Unified Communications Jobs

Unified Communications
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Unified Communications skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unified Communications over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 672 771 961
Rank change year-on-year +99 +190 -288
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 236 175 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.73% 1.13% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 180 142 241
10th Percentile £21,000 £31,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -5.41% -7.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,500 £80,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -17.39%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Unified Communications is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,603 15,428 22,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 16.28% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,727 11,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications.

Salary trend for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Communications within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +119 216 £50,000 -10.31% 39
UK excluding London +1 148 £40,000 -11.11% 31
Work from Home +78 103 £40,000 -23.81% 16
London +129 81 £67,500 -1.10% 14
South East +14 60 £47,500 -32.14% 11
North of England +18 26 £55,000 +55.59% 11
South West -12 26 £40,000 +11.11%
Midlands -7 18 £22,000 -53.68% 1
North West 0 16 £33,250 -24.86% 9
West Midlands -6 16 £22,000 -51.11% 1
Yorkshire +47 10 £57,500 +67.39%
Wales +9 9 £36,476 +17.66%
East of England - 5 £27,500 -
Northern Ireland +20 2 - -
East Midlands -15 2 £30,481 -35.83%
Scotland -67 2 £38,000 -13.14% 8

Unified Communications
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 42 (17.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (8.90%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.54%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.85%) IIS
5 1 (0.42%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.97%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (33.47%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (30.08%) Azure
3 27 (11.44%) AWS
4 24 (10.17%) SaaS
5 20 (8.47%) Entra ID
6 19 (8.05%) Power Platform
7 16 (6.78%) IaaS
7 16 (6.78%) PaaS
8 15 (6.36%) OneDrive
9 14 (5.93%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (5.08%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (5.08%) Amazon S3
11 9 (3.81%) Mimecast
12 7 (2.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.54%) Power Automate
14 5 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
15 4 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 3 (1.27%) Rubrik
16 3 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 59 (25.00%) Firewall
2 58 (24.58%) WAN
3 47 (19.92%) LAN
3 47 (19.92%) VoIP
4 35 (14.83%) Wi-Fi
5 34 (14.41%) Wireless
6 33 (13.98%) VPN
7 24 (10.17%) MPLS
8 23 (9.75%) BGP
9 22 (9.32%) SAN
10 21 (8.90%) VLAN
11 20 (8.47%) SD-WAN
12 19 (8.05%) DNS
12 19 (8.05%) Internet
13 18 (7.63%) Network Security
14 16 (6.78%) TCP/IP
15 15 (6.36%) OSPF
16 14 (5.93%) DHCP
17 13 (5.51%) Cisco ISE
18 12 (5.08%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.08%) Power BI
2 2 (0.85%) DTS
2 2 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Git
1 1 (0.42%) Subversion
General
1 93 (39.41%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.76%) Telecoms
3 26 (11.02%) Finance
4 24 (10.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (8.90%) Marketing
6 15 (6.36%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (5.08%) Law
9 9 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (2.54%) Local Government
10 6 (2.54%) Police
11 5 (2.12%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.85%) Advertising
12 2 (0.85%) Banking
12 2 (0.85%) Billing
12 2 (0.85%) Electronics
12 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.42%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.42%) Legal
Job Titles
1 34 (14.41%) Network Engineer
2 28 (11.86%) Consultant
3 27 (11.44%) Senior
4 24 (10.17%) Technical Consultant
5 22 (9.32%) Business Manager
5 22 (9.32%) Support Engineer
6 19 (8.05%) IT Engineer
6 19 (8.05%) IT Support
6 19 (8.05%) Senior Network Engineer
7 18 (7.63%) Business Development Manager
7 18 (7.63%) Development Manager
8 17 (7.20%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (6.36%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 13 (5.51%) Junior
10 13 (5.51%) Junior IT Engineer
10 13 (5.51%) Junior IT Support
10 13 (5.51%) Junior Support Engineer
11 12 (5.08%) Cloud Consultant
11 12 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (5.08%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.85%) .NET
1 2 (0.85%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.85%) CSS
2 1 (0.42%) HTML
2 1 (0.42%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 66 (27.97%) Data Centre
2 29 (12.29%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (11.86%) Public Cloud
4 17 (7.20%) Driving Licence
5 16 (6.78%) Management Information System
6 13 (5.51%) Replication
7 12 (5.08%) IoT
8 11 (4.66%) PMI
8 11 (4.66%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (3.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 8 (3.39%) Social Media
10 3 (1.27%) PKI
11 2 (0.85%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.85%) iPhone
11 2 (0.85%) Mobile Computing
11 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.85%) Smartcard
12 1 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.42%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 59 (25.00%) Windows
2 30 (12.71%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.12%) Linux
4 4 (1.69%) Android
5 2 (0.85%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.85%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (23.31%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (16.95%) Customer Service
3 39 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (15.25%) Business Development
5 32 (13.56%) Presales
6 30 (12.71%) Time Management
7 26 (11.02%) ITIL
7 26 (11.02%) Migration
8 25 (10.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 24 (10.17%) CRM
9 24 (10.17%) IT Strategy
9 24 (10.17%) Software Licensing
10 22 (9.32%) Decision-Making
10 22 (9.32%) Service Delivery
11 19 (8.05%) Artificial Intelligence
11 19 (8.05%) DevOps
12 18 (7.63%) Agile
13 16 (6.78%) Technology Strategy
14 15 (6.36%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (6.36%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.39%) SQL
2 5 (2.12%) Python
3 2 (0.85%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 45 (19.07%) Degree
2 36 (15.25%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (9.75%) CCNA
4 21 (8.90%) CCNP
5 13 (5.51%) Network+ Certification
6 12 (5.08%) AWS Certification
6 12 (5.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (4.66%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.54%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.12%) BICSI RCDD
9 5 (2.12%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.27%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.42%) BICSI Certification
13 1 (0.42%) Project+ Certification
13 1 (0.42%) RIBA
13 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.36%) SLA
2 6 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.54%) NCSC
3 5 (2.12%) GDPR
4 4 (1.69%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.85%) PMO
5 2 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
System Software
1 43 (18.22%) Active Directory
2 28 (11.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.24%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (4.24%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (4.24%) vSphere
4 9 (3.81%) Firmware
5 4 (1.69%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 36 (15.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.93%) vCenter Server
3 13 (5.51%) Cisco CUCM
3 13 (5.51%) ServiceCenter
4 9 (3.81%) FortiGate
5 7 (2.97%) Cisco Prime
5 7 (2.97%) SCCM
6 5 (2.12%) Ansible
6 5 (2.12%) Opsview
6 5 (2.12%) SCOM
7 4 (1.69%) Backup Exec
7 4 (1.69%) Nessus
8 2 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.85%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.42%) Autotask
9 1 (0.42%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.42%) VxRail
Vendors
1 130 (55.08%) Microsoft
2 74 (31.36%) Cisco
3 37 (15.68%) VMware
4 32 (13.56%) Meraki
5 27 (11.44%) Fortinet
6 26 (11.02%) Apple
7 24 (10.17%) Adobe
7 24 (10.17%) Palo Alto
8 23 (9.75%) HP
9 22 (9.32%) BT
10 19 (8.05%) Veeam
11 18 (7.63%) Aruba
12 15 (6.36%) SolarWinds
13 14 (5.93%) CheckPoint
14 11 (4.66%) Mitel
15 10 (4.24%) NetApp
16 9 (3.81%) Salesforce
17 8 (3.39%) F5
18 7 (2.97%) Sophos
18 7 (2.97%) Veritas