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 11 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 162 184
Rank change year-on-year +11 +22 +33
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 285 324 354
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.86% 2.16% 1.67%
As % of the General category 2.86% 2.91% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 187 114 267
10th Percentile £32,800 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -1.79% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £91,563 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £107,625 £95,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -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 9,962 11,121 13,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 65.06% 74.08% 65.68%
Number of salaries quoted 6,130 5,856 10,814
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,063 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,001 £56,938 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +4.83% -2.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 +4 34 £45,000 -10.00% 26
West London -15 11 £53,750 -23.21% 2
South London +25 5 £45,000 - 3
North London +1 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 (1.75%) Apache Pulsar
1 5 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.35%) Apache
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.35%) CMS
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
3 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.11%) Maya
5 3 (1.05%) Chatbot
5 3 (1.05%) Sketch
6 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.11%) SAP IBP
1 6 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.70%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 51 (17.89%) Azure
2 48 (16.84%) GCP
3 36 (12.63%) AWS
4 11 (3.86%) GitHub
4 11 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (3.51%) OpenShift
5 10 (3.51%) SaaS
6 9 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.81%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (2.11%) IaaS
8 6 (2.11%) PaaS
9 5 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.75%) Datadog
10 4 (1.40%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.40%) Cloud Run
10 4 (1.40%) Google Compute Engine
11 3 (1.05%) Anthos
11 3 (1.05%) Apigee
11 3 (1.05%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.18%) Broadband
2 23 (8.07%) Firewall
3 18 (6.32%) LAN
4 17 (5.96%) WAN
5 14 (4.91%) VoIP
6 13 (4.56%) SD-WAN
7 11 (3.86%) VPN
8 10 (3.51%) MPLS
9 9 (3.16%) 4G
9 9 (3.16%) BGP
9 9 (3.16%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (3.16%) Ethernet VPN
9 9 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (3.16%) Wireless
9 9 (3.16%) Wireshark
10 8 (2.81%) Ethernet
10 8 (2.81%) IOS XR
11 6 (2.11%) IP Telephony
12 5 (1.75%) Multicast
12 5 (1.75%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.91%) Relational Database
2 12 (4.21%) NoSQL
2 12 (4.21%) RDBMS
3 7 (2.46%) BigQuery
3 7 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.11%) SAP BW
5 3 (1.05%) Redis
6 2 (0.70%) KNIME
6 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.70%) Power BI
6 2 (0.70%) QlikView
6 2 (0.70%) Tableau
7 1 (0.35%) Big Data
7 1 (0.35%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (0.35%) Metadata
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.56%) Git
2 11 (3.86%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.75%) GitLab
4 4 (1.40%) Postman
5 3 (1.05%) JIRA
6 2 (0.70%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.70%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
General
1 110 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 94 (32.98%) Finance
3 62 (21.75%) Marketing
4 54 (18.95%) Public Sector
5 52 (18.25%) Manufacturing
6 48 (16.84%) Electronics
7 25 (8.77%) Law
8 24 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (8.42%) Billing
9 20 (7.02%) Legal
10 19 (6.67%) Banking
11 18 (6.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (5.26%) Games
13 12 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (3.16%) German Language
15 7 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (2.11%) Automotive
16 6 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (2.11%) Retail
17 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (24.91%) Senior
2 29 (10.18%) Analyst
3 28 (9.82%) Lead
4 24 (8.42%) IT Support
5 23 (8.07%) Architect
5 23 (8.07%) Support Analyst
6 22 (7.72%) Network Engineer
7 19 (6.67%) IT Analyst
7 19 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
8 18 (6.32%) Account Manager
9 17 (5.96%) Software Engineer
9 17 (5.96%) Telecoms Manager
10 16 (5.61%) Support Specialist
