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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 139 237
Rank change year-on-year -42 +98 -83
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 285 303 251
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 2.52% 1.30%
As % of the General category 2.24% 3.35% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 174 169 165
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £31,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £93,125 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -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 12,735 9,049 13,404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 52.82% 75.30% 69.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,960 5,471 8,299
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,813 £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 September 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 September 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 -12 28 £45,000 -10.00% 55
West London -13 14 £55,000 - 23
South London +7 8 £70,000 -12.50% 2
East London - 2 £49,000 - 8
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 10 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.40%) Confluence
4 2 (0.70%) Apache
4 2 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.35%) JBoss
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (8.42%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (8.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (4.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.05%) AutoCAD
5 3 (1.05%) Revit
6 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.81%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (12.28%) AWS
1 35 (12.28%) Azure
2 25 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (6.32%) SaaS
4 12 (4.21%) GCP
4 12 (4.21%) Serverless
5 11 (3.86%) Amazon S3
6 10 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (3.51%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.16%) OneDrive
8 7 (2.46%) Amazon Bedrock
8 7 (2.46%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (2.46%) Azure AI
8 7 (2.46%) LangSmith
9 4 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.40%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.40%) WeChat
10 3 (1.05%) AWS IoT
10 3 (1.05%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 30 (10.53%) Firewall
1 30 (10.53%) LAN
2 28 (9.82%) WAN
3 27 (9.47%) TCP/IP
4 22 (7.72%) Network Security
5 17 (5.96%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (4.56%) DNS
6 13 (4.56%) Multicast
7 12 (4.21%) DHCP
7 12 (4.21%) SD-WAN
7 12 (4.21%) Wireless
8 10 (3.51%) VoIP
9 9 (3.16%) Structured Cabling
10 8 (2.81%) BGP
10 8 (2.81%) Broadband
10 8 (2.81%) OSPF
11 7 (2.46%) 3GPP
11 7 (2.46%) GSM
11 7 (2.46%) UMTS
11 7 (2.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.81%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.46%) Big Data
3 5 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
4 4 (1.40%) Apache Iceberg
5 3 (1.05%) Delta Lake
5 3 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.05%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.70%) Apache Hudi
6 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.70%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.70%) Metadata
6 2 (0.70%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.35%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.35%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.35%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.35%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 11 (3.86%) Git
2 8 (2.81%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.46%) GCC
3 7 (2.46%) GDB
4 5 (1.75%) JIRA
5 1 (0.35%) CMake
5 1 (0.35%) Maven
5 1 (0.35%) Valgrind
General
1 109 (38.25%) Social Skills
2 78 (27.37%) Finance
3 39 (13.68%) Law
4 29 (10.18%) Legal
5 28 (9.82%) Banking
5 28 (9.82%) Retail
6 23 (8.07%) Marketing
7 20 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (6.32%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (5.96%) Public Sector
11 11 (3.86%) Billing
12 10 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (2.81%) Military
15 4 (1.40%) Arabic Language
15 4 (1.40%) French Language
15 4 (1.40%) Mandarin Language
15 4 (1.40%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.40%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (9.47%) Senior
2 21 (7.37%) Lead
3 19 (6.67%) Network Engineer
4 18 (6.32%) Account Manager
5 15 (5.26%) Account Director
5 15 (5.26%) Project Manager
6 14 (4.91%) Consultant
7 13 (4.56%) Analyst
7 13 (4.56%) Development Manager
8 12 (4.21%) Business Development Manager
