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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 160 182
Rank change year-on-year +11 +22 +30
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 292 332 344
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.99% 2.14% 1.70%
As % of the General category 3.01% 2.90% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 194 117 262
10th Percentile £36,625 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £106,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £43,500 £54,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -19.44% +17.39% -16.36%

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 9,697 11,444 13,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 66.24% 73.77% 65.80%
Number of salaries quoted 5,908 6,009 10,367
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,881 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,434 £75,400 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +1.89% -0.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £116,250
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 January 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 January 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 +5 37 £45,000 -10.00% 13
West London -14 11 £53,750 -23.21% 4
South London +26 5 £45,000 - 5
North London +4 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 7 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.71%) Apache Pulsar
2 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) Apache
3 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.34%) CMS
3 1 (0.34%) Confluence
3 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (4.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.40%) Maya
5 4 (1.37%) Sketch
6 3 (1.03%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.34%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.40%) SAP IBP
1 7 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.68%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 54 (18.49%) Azure
2 51 (17.47%) GCP
3 39 (13.36%) AWS
4 11 (3.77%) GitHub
4 11 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
4 11 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.08%) SaaS
6 8 (2.74%) Azure Service Bus
6 8 (2.74%) OpenShift
7 7 (2.40%) Datadog
8 6 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.05%) IaaS
8 6 (2.05%) PaaS
9 5 (1.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.37%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.37%) Cloud Run
10 4 (1.37%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.37%) Figma
10 4 (1.37%) Google Compute Engine
11 3 (1.03%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.59%) Broadband
2 25 (8.56%) Firewall
3 17 (5.82%) LAN
4 16 (5.48%) WAN
5 13 (4.45%) VoIP
6 12 (4.11%) SD-WAN
7 10 (3.42%) VPN
7 10 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (3.08%) 4G
8 9 (3.08%) BGP
8 9 (3.08%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (3.08%) Ethernet VPN
8 9 (3.08%) MPLS
8 9 (3.08%) Wireless
8 9 (3.08%) Wireshark
9 8 (2.74%) Ethernet
9 8 (2.74%) IOS XR
10 7 (2.40%) IP Telephony
11 5 (1.71%) DNS
11 5 (1.71%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.79%) NoSQL
2 13 (4.45%) Relational Database
3 11 (3.77%) RDBMS
4 8 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.40%) BigQuery
5 7 (2.40%) SAP BW
6 3 (1.03%) Redis
7 2 (0.68%) KNIME
7 2 (0.68%) Metadata
7 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.68%) Power BI
7 2 (0.68%) QlikView
7 2 (0.68%) Tableau
8 1 (0.34%) Big Data
8 1 (0.34%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.45%) Git
2 11 (3.77%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.71%) GitLab
4 4 (1.37%) Postman
5 3 (1.03%) Burp Suite
5 3 (1.03%) JIRA
5 3 (1.03%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
General
1 118 (40.41%) Social Skills
2 103 (35.27%) Finance
3 72 (24.66%) Marketing
4 61 (20.89%) Manufacturing
4 61 (20.89%) Public Sector
5 56 (19.18%) Electronics
6 34 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (10.27%) Law
8 21 (7.19%) Banking
8 21 (7.19%) Legal
9 19 (6.51%) Billing
10 18 (6.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (5.14%) Games
12 12 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (3.08%) German Language
14 7 (2.40%) Automotive
15 5 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.71%) Retail
16 3 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (26.37%) Senior
2 31 (10.62%) Analyst
3 28 (9.59%) IT Support
4 24 (8.22%) Architect
4 24 (8.22%) Lead
4 24 (8.22%) Support Analyst
5 22 (7.53%) Network Engineer
6 20 (6.85%) IT Analyst
6 20 (6.85%) IT Support Analyst
