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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 155 189
Rank change year-on-year +11 +34 +35
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 310 305 351
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.82% 2.27% 1.61%
As % of the General category 2.94% 3.01% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 199 112 268
10th Percentile £32,450 £41,625 £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 £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £93,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -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 10,541 10,125 14,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 61.95% 75.40% 66.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6,509 5,664 11,048
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -12.90%

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 16 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 16 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 -25 28 £45,000 -10.00% 34
West London -21 15 £32,500 -53.57% 3
South London +20 5 £45,000 - 3
East London -21 2 £20,000 -35.48% 13
North London +4 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 (1.61%) Apache Pulsar
2 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.65%) Apache
3 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.65%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.32%) CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.97%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.97%) Sketch
4 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.65%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 39 (12.58%) Azure
1 39 (12.58%) GCP
2 36 (11.61%) AWS
3 15 (4.84%) OpenShift
4 13 (4.19%) SaaS
5 11 (3.55%) GitHub
5 11 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (2.58%) Azure Service Bus
6 8 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.94%) Amazon S3
7 6 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.61%) Datadog
9 4 (1.29%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (1.29%) Cloud Run
9 4 (1.29%) Google Compute Engine
9 4 (1.29%) IaaS
9 4 (1.29%) PaaS
10 3 (0.97%) Anthos
10 3 (0.97%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.39%) Broadband
2 19 (6.13%) Firewall
3 16 (5.16%) LAN
4 15 (4.84%) WAN
5 14 (4.52%) VoIP
6 12 (3.87%) Multicast
7 11 (3.55%) 4G
8 10 (3.23%) BGP
8 10 (3.23%) MPLS
8 10 (3.23%) VPN
9 9 (2.90%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (2.90%) Ethernet VPN
9 9 (2.90%) SD-WAN
9 9 (2.90%) TCP/IP
10 8 (2.58%) IOS XR
11 7 (2.26%) Network Security
12 6 (1.94%) Ethernet
12 6 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (1.61%) Wireless
14 4 (1.29%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.16%) Relational Database
2 14 (4.52%) RDBMS
3 9 (2.90%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.94%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (1.94%) Apache Iceberg
5 5 (1.61%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.97%) Big Data
7 3 (0.97%) Redis
8 2 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.65%) KNIME
8 2 (0.65%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.65%) Power BI
8 2 (0.65%) QlikView
8 2 (0.65%) 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 (4.19%) Git
2 11 (3.55%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.61%) GitLab
4 4 (1.29%) Postman
5 3 (0.97%) JIRA
6 1 (0.32%) SoapUI
General
1 113 (36.45%) Social Skills
2 73 (23.55%) Finance
3 49 (15.81%) Marketing
4 45 (14.52%) Public Sector
5 38 (12.26%) Electronics
6 35 (11.29%) Manufacturing
7 32 (10.32%) Billing
8 28 (9.03%) Legal
9 25 (8.06%) Law
10 18 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
11 16 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (4.52%) Banking
13 13 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (3.55%) Games
15 11 (3.55%) German Language
16 8 (2.58%) Retail
17 7 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
18 5 (1.61%) Advertising
19 3 (0.97%) Esports
Job Titles
1 64 (20.65%) Senior
2 36 (11.61%) Lead
3 31 (10.00%) Account Manager
4 24 (7.74%) Telecoms Manager
5 20 (6.45%) Analyst
5 20 (6.45%) Network Engineer
6 19 (6.13%) IT Support
6 19 (6.13%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 18 (5.81%) Architect
8 16 (5.16%) Developer
9 15 (4.84%) Consultant
9 15 (4.84%) Support Specialist
10 14 (4.52%) IT Analyst
10 14 (4.52%) IT Support Analyst
