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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 153 193
Rank change year-on-year +9 +40 +28
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 307 326 345
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.93% 2.23% 1.63%
As % of the General category 3.00% 3.00% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 197 116 259
10th Percentile £31,400 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £50,598
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £99,273 £87,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £106,875 £96,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -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 10,230 10,876 13,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 64.19% 74.55% 65.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6,312 5,771 10,806
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +4.83% -0.97%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,500
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 25 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 25 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 0 35 £45,000 -10.00% 26
West London -20 12 £53,750 -23.21% 3
South London +21 5 £45,000 - 4
North London +1 1 £35,000 - 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 5 (1.63%) Apache Pulsar
1 5 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.65%) Apache
3 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.65%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.33%) CMS
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.98%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.98%) Maya
4 3 (0.98%) Sketch
5 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.98%) SAP IBP
1 3 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.65%) Misys Midas
2 2 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (14.98%) Azure
2 44 (14.33%) GCP
3 34 (11.07%) AWS
4 13 (4.23%) OpenShift
5 11 (3.58%) GitHub
5 11 (3.58%) GitHub Actions
5 11 (3.58%) SaaS
6 9 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.61%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (1.63%) Datadog
9 5 (1.63%) IaaS
9 5 (1.63%) PaaS
10 4 (1.30%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.30%) Cloud Run
10 4 (1.30%) Google Compute Engine
11 3 (0.98%) Anthos
11 3 (0.98%) Apigee
11 3 (0.98%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.77%) Broadband
2 21 (6.84%) Firewall
3 17 (5.54%) LAN
4 16 (5.21%) WAN
5 14 (4.56%) VoIP
6 12 (3.91%) SD-WAN
7 11 (3.58%) 4G
7 11 (3.58%) VPN
8 10 (3.26%) MPLS
9 9 (2.93%) BGP
9 9 (2.93%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (2.93%) Ethernet VPN
9 9 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (2.61%) Ethernet
10 8 (2.61%) IOS XR
10 8 (2.61%) Multicast
11 7 (2.28%) Network Security
11 7 (2.28%) Wireless
11 7 (2.28%) Wireshark
12 6 (1.95%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.89%) Relational Database
2 13 (4.23%) RDBMS
3 10 (3.26%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.28%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.98%) Big Data
6 3 (0.98%) Redis
6 3 (0.98%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.65%) KNIME
7 2 (0.65%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.65%) Power BI
7 2 (0.65%) QlikView
7 2 (0.65%) Tableau
8 1 (0.33%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Hudi
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.33%) Metadata
8 1 (0.33%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 13 (4.23%) Git
2 11 (3.58%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.63%) GitLab
4 4 (1.30%) Postman
5 3 (0.98%) JIRA
6 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.33%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 120 (39.09%) Social Skills
2 85 (27.69%) Finance
3 58 (18.89%) Marketing
4 52 (16.94%) Public Sector
5 44 (14.33%) Manufacturing
6 43 (14.01%) Electronics
7 30 (9.77%) Billing
8 26 (8.47%) Law
8 26 (8.47%) Legal
9 23 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (5.54%) Banking
12 16 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (4.56%) Games
14 12 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (3.58%) German Language
16 8 (2.61%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (2.61%) Retail
17 5 (1.63%) Advertising
18 3 (0.98%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 70 (22.80%) Senior
2 29 (9.45%) Lead
3 27 (8.79%) Analyst
4 24 (7.82%) IT Support
5 23 (7.49%) Account Manager
6 21 (6.84%) Architect
6 21 (6.84%) Network Engineer
6 21 (6.84%) Support Analyst
7 20 (6.51%) Telecoms Manager
8 19 (6.19%) IT Analyst
8 19 (6.19%) IT Support Analyst
9 17 (5.54%) Consultant