8 12 (4.21%) Business Manager
8 12 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (3.86%) Architect
9 11 (3.86%) Installations Engineer
9 11 (3.86%) Software Engineer
10 9 (3.16%) Operations Engineer
10 9 (3.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.81%) Head of AI
11 8 (2.81%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.81%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.81%) Terraform
2 7 (2.46%) FastAPI
2 7 (2.46%) LangChain
2 7 (2.46%) LangGraph
2 7 (2.46%) STL
3 3 (1.05%) Google Maps API
3 3 (1.05%) React
4 2 (0.70%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.70%) Bootstrap
4 2 (0.70%) gRPC
4 2 (0.70%) Kafka
4 2 (0.70%) REST
4 2 (0.70%) Spring
4 2 (0.70%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.35%) CSS3
5 1 (0.35%) Drools
5 1 (0.35%) HTML
5 1 (0.35%) HTML5
5 1 (0.35%) JSON
5 1 (0.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.93%) Data Centre
2 32 (11.23%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.96%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.21%) MPEG
5 11 (3.86%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.51%) Algorithms
7 9 (3.16%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.81%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.46%) CCTV
9 7 (2.46%) Low-Code
10 6 (2.11%) AI Agents
10 6 (2.11%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.75%) Blog
11 5 (1.75%) TM Forum
12 4 (1.40%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.40%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.40%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.40%) Social Media
13 3 (1.05%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.07%) Windows
2 12 (4.21%) Linux
3 10 (3.51%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (18.95%) AI
3 40 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (12.63%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (12.63%) Presales
5 35 (12.28%) Project Delivery
6 32 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (10.18%) Analytics
7 29 (10.18%) Customer Experience
8 28 (9.82%) Business Development
9 27 (9.47%) Agile
9 27 (9.47%) ITIL
10 25 (8.77%) Regulatory Compliance
11 24 (8.42%) Roadmaps
12 23 (8.07%) Project Management
13 22 (7.72%) CRM
13 22 (7.72%) IT Strategy
14 21 (7.37%) CI/CD
15 20 (7.02%) Computer Science
15 20 (7.02%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (10.88%) Python
2 9 (3.16%) SQL
3 8 (2.81%) C++
4 5 (1.75%) Java
5 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.70%) C
6 2 (0.70%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.35%) Bash
7 1 (0.35%) Go
7 1 (0.35%) Perl
7 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.35%) ProC
Qualifications
1 62 (21.75%) Degree
2 23 (8.07%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (7.37%) CCNP
4 14 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.86%) Security Cleared
6 9 (3.16%) CISSP
7 8 (2.81%) CCNA
8 7 (2.46%) BICSI Certification
8 7 (2.46%) CCIE
8 7 (2.46%) CCSE
8 7 (2.46%) CISM
8 7 (2.46%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.11%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.75%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.40%) APMG
11 4 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.40%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.40%) PMP
11 4 (1.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.26%) GRC
2 15 (5.26%) SLA
3 13 (4.56%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.21%) Accessibility
4 12 (4.21%) QA
5 5 (1.75%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.75%) GDPR
5 5 (1.75%) NIST
6 3 (1.05%) IFRS
6 3 (1.05%) NCSC
6 3 (1.05%) NEBOSH
6 3 (1.05%) PMO
7 2 (0.70%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.35%) MiFID
8 1 (0.35%) RMADS
8 1 (0.35%) SOC 1
8 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 15 (5.26%) Docker
2 7 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.05%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.46%) Ansible
4 5 (1.75%) Autotask
5 3 (1.05%) WSUS
6 2 (0.70%) Grafana
6 2 (0.70%) Nagios
6 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.35%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.35%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.88%) Cisco
3 15 (5.26%) VMware
4 13 (4.56%) Fortinet
5 11 (3.86%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.51%) CheckPoint
6 10 (3.51%) Palo Alto
6 10 (3.51%) Veritas
7 9 (3.16%) Arista
7 9 (3.16%) Google
7 9 (3.16%) HubSpot
7 9 (3.16%) Juniper
7 9 (3.16%) Zscaler
8 7 (2.46%) Citrix
8 7 (2.46%) F5
8 7 (2.46%) HP
9 5 (1.75%) DocuSign
9 5 (1.75%) Kaseya
9 5 (1.75%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.40%) Databricks