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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 163 235
Rank change year-on-year +10 +72 -51
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 308 272 327
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.45% 2.23% 1.34%
As % of the General category 2.64% 2.90% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 182 135 239
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,600 £31,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -21.74%

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 11,686 9,394 16,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 54.88% 76.90% 66.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7,528 5,276 11,490
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,528
Median % change year-on-year - +6.34% -5.96%
75th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,625 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -39 35 £45,000 -10.00% 37
West London +4 20 £55,000 -21.43% 20
East London -5 3 £20,000 -35.48% 4
South London +21 1 - - 5
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 3 (0.97%) Apache
1 3 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (0.97%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.65%) Confluence
3 1 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.60%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (8.77%) AWS
2 20 (6.49%) Azure
3 19 (6.17%) GCP
3 19 (6.17%) SaaS
4 14 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.25%) OpenShift
6 9 (2.92%) Amazon S3
7 5 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (1.62%) Serverless
8 4 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (0.97%) Anthos
9 3 (0.97%) Apigee
9 3 (0.97%) OCI
10 2 (0.65%) Amazon Bedrock
10 2 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (0.65%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.65%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (0.65%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (0.65%) Azure AI
10 2 (0.65%) LangSmith
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.82%) Broadband
2 19 (6.17%) LAN
2 19 (6.17%) WAN
3 18 (5.84%) Firewall
3 18 (5.84%) TCP/IP
4 15 (4.87%) BGP
5 13 (4.22%) Multicast
6 12 (3.90%) 4G
6 12 (3.90%) Network Security
7 11 (3.57%) MPLS
8 9 (2.92%) Ethernet VPN
8 9 (2.92%) SD-WAN
8 9 (2.92%) Wireless
9 8 (2.60%) Cisco IOS
9 8 (2.60%) IOS XR
9 8 (2.60%) VPN
10 6 (1.95%) OSPF
10 6 (1.95%) VoIP
11 5 (1.62%) 5G
11 5 (1.62%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.57%) Relational Database
2 10 (3.25%) RDBMS
3 8 (2.60%) Big Data
4 7 (2.27%) Amazon Athena
4 7 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
4 7 (2.27%) Apache Iceberg
5 3 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Hudi
6 2 (0.65%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.65%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.65%) Metadata
6 2 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.65%) Redshift Spectrum
6 2 (0.65%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.32%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.32%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (3.90%) Git
2 3 (0.97%) JIRA
2 3 (0.97%) Postman
3 1 (0.32%) CMake
3 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.32%) Valgrind
General
1 125 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.75%) Finance
3 38 (12.34%) Law
4 36 (11.69%) Legal
5 29 (9.42%) Billing
6 22 (7.14%) Marketing
7 20 (6.49%) Banking
8 18 (5.84%) Retail
9 17 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (4.87%) Public Sector
12 14 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.60%) Games
14 6 (1.95%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.62%) Advertising
15 5 (1.62%) Electronics
16 3 (0.97%) Esports
16 3 (0.97%) German Language
16 3 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (11.36%) Lead
2 33 (10.71%) Account Manager
3 28 (9.09%) Senior
4 24 (7.79%) Architect
5 23 (7.47%) Telecoms Manager
6 18 (5.84%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 16 (5.19%) Analyst
8 15 (4.87%) Account Director
8 15 (4.87%) Network Engineer
9 14 (4.55%) IT Support
10 12 (3.90%) Developer
10 12 (3.90%) Support Specialist
11 11 (3.57%) Consultant
11 11 (3.57%) IT Analyst
11 11 (3.57%) IT Support Analyst
11 11 (3.57%) IT Support Specialist
