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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 140 260
Rank change year-on-year -37 +120 -108
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 313 313 235
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.31% 2.57% 1.21%
As % of the General category 2.45% 3.39% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 184 173 168
10th Percentile £32,575 £36,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,688 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,125
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -14.11%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £97,575
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 12,789 9,225 13,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 53.50% 75.60% 69.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7,979 5,576 8,618
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,813 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,000 £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 17 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 17 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 -17 30 £45,000 -10.00% 52
West London -6 17 £55,000 - 11
South London +9 8 £70,000 -12.50% 4
East London -5 4 £29,000 -6.45% 10
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 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.96%) Confluence
4 2 (0.64%) Apache
4 2 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.32%) JBoss
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (7.99%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (4.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.96%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.96%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (2.56%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (12.46%) AWS
2 36 (11.50%) Azure
3 25 (7.99%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (6.39%) SaaS
5 14 (4.47%) Amazon S3
6 13 (4.15%) GCP
7 12 (3.83%) Serverless
8 10 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (3.19%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.88%) OneDrive
10 7 (2.24%) Amazon Bedrock
10 7 (2.24%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (2.24%) Azure AI
10 7 (2.24%) LangSmith
11 5 (1.60%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.28%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.28%) WeChat
13 3 (0.96%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.22%) Firewall
2 31 (9.90%) LAN
3 30 (9.58%) TCP/IP
4 29 (9.27%) WAN
5 25 (7.99%) Network Security
6 17 (5.43%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (5.11%) Multicast
8 13 (4.15%) DNS
8 13 (4.15%) SD-WAN
9 12 (3.83%) DHCP
9 12 (3.83%) Wireless
10 10 (3.19%) VoIP
11 9 (2.88%) BGP
11 9 (2.88%) Structured Cabling
12 8 (2.56%) 3GPP
12 8 (2.56%) Broadband
12 8 (2.56%) OSPF
13 7 (2.24%) GSM
13 7 (2.24%) UMTS
13 7 (2.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.88%) Big Data
2 8 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
2 8 (2.56%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.24%) Amazon Athena
3 7 (2.24%) Apache Iceberg
4 6 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.60%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.96%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.64%) Apache Hudi
7 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.64%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.64%) Metadata
8 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.32%) Flink
8 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.32%) Parquet
8 1 (0.32%) Power BI
8 1 (0.32%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 11 (3.51%) Git
2 8 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.24%) GCC
3 7 (2.24%) GDB
4 4 (1.28%) JIRA
5 1 (0.32%) CMake
5 1 (0.32%) Maven
5 1 (0.32%) Valgrind
General
1 124 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 78 (24.92%) Finance
3 47 (15.02%) Law
4 36 (11.50%) Legal
5 31 (9.90%) Retail
6 30 (9.58%) Banking
7 26 (8.31%) Marketing
8 22 (7.03%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (6.39%) Public Sector
10 19 (6.07%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
12 15 (4.79%) Billing
13 10 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (2.56%) Military
16 5 (1.60%) Advertising
17 4 (1.28%) Arabic Language
17 4 (1.28%) French Language
17 4 (1.28%) Mandarin Language
17 4 (1.28%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (9.90%) Senior
2 26 (8.31%) Lead
3 23 (7.35%) Account Manager
4 18 (5.75%) Network Engineer
5 17 (5.43%) Consultant
6 15 (4.79%) Account Director
6 15 (4.79%) Project Manager
7 14 (4.47%) Analyst
8 13 (4.15%) Architect
8 13 (4.15%) Development Manager
