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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 141 216
Rank change year-on-year -43 +75 -56
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 305 293 274
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 2.49% 1.49%
As % of the General category 2.27% 3.27% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 184 174 140
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,725 £34,700
25th Percentile £42,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £84,688 £85,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £98,475
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -4.76%

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 13,427 8,961 12,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 51.85% 76.21% 69.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8,204 5,444 7,374
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,476 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £98,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £125,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £58,726
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.05% -2.12%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 +5 37 £45,000 -10.00% 62
West London -7 15 £55,000 - 18
South London +3 9 £55,750 -7.08% 5
East London - 2 £49,000 - 13
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 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.98%) Apache
3 3 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.98%) Confluence
4 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.33%) JBoss
5 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (8.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (8.52%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (5.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.64%) InDesign
4 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.98%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.98%) Revit
6 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.97%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (12.46%) AWS
1 38 (12.46%) Azure
2 22 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (4.92%) GCP
4 14 (4.59%) SaaS
5 13 (4.26%) Serverless
6 10 (3.28%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (3.28%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.95%) Amazon S3
7 9 (2.95%) OneDrive
8 7 (2.30%) Amazon Bedrock
8 7 (2.30%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (2.30%) Azure AI
8 7 (2.30%) LangSmith
9 5 (1.64%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.31%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.31%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.84%) Firewall
1 30 (9.84%) LAN
2 27 (8.85%) WAN
3 25 (8.20%) TCP/IP
4 20 (6.56%) Network Security
5 17 (5.57%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (4.59%) DNS
7 13 (4.26%) 5G
7 13 (4.26%) Broadband
7 13 (4.26%) DHCP
8 11 (3.61%) BGP
8 11 (3.61%) SD-WAN
9 10 (3.28%) Internet
9 10 (3.28%) OSPF
9 10 (3.28%) VoIP
9 10 (3.28%) VPN
9 10 (3.28%) Wireless
10 9 (2.95%) MPLS
10 9 (2.95%) VLAN
10 9 (2.95%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.28%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.30%) Big Data
3 5 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.64%) Power BI
4 3 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.98%) BigQuery
4 3 (0.98%) Delta Lake
4 3 (0.98%) Metadata
4 3 (0.98%) Tableau
5 2 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.66%) Apache Hudi
5 2 (0.66%) Apache Iceberg
5 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.66%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.33%) Flink
6 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.33%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 12 (3.93%) Git
2 11 (3.61%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.30%) GCC
3 7 (2.30%) GDB
4 3 (0.98%) GitLab
4 3 (0.98%) JIRA
5 2 (0.66%) MLflow
5 2 (0.66%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.33%) CMake
6 1 (0.33%) Maven
6 1 (0.33%) Selenium
6 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.33%) Valgrind
General
1 118 (38.69%) Social Skills
2 82 (26.89%) Finance
3 41 (13.44%) Marketing
4 37 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (12.13%) Law
5 36 (11.80%) Retail
6 30 (9.84%) Legal
7 29 (9.51%) Banking
8 25 (8.20%) Public Sector
9 17 (5.57%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (5.57%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.93%) Billing
10 12 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (3.28%) Military
13 8 (2.62%) Electronics
14 7 (2.30%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.64%) Advertising
15 5 (1.64%) Back Office
16 4 (1.31%) Games
Job Titles
1 43 (14.10%) Senior
2 24 (7.87%) Network Engineer
3 19 (6.23%) Lead
4 17 (5.57%) Architect
4 17 (5.57%) Project Manager
5 16 (5.25%) Analyst
6 15 (4.92%) Account Director
7 14 (4.59%) Account Manager
8 13 (4.26%) Consultant
9 12 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.61%) Development Manager
