Telecommunications
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 66 181
Rank change year-on-year -64 +115 -51
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 2,145 4,836 3,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.18% 4.65% 2.21%
As % of the General category 3.64% 6.78% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,475 1,249 2,111
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,251 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.52% -8.95% -

All General Skills
UK

Telecoms is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58,854 71,332 99,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.84% 68.58% 63.76%
Number of salaries quoted 39,596 38,382 51,164
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Telecoms.

Salary trend for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the UK

Telecoms
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
England -64 1,910 £45,000 -18.18% 650
UK excluding London -74 1,711 £40,000 -7.52% 493
South East -26 611 £37,500 -13.79% 129
Work from Home -9 569 £50,000 -9.09% 247
London -19 324 £65,000 -7.14% 190
Midlands -47 278 £40,000 -8.57% 96
North of England -124 261 £45,000 +5.88% 104
South West -68 259 £40,000 -8.31% 64
North West -78 177 £42,500 -19.05% 67
West Midlands -42 164 £42,500 -5.56% 67
East of England -68 147 £48,750 -18.75% 57
East Midlands -53 114 £39,000 -2.50% 29
Scotland -123 78 £43,750 +2.94% 33
Yorkshire -102 68 £47,500 +11.76% 25
Northern Ireland +17 38 £35,000 +27.27% 10
Wales -53 31 £32,500 -23.08% 18
North East -84 16 £27,500 -24.66% 13
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 65 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.21%) Skype for Business
4 12 (0.56%) Apache
5 8 (0.37%) nginx
6 7 (0.33%) Confluence
6 7 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.23%) CMS
7 5 (0.23%) IIS
8 4 (0.19%) Moodle
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.14%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.14%) WordPress
10 1 (0.047%) Gunicorn
10 1 (0.047%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.047%) SAS
10 1 (0.047%) uWSGI
10 1 (0.047%) WebSphere
Applications
1 159 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 139 (6.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 55 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.28%) OrCAD
8 4 (0.19%) Doxygen
8 4 (0.19%) InfoPath
8 4 (0.19%) Simulink
9 2 (0.093%) Fusion 360
10 1 (0.047%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.047%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.047%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.047%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.33%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.19%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.047%) Primavera
4 1 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.047%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.047%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.047%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.047%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.047%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 236 (11.00%) Azure
2 220 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
3 112 (5.22%) AWS
4 71 (3.31%) SaaS
5 54 (2.52%) Entra ID
6 47 (2.19%) Power Platform
7 31 (1.45%) GCP
8 29 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (1.07%) GitHub
10 19 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (0.89%) IaaS
10 19 (0.89%) OneDrive
11 16 (0.75%) PaaS
12 14 (0.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 14 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (0.65%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.61%) Amazon S3
14 11 (0.51%) Serverless
15 7 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 206 (9.60%) Firewall
2 136 (6.34%) WAN
3 128 (5.97%) Broadband
4 127 (5.92%) LAN
4 127 (5.92%) Wireless
5 112 (5.22%) Internet
6 109 (5.08%) VPN
7 107 (4.99%) TCP/IP
8 106 (4.94%) VoIP
9 105 (4.90%) 5G
10 98 (4.57%) Wi-Fi
11 87 (4.06%) DNS
12 64 (2.98%) MPLS
13 57 (2.66%) Network Security
14 55 (2.56%) 4G
15 50 (2.33%) Unified Communications
16 48 (2.24%) VLAN
