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 23 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 177 168
Rank change year-on-year +37 -9 +46
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 301 338 374
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.33% 1.91% 1.98%
As % of the General category 3.18% 2.74% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 198 128 275
10th Percentile £37,125 £31,425 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £55,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -17.86% +3.70%
75th Percentile £86,875 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £122,500 £85,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.09%

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 common skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,472 12,342 12,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 73.36% 69.64% 67.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5,717 7,148 10,037
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,625 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,028 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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 +20 28 £50,000 - 27
West London -17 6 £53,750 -18.87% 13
South London +18 5 £45,000 - 4
North London +1 1 £35,000 -6.67% 2
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 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.33%) Apache Pulsar
4 3 (1.00%) Confluence
5 2 (0.66%) CMS
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.66%) Maya
4 7 (2.33%) Sketch
5 6 (1.99%) Adobe XD
6 5 (1.66%) MS Visio
7 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.33%) InDesign
8 1 (0.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.66%) SAP IBP
1 8 (2.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 61 (20.27%) Azure
2 49 (16.28%) GCP
3 46 (15.28%) AWS
4 18 (5.98%) SaaS
5 11 (3.65%) PaaS
6 10 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.99%) Figma
7 9 (2.99%) GitHub
7 9 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (2.66%) Datadog
9 7 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (2.33%) IaaS
10 6 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (1.99%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.66%) Serverless
12 4 (1.33%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (1.00%) Cloudflare
13 3 (1.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.64%) Firewall
2 16 (5.32%) LAN
2 16 (5.32%) WAN
3 12 (3.99%) SD-WAN
3 12 (3.99%) VoIP
4 11 (3.65%) Wireless
4 11 (3.65%) Wireshark
5 10 (3.32%) Broadband
6 9 (2.99%) IP Telephony
6 9 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.66%) Network Security
8 7 (2.33%) Internet
9 6 (1.99%) Ethernet
9 6 (1.99%) Multicast
9 6 (1.99%) VPN
10 5 (1.66%) DNS
10 5 (1.66%) TCP/IP
11 4 (1.33%) BGP
11 4 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.33%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.98%) NoSQL
2 15 (4.98%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (3.99%) Relational Database
4 10 (3.32%) RDBMS
5 8 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.66%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.33%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.33%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.00%) Redis
7 3 (1.00%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.66%) KNIME
8 2 (0.66%) Metadata
8 2 (0.66%) Power BI
8 2 (0.66%) QlikView
8 2 (0.66%) Tableau
9 1 (0.33%) IBM InfoSphere
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (4.98%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.32%) Git
3 5 (1.66%) GitLab
3 5 (1.66%) JIRA
4 3 (1.00%) Burp Suite
4 3 (1.00%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.33%) CMake
5 1 (0.33%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.33%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.33%) Postman
5 1 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 139 (46.18%) Social Skills
2 129 (42.86%) Finance
3 97 (32.23%) Marketing
4 89 (29.57%) Public Sector
5 83 (27.57%) Manufacturing
6 77 (25.58%) Electronics
7 53 (17.61%) Analytical Skills
8 45 (14.95%) Law
9 25 (8.31%) Legal
10 24 (7.97%) Banking
11 15 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (3.65%) Games
13 11 (3.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (3.32%) German Language
15 9 (2.99%) Automotive
15 9 (2.99%) Billing
15 9 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.66%) Retail
17 4 (1.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 74 (24.58%) Senior
2 38 (12.62%) IT Support
3 32 (10.63%) Analyst
4 25 (8.31%) Support Analyst
5 24 (7.97%) IT Manager
6 21 (6.98%) IT Analyst
6 21 (6.98%) IT Support Analyst
7 20 (6.64%) Software Engineer
8 19 (6.31%) Consultant
9 18 (5.98%) IT Operations Manager
