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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 142 212
Rank change year-on-year -40 +70 -42
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 303 294 275
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 2.49% 1.49%
As % of the General category 2.26% 3.26% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 184 173 141
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,650 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £84,688 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £106,750 £100,000 £97,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -4.76%

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 13,382 9,013 12,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 51.77% 76.26% 69.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,195 5,452 7,415
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,325 £51,263 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £98,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £125,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.47% -1.67%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +7 37 £45,000 -10.00% 66
West London -4 15 £55,000 - 17
South London +4 9 £55,750 -7.08% 6
East London - 2 £49,000 - 14
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 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.99%) Apache
3 3 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.99%) Confluence
4 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.33%) JBoss
5 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (8.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (8.58%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (5.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.65%) InDesign
4 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.99%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.99%) Revit
6 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.98%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (12.54%) Azure
2 37 (12.21%) AWS
3 21 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.95%) GCP
5 14 (4.62%) SaaS
6 13 (4.29%) Serverless
7 10 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (3.30%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.97%) Amazon S3
8 9 (2.97%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.31%) Amazon Bedrock
9 7 (2.31%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (2.31%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (2.31%) Azure AI
9 7 (2.31%) LangSmith
10 5 (1.65%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.32%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 29 (9.57%) Firewall
1 29 (9.57%) LAN
2 26 (8.58%) WAN
3 25 (8.25%) TCP/IP
4 20 (6.60%) Network Security
5 17 (5.61%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (4.62%) DNS
7 13 (4.29%) 5G
7 13 (4.29%) Broadband
7 13 (4.29%) DHCP
8 11 (3.63%) BGP
8 11 (3.63%) SD-WAN
9 10 (3.30%) Internet
9 10 (3.30%) OSPF
9 10 (3.30%) VoIP
9 10 (3.30%) VPN
9 10 (3.30%) Wireless
10 9 (2.97%) MPLS
10 9 (2.97%) Multicast
10 9 (2.97%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.31%) Big Data
3 5 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.65%) Power BI
4 3 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.99%) BigQuery
4 3 (0.99%) Delta Lake
4 3 (0.99%) Metadata
4 3 (0.99%) Tableau
5 2 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.66%) Apache Hudi
5 2 (0.66%) Apache Iceberg
5 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.66%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.33%) Parquet
6 1 (0.33%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 12 (3.96%) Git
2 11 (3.63%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.31%) GCC
3 7 (2.31%) GDB
4 3 (0.99%) GitLab
4 3 (0.99%) JIRA
5 2 (0.66%) MLflow
5 2 (0.66%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.33%) CMake
6 1 (0.33%) Maven
6 1 (0.33%) Selenium
6 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.33%) Valgrind
General
1 119 (39.27%) Social Skills
2 82 (27.06%) Finance
3 40 (13.20%) Marketing
4 37 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (12.21%) Law
5 35 (11.55%) Retail
6 30 (9.90%) Legal
7 27 (8.91%) Banking
8 24 (7.92%) Public Sector
9 17 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.96%) Billing
10 12 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (3.30%) Military
13 8 (2.64%) Electronics
14 7 (2.31%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.65%) Advertising
15 5 (1.65%) Back Office
16 4 (1.32%) Games
Job Titles
1 42 (13.86%) Senior
2 24 (7.92%) Network Engineer
3 18 (5.94%) Lead
4 17 (5.61%) Project Manager
5 16 (5.28%) Analyst
5 16 (5.28%) Architect
6 15 (4.95%) Account Director
7 14 (4.62%) Account Manager
8 13 (4.29%) Consultant
9 12 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.63%) Development Manager
10 11 (3.63%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.30%) Business Development Manager
