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 29 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 179 218
Rank change year-on-year +37 +39 -15
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 323 253 322
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.62% 1.98% 1.38%
As % of the General category 2.83% 2.60% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 200 121 246
10th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £30,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% -18.18%

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 11,426 9,729 15,733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 57.39% 76.17% 67.63%
Number of salaries quoted 7,010 5,602 11,310
10th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £54,633 £56,250 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -5.41%
75th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £125,000 £117,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.57%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -27 31 £45,000 -10.00% 27
West London -8 18 £26,200 -62.57% 11
East London -14 3 £20,000 -35.48% 3
South London - 1 - - 1
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 5 (1.55%) Apache Pulsar
2 3 (0.93%) Apache
2 3 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.93%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (6.81%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (4.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.93%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.93%) Sketch
5 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.55%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.62%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 36 (11.15%) GCP
2 34 (10.53%) AWS
3 33 (10.22%) Azure
4 16 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.95%) SaaS
5 14 (4.33%) OpenShift
6 8 (2.48%) Azure Service Bus
6 8 (2.48%) GitHub
6 8 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (2.17%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.55%) PaaS
9 4 (1.24%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.24%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (1.24%) Cloud Run
9 4 (1.24%) Google Compute Engine
10 3 (0.93%) Anthos
10 3 (0.93%) Apigee
10 3 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.93%) Figma
10 3 (0.93%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.81%) Broadband
2 17 (5.26%) LAN
3 16 (4.95%) WAN
4 15 (4.64%) Firewall
5 14 (4.33%) Multicast
6 12 (3.72%) 4G
6 12 (3.72%) TCP/IP
7 11 (3.41%) VoIP
8 10 (3.10%) BGP
8 10 (3.10%) MPLS
8 10 (3.10%) Network Security
9 9 (2.79%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (2.79%) Ethernet VPN
10 8 (2.48%) IOS XR
11 7 (2.17%) SD-WAN
11 7 (2.17%) VPN
12 4 (1.24%) 5G
12 4 (1.24%) Ethernet
12 4 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.64%) Relational Database
2 13 (4.02%) RDBMS
3 7 (2.17%) Amazon Athena
3 7 (2.17%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (2.17%) Apache Iceberg
4 6 (1.86%) Big Data
5 5 (1.55%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.55%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.93%) Redis
7 2 (0.62%) Apache Hudi
7 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.62%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.62%) Metadata
7 2 (0.62%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.62%) Redshift Spectrum
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (4.33%) Git
2 8 (2.48%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.55%) JIRA
4 3 (0.93%) Postman
5 2 (0.62%) GitLab
General
1 119 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 76 (23.53%) Finance
3 34 (10.53%) Billing
3 34 (10.53%) Legal
3 34 (10.53%) Marketing
4 33 (10.22%) Law
5 28 (8.67%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.81%) Electronics
7 20 (6.19%) Retail
8 19 (5.88%) Banking
8 19 (5.88%) Manufacturing
9 18 (5.57%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (3.10%) Games
13 5 (1.55%) German Language
13 5 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.24%) Advertising
15 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (19.20%) Senior
2 38 (11.76%) Lead
3 27 (8.36%) Account Manager
4 23 (7.12%) Telecoms Manager
5 20 (6.19%) Architect
6 18 (5.57%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 17 (5.26%) IT Support
8 16 (4.95%) Analyst
8 16 (4.95%) Network Engineer
9 15 (4.64%) Developer
10 13 (4.02%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.02%) Security Engineer
10 13 (4.02%) Senior Developer
10 13 (4.02%) Senior Security Engineer
10 13 (4.02%) Support Specialist
11 12 (3.72%) Consultant
