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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 161 229
Rank change year-on-year -9 +68 -52
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 296 273 339
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.37% 2.24% 1.37%
As % of the General category 2.51% 2.91% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 168 140 245
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,725 £31,400
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £99,375 £103,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.65% -4.44% -21.05%

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 11,792 9,372 16,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 54.73% 76.93% 66.54%
Number of salaries quoted 7,590 5,356 11,576
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -5.41%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -21 32 £45,000 -10.00% 20
West London -2 20 £55,000 -21.43% 14
East London -4 3 £20,000 -35.48% 8
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 3 (1.01%) Apache
1 3 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (1.01%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) Confluence
3 1 (0.34%) SAS
3 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (7.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.70%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (8.45%) AWS
2 19 (6.42%) SaaS
3 17 (5.74%) Azure
4 14 (4.73%) GCP
5 13 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.38%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.04%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (2.03%) Serverless
9 4 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.01%) Amazon Bedrock
10 3 (1.01%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.01%) Anthos
10 3 (1.01%) Apigee
10 3 (1.01%) Azure AI
10 3 (1.01%) LangSmith
10 3 (1.01%) OCI
11 2 (0.68%) AWS CodePipeline
11 2 (0.68%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.43%) Broadband
2 19 (6.42%) WAN
3 18 (6.08%) LAN
3 18 (6.08%) TCP/IP
4 16 (5.41%) Firewall
5 14 (4.73%) BGP
5 14 (4.73%) Multicast
6 13 (4.39%) Network Security
7 11 (3.72%) 4G
8 10 (3.38%) MPLS
8 10 (3.38%) SD-WAN
9 9 (3.04%) Wireless
10 8 (2.70%) Ethernet VPN
11 7 (2.36%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (2.36%) IOS XR
11 7 (2.36%) VoIP
12 6 (2.03%) 5G
12 6 (2.03%) OSPF
12 6 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (1.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.38%) Relational Database
2 9 (3.04%) RDBMS
3 8 (2.70%) Big Data
4 7 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
4 7 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
4 7 (2.36%) Apache Iceberg
5 3 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.68%) Apache Hudi
6 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.68%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.68%) Metadata
6 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.68%) Redshift Spectrum
6 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.34%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.34%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.34%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.72%) Git
2 3 (1.01%) Postman
3 2 (0.68%) JIRA
4 1 (0.34%) CMake
4 1 (0.34%) Valgrind
General
1 122 (41.22%) Social Skills
2 59 (19.93%) Finance
3 38 (12.84%) Law
4 35 (11.82%) Legal
5 28 (9.46%) Billing
6 21 (7.09%) Banking
7 19 (6.42%) Marketing
8 18 (6.08%) Retail
9 17 (5.74%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
11 15 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (3.72%) Public Sector
13 8 (2.70%) Games
14 5 (1.69%) Advertising
15 3 (1.01%) Esports
15 3 (1.01%) German Language
15 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.01%) Military
15 3 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (11.49%) Account Manager
2 32 (10.81%) Lead
3 25 (8.45%) Architect
4 23 (7.77%) Telecoms Manager
5 22 (7.43%) Senior
6 18 (6.08%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 16 (5.41%) Analyst
8 15 (5.07%) Account Director
9 14 (4.73%) Network Engineer
10 12 (4.05%) IT Support
11 11 (3.72%) Consultant
11 11 (3.72%) Developer
12 10 (3.38%) Administrator
12 10 (3.38%) IT Analyst
12 10 (3.38%) IT Support Analyst
12 10 (3.38%) IT Support Specialist
12 10 (3.38%) Senior Developer
12 10 (3.38%) Support Analyst
12 10 (3.38%) Support Specialist
13 9 (3.04%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.08%) Spring
1 18 (6.08%) Spring Boot
2 13 (4.39%) REST
3 9 (3.04%) AngularJS
3 9 (3.04%) Bootstrap
3 9 (3.04%) Spring Cloud
4 7 (2.36%) Jinja
4 7 (2.36%) NETCONF
4 7 (2.36%) YANG
5 6 (2.03%) Kafka
5 6 (2.03%) Spring Integration
5 6 (2.03%) Spring MVC
6 3 (1.01%) Apache Camel
6 3 (1.01%) Java SE
6 3 (1.01%) JSON
6 3 (1.01%) LangChain
6 3 (1.01%) LangGraph
6 3 (1.01%) OAuth
6 3 (1.01%) SAML
6 3 (1.01%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.46%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.73%) Social Media
4 13 (4.39%) MPEG
4 13 (4.39%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.72%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.36%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.69%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.35%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.35%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (1.01%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.01%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.01%) Life Science
9 3 (1.01%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.01%) TM Forum
10 2 (0.68%) CMDB
10 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.68%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.08%) Windows
2 5 (1.69%) Linux
3 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (13.18%) Agile
3 37 (12.50%) Business Development
4 31 (10.47%) CRM
4 31 (10.47%) Customer Experience
5 28 (9.46%) Analytics
5 28 (9.46%) Regulatory Compliance
6 26 (8.78%) AI
7 25 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (8.45%) IT Strategy
8 24 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (7.77%) Information Security
9 23 (7.77%) Mentoring
9 23 (7.77%) Presales
10 22 (7.43%) Line Management
10 22 (7.43%) Roadmaps
10 22 (7.43%) Technology Strategy
11 19 (6.42%) B2B
11 19 (6.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (6.08%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.45%) Python
2 20 (6.76%) Java
3 12 (4.05%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.70%) SQL
5 3 (1.01%) PHP
6 2 (0.68%) Bash
6 2 (0.68%) C
6 2 (0.68%) C++
6 2 (0.68%) Go
6 2 (0.68%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 52 (17.57%) Degree
2 16 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (3.72%) CCNP
4 10 (3.38%) A+ Certification
4 10 (3.38%) CCIE
5 7 (2.36%) CCSE
5 7 (2.36%) CISSP
6 5 (1.69%) CISM
6 5 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.69%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.35%) APMG
7 4 (1.35%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.35%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.01%) ACCA
8 3 (1.01%) CCIE Security
8 3 (1.01%) CCNA
8 3 (1.01%) CCSA
8 3 (1.01%) CISA
8 3 (1.01%) JNCIE
8 3 (1.01%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (8.11%) GRC
3 23 (7.77%) PCI DSS
4 14 (4.73%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.70%) SLA
6 6 (2.03%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.69%) GDPR
8 3 (1.01%) IFRS
8 3 (1.01%) NIST
8 3 (1.01%) QA
9 2 (0.68%) ISO 22301
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 10 (3.38%) Docker
2 3 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (6.42%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.70%) Terraform
3 5 (1.69%) Autotask
4 4 (1.35%) Ansible
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%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 25 (8.45%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.09%) Cisco
3 9 (3.04%) CheckPoint
4 8 (2.70%) Fortinet
4 8 (2.70%) Palo Alto
5 7 (2.36%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.03%) F5
6 6 (2.03%) Google
6 6 (2.03%) HubSpot
6 6 (2.03%) Remedy
7 5 (1.69%) Arista
7 5 (1.69%) DocuSign
7 5 (1.69%) Kaseya
7 5 (1.69%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.35%) Freshdesk
9 3 (1.01%) BT
9 3 (1.01%) Databricks
9 3 (1.01%) VMware
10 2 (0.68%) Fujitsu
10 2 (0.68%) HP