Skills employers ask for in engineering jobs in telecom
In 2,054 engineering jobs in telecom in the SkillDrift job index, the most requested skill is Python, named in 22.7% of postings. CI/CD follows at 17.3%, then Java at 15.5%.
Based on 2,054 job postings in the SkillDrift job index, read on 1 October 2026.
The 8 skills named most often
Each share is the part of all engineering jobs in telecom that name the skill. One posting usually names several skills, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
- 1Python22.7%466 of 2,054 postings
- 2CI/CD17.3%356 of 2,054 postings
- 3Java15.5%318 of 2,054 postings
- 4Linux14.3%294 of 2,054 postings
- 5Kubernetes13.9%285 of 2,054 postings
- 6Troubleshooting13.7%282 of 2,054 postings
- 7Git12.3%253 of 2,054 postings
- 8Docker11.8%242 of 2,054 postings
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The SkillDrift job index collects live job postings and reads the skills each one asks for. This page counts the postings in the engineering role group within the telecom industry, and shows the share that name each skill. Skills appear as employers write them, so close variants such as Excel and MS Excel can both appear, because a posting may use either. The page is refreshed from the index, and the date above shows the last read.
Questions people ask
What is the most requested skill in engineering jobs in telecom?
Python. It is named in 22.7% of the 2,054 engineering jobs in telecom in the SkillDrift job index on 1 October 2026.
How many job postings is this based on?
2,054 postings, read from the SkillDrift job index on 1 October 2026. Each share is the number of postings that name the skill, divided by all postings in this group.