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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 66 185
Rank change year-on-year -68 +119 -54
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 2,124 4,750 3,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.14% 4.70% 2.20%
As % of the General category 3.58% 6.90% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,459 1,200 2,084
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £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 59,322 68,855 101,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.79% 68.16% 64.21%
Number of salaries quoted 39,670 37,231 50,896
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £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 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,000 £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 10 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 10 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 -64 1,893 £45,000 -18.18% 660
UK excluding London -77 1,706 £40,000 -11.11% 493
South East -32 603 £37,500 -11.76% 139
Work from Home -17 550 £50,000 -13.04% 240
London -41 310 £65,000 -7.14% 187
Midlands -56 278 £40,000 -11.11% 90
South West -57 264 £40,000 -15.79% 65
North of England -120 260 £45,000 +2.27% 109
North West -86 173 £42,000 -23.64% 69
West Midlands -53 160 £42,500 -15.00% 59
East of England -60 148 £50,000 -16.67% 59
East Midlands -52 118 £39,000 -3.70% 31
Scotland -130 76 £42,500 - 26
Yorkshire -102 69 £47,500 +11.76% 26
Northern Ireland +9 39 £35,000 +27.27% 7
Wales -59 29 £32,500 -22.62% 19
North East -80 18 £27,500 -24.66% 15
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 - 1
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 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.18%) Skype for Business
4 11 (0.52%) Apache
5 7 (0.33%) Confluence
5 7 (0.33%) nginx
6 6 (0.28%) CMS
7 5 (0.24%) IIS
7 5 (0.24%) OpenStack
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%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.047%) WebSphere
Applications
1 154 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
2 139 (6.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 56 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.28%) OrCAD
8 5 (0.24%) InfoPath
9 4 (0.19%) Doxygen
9 4 (0.19%) Simulink
10 2 (0.094%) Fusion 360
11 1 (0.047%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.047%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.047%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.047%) Photoshop
11 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%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
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
4 1 (0.047%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 236 (11.11%) Azure
2 211 (9.93%) Microsoft 365
3 109 (5.13%) AWS
4 68 (3.20%) SaaS
5 56 (2.64%) Entra ID
6 47 (2.21%) Power Platform
7 32 (1.51%) GCP
8 29 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (1.08%) GitHub
10 21 (0.99%) OneDrive
11 19 (0.89%) IaaS
12 17 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (0.75%) PaaS
14 15 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 14 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (0.66%) Mimecast
16 13 (0.61%) Amazon S3
17 11 (0.52%) Serverless
18 8 (0.38%) Power Automate
19 7 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 209 (9.84%) Firewall
2 120 (5.65%) WAN
3 115 (5.41%) Wireless
4 114 (5.37%) Broadband
5 112 (5.27%) LAN
6 109 (5.13%) VPN
7 108 (5.08%) TCP/IP
7 108 (5.08%) VoIP
8 106 (4.99%) 5G
8 106 (4.99%) Internet
9 99 (4.66%) Wi-Fi
10 86 (4.05%) DNS
11 61 (2.87%) MPLS
12 59 (2.78%) Network Security
13 55 (2.59%) 4G
14 48 (2.26%) Unified Communications
15 44 (2.07%) PBX
16 42 (1.98%) DHCP
16 42 (1.98%) LTE
17 40 (1.88%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (2.07%) MySQL
1 44 (2.07%) Power BI