9 18 (5.98%) Operations Manager
9 18 (5.98%) Senior Manager
10 17 (5.65%) IT Support Manager
10 17 (5.65%) Network Engineer
10 17 (5.65%) Support Manager
11 16 (5.32%) Support Specialist
12 15 (4.98%) Lead
13 13 (4.32%) IT Support Specialist
14 12 (3.99%) Developer
14 12 (3.99%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.98%) REST
2 18 (5.98%) RESTful
3 15 (4.98%) Kafka
4 13 (4.32%) FastAPI
5 11 (3.65%) Flask
5 11 (3.65%) Node.js
6 10 (3.32%) gRPC
7 9 (2.99%) Middleware
8 8 (2.66%) OAuth
8 8 (2.66%) WebSockets
9 7 (2.33%) OAuth2
10 5 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.33%) NumPy
11 4 (1.33%) Pandas
11 4 (1.33%) SOAP
11 4 (1.33%) Web Services
12 3 (1.00%) OpenTelemetry
12 3 (1.00%) RabbitMQ
12 3 (1.00%) Spring
12 3 (1.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.97%) Data Centre
1 24 (7.97%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.65%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (4.98%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.65%) Video Conferencing
5 13 (4.32%) Mobile App
6 12 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.65%) Social Media
8 10 (3.32%) AI Agents
8 10 (3.32%) Cloud Native
9 8 (2.66%) PMI
9 8 (2.66%) Reinsurance
9 8 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.99%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.66%) IVR
11 5 (1.66%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (1.00%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.00%) VUI
13 3 (1.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (13.95%) Windows
2 20 (6.64%) Linux
3 15 (4.98%) Android
4 7 (2.33%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.33%) Unix
5 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.33%) VMS
6 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (26.91%) Programme Management
2 80 (26.58%) Business Intelligence
3 77 (25.58%) Digital Marketing
4 72 (23.92%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (20.60%) AI
6 47 (15.61%) Project Management
7 45 (14.95%) ITIL
8 43 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
9 42 (13.95%) Agile
10 40 (13.29%) Project Delivery
11 37 (12.29%) Business Development
12 36 (11.96%) Analytics
13 35 (11.63%) CRM
13 35 (11.63%) High Availability
14 34 (11.30%) CI/CD
14 34 (11.30%) Machine Learning
15 32 (10.63%) DevOps
16 31 (10.30%) Computer Science
16 31 (10.30%) Containerisation
17 29 (9.63%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (22.59%) Python
2 29 (9.63%) SQL
3 18 (5.98%) Bash
4 16 (5.32%) PowerShell
5 15 (4.98%) C++
6 14 (4.65%) Go
7 13 (4.32%) Java
7 13 (4.32%) TypeScript
8 9 (2.99%) C#
9 5 (1.66%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.00%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.00%) R
11 2 (0.66%) C
12 1 (0.33%) Bicep
12 1 (0.33%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 83 (27.57%) Degree
2 29 (9.63%) PMI Certification
3 27 (8.97%) Security Cleared
4 25 (8.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (7.97%) SC Cleared
6 21 (6.98%) CISSP
6 21 (6.98%) PMP
7 17 (5.65%) DV Cleared
8 14 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (4.32%) A+ Certification
10 9 (2.99%) CCNP
11 7 (2.33%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.99%) CCIE
13 3 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.00%) CCNA
13 3 (1.00%) CCSP
13 3 (1.00%) GCIH
13 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.66%) CCSA
14 2 (0.66%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.29%) QA
2 33 (10.96%) GDPR
3 22 (7.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (5.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 13 (4.32%) GAAP
6 10 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (2.66%) Accessibility
8 7 (2.33%) NIST
9 5 (1.66%) EU AI Act
10 3 (1.00%) PMO
10 3 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (9.63%) Docker
2 16 (5.32%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.66%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (10.96%) Kubernetes
2 29 (9.63%) Terraform
3 17 (5.65%) Ansible
4 10 (3.32%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.66%) Grafana
6 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.00%) Nmap
8 2 (0.66%) WSUS
9 1 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 83 (27.57%) SAP
2 46 (15.28%) Microsoft
3 33 (10.96%) Cisco
4 25 (8.31%) Google
5 18 (5.98%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.65%) CheckPoint
7 10 (3.32%) Meraki
7 10 (3.32%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.66%) Ariba
8 8 (2.66%) Palantir
8 8 (2.66%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.33%) Adobe
10 6 (1.99%) Avaya
11 5 (1.66%) Splunk
12 4 (1.33%) Ericsson
12 4 (1.33%) Genesys
12 4 (1.33%) Juniper
12 4 (1.33%) Mavenir
12 4 (1.33%) Nokia
12 4 (1.33%) ServiceNow