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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 156 195
Rank change year-on-year +10 +39 +22
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 319 296 348
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.79% 2.29% 1.56%
As % of the General category 2.95% 3.01% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 207 117 266
10th Percentile £34,200 £39,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £99,273 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -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 10,814 9,839 14,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 60.59% 75.95% 66.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,682 5,656 11,149
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,377 £76,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +6.67% -3.72%
75th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -13.11%

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 30 March 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 30 March 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 30 £45,000 -10.00% 42
West London -25 16 £29,350 -58.07% 2
South London +15 4 £45,000 - 4
East London -20 2 £20,000 -35.48% 9
North London +2 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 (1.57%) Apache Pulsar
2 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.63%) Apache
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
4 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.94%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.94%) Sketch
4 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 41 (12.85%) GCP
2 38 (11.91%) AWS
2 38 (11.91%) Azure
3 15 (4.70%) OpenShift
4 14 (4.39%) SaaS
5 11 (3.45%) GitHub
5 11 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
6 9 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.51%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (1.88%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (1.57%) Datadog
10 4 (1.25%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.25%) Cloud Run
10 4 (1.25%) Google Compute Engine
10 4 (1.25%) IaaS
10 4 (1.25%) PaaS
11 3 (0.94%) Anthos
11 3 (0.94%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.52%) Broadband
2 17 (5.33%) Firewall
3 16 (5.02%) LAN
4 15 (4.70%) WAN
5 14 (4.39%) VoIP
6 12 (3.76%) Multicast
7 11 (3.45%) 4G
8 10 (3.13%) BGP
8 10 (3.13%) MPLS
8 10 (3.13%) Network Security
9 9 (2.82%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (2.82%) Ethernet VPN
9 9 (2.82%) TCP/IP
10 8 (2.51%) IOS XR
10 8 (2.51%) SD-WAN
10 8 (2.51%) VPN
11 5 (1.57%) Wireless
12 4 (1.25%) Ethernet
12 4 (1.25%) PSTN
12 4 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.02%) Relational Database
2 14 (4.39%) RDBMS
3 9 (2.82%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.88%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (1.88%) Apache Iceberg
5 5 (1.57%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.25%) Big Data
6 4 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.94%) Redis
8 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.63%) KNIME
8 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.63%) Power BI
8 2 (0.63%) QlikView
8 2 (0.63%) Tableau
9 1 (0.31%) Apache Hudi
9 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.31%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 13 (4.08%) Git
2 11 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.57%) GitLab
3 5 (1.57%) JIRA
4 4 (1.25%) Postman
5 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
General
1 118 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 76 (23.82%) Finance
3 45 (14.11%) Marketing
4 44 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 36 (11.29%) Electronics
6 33 (10.34%) Legal
6 33 (10.34%) Manufacturing
7 32 (10.03%) Billing
8 29 (9.09%) Law
9 19 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (5.64%) Banking
11 15 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (3.45%) Games
13 11 (3.45%) German Language
14 10 (3.13%) Retail
15 7 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (1.25%) Advertising
17 3 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (19.44%) Senior
2 39 (12.23%) Lead
3 31 (9.72%) Account Manager
4 24 (7.52%) Telecoms Manager
5 20 (6.27%) Analyst
5 20 (6.27%) Architect
6 19 (5.96%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 18 (5.64%) IT Support
7 18 (5.64%) Network Engineer
8 16 (5.02%) Developer
9 15 (4.70%) Consultant
9 15 (4.70%) Support Specialist
10 13 (4.08%) IT Analyst
10 13 (4.08%) IT Support Analyst
