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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 136 250
Rank change year-on-year -43 +114 -92
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 306 310 238
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.28% 2.56% 1.22%
As % of the General category 2.39% 3.39% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 183 169 166
10th Percentile £32,550 £37,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £101,000 £88,750
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 12,780 9,156 13,494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 53.39% 75.66% 69.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7,958 5,497 8,585
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
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 £115,000 £122,500 £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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -13 29 £45,000 -10.00% 44
West London -7 16 £55,000 - 9
South London +10 8 £70,000 -12.50% 3
East London - 4 £29,000 - 9
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 (3.27%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.98%) Confluence
4 2 (0.65%) Apache
4 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.65%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.33%) JBoss
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (8.17%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (7.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (4.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.98%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.98%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (2.61%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (12.75%) AWS
2 36 (11.76%) Azure
3 25 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (6.21%) SaaS
5 14 (4.58%) Amazon S3
6 13 (4.25%) GCP
7 12 (3.92%) Serverless
8 10 (3.27%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (3.27%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.94%) OneDrive
10 7 (2.29%) Amazon Bedrock
10 7 (2.29%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (2.29%) Azure AI
10 7 (2.29%) LangSmith
11 4 (1.31%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.31%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.31%) WeChat
12 3 (0.98%) AWS IoT
12 3 (0.98%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.46%) Firewall
2 31 (10.13%) LAN
3 30 (9.80%) TCP/IP
4 29 (9.48%) WAN
5 24 (7.84%) Network Security
6 17 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (5.23%) Multicast
8 13 (4.25%) DNS
8 13 (4.25%) SD-WAN
9 12 (3.92%) DHCP
9 12 (3.92%) Wireless
10 10 (3.27%) VoIP
11 9 (2.94%) BGP
11 9 (2.94%) Structured Cabling
12 8 (2.61%) 3GPP
12 8 (2.61%) Broadband
12 8 (2.61%) OSPF
13 7 (2.29%) GSM
13 7 (2.29%) UMTS
13 7 (2.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
1 8 (2.61%) Big Data
1 8 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.29%) Amazon Athena
2 7 (2.29%) Apache Iceberg
3 4 (1.31%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.98%) Delta Lake
4 3 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.98%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.65%) Apache Hudi
5 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.65%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.65%) Metadata
6 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.33%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.33%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.33%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 11 (3.59%) Git
2 8 (2.61%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.29%) GCC
3 7 (2.29%) GDB
4 4 (1.31%) JIRA
5 1 (0.33%) CMake
5 1 (0.33%) Maven
5 1 (0.33%) Valgrind
General
1 119 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 78 (25.49%) Finance
3 45 (14.71%) Law
4 34 (11.11%) Legal
5 30 (9.80%) Banking
5 30 (9.80%) Retail
6 25 (8.17%) Marketing
7 21 (6.86%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (6.21%) Public Sector
9 18 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (4.25%) Billing
11 10 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (2.61%) Military
14 4 (1.31%) Arabic Language
14 4 (1.31%) French Language
14 4 (1.31%) Mandarin Language
14 4 (1.31%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.31%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 29 (9.48%) Senior
2 26 (8.50%) Lead
3 22 (7.19%) Account Manager
4 19 (6.21%) Network Engineer
5 15 (4.90%) Account Director
5 15 (4.90%) Consultant
5 15 (4.90%) Project Manager
6 13 (4.25%) Analyst
6 13 (4.25%) Architect
6 13 (4.25%) Development Manager
7 12 (3.92%) Business Development Manager
7 12 (3.92%) Business Manager
7 12 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (3.59%) Software Engineer
9 9 (2.94%) Installations Engineer
9 9 (2.94%) Operations Engineer
9 9 (2.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (2.94%) Solutions Consultant
10 8 (2.61%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (2.61%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.61%) Terraform
2 7 (2.29%) FastAPI
2 7 (2.29%) LangChain
2 7 (2.29%) LangGraph
2 7 (2.29%) STL
3 3 (0.98%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.98%) Bootstrap
3 3 (0.98%) Google Maps API
3 3 (0.98%) React
3 3 (0.98%) REST
3 3 (0.98%) Spring
3 3 (0.98%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.65%) gRPC
4 2 (0.65%) Kafka
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.33%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.33%) CSS3
5 1 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.33%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 32 (10.46%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.90%) MPEG
5 11 (3.59%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.27%) Algorithms
6 10 (3.27%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (2.61%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.29%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.96%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.96%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.63%) Blog
10 5 (1.63%) CCTV
10 5 (1.63%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.63%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.31%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.31%) IoT
11 4 (1.31%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.31%) Social Media
11 4 (1.31%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.84%) Windows
2 12 (3.92%) Linux
3 10 (3.27%) 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 56 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (16.99%) AI
3 39 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
4 38 (12.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (12.09%) Presales
6 36 (11.76%) Project Delivery
7 35 (11.44%) Analytics
8 31 (10.13%) Business Development
9 30 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (9.80%) Customer Experience
10 29 (9.48%) Regulatory Compliance
11 28 (9.15%) Agile
12 26 (8.50%) Roadmaps
13 25 (8.17%) IT Strategy
13 25 (8.17%) ITIL
14 23 (7.52%) CRM
14 23 (7.52%) Project Management
15 22 (7.19%) Technology Strategy
16 21 (6.86%) CI/CD
16 21 (6.86%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 31 (10.13%) Python
2 9 (2.94%) SQL
3 8 (2.61%) C++
4 6 (1.96%) Java
5 3 (0.98%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.98%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.65%) C
7 1 (0.33%) Bash
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
Qualifications
1 67 (21.90%) Degree
2 25 (8.17%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (7.19%) CCNP
4 15 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.27%) CISSP
5 10 (3.27%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.94%) CCIE
7 8 (2.61%) CCNA
7 8 (2.61%) CCSE
7 8 (2.61%) CISM
8 6 (1.96%) A+ Certification
8 6 (1.96%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.96%) BICSI Certification
8 6 (1.96%) SC Cleared
9 5 (1.63%) APMG
10 4 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.31%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.31%) PMP
10 4 (1.31%) RHCSA
10 4 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (5.88%) GRC
3 16 (5.23%) PCI DSS
4 15 (4.90%) Accessibility
5 14 (4.58%) SLA
6 11 (3.59%) QA
7 5 (1.63%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.63%) GDPR
7 5 (1.63%) NIST
8 3 (0.98%) IFRS
8 3 (0.98%) NCSC
8 3 (0.98%) NEBOSH
8 3 (0.98%) PMO
9 2 (0.65%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.33%) MiFID
10 1 (0.33%) RMADS
10 1 (0.33%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (4.90%) Active Directory
1 15 (4.90%) Docker
2 8 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.96%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.31%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (6.54%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.29%) Ansible
4 5 (1.63%) Autotask
5 3 (0.98%) WSUS
6 2 (0.65%) Grafana
6 2 (0.65%) Nagios
6 2 (0.65%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.33%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.33%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (14.38%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.46%) Cisco
3 16 (5.23%) VMware
4 14 (4.58%) Fortinet
5 12 (3.92%) CheckPoint
6 11 (3.59%) Palo Alto
6 11 (3.59%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.27%) Veritas
8 9 (2.94%) Arista
8 9 (2.94%) Google
8 9 (2.94%) HubSpot
8 9 (2.94%) Zscaler
9 8 (2.61%) F5
9 8 (2.61%) Juniper
10 7 (2.29%) Citrix
10 7 (2.29%) HP
11 6 (1.96%) DocuSign
12 5 (1.63%) Kaseya
12 5 (1.63%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.31%) Remedy