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 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 154 191
Rank change year-on-year +17 +37 +13
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 294 327 306
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.14% 2.06% 1.71%
As % of the General category 3.12% 2.81% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 201 118 235
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,700
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £97,500 £91,500
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 9,429 11,629 11,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 68.62% 73.11% 67.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,761 6,390 9,293
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%

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 26 December 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 26 December 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 +12 31 £67,500 +35.00% 66
West London -20 8 £53,750 -18.87% 6
South London +25 6 £45,000 - 6
North London +4 1 £35,000 -6.67% 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 9 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.70%) Apache Pulsar
4 2 (0.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (6.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.06%) Sketch
5 8 (2.72%) Maya
6 6 (2.04%) Adobe XD
7 3 (1.02%) Chatbot
7 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.72%) SAP IBP
1 8 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.68%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 62 (21.09%) Azure
2 54 (18.37%) GCP
3 45 (15.31%) AWS
4 14 (4.76%) SaaS
5 12 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.74%) GitHub
6 11 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (3.06%) Figma
7 9 (3.06%) PaaS
8 8 (2.72%) Azure Service Bus
8 8 (2.72%) Datadog
9 6 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (2.04%) IaaS
9 6 (2.04%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.70%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.36%) Cloud Functions
11 4 (1.36%) Cloud Run
11 4 (1.36%) Google Compute Engine
11 4 (1.36%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.48%) Firewall
2 16 (5.44%) LAN
3 15 (5.10%) WAN
4 14 (4.76%) Broadband
5 12 (4.08%) SD-WAN
5 12 (4.08%) VoIP
6 10 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (3.06%) VPN
7 9 (3.06%) Wireless
7 9 (3.06%) Wireshark
8 8 (2.72%) Ethernet
9 7 (2.38%) IP Telephony
10 5 (1.70%) DNS
10 5 (1.70%) Multicast
10 5 (1.70%) PSTN
11 4 (1.36%) TCP/IP
12 3 (1.02%) Internet
12 3 (1.02%) Network Security
12 3 (1.02%) PBX
12 3 (1.02%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.10%) NoSQL
2 13 (4.42%) Relational Database
3 11 (3.74%) RDBMS
4 10 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.72%) SAP BW
6 6 (2.04%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.02%) Redis
8 2 (0.68%) KNIME
8 2 (0.68%) Metadata
8 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.68%) Power BI
8 2 (0.68%) QlikView
8 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.68%) Tableau
9 1 (0.34%) IBM InfoSphere
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.72%) Git
3 5 (1.70%) GitLab
4 4 (1.36%) JIRA
5 3 (1.02%) Burp Suite
5 3 (1.02%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.68%) Postman
7 1 (0.34%) CMake
7 1 (0.34%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
General
1 124 (42.18%) Social Skills
2 117 (39.80%) Finance
3 86 (29.25%) Marketing
4 78 (26.53%) Public Sector
5 76 (25.85%) Manufacturing
6 70 (23.81%) Electronics
7 43 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
8 39 (13.27%) Law
9 23 (7.82%) Legal
10 22 (7.48%) Banking
11 17 (5.78%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (5.10%) Billing
13 11 (3.74%) Games
13 11 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (3.06%) German Language
14 9 (3.06%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (2.72%) Automotive
16 5 (1.70%) Retail
17 4 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
18 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (26.53%) Senior
2 32 (10.88%) IT Support
3 30 (10.20%) Analyst
4 23 (7.82%) Support Analyst
5 21 (7.14%) Lead
6 19 (6.46%) IT Analyst
6 19 (6.46%) IT Support Analyst
6 19 (6.46%) Software Engineer
7 18 (6.12%) IT Manager
7 18 (6.12%) Senior Manager
8 16 (5.44%) Security Engineer
9 15 (5.10%) Network Engineer
9 15 (5.10%) Support Specialist
10 14 (4.76%) Architect
10 14 (4.76%) Consultant
11 13 (4.42%) Android Engineer
11 13 (4.42%) Senior Android Engineer
11 13 (4.42%) Senior Security Engineer
