Telecoms Jobs in the South East

Telecommunications
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Telecoms over the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 66 27
Rank change year-on-year -30 -39 +67
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 297 618 875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.92% 3.51% 6.97%
As % of the General category 4.41% 6.39% 11.33%
Number of salaries quoted 165 348 262
10th Percentile - £24,850 £23,500
25th Percentile £23,731 £27,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -11.76% -24.11%
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,250 £72,500 £77,375
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -21.74% +4.55%

All General Skills
South East

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 common skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,734 9,669 7,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 66.14% 54.92% 61.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,088 6,040 4,232
10th Percentile £27,175 £25,760 £28,888
25th Percentile £35,688 £33,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.28%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,275 £84,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the South East

Telecoms
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Telecoms in the South East

Telecoms
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the South East over the 6 months to 9 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Telecoms in the South East

Telecoms
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 July 2025. 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
Thames Valley -39 109 £45,608 +1.35% 104
Surrey +15 63 £29,500 -15.71% 42
Buckinghamshire +21 44 £45,304 +35.24% 15
Hampshire -11 44 £35,500 +9.23% 35
Berkshire -52 44 £39,500 -27.52% 73
Kent +18 40 £25,154 -48.14% 16
Middlesex +6 22 - - 6
Oxfordshire +41 21 £65,000 +30.00% 21
West Sussex +6 13 £45,000 +95.65% 16
Sussex - 4 £26,000 - 6
East Sussex +4 1 - - 5
Isle of Wight - 1 £70,000 -
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.01%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 21 (7.07%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.01%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 21 (7.07%) Azure
2 20 (6.73%) AWS
3 18 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.38%) SaaS
5 12 (4.04%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.70%) GCP
7 8 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.68%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.68%) PaaS
9 4 (1.35%) Serverless
10 3 (1.01%) IBM Watson
11 2 (0.67%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.34%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 53 (17.85%) TCP/IP
2 43 (14.48%) 4G
2 43 (14.48%) 5G
3 38 (12.79%) VPN
4 24 (8.08%) Firewall
5 23 (7.74%) DNS
5 23 (7.74%) VoIP
6 18 (6.06%) VLAN
7 15 (5.05%) DHCP
8 13 (4.38%) Broadband
9 10 (3.37%) WAN
10 9 (3.03%) Internet
10 9 (3.03%) Wireless
11 7 (2.36%) LAN
11 7 (2.36%) Wireshark
12 5 (1.68%) PBX
12 5 (1.68%) RTP
12 5 (1.68%) SAN
12 5 (1.68%) Softphone
12 5 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.04%) Power BI
2 3 (1.01%) QlikView
2 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.67%) Amazon QuickSight
3 2 (0.67%) Tableau
4 1 (0.34%) Big Data
4 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.34%) GIS
Development Applications
1 34 (11.45%) Cucumber
1 34 (11.45%) Robot Framework
2 5 (1.68%) Git
2 5 (1.68%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 134 (45.12%) Social Skills
2 65 (21.89%) Finance
3 56 (18.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 52 (17.51%) Retail
5 34 (11.45%) Marketing
6 28 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (9.09%) Electronics
8 22 (7.41%) Public Sector
9 21 (7.07%) Manufacturing
10 20 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (5.72%) Law
11 17 (5.72%) Legal
12 14 (4.71%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (2.69%) Billing
14 8 (2.69%) Spanish Language
15 7 (2.36%) Military
16 6 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (1.35%) Banking
17 4 (1.35%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 41 (13.80%) Analyst
2 34 (11.45%) Test Automation Engineer
2 34 (11.45%) Test Engineer
3 23 (7.74%) Senior
4 22 (7.41%) Support Analyst
5 19 (6.40%) IT Support
6 15 (5.05%) Technical Support
7 14 (4.71%) Support Engineer
8 12 (4.04%) Support Technician
9 9 (3.03%) Sales Executive
10 8 (2.69%) 1st Line Support
