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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 166 236
Rank change year-on-year -3 +70 -64
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 296 286 319
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.34% 2.27% 1.35%
As % of the General category 2.44% 2.99% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 169 152 236
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,025 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -21.74%

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 12,140 9,574 16,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 54.77% 76.09% 68.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,767 5,636 11,231
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £54,633 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £126,250 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 July 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 July 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 -25 31 £45,000 -10.00% 41
West London +3 19 £55,000 -18.52% 14
South London +21 4 £70,000 - 1
East London +1 3 £20,000 -35.48% 9
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 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.35%) Apache
3 4 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.35%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.70%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (10.47%) AWS
2 25 (8.45%) Azure
3 20 (6.76%) SaaS
4 18 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.05%) Amazon S3
6 11 (3.72%) GCP
7 9 (3.04%) OpenShift
7 9 (3.04%) Serverless
8 8 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.69%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.69%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.35%) Amazon Bedrock
10 4 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.35%) Azure AI
10 4 (1.35%) LangSmith
11 3 (1.01%) AWS Step Functions
11 3 (1.01%) OCI
11 3 (1.01%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.12%) LAN
2 26 (8.78%) Firewall
2 26 (8.78%) WAN
3 23 (7.77%) TCP/IP
4 21 (7.09%) Broadband
5 18 (6.08%) Network Security
6 16 (5.41%) BGP
7 15 (5.07%) Multicast
8 13 (4.39%) SD-WAN
9 12 (4.05%) MPLS
10 11 (3.72%) 4G
11 10 (3.38%) VoIP
11 10 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (3.38%) Wireless
12 8 (2.70%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (2.70%) OSPF
12 8 (2.70%) VPN
13 7 (2.36%) 5G
13 7 (2.36%) Cisco IOS
13 7 (2.36%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.38%) Relational Database
2 9 (3.04%) RDBMS
3 8 (2.70%) Amazon Athena
3 8 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
3 8 (2.70%) Apache Iceberg
3 8 (2.70%) Big Data
4 3 (1.01%) Apache Hudi
4 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.01%) Delta Lake
4 3 (1.01%) Metadata
4 3 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.68%) Redshift Spectrum
6 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.34%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.34%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 15 (5.07%) Git
2 3 (1.01%) GCC
2 3 (1.01%) GDB
2 3 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.68%) JIRA
4 1 (0.34%) CMake
4 1 (0.34%) Valgrind
General
1 124 (41.89%) Social Skills
2 62 (20.95%) Finance
3 42 (14.19%) Law
4 36 (12.16%) Legal
5 24 (8.11%) Banking
5 24 (8.11%) Billing
6 23 (7.77%) Marketing
7 22 (7.43%) Retail
8 18 (6.08%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
10 14 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (4.73%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (4.73%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.03%) Advertising
11 6 (2.03%) Games
11 6 (2.03%) Military
12 4 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.01%) Esports
13 3 (1.01%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (11.49%) Account Manager
2 28 (9.46%) Lead
2 28 (9.46%) Senior
3 19 (6.42%) Network Engineer
4 18 (6.08%) Telecoms Manager
5 17 (5.74%) Architect
6 15 (5.07%) Account Director
6 15 (5.07%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 14 (4.73%) Analyst
8 11 (3.72%) Developer
9 10 (3.38%) Administrator
9 10 (3.38%) Consultant
9 10 (3.38%) Data Engineer
9 10 (3.38%) Development Manager
9 10 (3.38%) IT Support
9 10 (3.38%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.04%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (3.04%) Business Development Manager
10 9 (3.04%) Business Manager
11 8 (2.70%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.38%) REST
2 9 (3.04%) AngularJS
2 9 (3.04%) Bootstrap
2 9 (3.04%) Spring
2 9 (3.04%) Spring Boot
3 7 (2.36%) Jinja
3 7 (2.36%) NETCONF
3 7 (2.36%) YANG
4 4 (1.35%) FastAPI
4 4 (1.35%) Kafka
4 4 (1.35%) LangChain
4 4 (1.35%) LangGraph
5 3 (1.01%) STL
6 2 (0.68%) gRPC
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Beam
7 1 (0.34%) JSON
7 1 (0.34%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.34%) PySpark
7 1 (0.34%) Streamlit
7 1 (0.34%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.14%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.41%) Onboarding
2 16 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.73%) MPEG
3 14 (4.73%) Social Media
4 11 (3.72%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.03%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.03%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.35%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.35%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.35%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.01%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.01%) IoT
9 3 (1.01%) Life Science
9 3 (1.01%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.01%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.68%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.08%) Windows
2 8 (2.70%) Linux
3 4 (1.35%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (13.18%) Agile
3 37 (12.50%) Business Development
4 33 (11.15%) AI
5 32 (10.81%) Analytics
6 31 (10.47%) Regulatory Compliance
7 30 (10.14%) CRM
8 28 (9.46%) Customer Experience
8 28 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (9.12%) Presales
10 25 (8.45%) IT Strategy
11 23 (7.77%) Information Security
12 22 (7.43%) Roadmaps
12 22 (7.43%) Technology Strategy
13 21 (7.09%) Line Management
13 21 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (6.76%) B2B
14 20 (6.76%) Project Delivery
15 19 (6.42%) Technical Leadership
16 18 (6.08%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.81%) Python
2 11 (3.72%) Java
3 9 (3.04%) JavaScript
3 9 (3.04%) SQL
4 5 (1.69%) C++
5 2 (0.68%) Bash
5 2 (0.68%) C
5 2 (0.68%) Go
5 2 (0.68%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 57 (19.26%) Degree
2 21 (7.09%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (5.41%) CCNP
4 10 (3.38%) CCIE
5 9 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.70%) A+ Certification
7 7 (2.36%) CCSE
7 7 (2.36%) CISSP
8 6 (2.03%) CCNA
9 5 (1.69%) CISM
9 5 (1.69%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.35%) APMG
10 4 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.01%) ACCA
11 3 (1.01%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.01%) CCIE Security
11 3 (1.01%) CISA
11 3 (1.01%) RHCSA
11 3 (1.01%) SC Cleared
11 3 (1.01%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (8.11%) GRC
3 23 (7.77%) PCI DSS
4 15 (5.07%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.36%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.36%) SLA
6 6 (2.03%) QA
7 5 (1.69%) GDPR
8 3 (1.01%) IFRS
8 3 (1.01%) NIST
9 2 (0.68%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.68%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.68%) PMO
9 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.34%) MiFID
10 1 (0.34%) NCSC
10 1 (0.34%) RMADS
10 1 (0.34%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (3.04%) Docker
2 8 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.35%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.01%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (6.42%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.04%) Terraform
3 6 (2.03%) Ansible
4 5 (1.69%) Autotask
4 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.68%) Grafana
5 2 (0.68%) Nagios
5 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.68%) WSUS
6 1 (0.34%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 28 (9.46%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.11%) Cisco
3 11 (3.72%) CheckPoint
3 11 (3.72%) Fortinet
4 10 (3.38%) Palo Alto
5 9 (3.04%) VMware
6 8 (2.70%) F5
6 8 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.03%) Citrix
7 6 (2.03%) DocuSign
7 6 (2.03%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.69%) Arista
8 5 (1.69%) Kaseya
8 5 (1.69%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.69%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.35%) Freshdesk
9 4 (1.35%) Remedy
10 3 (1.01%) BT
10 3 (1.01%) Databricks
10 3 (1.01%) Google