17 44 (2.05%) DHCP
17 44 (2.05%) PBX
18 43 (2.00%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (2.28%) MySQL
2 46 (2.14%) SQL Server
3 45 (2.10%) Power BI
4 33 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 30 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (0.98%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.70%) Redis
8 12 (0.56%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (0.51%) SQLite
10 9 (0.42%) DynamoDB
10 9 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
11 8 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.37%) Tableau
12 7 (0.33%) GIS
12 7 (0.33%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.19%) Big Data
14 4 (0.19%) Power Query
15 3 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 71 (3.31%) Git
2 49 (2.28%) JIRA
3 30 (1.40%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.12%) LabVIEW
5 18 (0.84%) Visual Studio
6 17 (0.79%) Eclipse
7 16 (0.75%) Subversion
8 15 (0.70%) GitLab
9 10 (0.47%) Trac
10 8 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
10 8 (0.37%) Vagrant
11 7 (0.33%) GCC
11 7 (0.33%) Selenium
12 6 (0.28%) Maven
13 5 (0.23%) Hudson
14 4 (0.19%) Bitbucket
15 3 (0.14%) Cypress.io
15 3 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
15 3 (0.14%) WebDriver
16 2 (0.093%) Apache Continuum
General
1 643 (29.98%) Social Skills
2 481 (22.42%) Finance
3 244 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
3 244 (11.38%) Electronics
4 241 (11.24%) Marketing
5 226 (10.54%) Manufacturing
6 217 (10.12%) Public Sector
7 127 (5.92%) Retail
8 92 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
9 81 (3.78%) Legal
10 78 (3.64%) Law
11 71 (3.31%) Automotive
12 67 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 65 (3.03%) Billing
14 51 (2.38%) Local Government
15 50 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
16 43 (2.00%) Military
17 40 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
18 33 (1.54%) Aerospace
19 20 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 218 (10.16%) Senior
2 173 (8.07%) Support Engineer
3 150 (6.99%) Developer
4 136 (6.34%) Lead
5 113 (5.27%) Project Manager
6 104 (4.85%) Analyst
7 101 (4.71%) Network Engineer
8 85 (3.96%) Telecoms Manager
9 84 (3.92%) Development Manager
10 80 (3.73%) Business Manager
10 80 (3.73%) Consultant
10 80 (3.73%) IT Support
11 78 (3.64%) IT Engineer
12 76 (3.54%) IT Manager
13 71 (3.31%) Business Development Manager
14 67 (3.12%) Team Leader
15 62 (2.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 62 (2.89%) Technical Support
16 55 (2.56%) Systems Engineer
17 53 (2.47%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.80%) HTML
2 46 (2.14%) .NET
2 46 (2.14%) CSS
3 42 (1.96%) React
4 28 (1.31%) REST
5 25 (1.17%) YAML
6 24 (1.12%) AngularJS
6 24 (1.12%) Laravel
7 23 (1.07%) Flask
8 21 (0.98%) XML
9 20 (0.93%) LDAP
10 19 (0.89%) Node.js
10 19 (0.89%) SOAP
11 17 (0.79%) .NET Framework
11 17 (0.79%) JSON
12 16 (0.75%) NETCONF
12 16 (0.75%) WPF
13 14 (0.65%) Django
13 14 (0.65%) Svelte
13 14 (0.65%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 130 (6.06%) Driving Licence
2 125 (5.83%) Self-Motivation
3 112 (5.22%) Management Information System
4 69 (3.22%) Data Centre
5 53 (2.47%) IoT
6 48 (2.24%) Video Conferencing
7 44 (2.05%) CCTV
8 35 (1.63%) Fibre Optics
9 33 (1.54%) Onboarding
10 32 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
11 30 (1.40%) Product Ownership
12 24 (1.12%) Robotics
12 24 (1.12%) Smartphone
13 23 (1.07%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.03%) Acoustics
14 22 (1.03%) Satnav
15 17 (0.79%) Operational Technology
16 16 (0.75%) FPGA
16 16 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
16 16 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 300 (13.99%) Windows
2 200 (9.32%) Linux
3 129 (6.01%) Windows Server
4 84 (3.92%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.35%) Windows 7
6 25 (1.17%) CentOS
7 24 (1.12%) Ubuntu
8 23 (1.07%) Unix
9 21 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
10 18 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 18 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.51%) Android
13 9 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
