Consultant
5 13 (4.02%) Analyst
6 12 (3.72%) Development Manager
6 12 (3.72%) Project Manager
7 11 (3.41%) Business Development Manager
7 11 (3.41%) Business Manager
7 11 (3.41%) Telecoms Manager
8 10 (3.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (2.79%) Administrator
9 9 (2.79%) AWS Engineer
9 9 (2.79%) Data Engineer
9 9 (2.79%) Operations Engineer
9 9 (2.79%) Software Engineer
10 8 (2.48%) Telecoms Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.17%) REST
1 7 (2.17%) STL
2 6 (1.86%) AngularJS
2 6 (1.86%) Bootstrap
2 6 (1.86%) Spring
2 6 (1.86%) Spring Boot
3 5 (1.55%) FastAPI
3 5 (1.55%) LangChain
3 5 (1.55%) LangGraph
4 3 (0.93%) Kafka
5 2 (0.62%) gRPC
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Avro
6 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.31%) Google Maps API
6 1 (0.31%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.31%) PySpark
6 1 (0.31%) React
6 1 (0.31%) Streamlit
6 1 (0.31%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.29%) Data Centre
2 28 (8.67%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.95%) MPEG
5 11 (3.41%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (3.10%) Algorithms
6 10 (3.10%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.48%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.48%) Social Media
8 7 (2.17%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.86%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.55%) Life Science
10 5 (1.55%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.55%) Virtual Reality
11 4 (1.24%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.24%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.24%) IoT
11 4 (1.24%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.24%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.93%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.12%) Windows
2 12 (3.72%) Linux
3 9 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (14.24%) AI
3 42 (13.00%) Cybersecurity
4 39 (12.07%) Analytics
5 37 (11.46%) Business Development
6 36 (11.15%) Regulatory Compliance
7 35 (10.84%) Presales
8 32 (9.91%) Project Delivery
9 31 (9.60%) Agile
9 31 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (8.67%) Roadmaps
11 27 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (8.36%) CRM
12 26 (8.05%) Customer Experience
12 26 (8.05%) IT Strategy
13 23 (7.12%) Information Security
13 23 (7.12%) Technology Strategy
14 22 (6.81%) Computer Science
15 21 (6.50%) B2B
16 20 (6.19%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 29 (8.98%) Python
2 9 (2.79%) Java
2 9 (2.79%) SQL
3 8 (2.48%) C++
4 6 (1.86%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.31%) Bash
5 1 (0.31%) C
5 1 (0.31%) Go
5 1 (0.31%) Perl
5 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 67 (20.74%) Degree
2 26 (8.05%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (6.81%) CCNP
4 16 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.41%) CCIE
5 11 (3.41%) CISSP
6 9 (2.79%) CCSE
6 9 (2.79%) CISM
7 8 (2.48%) CCNA
7 8 (2.48%) Security Cleared
8 7 (2.17%) A+ Certification
9 6 (1.86%) APMG
9 6 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.86%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.24%) RHCSA
10 4 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.93%) CCSA
11 3 (0.93%) JNCIE
11 3 (0.93%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (7.74%) GRC
3 23 (7.12%) PCI DSS
4 16 (4.95%) Accessibility
5 11 (3.41%) QA
5 11 (3.41%) SLA
6 6 (1.86%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.55%) GDPR
7 5 (1.55%) NIST
8 3 (0.93%) IFRS
8 3 (0.93%) NCSC
9 2 (0.62%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.62%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.62%) PMO
9 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.31%) MiFID
10 1 (0.31%) RMADS
10 1 (0.31%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (4.33%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.02%) Docker
3 8 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.86%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.24%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (6.50%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.79%) Terraform
3 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.17%) Ansible
5 5 (1.55%) Autotask
6 3 (0.93%) WSUS
7 2 (0.62%) Grafana
7 2 (0.62%) Nagios
7 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.31%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.05%) Cisco
3 15 (4.64%) Fortinet
3 15 (4.64%) VMware
4 13 (4.02%) CheckPoint
5 12 (3.72%) Palo Alto
6 10 (3.10%) Veritas
7 9 (2.79%) F5
7 9 (2.79%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.48%) DocuSign
8 8 (2.48%) Zscaler
9 7 (2.17%) Arista
9 7 (2.17%) Citrix
9 7 (2.17%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.86%) Google
10 6 (1.86%) HP
11 5 (1.55%) Juniper
11 5 (1.55%) Kaseya
11 5 (1.55%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.24%) Remedy