12 12 (4.08%) Developer
12 12 (4.08%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.18%) REST
2 25 (8.50%) RESTful
3 20 (6.80%) Kafka
4 17 (5.78%) gRPC
4 17 (5.78%) WebSockets
5 9 (3.06%) Middleware
5 9 (3.06%) OAuth
6 8 (2.72%) FastAPI
6 8 (2.72%) Flask
6 8 (2.72%) Node.js
6 8 (2.72%) OAuth2
6 8 (2.72%) Spring
7 7 (2.38%) Spring Boot
8 5 (1.70%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (1.70%) SOAP
8 5 (1.70%) Web Services
9 4 (1.36%) Android NDK
9 4 (1.36%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.36%) Bootstrap
9 4 (1.36%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.82%) Data Centre
2 22 (7.48%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (7.48%) Onboarding
3 19 (6.46%) Mobile App
4 16 (5.44%) AI Agents
5 15 (5.10%) Cloud Native
5 15 (5.10%) Social Media
6 13 (4.42%) Management Information System
7 12 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (3.74%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.72%) PMI
9 8 (2.72%) Reinsurance
9 8 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.38%) Driving Licence
11 6 (2.04%) IVR
12 4 (1.36%) Public Cloud
13 3 (1.02%) Distributed Computing
13 3 (1.02%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.02%) TM Forum
13 3 (1.02%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.95%) Windows
2 28 (9.52%) Android
3 19 (6.46%) Linux
4 7 (2.38%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.38%) Unix
5 3 (1.02%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.02%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.68%) VMS
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (24.83%) AI
2 72 (24.49%) Business Intelligence
2 72 (24.49%) Programme Management
3 70 (23.81%) Digital Marketing
4 61 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (15.99%) Agile
6 41 (13.95%) ITIL
6 41 (13.95%) Machine Learning
7 40 (13.61%) User Experience
8 39 (13.27%) Computer Science
8 39 (13.27%) Project Management
9 38 (12.93%) CI/CD
9 38 (12.93%) Containerisation
10 37 (12.59%) CRM
10 37 (12.59%) DevOps
11 34 (11.56%) Analytics
12 33 (11.22%) Business Development
12 33 (11.22%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (11.22%) High Availability
13 32 (10.88%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 62 (21.09%) Python
2 30 (10.20%) SQL
3 23 (7.82%) C++
4 19 (6.46%) Bash
5 17 (5.78%) Go
5 17 (5.78%) Java
6 16 (5.44%) PowerShell
7 12 (4.08%) TypeScript
8 10 (3.40%) C#
9 8 (2.72%) JavaScript
9 8 (2.72%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.02%) R
11 2 (0.68%) C
12 1 (0.34%) Bicep
12 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.34%) PHP
12 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.34%) Swift
Qualifications
1 87 (29.59%) Degree
2 35 (11.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (8.16%) Security Cleared
4 23 (7.82%) PMI Certification
4 23 (7.82%) SC Cleared
5 16 (5.44%) DV Cleared
6 15 (5.10%) CISSP
6 15 (5.10%) PMP
7 11 (3.74%) A+ Certification
7 11 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (3.74%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.04%) CCNP
9 4 (1.36%) CCIE
10 3 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.02%) CCSP
10 3 (1.02%) GCIH
10 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.68%) CCNA
11 2 (0.68%) CCSA
11 2 (0.68%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.54%) QA
2 27 (9.18%) GDPR
3 16 (5.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (2.38%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.38%) GAAP
6 6 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.70%) EU AI Act
7 5 (1.70%) PMO
8 3 (1.02%) NIST
9 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (11.56%) Docker
2 17 (5.78%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (13.95%) Kubernetes
2 24 (8.16%) Terraform
3 13 (4.42%) Ansible
4 12 (4.08%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.72%) Grafana
5 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.02%) Nmap
7 2 (0.68%) WSUS
8 1 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.34%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 76 (25.85%) SAP
2 45 (15.31%) Microsoft
3 32 (10.88%) Cisco
4 26 (8.84%) Google
5 19 (6.46%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.74%) CheckPoint
7 10 (3.40%) Meraki
7 10 (3.40%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.72%) Ariba
8 8 (2.72%) Palantir
8 8 (2.72%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.38%) Avaya
10 6 (2.04%) Adobe
11 5 (1.70%) Ericsson
11 5 (1.70%) Genesys
11 5 (1.70%) Mavenir
11 5 (1.70%) Nokia
11 5 (1.70%) Splunk
12 4 (1.36%) OpenAI
13 3 (1.02%) Zscaler