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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 167 189
Rank change year-on-year +16 +22 +27
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 284 329 344
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.92% 2.12% 1.69%
As % of the General category 2.90% 2.87% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 187 115 260
10th Percentile £36,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £89,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £107,250 £92,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -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 9,800 11,461 13,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 66.14% 73.88% 65.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,995 6,005 10,395
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,050 £38,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,357 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £75,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.64% +3.42% -2.01%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 +6 36 £51,250 +2.50% 12
West London -16 11 £53,750 -23.21% 4
South London +25 5 £45,000 - 6
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 7 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.76%) Apache Pulsar
2 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.35%) Apache
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.35%) CMS
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
3 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (6.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (4.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.46%) Maya
5 3 (1.06%) Chatbot
5 3 (1.06%) Sketch
6 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.46%) SAP IBP
1 7 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.70%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 54 (19.01%) Azure
2 50 (17.61%) GCP
3 39 (13.73%) AWS
4 11 (3.87%) GitHub
4 11 (3.87%) GitHub Actions
4 11 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.17%) SaaS
6 8 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
6 8 (2.82%) OpenShift
7 6 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (2.11%) Datadog
7 6 (2.11%) IaaS
7 6 (2.11%) PaaS
8 5 (1.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.41%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (1.41%) Cloud Run
9 4 (1.41%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.41%) Google Compute Engine
10 3 (1.06%) Anthos
10 3 (1.06%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.86%) Broadband
2 25 (8.80%) Firewall
3 17 (5.99%) LAN
4 16 (5.63%) WAN
5 13 (4.58%) VoIP
6 12 (4.23%) SD-WAN
7 10 (3.52%) VPN
7 10 (3.52%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (3.17%) 4G
8 9 (3.17%) BGP
8 9 (3.17%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (3.17%) Ethernet VPN
8 9 (3.17%) MPLS
8 9 (3.17%) Wireless
8 9 (3.17%) Wireshark
9 8 (2.82%) Ethernet
9 8 (2.82%) IOS XR
10 7 (2.46%) IP Telephony
11 5 (1.76%) DNS
11 5 (1.76%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.58%) NoSQL
2 12 (4.23%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.52%) RDBMS
4 8 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.46%) BigQuery
5 7 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.46%) SAP BW
6 3 (1.06%) Redis
7 2 (0.70%) KNIME
7 2 (0.70%) Metadata
7 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.70%) Power BI
7 2 (0.70%) QlikView
7 2 (0.70%) Tableau
8 1 (0.35%) Big Data
8 1 (0.35%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.58%) Git
2 11 (3.87%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.76%) GitLab
4 4 (1.41%) Postman
5 3 (1.06%) Burp Suite
5 3 (1.06%) JIRA
5 3 (1.06%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
General
1 114 (40.14%) Social Skills
2 100 (35.21%) Finance
3 68 (23.94%) Marketing
4 59 (20.77%) Manufacturing
4 59 (20.77%) Public Sector
5 54 (19.01%) Electronics
6 32 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (10.21%) Law
8 20 (7.04%) Banking
9 19 (6.69%) Billing
9 19 (6.69%) Legal
10 18 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (5.28%) Games
12 11 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (3.17%) German Language
14 7 (2.46%) Automotive
15 5 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.76%) Retail
16 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (26.41%) Senior
2 30 (10.56%) Analyst
3 27 (9.51%) IT Support
4 24 (8.45%) Architect
4 24 (8.45%) Lead
5 23 (8.10%) Support Analyst
6 22 (7.75%) Network Engineer
7 19 (6.69%) IT Analyst
7 19 (6.69%) IT Support Analyst
8 17 (5.99%) Software Engineer
9 16 (5.63%) Security Engineer
9 16 (5.63%) Support Specialist
9 16 (5.63%) Telecoms Manager
10 14 (4.93%) Account Manager
