Unified Communications Job Trends in Berkshire

Unified Communications
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 129 139
Rank change year-on-year +36 +10 +41
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 36 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 1.80% 0.12% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.34% 1.31% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 5
10th Percentile - - £52,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.83% +4.35% +32.95%
75th Percentile £38,750 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £40,000 - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -25.00% +6.67% -6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

Unified Communications falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 177 153 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.86% 8.82% 14.28%
Number of salaries quoted 98 80 239
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.93% +5.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £58,438 £63,750 £59,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £73,750 £79,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unified Communications relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Unified Communications
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unified Communications.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Communications within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Reading +54 24 £40,000 - 3
Unified Communications
South East

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) Azure
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) DECT
1 6 (16.67%) DSL
1 6 (16.67%) Firewall
1 6 (16.67%) PBX
1 6 (16.67%) VLAN
1 6 (16.67%) VoIP
1 6 (16.67%) VPN
1 6 (16.67%) WAN
1 6 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
1 6 (16.67%) Wireshark
General
1 7 (19.44%) Marketing
2 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Account Manager
1 11 (30.56%) Presales Engineer
1 11 (30.56%) Technical Account Manager
1 11 (30.56%) Technical Manager
2 6 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (8.33%) Account Executive
3 3 (8.33%) Sales Account Executive
3 3 (8.33%) Sales Executive
3 3 (8.33%) Telesales Executive
4 2 (5.56%) IT Support
4 2 (5.56%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (5.56%) IT Technician
4 2 (5.56%) Professional Services Engineer
4 2 (5.56%) Support Technician
5 1 (2.78%) Marketing Executive
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (77.78%) Presales
2 6 (16.67%) Case Management
2 6 (16.67%) Time Management
3 3 (8.33%) Telesales
4 2 (5.56%) Agile
4 2 (5.56%) AI
4 2 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (5.56%) Customer Service
4 2 (5.56%) Facilities Management
4 2 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (5.56%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft