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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 66 189
Rank change year-on-year -67 +123 -59
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 2,134 4,693 3,494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.14% 4.73% 2.17%
As % of the General category 3.58% 6.94% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,466 1,180 2,066
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,531 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -

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 59,575 67,663 103,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.63% 68.23% 64.52%
Number of salaries quoted 39,717 36,616 51,172
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,059 £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 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -68 1,902 £45,000 -18.18% 706
UK excluding London -75 1,717 £40,000 -11.11% 527
South East -33 611 £37,500 -11.76% 170
Work from Home -11 551 £50,000 -13.04% 241
London -46 309 £64,750 -7.50% 209
Midlands -55 279 £40,000 -11.11% 83
South West -61 264 £40,000 -15.79% 71
North of England -118 261 £45,000 - 115
North West -83 173 £42,500 -27.97% 66
West Midlands -52 159 £41,250 -17.50% 47
East of England -65 148 £50,000 -16.67% 63
East Midlands -46 120 £39,000 -3.70% 36
Scotland -130 77 £42,500 - 21
Yorkshire -106 68 £47,500 +11.76% 31
Northern Ireland +7 39 £35,000 +27.27% 7
Wales -54 29 £32,500 +4.84% 20
North East -79 20 £27,500 -34.52% 19
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 68 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.17%) Skype for Business
4 11 (0.52%) Apache
5 7 (0.33%) Confluence
5 7 (0.33%) nginx
6 5 (0.23%) CMS
6 5 (0.23%) IIS
7 4 (0.19%) Moodle
7 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.14%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.14%) WordPress
9 1 (0.047%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.047%) WebSphere
Applications
1 156 (7.31%) Microsoft Office
2 141 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 55 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.28%) OrCAD
9 5 (0.23%) InfoPath
10 4 (0.19%) Doxygen
10 4 (0.19%) Simulink
11 2 (0.094%) Fusion 360
12 1 (0.047%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.047%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.047%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
12 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 2 (0.094%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
4 2 (0.094%) Summit
5 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.047%) Primavera
5 1 (0.047%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.047%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.047%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.047%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 234 (10.97%) Azure
2 211 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
3 107 (5.01%) AWS
4 68 (3.19%) SaaS
5 56 (2.62%) Entra ID
6 47 (2.20%) Power Platform
7 30 (1.41%) GCP
8 29 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (1.08%) GitHub
10 21 (0.98%) OneDrive
11 19 (0.89%) IaaS
12 16 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (0.75%) PaaS
13 15 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 14 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (0.66%) Mimecast
15 12 (0.56%) Amazon S3
16 11 (0.52%) Serverless
17 8 (0.37%) Power Automate
18 6 (0.28%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 210 (9.84%) Firewall
2 117 (5.48%) WAN
3 113 (5.30%) Wireless
4 112 (5.25%) Broadband
5 109 (5.11%) VPN
6 108 (5.06%) 5G
6 108 (5.06%) LAN
6 108 (5.06%) VoIP
7 106 (4.97%) TCP/IP
8 105 (4.92%) Internet
9 99 (4.64%) Wi-Fi
10 85 (3.98%) DNS
11 62 (2.91%) MPLS
12 59 (2.76%) Network Security
13 56 (2.62%) 4G
14 48 (2.25%) Unified Communications
15 44 (2.06%) PBX
16 42 (1.97%) DHCP
16 42 (1.97%) LTE
17 41 (1.92%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (2.16%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.06%) Power BI