10 11 (3.61%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.28%) Business Development Manager
11 10 (3.28%) Business Manager
11 10 (3.28%) Telecoms Engineer
12 9 (2.95%) Installations Engineer
12 9 (2.95%) Sales Manager
12 9 (2.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.62%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 8 (2.62%) Senior Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.62%) FastAPI
1 8 (2.62%) Terraform
2 7 (2.30%) LangChain
2 7 (2.30%) LangGraph
2 7 (2.30%) STL
3 4 (1.31%) REST
4 3 (0.98%) Google Maps API
4 3 (0.98%) Kafka
4 3 (0.98%) React
5 2 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.66%) gRPC
5 2 (0.66%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.66%) ONNX
5 2 (0.66%) OpenVINO
5 2 (0.66%) Plotly
5 2 (0.66%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.66%) RESTful
5 2 (0.66%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.66%) vLLM
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.46%) Onboarding
2 37 (12.13%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.90%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.59%) Driving Licence
5 12 (3.93%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (3.28%) Algorithms
6 10 (3.28%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.62%) CCTV
7 8 (2.62%) Fibre Optics
8 7 (2.30%) IoT
8 7 (2.30%) Life Science
8 7 (2.30%) Low-Code
8 7 (2.30%) MPEG
8 7 (2.30%) Social Media
9 6 (1.97%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.97%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.97%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.64%) Blog
10 5 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.64%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.87%) Windows
2 14 (4.59%) Linux
3 11 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (21.31%) AI
2 62 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (14.10%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (12.13%) Project Delivery
6 34 (11.15%) Analytics
7 33 (10.82%) Presales
8 32 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (10.16%) Business Development
10 30 (9.84%) ITIL
11 29 (9.51%) CI/CD
11 29 (9.51%) Decision-Making
12 27 (8.85%) Customer Experience
12 27 (8.85%) Roadmaps
13 25 (8.20%) CRM
14 24 (7.87%) Agile
15 22 (7.21%) Computer Science
15 22 (7.21%) DevOps
16 21 (6.89%) B2B
16 21 (6.89%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 39 (12.79%) Python
2 17 (5.57%) SQL
3 8 (2.62%) C++
4 4 (1.31%) Java
5 3 (0.98%) R
5 3 (0.98%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.66%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.66%) Bash
6 2 (0.66%) C
6 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.66%) SOQL
6 2 (0.66%) SOSL
7 1 (0.33%) Bicep
7 1 (0.33%) C#
7 1 (0.33%) Go
7 1 (0.33%) Perl
7 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.33%) ProC
7 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (23.28%) Degree
2 21 (6.89%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (5.90%) CCNP
4 17 (5.57%) Security Cleared
5 14 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (4.26%) SC Cleared
7 11 (3.61%) CISSP
8 10 (3.28%) CISM
9 9 (2.95%) CCNA
10 7 (2.30%) A+ Certification
10 7 (2.30%) BICSI Certification
10 7 (2.30%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.97%) CISMP
11 6 (1.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (1.64%) ACCA
12 5 (1.64%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.64%) HNC
12 5 (1.64%) HND
12 5 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.57%) QA
2 12 (3.93%) Accessibility
2 12 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.93%) SLA
3 8 (2.62%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.30%) GRC
5 6 (1.97%) GDPR
6 5 (1.64%) NEBOSH
6 5 (1.64%) NIST
7 4 (1.31%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.98%) IFRS
8 3 (0.98%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.98%) NCSC
9 2 (0.66%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.66%) PMO
10 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.33%) MiFID
10 1 (0.33%) RMADS
System Software
1 18 (5.90%) Docker
2 15 (4.92%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.97%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.98%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (6.89%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.30%) Ansible
4 4 (1.31%) Grafana
5 3 (0.98%) Autotask
5 3 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.98%) WSUS
6 2 (0.66%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.66%) Nagios
7 1 (0.33%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.33%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 47 (15.41%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.16%) Cisco
3 16 (5.25%) VMware
4 15 (4.92%) HubSpot
4 15 (4.92%) Salesforce
5 14 (4.59%) Fortinet
5 14 (4.59%) Google
6 11 (3.61%) Juniper
7 10 (3.28%) Veritas
8 9 (2.95%) Arista
8 9 (2.95%) Zscaler
9 8 (2.62%) Palo Alto
10 7 (2.30%) Citrix
10 7 (2.30%) Databricks
10 7 (2.30%) HP
11 6 (1.97%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.64%) Adobe
12 5 (1.64%) F5
12 5 (1.64%) NEC
12 5 (1.64%) ServiceNow