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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 677 773 941
Rank change year-on-year +96 +168 -303
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 241 179 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.78% 1.16% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 187 140 242
10th Percentile £21,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,813 £35,938 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £77,188
90th Percentile £93,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £46,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.11% -2.63% -13.64%

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 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £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 28 May 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 28 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 +123 221 £50,000 -4.76% 39
UK excluding London +20 155 £42,500 -8.11% 23
Work from Home +94 103 £40,000 -23.81% 19
London +164 79 £67,500 +3.85% 16
South East +26 59 £47,500 -32.14% 11
North of England +36 34 £68,750 +90.97% 11
South West -9 26 £40,000 -9.01%
North West +22 21 £72,500 +49.48% 8
Midlands -1 18 £22,000 -53.68% 1
West Midlands +14 16 £22,000 -51.11% 1
Yorkshire +65 13 £65,000 +89.23% 1
Wales +7 9 £36,476 +17.66%
East of England 0 5 £27,500 -47.62%
Northern Ireland +20 2 - -
East Midlands -15 2 £30,481 -35.83%
Scotland -55 2 £38,000 -15.56%

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 43 (17.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (8.71%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.49%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.83%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.90%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.07%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 88 (36.51%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (28.63%) Azure
3 27 (11.20%) AWS
4 21 (8.71%) SaaS
5 20 (8.30%) Entra ID
6 19 (7.88%) Power Platform
7 15 (6.22%) OneDrive
8 14 (5.81%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (5.81%) IaaS
8 14 (5.81%) PaaS
9 12 (4.98%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (4.98%) Amazon S3
10 10 (4.15%) Mimecast
11 7 (2.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.49%) Power Automate
13 5 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (1.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 3 (1.24%) GCP
15 3 (1.24%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 58 (24.07%) Firewall
2 56 (23.24%) WAN
3 47 (19.50%) LAN
3 47 (19.50%) VoIP
4 34 (14.11%) Wireless
5 32 (13.28%) Wi-Fi
6 31 (12.86%) VPN
7 24 (9.96%) MPLS
8 22 (9.13%) BGP
8 22 (9.13%) SAN
9 21 (8.71%) VLAN
10 19 (7.88%) DNS
11 18 (7.47%) Internet
11 18 (7.47%) Network Security
11 18 (7.47%) SD-WAN
12 16 (6.64%) TCP/IP
13 14 (5.81%) DHCP
13 14 (5.81%) OSPF
14 13 (5.39%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (4.98%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.98%) Power BI
2 2 (0.83%) DTS
2 2 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Git
1 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 92 (38.17%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.33%) Telecoms
3 28 (11.62%) Finance
4 24 (9.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (8.71%) Marketing
6 14 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.39%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.98%) Law
9 9 (3.73%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (3.73%) Banking
10 6 (2.49%) Local Government
10 6 (2.49%) Police
11 5 (2.07%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.83%) Advertising
12 2 (0.83%) Billing
12 2 (0.83%) Electronics
12 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 32 (13.28%) Network Engineer
2 28 (11.62%) Consultant
3 25 (10.37%) Senior
4 24 (9.96%) Technical Consultant
5 22 (9.13%) Business Manager
6 21 (8.71%) Support Engineer
7 18 (7.47%) Business Development Manager
7 18 (7.47%) Development Manager
7 18 (7.47%) IT Support
7 18 (7.47%) Senior Network Engineer
8 17 (7.05%) IT Engineer
9 16 (6.64%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (6.22%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 13 (5.39%) Junior
11 13 (5.39%) Junior IT Engineer
11 13 (5.39%) Junior IT Support
11 13 (5.39%) Junior Support Engineer
12 12 (4.98%) AWS Consultant
12 12 (4.98%) Cloud Consultant
12 12 (4.98%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.83%) .NET
1 2 (0.83%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.83%) CSS
2 1 (0.41%) HTML
2 1 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 66 (27.39%) Data Centre
2 29 (12.03%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (11.62%) Public Cloud
4 19 (7.88%) Video Conferencing
5 17 (7.05%) Driving Licence
6 16 (6.64%) Management Information System
7 13 (5.39%) Replication
8 12 (4.98%) IoT
9 11 (4.56%) Digital Signage
9 11 (4.56%) PMI
10 8 (3.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (3.32%) Social Media
11 3 (1.24%) Mobile Computing
11 3 (1.24%) PKI
12 2 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.83%) iPhone
12 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.83%) Smartcard
13 1 (0.41%) Low-Code
13 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 58 (24.07%) Windows
2 30 (12.45%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.07%) Linux
4 4 (1.66%) Android
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (22.82%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (16.18%) Customer Service
2 39 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (14.94%) Business Development
4 32 (13.28%) Presales
5 30 (12.45%) Time Management
6 26 (10.79%) ITIL
6 26 (10.79%) Migration
7 25 (10.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 24 (9.96%) CRM
8 24 (9.96%) IT Strategy
8 24 (9.96%) Software Licensing
9 22 (9.13%) Decision-Making
9 22 (9.13%) Service Delivery
10 19 (7.88%) Agile
10 19 (7.88%) Artificial Intelligence
10 19 (7.88%) DevOps
11 16 (6.64%) Mentoring
11 16 (6.64%) Project Management
12 15 (6.22%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.32%) SQL
2 5 (2.07%) Python
3 2 (0.83%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 43 (17.84%) Degree
2 35 (14.52%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (9.13%) CCNA
4 21 (8.71%) CCNP
5 13 (5.39%) Network+ Certification
6 12 (4.98%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (4.56%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.49%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.07%) BICSI RCDD
9 5 (2.07%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.24%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.41%) BICSI Certification
13 1 (0.41%) MCSE
13 1 (0.41%) Project+ Certification
13 1 (0.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.81%) SLA
2 6 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.49%) NCSC
3 5 (2.07%) GDPR
4 4 (1.66%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.83%) PMO
5 2 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 43 (17.84%) Active Directory
2 28 (11.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (4.15%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (4.15%) vSphere
4 8 (3.32%) Firmware
5 4 (1.66%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (15.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.81%) vCenter Server
3 13 (5.39%) Cisco CUCM
3 13 (5.39%) ServiceCenter
4 8 (3.32%) FortiGate
5 7 (2.90%) Cisco Prime
5 7 (2.90%) SCCM
6 5 (2.07%) Ansible
6 5 (2.07%) Opsview
6 5 (2.07%) SCOM
7 4 (1.66%) Backup Exec
7 4 (1.66%) Nessus
8 2 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.83%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.41%) Autotask
9 1 (0.41%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 139 (57.68%) Microsoft
2 82 (34.02%) Cisco
3 37 (15.35%) VMware
4 31 (12.86%) Meraki
5 27 (11.20%) Fortinet
6 26 (10.79%) Apple
7 24 (9.96%) Adobe
7 24 (9.96%) Palo Alto
8 23 (9.54%) HP
9 22 (9.13%) BT
10 19 (7.88%) Veeam
11 18 (7.47%) Aruba
12 15 (6.22%) SolarWinds
13 14 (5.81%) CheckPoint
14 11 (4.56%) Mitel
15 10 (4.15%) NetApp
16 9 (3.73%) Salesforce
17 8 (3.32%) F5
18 7 (2.90%) Juniper
18 7 (2.90%) Veritas