10 8 (2.69%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 8 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (2.69%) IT Analyst
10 8 (2.69%) IT Engineer
10 8 (2.69%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (2.69%) Technical Engineer
10 8 (2.69%) Technical Support Engineer
11 7 (2.36%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 7 (2.36%) Sales Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.03%) Node.js
2 4 (1.35%) FreeSWITCH
2 4 (1.35%) Kafka
2 4 (1.35%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (1.35%) REST
2 4 (1.35%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.01%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.12%) Linux Command Line
2 25 (8.42%) Driving Licence
3 11 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.03%) CCTV
6 8 (2.69%) IoT
7 6 (2.02%) Handset
8 5 (1.68%) Learning Management System
8 5 (1.68%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.35%) Analogue Electronics
9 4 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.35%) FPGA
9 4 (1.35%) Robotics
9 4 (1.35%) Social Media
10 3 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.01%) AS400
10 3 (1.01%) Blockchain
10 3 (1.01%) NHS
10 3 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.01%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 67 (22.56%) Windows
2 52 (17.51%) Linux
3 11 (3.70%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.02%) Unix
4 6 (2.02%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.34%) Android
5 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.34%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (27.61%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (26.60%) Customer Service
3 52 (17.51%) Customer Experience
4 43 (14.48%) DevOps
5 42 (14.14%) Mentoring
6 39 (13.13%) Coaching
7 36 (12.12%) System Testing
8 34 (11.45%) Test Automation
8 34 (11.45%) Test Management
9 28 (9.43%) B2B
10 27 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
11 24 (8.08%) Decision-Making
12 22 (7.41%) B2B Sales
13 21 (7.07%) Business Development
14 20 (6.73%) Cybersecurity
15 18 (6.06%) Analytics
15 18 (6.06%) Digital Marketing
15 18 (6.06%) Programme Management
16 17 (5.72%) Project Management
17 14 (4.71%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 56 (18.86%) Python
2 39 (13.13%) PowerShell
3 36 (12.12%) Bash
4 34 (11.45%) JavaScript
5 18 (6.06%) SQL
6 7 (2.36%) R
7 6 (2.02%) Perl
8 5 (1.68%) Java
9 2 (0.67%) C++
9 2 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.67%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (0.67%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.34%) C
10 1 (0.34%) C#
10 1 (0.34%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 85 (28.62%) Degree
2 26 (8.75%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (3.70%) Master's Degree
4 10 (3.37%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.03%) CCNP
5 9 (3.03%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.35%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.35%) CCNA
7 4 (1.35%) HND
7 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.01%) ACCA
8 3 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.01%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (1.01%) CIMA
8 3 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.67%) CCFP
9 2 (0.67%) GCFE
9 2 (0.67%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.45%) QA
2 8 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.02%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.68%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.35%) SLA
6 3 (1.01%) COSHH
6 3 (1.01%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.67%) GDPR
7 2 (0.67%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.67%) NEBOSH
7 2 (0.67%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (7.07%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.36%) Firmware
3 4 (1.35%) Docker
4 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.68%) Ansible
2 5 (1.68%) Terraform
3 2 (0.67%) EnCase
3 2 (0.67%) FTK
3 2 (0.67%) RSA Security Analytics
4 1 (0.34%) Amdocs OSS
4 1 (0.34%) Netcool
Vendors
1 47 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.40%) SAP
3 5 (1.68%) Cisco
3 5 (1.68%) Google
3 5 (1.68%) VMware
4 4 (1.35%) Splunk
5 3 (1.01%) Databricks
5 3 (1.01%) Dell
5 3 (1.01%) IBM
5 3 (1.01%) Riverbed
6 2 (0.67%) BT
6 2 (0.67%) ConnectWise
6 2 (0.67%) EMC
6 2 (0.67%) FireEye
6 2 (0.67%) Freescale
6 2 (0.67%) IFS
6 2 (0.67%) NetWitness
6 2 (0.67%) Remedy
7 1 (0.34%) Facebook
7 1 (0.34%) SolarWinds
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