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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 156 198
Rank change year-on-year +12 +42 +15
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 317 296 346
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.75% 2.31% 1.55%
As % of the General category 2.90% 3.03% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 206 117 265
10th Percentile £34,000 £39,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £99,818 £93,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -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 10,935 9,754 14,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 60.34% 75.97% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6,748 5,601 11,183
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,000 £71,183
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +6.77% -3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -13.11%

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 2 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 2 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 -18 29 £45,000 -10.00% 42
West London -22 16 £29,350 -58.07% 2
South London +20 4 £45,000 - 4
East London -23 2 £20,000 -35.48% 9
North London +2 1 £35,000 - 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 (1.58%) Apache Pulsar
2 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.63%) Apache
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.95%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.95%) Sketch
4 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 41 (12.93%) GCP
2 38 (11.99%) AWS
3 37 (11.67%) Azure
4 15 (4.73%) OpenShift
5 13 (4.10%) SaaS
6 11 (3.47%) GitHub
6 11 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.52%) Azure Service Bus
9 6 (1.89%) Amazon S3
9 6 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (1.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.58%) Datadog
11 4 (1.26%) Cloud Functions
11 4 (1.26%) Cloud Run
11 4 (1.26%) Google Compute Engine
12 3 (0.95%) Anthos
12 3 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.95%) Figma
12 3 (0.95%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.57%) Broadband
2 15 (4.73%) Firewall
2 15 (4.73%) LAN
3 14 (4.42%) VoIP
3 14 (4.42%) WAN
4 12 (3.79%) Multicast
5 11 (3.47%) 4G
6 10 (3.15%) BGP
6 10 (3.15%) MPLS
6 10 (3.15%) Network Security
7 9 (2.84%) Cisco IOS
7 9 (2.84%) Ethernet VPN
7 9 (2.84%) TCP/IP
8 8 (2.52%) IOS XR
8 8 (2.52%) VPN
9 7 (2.21%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.26%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.26%) PSTN
10 4 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.05%) Relational Database
2 14 (4.42%) RDBMS
3 9 (2.84%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (1.89%) Apache Iceberg
5 5 (1.58%) Big Data
5 5 (1.58%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.95%) Redis
8 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.63%) KNIME
8 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.63%) Power BI
8 2 (0.63%) QlikView
8 2 (0.63%) Tableau
9 1 (0.32%) Apache Hudi
9 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.32%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 13 (4.10%) Git
2 11 (3.47%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.58%) GitLab
3 5 (1.58%) JIRA
4 4 (1.26%) Postman
5 1 (0.32%) SoapUI
General
1 116 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 74 (23.34%) Finance
3 45 (14.20%) Marketing
4 44 (13.88%) Public Sector
5 35 (11.04%) Electronics
6 33 (10.41%) Legal
7 32 (10.09%) Billing
7 32 (10.09%) Manufacturing
8 28 (8.83%) Law
9 19 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (5.68%) Banking
11 15 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (3.47%) Games
13 11 (3.47%) German Language
13 11 (3.47%) Retail
14 7 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.26%) Advertising
16 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (19.56%) Senior
2 39 (12.30%) Lead
3 31 (9.78%) Account Manager
4 24 (7.57%) Telecoms Manager
5 20 (6.31%) Architect
6 19 (5.99%) Analyst
6 19 (5.99%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 17 (5.36%) IT Support
8 16 (5.05%) Consultant
8 16 (5.05%) Developer
8 16 (5.05%) Network Engineer
9 14 (4.42%) Support Specialist
10 13 (4.10%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.10%) Security Engineer
10 13 (4.10%) Senior Developer
10 13 (4.10%) Senior Security Engineer