11 12 (3.72%) IT Support Analyst
11 12 (3.72%) IT Support Specialist
11 12 (3.72%) Senior Java Developer
11 12 (3.72%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.67%) REST
2 25 (7.74%) Kafka
3 23 (7.12%) Spring
4 22 (6.81%) Spring Boot
5 21 (6.50%) RESTful
6 17 (5.26%) gRPC
7 16 (4.95%) WebSockets
8 13 (4.02%) AngularJS
8 13 (4.02%) Bootstrap
9 11 (3.41%) OAuth
10 9 (2.79%) Spring Cloud
11 8 (2.48%) Jinja
11 8 (2.48%) NETCONF
11 8 (2.48%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.48%) YANG
12 6 (1.86%) JWT
12 6 (1.86%) Spring Integration
12 6 (1.86%) Spring MVC
13 5 (1.55%) Node.js
14 4 (1.24%) Android NDK
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.12%) Data Centre
2 21 (6.50%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (5.88%) Social Media
4 18 (5.57%) Cloud Native
5 13 (4.02%) AI Agents
6 12 (3.72%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (3.10%) MPEG
8 9 (2.79%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.79%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.48%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.55%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.24%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.24%) TM Forum
11 4 (1.24%) Virtual Reality
12 3 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.93%) IoT
12 3 (0.93%) Life Science
13 2 (0.62%) CMDB
13 2 (0.62%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.43%) Windows
2 21 (6.50%) Android
3 8 (2.48%) Linux
4 5 (1.55%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.93%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.62%) Unix
6 2 (0.62%) VMS
7 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (17.65%) AI
2 48 (14.86%) Agile
3 40 (12.38%) Microservices
4 39 (12.07%) Business Development
5 37 (11.46%) Containerisation
6 36 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (10.84%) Mentoring
8 34 (10.53%) Computer Science
8 34 (10.53%) DevOps
9 33 (10.22%) CRM
10 30 (9.29%) Machine Learning
11 29 (8.98%) CI/CD
12 28 (8.67%) Information Security
13 27 (8.36%) Analytics
14 26 (8.05%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (8.05%) Regulatory Compliance
15 25 (7.74%) Business Intelligence
15 25 (7.74%) ITIL
15 25 (7.74%) Roadmaps
16 24 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 33 (10.22%) Python
2 26 (8.05%) Java
3 18 (5.57%) Go
3 18 (5.57%) JavaScript
4 17 (5.26%) C++
5 15 (4.64%) SQL
6 9 (2.79%) Bash
7 8 (2.48%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.17%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.86%) C#
10 5 (1.55%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.93%) PHP
12 1 (0.31%) C
12 1 (0.31%) Rust
Qualifications
1 76 (23.53%) Degree
2 32 (9.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (4.33%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (3.72%) A+ Certification
5 11 (3.41%) CCIE
6 9 (2.79%) CCNP
7 8 (2.48%) CCSE
7 8 (2.48%) CISSP
7 8 (2.48%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.48%) Security Cleared
8 7 (2.17%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.55%) CISM
9 5 (1.55%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.24%) APMG
10 4 (1.24%) CCSA
10 4 (1.24%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.93%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.93%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.93%) CISA
12 2 (0.62%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (6.50%) GRC
2 21 (6.50%) PCI DSS
3 11 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.79%) QA
5 6 (1.86%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.86%) SLA
6 5 (1.55%) GDPR
7 4 (1.24%) PMO
8 3 (0.93%) NIST
9 2 (0.62%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.31%) NCSC
10 1 (0.31%) RMADS
10 1 (0.31%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (8.36%) Docker
2 5 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (12.38%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.33%) Terraform
3 9 (2.79%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.17%) Ansible
5 5 (1.55%) Autotask
5 5 (1.55%) Grafana
6 1 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (8.36%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.74%) Cisco
3 20 (6.19%) SAP
4 11 (3.41%) Google
5 9 (2.79%) CheckPoint
6 7 (2.17%) F5
7 6 (1.86%) Fortinet
7 6 (1.86%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.55%) Ericsson
8 5 (1.55%) Kaseya
8 5 (1.55%) Mavenir
8 5 (1.55%) Nokia
8 5 (1.55%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.24%) Arista
9 4 (1.24%) DocuSign
9 4 (1.24%) Palantir
9 4 (1.24%) Remedy
10 3 (0.93%) BT
11 2 (0.62%) Genesys
11 2 (0.62%) VMware