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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 178 229
Rank change year-on-year +31 +51 -26
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 315 259 320
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.56% 2.04% 1.37%
As % of the General category 2.75% 2.68% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 192 126 244
10th Percentile £32,750 £39,375 £29,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £91,563 £80,281
90th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% -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 11,455 9,675 15,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 56.89% 76.27% 67.73%
Number of salaries quoted 7,035 5,601 11,369
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -5.41%
75th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £125,000 £117,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -22 30 £45,000 -10.00% 62
West London -19 18 £26,200 -62.57% 13
East London -9 3 £20,000 -35.48% 7
South London - 1 - - 2
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 4 (1.27%) Apache Pulsar
2 3 (0.95%) Apache
2 3 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.63%) Sketch
5 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.59%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.63%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 32 (10.16%) GCP
2 31 (9.84%) AWS
3 29 (9.21%) Azure
4 16 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (5.08%) SaaS
5 14 (4.44%) OpenShift
6 7 (2.22%) Amazon S3
6 7 (2.22%) GitHub
6 7 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (1.90%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (1.59%) PaaS
9 4 (1.27%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (1.27%) Cloud Run
9 4 (1.27%) Google Compute Engine
10 3 (0.95%) Anthos
10 3 (0.95%) Apigee
10 3 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.95%) IaaS
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.98%) Broadband
2 16 (5.08%) LAN
2 16 (5.08%) WAN
3 15 (4.76%) Firewall
4 13 (4.13%) Multicast
5 12 (3.81%) 4G
5 12 (3.81%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.17%) BGP
6 10 (3.17%) MPLS
6 10 (3.17%) Network Security
6 10 (3.17%) VoIP
7 9 (2.86%) Cisco IOS
7 9 (2.86%) Ethernet VPN
8 8 (2.54%) IOS XR
9 7 (2.22%) SD-WAN
9 7 (2.22%) VPN
10 5 (1.59%) Wireless
11 4 (1.27%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.27%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.76%) Relational Database
2 13 (4.13%) RDBMS
3 7 (2.22%) Amazon Athena
3 7 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (2.22%) Apache Iceberg
4 6 (1.90%) Big Data
5 5 (1.59%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.27%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.63%) Apache Hudi
8 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.63%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.63%) Metadata
8 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.63%) Redis
8 2 (0.63%) Redshift Spectrum
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (4.44%) Git
2 7 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.59%) JIRA
4 3 (0.95%) Postman
5 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 118 (37.46%) Social Skills
2 74 (23.49%) Finance
3 33 (10.48%) Legal
3 33 (10.48%) Marketing
4 32 (10.16%) Billing
4 32 (10.16%) Law
5 27 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.67%) Electronics
7 20 (6.35%) Retail
8 18 (5.71%) Banking
8 18 (5.71%) Manufacturing
8 18 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
10 15 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (3.17%) Games
12 5 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.27%) Advertising
14 3 (0.95%) Esports
14 3 (0.95%) German Language
Job Titles
1 55 (17.46%) Senior
2 36 (11.43%) Lead
3 27 (8.57%) Account Manager
4 24 (7.62%) Telecoms Manager
5 20 (6.35%) Architect
6 18 (5.71%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 16 (5.08%) IT Support
8 15 (4.76%) Analyst
8 15 (4.76%) Developer
8 15 (4.76%) Network Engineer
9 13 (4.13%) Java Developer
9 13 (4.13%) Senior Developer
10 12 (3.81%) Consultant
10 12 (3.81%) Senior Java Developer
10 12 (3.81%) Support Specialist
11 11 (3.49%) IT Support Analyst
11 11 (3.49%) IT Support Specialist
11 11 (3.49%) Security Engineer
11 11 (3.49%) Senior Security Engineer
11 11 (3.49%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.57%) REST
2 23 (7.30%) Spring
3 22 (6.98%) Kafka
3 22 (6.98%) Spring Boot
4 18 (5.71%) RESTful
5 14 (4.44%) gRPC
6 13 (4.13%) AngularJS
6 13 (4.13%) Bootstrap
6 13 (4.13%) WebSockets
7 9 (2.86%) OAuth
7 9 (2.86%) Spring Cloud
8 8 (2.54%) Jinja
8 8 (2.54%) NETCONF
8 8 (2.54%) YANG
9 6 (1.90%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.90%) Spring Integration
9 6 (1.90%) Spring MVC
10 5 (1.59%) JWT
11 4 (1.27%) Node.js
12 3 (0.95%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.62%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.03%) Social Media
3 18 (5.71%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (5.40%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.49%) AI Agents
5 11 (3.49%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (3.17%) MPEG
6 10 (3.17%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.54%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.22%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.59%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.27%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.27%) TM Forum
11 4 (1.27%) Virtual Reality
12 3 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.95%) IoT
12 3 (0.95%) Life Science
13 2 (0.63%) CMDB
13 2 (0.63%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.98%) Windows
2 17 (5.40%) Android
3 7 (2.22%) Linux
4 5 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.63%) VMS
7 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.32%) Unix
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (15.87%) AI
2 48 (15.24%) Agile
3 37 (11.75%) Business Development
3 37 (11.75%) Microservices
3 37 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (10.79%) Containerisation
4 34 (10.79%) Mentoring
5 32 (10.16%) CRM
6 31 (9.84%) DevOps
7 28 (8.89%) Computer Science
8 27 (8.57%) CI/CD
8 27 (8.57%) Machine Learning
9 26 (8.25%) Analytics
9 26 (8.25%) Information Security
9 26 (8.25%) Regulatory Compliance
10 25 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
11 24 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (7.62%) Customer Experience
11 24 (7.62%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 30 (9.52%) Python
2 26 (8.25%) Java
3 18 (5.71%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.76%) C++
4 15 (4.76%) Go
5 13 (4.13%) SQL
6 8 (2.54%) Bash
7 7 (2.22%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.59%) C#
8 5 (1.59%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.27%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.95%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) C
11 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 68 (21.59%) Degree
2 26 (8.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (3.49%) A+ Certification
5 10 (3.17%) CCIE
6 8 (2.54%) CCNP
6 8 (2.54%) CISSP
7 7 (2.22%) CCSE
7 7 (2.22%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.22%) Security Cleared
8 6 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.59%) CISM
10 4 (1.27%) APMG
10 4 (1.27%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.27%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.95%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.95%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.95%) CCSA
11 3 (0.95%) CISA
12 2 (0.63%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (6.67%) GRC
2 21 (6.67%) PCI DSS
3 11 (3.49%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.54%) QA
5 6 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.90%) SLA
6 5 (1.59%) GDPR
7 4 (1.27%) PMO
8 3 (0.95%) NIST
9 2 (0.63%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.32%) NCSC
10 1 (0.32%) RMADS
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (7.62%) Docker
2 5 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (11.75%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.13%) Terraform
3 7 (2.22%) Prometheus
4 6 (1.90%) Ansible
5 5 (1.59%) Autotask
6 3 (0.95%) Grafana
7 1 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.62%) Cisco
3 20 (6.35%) SAP
4 11 (3.49%) Google
5 8 (2.54%) CheckPoint
6 6 (1.90%) F5
6 6 (1.90%) Fortinet
6 6 (1.90%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.59%) Kaseya
7 5 (1.59%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.27%) Arista
8 4 (1.27%) DocuSign
8 4 (1.27%) Ericsson
8 4 (1.27%) Mavenir
8 4 (1.27%) Nokia
8 4 (1.27%) Remedy
9 3 (0.95%) BT
9 3 (0.95%) Palantir
10 2 (0.63%) Genesys
10 2 (0.63%) VMware