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 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 153 238
Rank change year-on-year +2 +85 -49
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 316 277 316
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.51% 2.30% 1.33%
As % of the General category 2.71% 3.01% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 189 131 236
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £64,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +0.39% -7.50%
75th Percentile £95,000 £88,125 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £98,875
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 11,669 9,215 16,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 55.68% 76.59% 67.65%
Number of salaries quoted 7,401 5,202 11,369
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -4.76%
75th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £125,000 £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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -28 35 £45,000 -10.00% 16
West London -1 21 £55,000 -21.43% 15
East London -5 3 £20,000 -35.48% 4
South London +11 1 - - 3
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 (0.95%) Apache
1 3 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.63%) Confluence
3 1 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (6.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (4.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.63%) Sketch
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.53%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (8.23%) AWS
2 20 (6.33%) GCP
3 19 (6.01%) SaaS
4 18 (5.70%) Azure
5 15 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.80%) OpenShift
7 8 (2.53%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.27%) Serverless
9 3 (0.95%) Anthos
9 3 (0.95%) Apigee
9 3 (0.95%) OCI
10 2 (0.63%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (0.63%) Amazon Kinesis
10 2 (0.63%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (0.63%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (0.63%) Figma
10 2 (0.63%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.96%) Broadband
2 17 (5.38%) Firewall
2 17 (5.38%) LAN
2 17 (5.38%) TCP/IP
2 17 (5.38%) WAN
3 14 (4.43%) BGP
4 13 (4.11%) Multicast
5 12 (3.80%) 4G
5 12 (3.80%) Network Security
6 10 (3.16%) MPLS
7 9 (2.85%) Ethernet VPN
7 9 (2.85%) Wireless
8 8 (2.53%) Cisco IOS
8 8 (2.53%) IOS XR
8 8 (2.53%) SD-WAN
9 7 (2.22%) VPN
10 6 (1.90%) VoIP
10 6 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.58%) 5G
11 5 (1.58%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.11%) Relational Database
2 12 (3.80%) RDBMS
3 8 (2.53%) Big Data
4 7 (2.22%) Amazon Athena
4 7 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
4 7 (2.22%) Apache Iceberg
5 3 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Hudi
6 2 (0.63%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.63%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.63%) Metadata
6 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.63%) Redshift Spectrum
7 1 (0.32%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.32%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (3.80%) Git
2 3 (0.95%) JIRA
2 3 (0.95%) Postman
3 1 (0.32%) CMake
3 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.32%) Valgrind
General
1 126 (39.87%) Social Skills
2 73 (23.10%) Finance
3 36 (11.39%) Law
4 35 (11.08%) Legal
5 31 (9.81%) Billing
6 25 (7.91%) Marketing
7 18 (5.70%) Banking
7 18 (5.70%) Public Sector
8 17 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (5.38%) Retail
9 16 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.16%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.85%) Electronics
12 8 (2.53%) Games
13 5 (1.58%) Advertising
14 3 (0.95%) Esports
14 3 (0.95%) German Language
14 3 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (11.39%) Lead
1 36 (11.39%) Senior
2 32 (10.13%) Account Manager
3 24 (7.59%) Telecoms Manager
4 23 (7.28%) Architect
5 18 (5.70%) Telecoms Account Manager
6 15 (4.75%) Account Director
7 14 (4.43%) Analyst
7 14 (4.43%) Developer
7 14 (4.43%) IT Support
7 14 (4.43%) Network Engineer
8 13 (4.11%) Senior Developer
9 11 (3.48%) Consultant
9 11 (3.48%) Java Developer
9 11 (3.48%) Senior Java Developer
9 11 (3.48%) Support Specialist
10 10 (3.16%) Administrator
10 10 (3.16%) IT Support Analyst
10 10 (3.16%) IT Support Specialist
10 10 (3.16%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.65%) Spring
1 21 (6.65%) Spring Boot
2 20 (6.33%) REST
3 12 (3.80%) AngularJS
3 12 (3.80%) Bootstrap
4 10 (3.16%) Kafka
5 9 (2.85%) Spring Cloud
6 8 (2.53%) gRPC
6 8 (2.53%) Jinja
6 8 (2.53%) NETCONF
6 8 (2.53%) YANG
7 7 (2.22%) WebSockets
8 6 (1.90%) RESTful
8 6 (1.90%) Spring Integration
8 6 (1.90%) Spring MVC
9 4 (1.27%) OAuth
10 3 (0.95%) Java SE
10 3 (0.95%) JSON
10 3 (0.95%) SAML
10 3 (0.95%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.86%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.38%) Social Media
3 15 (4.75%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.80%) MPEG
5 11 (3.48%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.48%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.22%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.90%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.58%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.58%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.27%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.27%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (0.95%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.95%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.95%) Digital Media
10 3 (0.95%) Life Science
10 3 (0.95%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.65%) Windows
2 11 (3.48%) Android
3 4 (1.27%) Linux
3 4 (1.27%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (14.87%) Agile
2 41 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (12.03%) AI
4 36 (11.39%) Business Development
5 34 (10.76%) CRM
6 32 (10.13%) Customer Experience
7 29 (9.18%) Mentoring
8 28 (8.86%) Analytics
8 28 (8.86%) Regulatory Compliance
9 25 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
10 24 (7.59%) Information Security
11 23 (7.28%) IT Strategy
11 23 (7.28%) Microservices
11 23 (7.28%) Roadmaps
12 21 (6.65%) ITIL
12 21 (6.65%) Line Management
12 21 (6.65%) Presales
13 20 (6.33%) B2B
13 20 (6.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.23%) Python
2 22 (6.96%) Java
3 15 (4.75%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.85%) SQL
5 8 (2.53%) C++
6 6 (1.90%) Go
7 4 (1.27%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.95%) Bash
8 3 (0.95%) PHP
8 3 (0.95%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.63%) C
9 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.32%) C#
10 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 58 (18.35%) Degree
2 15 (4.75%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.16%) A+ Certification
4 10 (3.16%) CCIE
4 10 (3.16%) CCNP
5 8 (2.53%) CISSP
6 7 (2.22%) CCSE
7 6 (1.90%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.58%) CISM
9 4 (1.27%) APMG
9 4 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.27%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.27%) Security Cleared
10 3 (0.95%) CCIE Security
10 3 (0.95%) CCSA
10 3 (0.95%) JNCIE
10 3 (0.95%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (7.59%) GRC
3 23 (7.28%) PCI DSS
4 13 (4.11%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.53%) SLA
6 7 (2.22%) QA
7 6 (1.90%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.90%) GDPR
8 4 (1.27%) PMO
9 3 (0.95%) IFRS
9 3 (0.95%) NIST
10 2 (0.63%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 (4.11%) Docker
2 3 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.85%) Terraform
3 5 (1.58%) Autotask
4 3 (0.95%) Ansible
4 3 (0.95%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.63%) Grafana
5 2 (0.63%) Nagios
6 1 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.32%) WSUS
6 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 27 (8.54%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.96%) Cisco
3 10 (3.16%) SAP
4 8 (2.53%) CheckPoint
4 8 (2.53%) Google
4 8 (2.53%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.22%) Fortinet
5 7 (2.22%) Palo Alto
6 6 (1.90%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.90%) Remedy
7 5 (1.58%) Arista
7 5 (1.58%) DocuSign
7 5 (1.58%) F5
7 5 (1.58%) Kaseya
8 4 (1.27%) Freshdesk
8 4 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.95%) BT
9 3 (0.95%) Databricks
10 2 (0.63%) Cloudera
10 2 (0.63%) VMware