9 12 (3.83%) Business Development Manager
9 12 (3.83%) Business Manager
9 12 (3.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.51%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.19%) Solutions Consultant
12 9 (2.88%) Operations Engineer
12 9 (2.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.56%) Installations Engineer
13 8 (2.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.56%) Presales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.24%) FastAPI
1 7 (2.24%) LangChain
1 7 (2.24%) LangGraph
1 7 (2.24%) STL
2 5 (1.60%) AngularJS
2 5 (1.60%) Bootstrap
2 5 (1.60%) REST
2 5 (1.60%) Spring
2 5 (1.60%) Spring Boot
3 3 (0.96%) Google Maps API
3 3 (0.96%) React
4 2 (0.64%) gRPC
4 2 (0.64%) Kafka
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Avro
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.32%) CSS3
5 1 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.32%) PySpark
5 1 (0.32%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.18%) Data Centre
2 32 (10.22%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.79%) MPEG
5 11 (3.51%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.51%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (3.19%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.56%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.24%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.92%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.92%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.60%) Blog
10 5 (1.60%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.60%) Social Media
11 4 (1.28%) CCTV
11 4 (1.28%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.28%) IoT
11 4 (1.28%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.28%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.99%) Windows
2 12 (3.83%) Linux
3 10 (3.19%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (16.29%) AI
3 41 (13.10%) Cybersecurity
4 38 (12.14%) Presales
5 37 (11.82%) Analytics
5 37 (11.82%) Project Delivery
6 36 (11.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 32 (10.22%) Business Development
8 30 (9.58%) Agile
8 30 (9.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (9.58%) Regulatory Compliance
9 29 (9.27%) Customer Experience
10 27 (8.63%) Roadmaps
11 25 (7.99%) CRM
11 25 (7.99%) IT Strategy
12 24 (7.67%) ITIL
13 23 (7.35%) Project Management
14 22 (7.03%) Computer Science
14 22 (7.03%) Technology Strategy
15 21 (6.71%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.90%) Python
2 9 (2.88%) SQL
3 8 (2.56%) C++
3 8 (2.56%) Java
4 5 (1.60%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.64%) C
7 1 (0.32%) Bash
7 1 (0.32%) Go
7 1 (0.32%) Perl
7 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.32%) ProC
Qualifications
1 70 (22.36%) Degree
2 26 (8.31%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (7.35%) CCNP
4 16 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.51%) CISSP
6 10 (3.19%) CCIE
6 10 (3.19%) Security Cleared
7 9 (2.88%) CCSE
7 9 (2.88%) CISM
8 8 (2.56%) CCNA
9 7 (2.24%) A+ Certification
10 6 (1.92%) APMG
10 6 (1.92%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.92%) SC Cleared
11 5 (1.60%) BICSI Certification
12 4 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.28%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.28%) PMP
12 4 (1.28%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (6.07%) GRC
3 17 (5.43%) PCI DSS
4 15 (4.79%) Accessibility
5 13 (4.15%) SLA
6 11 (3.51%) QA
7 5 (1.60%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.60%) GDPR
7 5 (1.60%) NIST
8 3 (0.96%) IFRS
8 3 (0.96%) NCSC
8 3 (0.96%) NEBOSH
8 3 (0.96%) PMO
9 2 (0.64%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.32%) MiFID
10 1 (0.32%) RMADS
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (4.79%) Active Directory
1 15 (4.79%) Docker
2 8 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.92%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.28%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (7.03%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.56%) Terraform
4 7 (2.24%) Ansible
5 5 (1.60%) Autotask
6 3 (0.96%) WSUS
7 2 (0.64%) Grafana
7 2 (0.64%) Nagios
7 2 (0.64%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.32%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.22%) Cisco
3 16 (5.11%) VMware
4 15 (4.79%) Fortinet
5 13 (4.15%) CheckPoint
6 12 (3.83%) Palo Alto
7 11 (3.51%) Salesforce
8 10 (3.19%) Veritas
9 9 (2.88%) Arista
9 9 (2.88%) F5
9 9 (2.88%) Google
9 9 (2.88%) HubSpot
9 9 (2.88%) Zscaler
10 7 (2.24%) Citrix
10 7 (2.24%) HP
10 7 (2.24%) Juniper
11 6 (1.92%) DocuSign
12 5 (1.60%) Kaseya
12 5 (1.60%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.28%) Remedy