10 14 (4.52%) Support Analyst
11 13 (4.19%) Java Developer
11 13 (4.19%) Security Engineer
11 13 (4.19%) Senior Developer
11 13 (4.19%) Senior Security Engineer
11 13 (4.19%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (10.00%) REST
2 24 (7.74%) Kafka
3 23 (7.42%) Spring
4 22 (7.10%) RESTful
4 22 (7.10%) Spring Boot
5 17 (5.48%) gRPC
6 16 (5.16%) WebSockets
7 13 (4.19%) AngularJS
7 13 (4.19%) Bootstrap
8 11 (3.55%) OAuth
9 9 (2.90%) Spring Cloud
10 8 (2.58%) Jinja
10 8 (2.58%) NETCONF
10 8 (2.58%) OAuth2
10 8 (2.58%) YANG
11 6 (1.94%) JWT
11 6 (1.94%) Spring Integration
11 6 (1.94%) Spring MVC
12 5 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (1.61%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.10%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (6.77%) Social Media
3 20 (6.45%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.48%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.87%) AI Agents
6 11 (3.55%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.55%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (2.90%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.26%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.26%) MPEG
9 6 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.29%) IoT
10 4 (1.29%) IVR
10 4 (1.29%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.97%) Life Science
11 3 (0.97%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.97%) TM Forum
12 2 (0.65%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.68%) Windows
2 21 (6.77%) Android
3 11 (3.55%) Linux
4 5 (1.61%) Unix
4 5 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.97%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (17.42%) AI
2 49 (15.81%) Agile
3 44 (14.19%) Business Development
4 42 (13.55%) Containerisation
5 41 (13.23%) Microservices
6 40 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
6 40 (12.90%) Mentoring
7 38 (12.26%) CRM
8 36 (11.61%) DevOps
8 36 (11.61%) Digital Marketing
8 36 (11.61%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (11.29%) Computer Science
9 35 (11.29%) Programme Management
10 32 (10.32%) CI/CD
11 29 (9.35%) Machine Learning
12 27 (8.71%) User Experience
13 25 (8.06%) B2B
14 24 (7.74%) Analytics
14 24 (7.74%) ITIL
15 23 (7.42%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (13.87%) Python
2 29 (9.35%) Java
3 24 (7.74%) SQL
4 22 (7.10%) C++
5 18 (5.81%) Go
5 18 (5.81%) JavaScript
6 13 (4.19%) Bash
6 13 (4.19%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.87%) TypeScript
8 10 (3.23%) C#
9 7 (2.26%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.97%) PHP
10 3 (0.97%) R
11 2 (0.65%) C
12 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 78 (25.16%) Degree
2 33 (10.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (4.52%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.52%) Security Cleared
4 11 (3.55%) A+ Certification
5 10 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (3.23%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.26%) CCIE
6 7 (2.26%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.61%) CCNP
8 4 (1.29%) CCSE
8 4 (1.29%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.97%) CISA
9 3 (0.97%) CISSP
10 2 (0.65%) APMG
10 2 (0.65%) CCSA
10 2 (0.65%) CISM
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.32%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (4.19%) GRC
2 13 (4.19%) PCI DSS
3 9 (2.90%) QA
4 8 (2.58%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.94%) GDPR
6 5 (1.61%) PMO
7 4 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.97%) SLA
9 2 (0.65%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.65%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (10.00%) Docker
2 8 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (14.19%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.84%) Terraform
3 12 (3.87%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.58%) Ansible
4 8 (2.58%) Grafana
5 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 36 (11.61%) SAP
2 31 (10.00%) Cisco
3 29 (9.35%) Microsoft
4 14 (4.52%) Salesforce
5 11 (3.55%) Google
6 8 (2.58%) CheckPoint
6 8 (2.58%) Palantir
7 5 (1.61%) Ericsson
7 5 (1.61%) F5
7 5 (1.61%) Mavenir
7 5 (1.61%) Nokia
7 5 (1.61%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.61%) Splunk
8 4 (1.29%) Avaya
8 4 (1.29%) DocuSign
8 4 (1.29%) Genesys
8 4 (1.29%) Meraki
9 3 (0.97%) Remedy
9 3 (0.97%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.65%) VMware