7 17 (5.82%) Software Engineer
7 17 (5.82%) Support Specialist
8 16 (5.48%) Security Engineer
9 15 (5.14%) Senior Manager
9 15 (5.14%) Telecoms Manager
10 14 (4.79%) Consultant
11 13 (4.45%) Account Manager
11 13 (4.45%) Android Engineer
11 13 (4.45%) Developer
11 13 (4.45%) IT Support Specialist
11 13 (4.45%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.93%) REST
2 25 (8.56%) RESTful
3 23 (7.88%) Kafka
4 17 (5.82%) gRPC
4 17 (5.82%) WebSockets
5 16 (5.48%) Spring
6 15 (5.14%) Spring Boot
7 11 (3.77%) OAuth
8 9 (3.08%) Spring Cloud
9 8 (2.74%) Jinja
9 8 (2.74%) Middleware
9 8 (2.74%) NETCONF
9 8 (2.74%) OAuth2
9 8 (2.74%) YANG
10 6 (2.05%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.05%) Bootstrap
10 6 (2.05%) JWT
10 6 (2.05%) Spring Integration
10 6 (2.05%) Spring MVC
11 5 (1.71%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.88%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (7.53%) Social Media
3 21 (7.19%) Data Centre
4 18 (6.16%) Onboarding
5 17 (5.82%) Cloud Native
6 14 (4.79%) AI Agents
7 13 (4.45%) Video Conferencing
8 12 (4.11%) Mobile App
9 10 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (3.08%) Management Information System
11 8 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (2.40%) Driving Licence
12 7 (2.40%) PMI
12 7 (2.40%) Reinsurance
13 6 (2.05%) IVR
14 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (1.03%) Cloud Security Posture
14 3 (1.03%) IoT
14 3 (1.03%) Security Posture
14 3 (1.03%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 39 (13.36%) Windows
2 23 (7.88%) Android
3 14 (4.79%) Linux
4 7 (2.40%) Unix
5 5 (1.71%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.37%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (21.23%) AI
2 58 (19.86%) Business Intelligence
3 57 (19.52%) Programme Management
4 56 (19.18%) Agile
4 56 (19.18%) Digital Marketing
5 50 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (14.04%) CRM
7 39 (13.36%) Containerisation
8 38 (13.01%) Business Development
8 38 (13.01%) CI/CD
9 37 (12.67%) DevOps
10 36 (12.33%) Microservices
10 36 (12.33%) User Experience
11 35 (11.99%) Computer Science
11 35 (11.99%) Machine Learning
11 35 (11.99%) Mentoring
12 33 (11.30%) ITIL
13 28 (9.59%) Project Management
14 27 (9.25%) Analytics
14 27 (9.25%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (20.89%) Python
2 29 (9.93%) SQL
3 23 (7.88%) C++
3 23 (7.88%) Java
4 19 (6.51%) Bash
5 18 (6.16%) Go
5 18 (6.16%) PowerShell
6 12 (4.11%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.11%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.42%) C#
8 8 (2.74%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.03%) PHP
9 3 (1.03%) R
10 2 (0.68%) C
11 1 (0.34%) Bicep
11 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.34%) Rust
11 1 (0.34%) Swift
Qualifications
1 75 (25.68%) Degree
2 33 (11.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (7.53%) Security Cleared
4 21 (7.19%) SC Cleared
5 16 (5.48%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.45%) A+ Certification
6 13 (4.45%) PMI Certification
7 11 (3.77%) Master's Degree
8 10 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.74%) CISSP
10 6 (2.05%) PMP
11 4 (1.37%) CCIE
11 4 (1.37%) CCNP
12 3 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.03%) CCSP
12 3 (1.03%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.03%) GCIH
13 2 (0.68%) CCSA
13 2 (0.68%) CCSE
14 1 (0.34%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.19%) QA
2 17 (5.82%) GDPR
3 9 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.71%) PMO
5 3 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.03%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.68%) GAAP
6 2 (0.68%) NIST
6 2 (0.68%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (12.33%) Docker
2 14 (4.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (14.38%) Kubernetes
2 19 (6.51%) Terraform
3 12 (4.11%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.74%) Ansible
4 8 (2.74%) Grafana
4 8 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.03%) Nmap
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.34%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 61 (20.89%) SAP
2 41 (14.04%) Microsoft
3 36 (12.33%) Cisco
4 21 (7.19%) Google
5 19 (6.51%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.42%) CheckPoint
6 10 (3.42%) Meraki
7 9 (3.08%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.74%) Palantir
8 8 (2.74%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.40%) Ariba
10 6 (2.05%) Avaya
11 5 (1.71%) Ericsson
11 5 (1.71%) Genesys
11 5 (1.71%) Mavenir
11 5 (1.71%) Nokia
11 5 (1.71%) Splunk
12 3 (1.03%) F5
12 3 (1.03%) Rapid7
12 3 (1.03%) Zscaler