3 43 (2.01%) MySQL
4 31 (1.45%) MongoDB
5 30 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (1.08%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.66%) Data Lake
7 14 (0.66%) Redis
8 11 (0.52%) SQLite
9 9 (0.42%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
10 8 (0.37%) GIS
11 7 (0.33%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.33%) Tableau
12 6 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.19%) Big Data
13 4 (0.19%) Power Query
14 3 (0.14%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 70 (3.28%) Git
2 49 (2.30%) JIRA
3 29 (1.36%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.12%) LabVIEW
5 18 (0.84%) Visual Studio
6 17 (0.80%) Eclipse
7 15 (0.70%) GitLab
7 15 (0.70%) Subversion
8 10 (0.47%) Trac
9 8 (0.37%) GCC
9 8 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
9 8 (0.37%) Vagrant
10 6 (0.28%) Maven
10 6 (0.28%) Selenium
11 5 (0.23%) Hudson
12 4 (0.19%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
13 3 (0.14%) WebDriver
14 2 (0.094%) Apache Continuum
General
1 627 (29.38%) Social Skills
2 465 (21.79%) Finance
3 237 (11.11%) Electronics
4 232 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
5 224 (10.50%) Marketing
6 218 (10.22%) Manufacturing
7 212 (9.93%) Public Sector
8 126 (5.90%) Retail
9 89 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
10 75 (3.51%) Legal
11 71 (3.33%) Law
12 67 (3.14%) Billing
12 67 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 66 (3.09%) Automotive
14 50 (2.34%) Local Government
15 47 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
16 46 (2.16%) Military
17 41 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
18 34 (1.59%) Aerospace
19 19 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 207 (9.70%) Senior
2 169 (7.92%) Support Engineer
3 158 (7.40%) Developer
4 133 (6.23%) Lead
5 112 (5.25%) Project Manager
6 99 (4.64%) Analyst
7 92 (4.31%) Network Engineer
8 87 (4.08%) Telecoms Manager
9 83 (3.89%) IT Engineer
10 82 (3.84%) Development Manager
11 79 (3.70%) IT Support
12 78 (3.66%) Business Manager
13 74 (3.47%) Consultant
14 72 (3.37%) IT Manager
15 69 (3.23%) Business Development Manager
16 68 (3.19%) Team Leader
17 64 (3.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 60 (2.81%) Technical Support
19 58 (2.72%) Systems Engineer
20 54 (2.53%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.81%) HTML
2 48 (2.25%) .NET
3 45 (2.11%) CSS
4 41 (1.92%) React
5 28 (1.31%) REST
6 25 (1.17%) Laravel
7 24 (1.12%) YAML
8 23 (1.08%) AngularJS
9 21 (0.98%) Flask
9 21 (0.98%) XML
10 20 (0.94%) LDAP
11 19 (0.89%) SOAP
12 18 (0.84%) Node.js
12 18 (0.84%) WPF
13 17 (0.80%) .NET Framework
13 17 (0.80%) JSON
14 16 (0.75%) NETCONF
15 14 (0.66%) 802.1X
15 14 (0.66%) Svelte
15 14 (0.66%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 137 (6.42%) Driving Licence
2 120 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
3 110 (5.15%) Management Information System
4 70 (3.28%) Data Centre
5 55 (2.58%) IoT
6 49 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
7 46 (2.16%) CCTV
8 36 (1.69%) Fibre Optics
8 36 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 32 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
10 30 (1.41%) Product Ownership
11 23 (1.08%) Algorithms
12 22 (1.03%) Acoustics
12 22 (1.03%) Satnav
13 20 (0.94%) Robotics
14 17 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (0.80%) Operational Technology
14 17 (0.80%) Replication
15 16 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
15 16 (0.75%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 291 (13.64%) Windows
2 198 (9.28%) Linux
3 131 (6.14%) Windows Server
4 72 (3.37%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.36%) Windows 7
6 27 (1.27%) CentOS
7 25 (1.17%) Ubuntu
8 24 (1.12%) Unix
9 22 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
11 17 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
12 16 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
14 8 (0.37%) Android
15 7 (0.33%) Mac OS
15 7 (0.33%) VMS
15 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.28%) Apple iOS