10 16 (5.21%) Support Specialist
10 16 (5.21%) Telecoms Account Manager
11 15 (4.89%) Developer
12 14 (4.56%) Security Engineer
12 14 (4.56%) Software Engineer
13 13 (4.23%) Senior Security Engineer
14 12 (3.91%) Android Engineer
14 12 (3.91%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (10.10%) REST
2 24 (7.82%) Kafka
3 23 (7.49%) RESTful
4 21 (6.84%) Spring
5 20 (6.51%) Spring Boot
6 17 (5.54%) gRPC
7 16 (5.21%) WebSockets
8 11 (3.58%) AngularJS
8 11 (3.58%) Bootstrap
8 11 (3.58%) OAuth
9 9 (2.93%) Spring Cloud
10 8 (2.61%) Jinja
10 8 (2.61%) NETCONF
10 8 (2.61%) OAuth2
10 8 (2.61%) YANG
11 6 (1.95%) JWT
11 6 (1.95%) Spring Integration
11 6 (1.95%) Spring MVC
12 5 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (1.63%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.14%) Social Media
2 22 (7.17%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (6.19%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.54%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.91%) AI Agents
5 12 (3.91%) Video Conferencing
6 11 (3.58%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.26%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.93%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.61%) Driving Licence
9 8 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.63%) IVR
11 4 (1.30%) IoT
11 4 (1.30%) Life Science
11 4 (1.30%) Virtual Reality
12 3 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.98%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.98%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.98%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.75%) Windows
2 21 (6.84%) Android
3 12 (3.91%) Linux
4 7 (2.28%) Unix
5 5 (1.63%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.98%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (17.92%) AI
2 54 (17.59%) Agile
3 49 (15.96%) Business Development
4 45 (14.66%) Business Intelligence
4 45 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (14.01%) Digital Marketing
6 42 (13.68%) CRM
6 42 (13.68%) Programme Management
7 41 (13.36%) Containerisation
8 39 (12.70%) Mentoring
8 39 (12.70%) Microservices
9 37 (12.05%) DevOps
10 35 (11.40%) Computer Science
11 33 (10.75%) CI/CD
12 31 (10.10%) User Experience
13 29 (9.45%) Machine Learning
14 27 (8.79%) ITIL
15 24 (7.82%) B2B
16 23 (7.49%) Data Management
16 23 (7.49%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.96%) Python
2 28 (9.12%) Java
3 27 (8.79%) SQL
4 22 (7.17%) C++
5 18 (5.86%) Go
6 16 (5.21%) JavaScript
6 16 (5.21%) PowerShell
7 15 (4.89%) Bash
8 12 (3.91%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.26%) C#
10 7 (2.28%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.98%) PHP
11 3 (0.98%) R
12 2 (0.65%) C
13 1 (0.33%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 78 (25.41%) Degree
2 33 (10.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (5.54%) Security Cleared
4 16 (5.21%) SC Cleared
5 12 (3.91%) A+ Certification
6 11 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (3.58%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.28%) CCIE
7 7 (2.28%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.95%) CCNP
8 6 (1.95%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.63%) CISSP
10 4 (1.30%) CCSE
10 4 (1.30%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.98%) PMP
12 2 (0.65%) APMG
12 2 (0.65%) CCSA
12 2 (0.65%) CISM
13 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.33%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.91%) QA
2 11 (3.58%) GDPR
3 10 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.61%) GRC
4 8 (2.61%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.63%) PMO
7 4 (1.30%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.98%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.65%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.65%) SLA
10 1 (0.33%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (10.42%) Docker
2 13 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (14.01%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.21%) Terraform
3 12 (3.91%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.61%) Ansible
4 8 (2.61%) Grafana
4 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.33%) Nmap
5 1 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 44 (14.33%) SAP
2 37 (12.05%) Microsoft
3 35 (11.40%) Cisco
4 17 (5.54%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.89%) Google
6 10 (3.26%) CheckPoint
7 8 (2.61%) Palantir
7 8 (2.61%) Palo Alto
8 7 (2.28%) Meraki
9 6 (1.95%) SolarWinds
10 5 (1.63%) Avaya
10 5 (1.63%) Ericsson
10 5 (1.63%) F5
10 5 (1.63%) Genesys
10 5 (1.63%) Mavenir
10 5 (1.63%) Nokia
10 5 (1.63%) Splunk
11 4 (1.30%) DocuSign
12 3 (0.98%) Ariba
13 2 (0.65%) Remedy