10 13 (4.08%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.08%) Security Engineer
10 13 (4.08%) Senior Developer
10 13 (4.08%) Senior Security Engineer
10 13 (4.08%) Software Engineer
10 13 (4.08%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.72%) REST
2 24 (7.52%) Kafka
3 23 (7.21%) Spring
4 22 (6.90%) RESTful
4 22 (6.90%) Spring Boot
5 17 (5.33%) gRPC
6 16 (5.02%) WebSockets
7 13 (4.08%) AngularJS
7 13 (4.08%) Bootstrap
8 11 (3.45%) OAuth
9 9 (2.82%) Spring Cloud
10 8 (2.51%) Jinja
10 8 (2.51%) NETCONF
10 8 (2.51%) OAuth2
10 8 (2.51%) YANG
11 6 (1.88%) JWT
11 6 (1.88%) Spring Integration
11 6 (1.88%) Spring MVC
12 5 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (1.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.90%) Data Centre
1 22 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (5.96%) Social Media
3 17 (5.33%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.76%) AI Agents
4 12 (3.76%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.82%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.19%) MPEG
8 6 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.57%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.25%) IoT
10 4 (1.25%) IVR
10 4 (1.25%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.25%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.94%) Life Science
11 3 (0.94%) TM Forum
12 2 (0.63%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.40%) Windows
2 21 (6.58%) Android
3 11 (3.45%) Linux
4 5 (1.57%) Unix
4 5 (1.57%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.94%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (16.61%) AI
2 52 (16.30%) Agile
3 44 (13.79%) Business Development
4 42 (13.17%) Containerisation
5 41 (12.85%) Microservices
6 40 (12.54%) Mentoring
7 39 (12.23%) Business Intelligence
8 37 (11.60%) CRM
8 37 (11.60%) DevOps
9 36 (11.29%) Computer Science
10 35 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (10.34%) Digital Marketing
11 33 (10.34%) Programme Management
12 32 (10.03%) CI/CD
13 29 (9.09%) Machine Learning
14 27 (8.46%) ITIL
15 26 (8.15%) Analytics
16 25 (7.84%) User Experience
17 24 (7.52%) Information Security
17 24 (7.52%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 42 (13.17%) Python
2 27 (8.46%) Java
3 21 (6.58%) C++
3 21 (6.58%) SQL
4 18 (5.64%) Go
4 18 (5.64%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.08%) Bash
6 11 (3.45%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.13%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.82%) C#
9 7 (2.19%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.94%) PHP
10 3 (0.94%) R
11 2 (0.63%) C
12 1 (0.31%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.31%) Rust
Qualifications
1 79 (24.76%) Degree
2 34 (10.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.08%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.08%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.76%) A+ Certification
4 12 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (3.13%) CCIE
6 9 (2.82%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.51%) CCNP
8 7 (2.19%) CCSE
8 7 (2.19%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.25%) CCSA
9 4 (1.25%) CISSP
9 4 (1.25%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.94%) APMG
10 3 (0.94%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.94%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.94%) CISA
10 3 (0.94%) CISM
11 2 (0.63%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.02%) GRC
2 16 (5.02%) PCI DSS
3 9 (2.82%) QA
4 8 (2.51%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.19%) GDPR
6 5 (1.57%) PMO
7 4 (1.25%) SLA
8 3 (0.94%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.63%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.31%) NIST
10 1 (0.31%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (9.72%) Docker
2 6 (1.88%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.33%) Terraform
3 12 (3.76%) Prometheus
4 10 (3.13%) Ansible
5 8 (2.51%) Grafana
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 34 (10.66%) SAP
2 30 (9.40%) Cisco
3 29 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 12 (3.76%) Google
5 10 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.82%) CheckPoint
7 7 (2.19%) Palantir
8 6 (1.88%) F5
8 6 (1.88%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.57%) Ericsson
9 5 (1.57%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.57%) Mavenir
9 5 (1.57%) Nokia
9 5 (1.57%) Splunk
10 4 (1.25%) Avaya
10 4 (1.25%) DocuSign
10 4 (1.25%) Genesys
11 3 (0.94%) Arista
11 3 (0.94%) Remedy
12 2 (0.63%) VMware