14 7 (0.33%) Apple iOS
14 7 (0.33%) Mac OS
14 7 (0.33%) VMS
14 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
15 6 (0.28%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
2 310 (14.45%) Customer Service
3 239 (11.14%) Project Management
4 227 (10.58%) Agile
5 212 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
6 196 (9.14%) Programme Management
7 194 (9.04%) Digital Marketing
8 173 (8.07%) Cybersecurity
9 152 (7.09%) Project Delivery
10 141 (6.57%) ITIL
11 135 (6.29%) Customer Experience
11 135 (6.29%) Mentoring
12 128 (5.97%) Computer Science
13 123 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
14 122 (5.69%) Business Development
15 112 (5.22%) Stakeholder Management
16 109 (5.08%) Software Engineering
17 107 (4.99%) B2B
18 99 (4.62%) Data Management
19 97 (4.52%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 184 (8.58%) Python
2 125 (5.83%) SQL
3 107 (4.99%) C
4 93 (4.34%) JavaScript
5 92 (4.29%) C#
6 66 (3.08%) Java
7 65 (3.03%) C++
8 45 (2.10%) PowerShell
9 41 (1.91%) PHP
10 29 (1.35%) TypeScript
11 24 (1.12%) Bash
12 23 (1.07%) Perl
13 22 (1.03%) Go
14 20 (0.93%) Embedded C
15 17 (0.79%) Shell Script
16 15 (0.70%) T-SQL
17 13 (0.61%) Kotlin
18 11 (0.51%) MATLAB
18 11 (0.51%) R
19 10 (0.47%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 481 (22.42%) Degree
2 171 (7.97%) Security Cleared
3 105 (4.90%) SC Cleared
4 68 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
5 67 (3.12%) Master's Degree
6 55 (2.56%) CCNA
6 55 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (1.96%) HNC
9 36 (1.68%) CISSP
10 35 (1.63%) DBS Check
10 35 (1.63%) MBA
11 34 (1.59%) DV Cleared
12 33 (1.54%) HND
13 30 (1.40%) CISM
14 26 (1.21%) A+ Certification
14 26 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 25 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 25 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
16 22 (1.03%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (4.10%) SLA
2 81 (3.78%) QA
3 46 (2.14%) GDPR
4 27 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 23 (1.07%) NCSC
6 23 (1.07%) NIST
7 22 (1.03%) ISO 9001
8 20 (0.93%) Accessibility
9 18 (0.84%) PMO
10 16 (0.75%) Data Quality
10 16 (0.75%) GRC
11 11 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 10 (0.47%) COSHH
13 9 (0.42%) ITGC
13 9 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 9 (0.42%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.37%) NEBOSH
15 6 (0.28%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.19%) JTAG
System Software
1 137 (6.39%) Active Directory
2 84 (3.92%) Hyper-V
3 67 (3.12%) Docker
4 59 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 41 (1.91%) Firmware
6 27 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 22 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (0.75%) pfSense
9 14 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
10 13 (0.61%) NFS
11 7 (0.33%) vSphere
12 6 (0.28%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.19%) KVM
14 3 (0.14%) Ceph
14 3 (0.14%) Gluster
14 3 (0.14%) oVirt
15 2 (0.093%) HDFS
15 2 (0.093%) OpenSIPS
16 1 (0.047%) Kamailio
16 1 (0.047%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 37 (1.72%) Ansible
2 36 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (1.26%) Grafana
3 27 (1.26%) Kubernetes
4 21 (0.98%) Terraform
5 20 (0.93%) ZABBIX
6 15 (0.70%) SCCM
7 13 (0.61%) FortiGate
7 13 (0.61%) HAProxy
7 13 (0.61%) Puppet
8 11 (0.51%) Nagios
8 11 (0.51%) vCenter Server
9 10 (0.47%) Graphite
9 10 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 10 (0.47%) Nessus
9 10 (0.47%) SCDPM
10 6 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.19%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.19%) Autotask
Vendors
1 459 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 185 (8.62%) SAP
3 163 (7.60%) Cisco
4 91 (4.24%) VMware
5 73 (3.40%) Juniper
6 64 (2.98%) Openreach
7 59 (2.75%) Virgin Media
8 58 (2.70%) Fortinet
9 43 (2.00%) Veeam
10 42 (1.96%) BT
11 38 (1.77%) HP
12 37 (1.72%) NEC
12 37 (1.72%) Oracle
13 32 (1.49%) Aruba
14 30 (1.40%) Apple
14 30 (1.40%) Ericsson
15 28 (1.31%) Salesforce
16 25 (1.17%) Polycom
17 22 (1.03%) Palo Alto
18 21 (0.98%) Sandvine