10 14 (4.93%) Senior Manager
11 13 (4.58%) Android Engineer
11 13 (4.58%) Consultant
11 13 (4.58%) Senior Android Engineer
11 13 (4.58%) Senior Security Engineer
12 12 (4.23%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.86%) REST
2 25 (8.80%) RESTful
3 23 (8.10%) Kafka
4 17 (5.99%) gRPC
4 17 (5.99%) WebSockets
5 16 (5.63%) Spring
6 15 (5.28%) Spring Boot
7 11 (3.87%) OAuth
8 9 (3.17%) Spring Cloud
9 8 (2.82%) Jinja
9 8 (2.82%) Middleware
9 8 (2.82%) NETCONF
9 8 (2.82%) OAuth2
9 8 (2.82%) YANG
10 6 (2.11%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.11%) Bootstrap
10 6 (2.11%) JWT
10 6 (2.11%) Spring Integration
10 6 (2.11%) Spring MVC
11 5 (1.76%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.10%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (7.75%) Social Media
3 19 (6.69%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.99%) Cloud Native
5 16 (5.63%) Onboarding
6 12 (4.23%) AI Agents
6 12 (4.23%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (3.52%) Mobile App
8 9 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (3.17%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.46%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.46%) PMI
10 7 (2.46%) Reinsurance
11 6 (2.11%) IVR
12 3 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (1.06%) IoT
12 3 (1.06%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.06%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 37 (13.03%) Windows
2 22 (7.75%) Android
3 14 (4.93%) Linux
4 7 (2.46%) Unix
5 5 (1.76%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.70%) VMS
8 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.77%) AI
2 55 (19.37%) Agile
2 55 (19.37%) Business Intelligence
2 55 (19.37%) Programme Management
3 54 (19.01%) Digital Marketing
4 49 (17.25%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (14.08%) CRM
6 39 (13.73%) Business Development
7 38 (13.38%) Containerisation
8 37 (13.03%) CI/CD
8 37 (13.03%) DevOps
9 35 (12.32%) Mentoring
9 35 (12.32%) Microservices
10 34 (11.97%) Computer Science
10 34 (11.97%) User Experience
11 32 (11.27%) Machine Learning
12 31 (10.92%) ITIL
13 28 (9.86%) Project Management
14 27 (9.51%) Software Engineering
15 26 (9.15%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 59 (20.77%) Python
2 29 (10.21%) SQL
3 23 (8.10%) C++
3 23 (8.10%) Java
4 19 (6.69%) Bash
5 18 (6.34%) Go
5 18 (6.34%) PowerShell
6 12 (4.23%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.23%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.52%) C#
8 8 (2.82%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.06%) PHP
9 3 (1.06%) R
10 2 (0.70%) C
11 1 (0.35%) Bicep
11 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.35%) Rust
11 1 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 71 (25.00%) Degree
2 32 (11.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (7.75%) Security Cleared
4 21 (7.39%) SC Cleared
5 16 (5.63%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.58%) PMI Certification
7 12 (4.23%) A+ Certification
8 10 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (3.52%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.82%) CISSP
10 6 (2.11%) PMP
11 4 (1.41%) CCIE
11 4 (1.41%) CCNP
12 3 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.06%) CCSP
12 3 (1.06%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.06%) GCIH
13 2 (0.70%) CCSA
13 2 (0.70%) CCSE
14 1 (0.35%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.69%) QA
2 16 (5.63%) GDPR
3 9 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.76%) PMO
5 4 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.06%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.06%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.70%) SLA
8 1 (0.35%) GAAP
8 1 (0.35%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (12.32%) Docker
2 14 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (14.44%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.34%) Terraform
3 12 (4.23%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.82%) Ansible
4 8 (2.82%) Grafana
4 8 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.06%) Nmap
6 1 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.35%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 59 (20.77%) SAP
2 39 (13.73%) Microsoft
3 36 (12.68%) Cisco
4 19 (6.69%) Google
5 18 (6.34%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.52%) CheckPoint
6 10 (3.52%) Meraki
7 9 (3.17%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.82%) Palantir
8 8 (2.82%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.46%) Ariba
10 6 (2.11%) Avaya
11 5 (1.76%) Ericsson
11 5 (1.76%) Genesys
11 5 (1.76%) Mavenir
11 5 (1.76%) Nokia
11 5 (1.76%) Splunk
12 3 (1.06%) F5
12 3 (1.06%) Rapid7
12 3 (1.06%) Zscaler