11 11 (3.57%) Senior Developer
11 11 (3.57%) Support Analyst
12 10 (3.25%) Administrator
13 9 (2.92%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.17%) Spring
1 19 (6.17%) Spring Boot
2 16 (5.19%) REST
3 10 (3.25%) AngularJS
3 10 (3.25%) Bootstrap
4 9 (2.92%) Kafka
4 9 (2.92%) Spring Cloud
5 8 (2.60%) Jinja
5 8 (2.60%) NETCONF
5 8 (2.60%) YANG
6 6 (1.95%) gRPC
6 6 (1.95%) Spring Integration
6 6 (1.95%) Spring MVC
7 4 (1.30%) OAuth
7 4 (1.30%) RESTful
7 4 (1.30%) WebSockets
8 3 (0.97%) Apache Camel
8 3 (0.97%) Java SE
8 3 (0.97%) JSON
8 3 (0.97%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.55%) Social Media
4 13 (4.22%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.90%) MPEG
5 12 (3.90%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (3.25%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.62%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.30%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.30%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.30%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (0.97%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.97%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.97%) Digital Media
10 3 (0.97%) Life Science
10 3 (0.97%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.97%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.82%) Windows
2 6 (1.95%) Android
3 5 (1.62%) Linux
4 4 (1.30%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.97%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (13.96%) Agile
2 40 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (11.36%) Business Development
4 33 (10.71%) AI
5 31 (10.06%) CRM
5 31 (10.06%) Customer Experience
6 28 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
7 27 (8.77%) Analytics
8 25 (8.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (7.79%) Information Security
9 24 (7.79%) Mentoring
10 23 (7.47%) IT Strategy
10 23 (7.47%) Roadmaps
11 22 (7.14%) Presales
12 21 (6.82%) ITIL
12 21 (6.82%) Line Management
13 20 (6.49%) Microservices
13 20 (6.49%) Technology Strategy
14 19 (6.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.44%) Python
2 21 (6.82%) Java
3 13 (4.22%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.60%) SQL
5 5 (1.62%) C++
5 5 (1.62%) Go
6 3 (0.97%) Bash
6 3 (0.97%) PHP
6 3 (0.97%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.65%) C
7 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 57 (18.51%) Degree
2 16 (5.19%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (3.57%) A+ Certification
3 11 (3.57%) CCNP
4 10 (3.25%) CCIE
4 10 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.27%) CCSE
5 7 (2.27%) CISSP
6 6 (1.95%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.62%) CISM
8 4 (1.30%) APMG
8 4 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.30%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.97%) ACCA
9 3 (0.97%) CCIE Security
9 3 (0.97%) CCSA
9 3 (0.97%) CISA
9 3 (0.97%) JNCIE
9 3 (0.97%) JNCIP
9 3 (0.97%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (7.79%) GRC
3 23 (7.47%) PCI DSS
4 13 (4.22%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.60%) SLA
6 6 (1.95%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.62%) GDPR
8 4 (1.30%) QA
9 3 (0.97%) IFRS
9 3 (0.97%) NIST
9 3 (0.97%) PMO
10 2 (0.65%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.32%) MiFID
11 1 (0.32%) NCSC
11 1 (0.32%) RMADS
11 1 (0.32%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (4.22%) Docker
2 3 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (7.47%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.92%) Terraform
3 5 (1.62%) Autotask
4 4 (1.30%) Ansible
5 3 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.65%) Grafana
6 2 (0.65%) Nagios
6 2 (0.65%) WSUS
7 1 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 28 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.47%) Cisco
3 9 (2.92%) CheckPoint
4 8 (2.60%) Fortinet
4 8 (2.60%) Google
4 8 (2.60%) Palo Alto
4 8 (2.60%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.95%) F5
5 6 (1.95%) HubSpot
5 6 (1.95%) Remedy
5 6 (1.95%) SAP
6 5 (1.62%) Arista
6 5 (1.62%) DocuSign
6 5 (1.62%) Kaseya
6 5 (1.62%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.30%) Freshdesk
8 3 (0.97%) BT
8 3 (0.97%) Databricks
8 3 (0.97%) VMware
9 2 (0.65%) Red Hat