11 15 (5.26%) Security Engineer
12 14 (4.91%) Consultant
12 14 (4.91%) Developer
13 13 (4.56%) Android Engineer
13 13 (4.56%) Senior Android Engineer
13 13 (4.56%) Senior Security Engineer
13 13 (4.56%) Telecoms Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (10.53%) REST
2 25 (8.77%) RESTful
3 23 (8.07%) Kafka
4 18 (6.32%) Spring
5 17 (5.96%) gRPC
5 17 (5.96%) Spring Boot
5 17 (5.96%) WebSockets
6 11 (3.86%) OAuth
7 9 (3.16%) Spring Cloud
8 8 (2.81%) AngularJS
8 8 (2.81%) Bootstrap
8 8 (2.81%) Jinja
8 8 (2.81%) NETCONF
8 8 (2.81%) OAuth2
8 8 (2.81%) YANG
9 7 (2.46%) Middleware
10 6 (2.11%) JWT
10 6 (2.11%) Spring Integration
10 6 (2.11%) Spring MVC
11 5 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.07%) Social Media
2 22 (7.72%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 16 (5.61%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.21%) AI Agents
5 12 (4.21%) Onboarding
5 12 (4.21%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (3.51%) Mobile App
7 9 (3.16%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.46%) Driving Licence
9 7 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.11%) PMI
10 6 (2.11%) Reinsurance
11 5 (1.75%) IVR
12 3 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.05%) IoT
12 3 (1.05%) TM Forum
13 2 (0.70%) CCTV
13 2 (0.70%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 34 (11.93%) Windows
2 22 (7.72%) Android
3 13 (4.56%) Linux
4 7 (2.46%) Unix
5 5 (1.75%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.05%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.70%) VMS
8 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (20.00%) AI
2 55 (19.30%) Agile
3 50 (17.54%) Business Intelligence
4 48 (16.84%) Digital Marketing
5 47 (16.49%) Programme Management
6 43 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (14.74%) Business Development
8 40 (14.04%) Containerisation
9 39 (13.68%) CRM
10 37 (12.98%) DevOps
10 37 (12.98%) Mentoring
11 36 (12.63%) Microservices
12 35 (12.28%) CI/CD
13 34 (11.93%) Computer Science
14 33 (11.58%) User Experience
15 29 (10.18%) Machine Learning
16 27 (9.47%) ITIL
17 26 (9.12%) Software Engineering
18 24 (8.42%) Analytics
18 24 (8.42%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (18.95%) Python
2 28 (9.82%) SQL
3 25 (8.77%) Java
4 22 (7.72%) C++
5 18 (6.32%) Go
6 17 (5.96%) Bash
6 17 (5.96%) PowerShell
7 14 (4.91%) JavaScript
8 12 (4.21%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.51%) C#
10 8 (2.81%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.05%) PHP
11 3 (1.05%) R
12 2 (0.70%) C
13 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.35%) Rust
13 1 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 71 (24.91%) Degree
2 32 (11.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (6.67%) Security Cleared
4 18 (6.32%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.56%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.21%) A+ Certification
7 9 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.16%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.81%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.40%) CCIE
9 4 (1.40%) CCNP
9 4 (1.40%) CISSP
10 3 (1.05%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.05%) PMP
11 2 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.70%) CCSA
11 2 (0.70%) CCSE
11 2 (0.70%) CCSP
11 2 (0.70%) GCIH
12 1 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.91%) QA
2 12 (4.21%) GDPR
3 7 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.75%) PMO
6 4 (1.40%) GRC
6 4 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.05%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.70%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.70%) SLA
9 1 (0.35%) NIST
System Software
1 34 (11.93%) Docker
2 13 (4.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (14.74%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.96%) Terraform
3 12 (4.21%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.81%) Ansible
4 8 (2.81%) Grafana
4 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.70%) Nmap
6 1 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.35%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 52 (18.25%) SAP
2 37 (12.98%) Microsoft
3 35 (12.28%) Cisco
4 18 (6.32%) Google
4 18 (6.32%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.51%) CheckPoint
6 9 (3.16%) Meraki
7 8 (2.81%) Palantir
7 8 (2.81%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.81%) SolarWinds
8 6 (2.11%) Ariba
9 5 (1.75%) Avaya
9 5 (1.75%) Ericsson
9 5 (1.75%) Genesys
9 5 (1.75%) Mavenir
9 5 (1.75%) Nokia
9 5 (1.75%) Splunk
10 3 (1.05%) F5
11 2 (0.70%) Computacenter
11 2 (0.70%) Remedy