11 10 (3.30%) Business Manager
12 9 (2.97%) Installations Engineer
12 9 (2.97%) Sales Manager
12 9 (2.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (2.97%) Telecoms Engineer
13 8 (2.64%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (2.31%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.64%) FastAPI
2 7 (2.31%) LangChain
2 7 (2.31%) LangGraph
2 7 (2.31%) STL
2 7 (2.31%) Terraform
3 4 (1.32%) REST
4 3 (0.99%) Google Maps API
4 3 (0.99%) Kafka
4 3 (0.99%) React
5 2 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.66%) gRPC
5 2 (0.66%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.66%) ONNX
5 2 (0.66%) OpenVINO
5 2 (0.66%) Plotly
5 2 (0.66%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.66%) RESTful
5 2 (0.66%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.66%) vLLM
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.21%) Onboarding
2 36 (11.88%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.62%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.63%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (3.30%) Algorithms
6 10 (3.30%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.64%) CCTV
7 8 (2.64%) Fibre Optics
8 7 (2.31%) IoT
8 7 (2.31%) Life Science
8 7 (2.31%) Low-Code
8 7 (2.31%) MPEG
8 7 (2.31%) Social Media
9 6 (1.98%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.98%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.98%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.65%) Blog
10 5 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.65%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.59%) Windows
2 13 (4.29%) Linux
3 10 (3.30%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (21.45%) AI
2 62 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (16.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (12.21%) Project Delivery
6 34 (11.22%) Analytics
7 33 (10.89%) Presales
8 32 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (10.23%) Business Development
10 30 (9.90%) ITIL
11 29 (9.57%) CI/CD
12 28 (9.24%) Decision-Making
13 27 (8.91%) Customer Experience
14 26 (8.58%) Roadmaps
15 25 (8.25%) CRM
16 24 (7.92%) Agile
17 22 (7.26%) Computer Science
17 22 (7.26%) DevOps
18 21 (6.93%) Project Management
18 21 (6.93%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.54%) Python
2 17 (5.61%) SQL
3 8 (2.64%) C++
4 4 (1.32%) Java
5 3 (0.99%) R
5 3 (0.99%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.66%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.66%) Bash
6 2 (0.66%) C
6 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.66%) SOQL
6 2 (0.66%) SOSL
7 1 (0.33%) Bicep
7 1 (0.33%) C#
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
7 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (23.43%) Degree
2 21 (6.93%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (5.94%) CCNP
4 16 (5.28%) Security Cleared
5 14 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.96%) SC Cleared
7 10 (3.30%) CISSP
8 9 (2.97%) CCNA
8 9 (2.97%) CISM
9 7 (2.31%) A+ Certification
9 7 (2.31%) BICSI Certification
9 7 (2.31%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.98%) CISMP
10 6 (1.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 5 (1.65%) ACCA
11 5 (1.65%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.65%) HNC
11 5 (1.65%) HND
11 5 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.61%) QA
2 13 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.96%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.96%) SLA
4 8 (2.64%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.64%) GRC
5 6 (1.98%) GDPR
6 5 (1.65%) NEBOSH
6 5 (1.65%) NIST
6 5 (1.65%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.99%) IFRS
7 3 (0.99%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.99%) NCSC
8 2 (0.66%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.66%) PMO
9 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.33%) MiFID
9 1 (0.33%) RMADS
System Software
1 18 (5.94%) Docker
2 15 (4.95%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.98%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.99%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (6.93%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.98%) Ansible
4 3 (0.99%) Autotask
4 3 (0.99%) Grafana
4 3 (0.99%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.99%) WSUS
5 2 (0.66%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.66%) Nagios
6 1 (0.33%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.33%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.90%) Cisco
3 15 (4.95%) HubSpot
3 15 (4.95%) Salesforce
3 15 (4.95%) VMware
4 14 (4.62%) Google
5 13 (4.29%) Fortinet
6 11 (3.63%) Juniper
7 10 (3.30%) Veritas
8 9 (2.97%) Arista
8 9 (2.97%) Zscaler
9 7 (2.31%) Citrix
9 7 (2.31%) Databricks
9 7 (2.31%) HP
9 7 (2.31%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.98%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.65%) Adobe
11 5 (1.65%) DocuSign
11 5 (1.65%) NEC
11 5 (1.65%) ServiceNow