1 44 (2.07%) SQL Server
2 33 (1.55%) MongoDB
3 30 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.04%) NoSQL
5 15 (0.71%) Redis
6 13 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 11 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (0.52%) SQLite
8 9 (0.42%) DynamoDB
8 9 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
9 8 (0.38%) GIS
10 7 (0.33%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.33%) Tableau
11 6 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.19%) Big Data
12 4 (0.19%) Power Query
13 3 (0.14%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 70 (3.30%) Git
2 49 (2.31%) JIRA
3 30 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.13%) LabVIEW
5 18 (0.85%) Visual Studio
6 17 (0.80%) Eclipse
7 15 (0.71%) GitLab
7 15 (0.71%) Subversion
8 10 (0.47%) Trac
9 8 (0.38%) GCC
9 8 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
9 8 (0.38%) Vagrant
10 6 (0.28%) Maven
11 5 (0.24%) Hudson
11 5 (0.24%) Selenium
12 4 (0.19%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.14%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
13 3 (0.14%) WebDriver
14 2 (0.094%) Apache Continuum
General
1 633 (29.80%) Social Skills
2 464 (21.85%) Finance
3 240 (11.30%) Electronics
4 237 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
5 228 (10.73%) Marketing
6 222 (10.45%) Manufacturing
7 214 (10.08%) Public Sector
8 128 (6.03%) Retail
9 90 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
10 75 (3.53%) Legal
11 71 (3.34%) Law
12 67 (3.15%) Automotive
12 67 (3.15%) Billing
12 67 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 50 (2.35%) Local Government
14 48 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
15 45 (2.12%) Military
16 41 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
17 33 (1.55%) Aerospace
18 19 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 210 (9.89%) Senior
2 170 (8.00%) Support Engineer
3 155 (7.30%) Developer
4 135 (6.36%) Lead
5 112 (5.27%) Project Manager
6 100 (4.71%) Analyst
7 92 (4.33%) Network Engineer
8 86 (4.05%) Telecoms Manager
9 83 (3.91%) Development Manager
9 83 (3.91%) IT Engineer
10 80 (3.77%) IT Support
11 79 (3.72%) Business Manager
12 74 (3.48%) Consultant
12 74 (3.48%) IT Manager
13 70 (3.30%) Business Development Manager
14 68 (3.20%) Team Leader
15 63 (2.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 60 (2.82%) Technical Support
17 56 (2.64%) Systems Engineer
18 54 (2.54%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.82%) HTML
2 47 (2.21%) .NET
3 45 (2.12%) CSS
4 43 (2.02%) React
5 28 (1.32%) REST
6 25 (1.18%) Laravel
6 25 (1.18%) YAML
7 24 (1.13%) AngularJS
8 21 (0.99%) Flask
8 21 (0.99%) XML
9 20 (0.94%) LDAP
10 19 (0.89%) SOAP
11 18 (0.85%) Node.js
12 17 (0.80%) .NET Framework
12 17 (0.80%) JSON
12 17 (0.80%) WPF
13 16 (0.75%) NETCONF
14 14 (0.66%) 802.1X
14 14 (0.66%) Svelte
14 14 (0.66%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 134 (6.31%) Driving Licence
2 120 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
3 111 (5.23%) Management Information System
4 69 (3.25%) Data Centre
5 54 (2.54%) IoT
6 48 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
7 45 (2.12%) CCTV
8 35 (1.65%) Fibre Optics
9 34 (1.60%) Onboarding
10 31 (1.46%) Embedded Systems
11 30 (1.41%) Product Ownership
12 24 (1.13%) Algorithms
13 22 (1.04%) Acoustics
13 22 (1.04%) Satnav
14 20 (0.94%) Robotics
15 17 (0.80%) Operational Technology
15 17 (0.80%) Replication
15 17 (0.80%) Smartphone
16 16 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
16 16 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 293 (13.79%) Windows
2 199 (9.37%) Linux
3 131 (6.17%) Windows Server
4 73 (3.44%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.37%) Windows 7
6 27 (1.27%) CentOS
7 25 (1.18%) Ubuntu
8 24 (1.13%) Unix
9 22 (1.04%) 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%) 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