11 12 (3.79%) IT Support Analyst
11 12 (3.79%) Senior Java Developer
11 12 (3.79%) Software Engineer
11 12 (3.79%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.78%) REST
2 24 (7.57%) Kafka
3 23 (7.26%) Spring
4 22 (6.94%) Spring Boot
5 21 (6.62%) RESTful
6 17 (5.36%) gRPC
7 16 (5.05%) WebSockets
8 13 (4.10%) AngularJS
8 13 (4.10%) Bootstrap
9 11 (3.47%) OAuth
10 9 (2.84%) Spring Cloud
11 8 (2.52%) Jinja
11 8 (2.52%) NETCONF
11 8 (2.52%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.52%) YANG
12 6 (1.89%) JWT
12 6 (1.89%) Spring Integration
12 6 (1.89%) Spring MVC
13 5 (1.58%) Elastic Stack
13 5 (1.58%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.94%) Data Centre
1 22 (6.94%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (5.99%) Social Media
3 17 (5.36%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.79%) AI Agents
5 11 (3.47%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.84%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.52%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.21%) MPEG
10 6 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.58%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.58%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.26%) IoT
12 4 (1.26%) IVR
12 4 (1.26%) Virtual Reality
13 3 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.95%) Life Science
13 3 (0.95%) TM Forum
14 2 (0.63%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.15%) Windows
2 21 (6.62%) Android
3 11 (3.47%) Linux
4 5 (1.58%) Unix
4 5 (1.58%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (16.40%) AI
2 51 (16.09%) Agile
3 44 (13.88%) Business Development
4 42 (13.25%) Containerisation
5 41 (12.93%) Microservices
6 40 (12.62%) Mentoring
7 38 (11.99%) Business Intelligence
8 37 (11.67%) Computer Science
8 37 (11.67%) CRM
9 36 (11.36%) DevOps
10 34 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (10.09%) CI/CD
11 32 (10.09%) Digital Marketing
11 32 (10.09%) Programme Management
12 29 (9.15%) Machine Learning
13 27 (8.52%) Analytics
14 26 (8.20%) ITIL
15 25 (7.89%) Roadmaps
15 25 (7.89%) User Experience
16 24 (7.57%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 41 (12.93%) Python
2 27 (8.52%) Java
3 21 (6.62%) C++
3 21 (6.62%) SQL
4 18 (5.68%) Go
4 18 (5.68%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.79%) Bash
6 11 (3.47%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.15%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.84%) C#
9 7 (2.21%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.95%) PHP
10 3 (0.95%) R
11 2 (0.63%) C
12 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 79 (24.92%) Degree
2 35 (11.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (3.79%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.79%) Security Cleared
5 11 (3.47%) A+ Certification
5 11 (3.47%) CCIE
6 9 (2.84%) CCNP
7 8 (2.52%) CCSE
7 8 (2.52%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.21%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.58%) CISSP
10 4 (1.26%) APMG
10 4 (1.26%) CCSA
10 4 (1.26%) CISM
10 4 (1.26%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.95%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.95%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.95%) CISA
12 2 (0.63%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.05%) GRC
2 16 (5.05%) PCI DSS
3 9 (2.84%) QA
4 8 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.21%) GDPR
6 5 (1.58%) PMO
7 4 (1.26%) SLA
8 3 (0.95%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.63%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.32%) NIST
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (9.78%) Docker
2 6 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (13.88%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.36%) Terraform
3 12 (3.79%) Prometheus
4 10 (3.15%) Ansible
5 8 (2.52%) Grafana
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 33 (10.41%) SAP
2 30 (9.46%) Cisco
3 28 (8.83%) Microsoft
4 12 (3.79%) Google
5 10 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.84%) CheckPoint
7 7 (2.21%) F5
7 7 (2.21%) Palantir
8 6 (1.89%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.89%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.58%) Ericsson
9 5 (1.58%) Mavenir
9 5 (1.58%) Nokia
9 5 (1.58%) Splunk
10 4 (1.26%) Arista
10 4 (1.26%) Avaya
10 4 (1.26%) DocuSign
10 4 (1.26%) Genesys
11 3 (0.95%) Remedy
12 2 (0.63%) VMware