16 6 (0.28%) Windows 8
17 3 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
2 296 (13.87%) Customer Service
3 233 (10.92%) Project Management
4 223 (10.45%) Agile
5 208 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
6 190 (8.90%) Programme Management
7 187 (8.76%) Digital Marketing
8 178 (8.34%) Cybersecurity
9 149 (6.98%) Project Delivery
10 138 (6.47%) ITIL
11 134 (6.28%) Customer Experience
12 131 (6.14%) Mentoring
13 129 (6.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 119 (5.58%) Business Development
15 117 (5.48%) Computer Science
16 108 (5.06%) Software Engineering
17 104 (4.87%) Stakeholder Management
18 103 (4.83%) B2B
19 100 (4.69%) Data Management
20 98 (4.59%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 176 (8.25%) Python
2 125 (5.86%) SQL
3 102 (4.78%) C
4 93 (4.36%) JavaScript
5 89 (4.17%) C#
6 65 (3.05%) C++
6 65 (3.05%) Java
7 42 (1.97%) PowerShell
8 39 (1.83%) PHP
9 29 (1.36%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.08%) Bash
11 22 (1.03%) Go
11 22 (1.03%) Perl
12 20 (0.94%) Embedded C
13 17 (0.80%) T-SQL
14 16 (0.75%) Shell Script
15 14 (0.66%) Kotlin
16 11 (0.52%) MATLAB
16 11 (0.52%) R
17 10 (0.47%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 459 (21.51%) Degree
2 177 (8.29%) Security Cleared
3 106 (4.97%) SC Cleared
4 61 (2.86%) Master's Degree
5 54 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
6 49 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (1.97%) HNC
8 39 (1.83%) CCNA
9 36 (1.69%) DV Cleared
10 34 (1.59%) CISSP
10 34 (1.59%) DBS Check
10 34 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
11 33 (1.55%) HND
12 32 (1.50%) MBA
13 28 (1.31%) CISM
14 26 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 25 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 24 (1.12%) A+ Certification
17 21 (0.98%) CCNP
18 19 (0.89%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (4.22%) SLA
2 81 (3.80%) QA
3 44 (2.06%) GDPR
4 30 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (1.08%) ISO 9001
6 23 (1.08%) NIST
7 22 (1.03%) NCSC
8 21 (0.98%) Accessibility
9 17 (0.80%) Data Quality
9 17 (0.80%) PMO
10 16 (0.75%) GRC
11 12 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 10 (0.47%) COSHH
13 9 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 9 (0.42%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.37%) NEBOSH
15 6 (0.28%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.28%) ITGC
16 4 (0.19%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 139 (6.51%) Active Directory
2 85 (3.98%) Hyper-V
3 65 (3.05%) Docker
4 55 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 38 (1.78%) Firmware
6 27 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
7 22 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (0.75%) pfSense
9 13 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
9 13 (0.61%) NFS
10 8 (0.37%) vSphere
11 6 (0.28%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.19%) KVM
13 3 (0.14%) Ceph
13 3 (0.14%) Gluster
13 3 (0.14%) oVirt
14 2 (0.094%) HDFS
14 2 (0.094%) Kamailio
15 1 (0.047%) OpenSIPS
15 1 (0.047%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 37 (1.73%) Ansible
1 37 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 26 (1.22%) Grafana
4 21 (0.98%) Terraform
5 20 (0.94%) ZABBIX
6 18 (0.84%) SCCM
7 15 (0.70%) FortiGate
8 12 (0.56%) HAProxy
8 12 (0.56%) Puppet
9 11 (0.52%) Nagios
10 10 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 10 (0.47%) Nessus
10 10 (0.47%) SCDPM
10 10 (0.47%) vCenter Server
11 9 (0.42%) Graphite
12 6 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 4 (0.19%) AirWatch
13 4 (0.19%) Autotask
Vendors
1 459 (21.51%) Microsoft
2 178 (8.34%) SAP
3 155 (7.26%) Cisco
4 86 (4.03%) VMware
5 74 (3.47%) Juniper
6 66 (3.09%) Openreach
7 58 (2.72%) Virgin Media
8 57 (2.67%) Fortinet
9 43 (2.01%) Veeam
10 42 (1.97%) BT
11 40 (1.87%) HP
11 40 (1.87%) NEC
12 38 (1.78%) Oracle
13 32 (1.50%) Aruba
14 31 (1.45%) Salesforce
15 29 (1.36%) Ericsson
16 28 (1.31%) Apple
17 25 (1.17%) Polycom
18 21 (0.98%) McAfee
19 20 (0.94%) Sage