1 349 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
2 297 (13.98%) Customer Service
3 235 (11.06%) Project Management
4 222 (10.45%) Agile
5 211 (9.93%) Business Intelligence
6 192 (9.04%) Programme Management
7 190 (8.95%) Digital Marketing
8 178 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
9 146 (6.87%) Project Delivery
10 139 (6.54%) ITIL
11 136 (6.40%) Mentoring
12 134 (6.31%) Customer Experience
13 124 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 120 (5.65%) Business Development
14 120 (5.65%) Computer Science
15 105 (4.94%) Software Engineering
15 105 (4.94%) Stakeholder Management
16 104 (4.90%) B2B
17 96 (4.52%) CRM
17 96 (4.52%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 179 (8.43%) Python
2 125 (5.89%) SQL
3 103 (4.85%) C
4 95 (4.47%) JavaScript
5 89 (4.19%) C#
6 64 (3.01%) C++
6 64 (3.01%) Java
7 44 (2.07%) PowerShell
8 39 (1.84%) PHP
9 31 (1.46%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.13%) Bash
11 23 (1.08%) Perl
12 22 (1.04%) Go
13 20 (0.94%) Embedded C
14 16 (0.75%) Shell Script
14 16 (0.75%) T-SQL
15 14 (0.66%) Kotlin
16 11 (0.52%) MATLAB
16 11 (0.52%) R
17 10 (0.47%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 466 (21.94%) Degree
2 176 (8.29%) Security Cleared
3 107 (5.04%) SC Cleared
4 63 (2.97%) Master's Degree
5 56 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
6 51 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (1.98%) HNC
8 41 (1.93%) CCNA
9 36 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (1.65%) CISSP
10 35 (1.65%) DV Cleared
11 34 (1.60%) DBS Check
12 33 (1.55%) HND
12 33 (1.55%) MBA
13 29 (1.37%) CISM
14 26 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 25 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 24 (1.13%) A+ Certification
17 21 (0.99%) CCNP
18 19 (0.89%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.19%) SLA
2 80 (3.77%) QA
3 45 (2.12%) GDPR
4 29 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (1.08%) NCSC
6 23 (1.08%) NIST
7 22 (1.04%) ISO 9001
8 20 (0.94%) Accessibility
9 18 (0.85%) PMO
10 16 (0.75%) Data Quality
10 16 (0.75%) GRC
11 11 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 10 (0.47%) COSHH
13 9 (0.42%) NIST 800
13 9 (0.42%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.38%) NEBOSH
15 7 (0.33%) ITGC
16 6 (0.28%) HIPAA
17 4 (0.19%) JTAG
System Software
1 139 (6.54%) Active Directory
2 85 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 67 (3.15%) Docker
4 56 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 39 (1.84%) Firmware
6 28 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
7 22 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (0.75%) pfSense
9 13 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
9 13 (0.61%) NFS
10 8 (0.38%) 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%) Virtual Desktop
15 1 (0.047%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 38 (1.79%) Ansible
2 37 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (1.32%) Kubernetes
4 27 (1.27%) Grafana
5 22 (1.04%) Terraform
6 20 (0.94%) ZABBIX
7 18 (0.85%) SCCM
8 14 (0.66%) FortiGate
9 13 (0.61%) HAProxy
9 13 (0.61%) Puppet
10 12 (0.56%) Nagios
11 11 (0.52%) vCenter Server
12 10 (0.47%) Graphite
12 10 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 10 (0.47%) Nessus
12 10 (0.47%) SCDPM
13 6 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 4 (0.19%) AirWatch
14 4 (0.19%) Autotask
Vendors
1 457 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 181 (8.52%) SAP
3 155 (7.30%) Cisco
4 87 (4.10%) VMware
5 74 (3.48%) Juniper
6 65 (3.06%) Openreach
7 59 (2.78%) Virgin Media
8 58 (2.73%) Fortinet
9 43 (2.02%) Veeam
10 42 (1.98%) BT
11 40 (1.88%) HP
12 39 (1.84%) NEC
13 37 (1.74%) Oracle
14 32 (1.51%) Aruba
15 30 (1.41%) Ericsson
15 30 (1.41%) Salesforce
16 28 (1.32%) Apple
17 25 (1.18%) Polycom
18 21 (0.99%) McAfee
18 21 (0.99%) Sandvine