Unified Communications Job Trends in England

Unified Communications
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 549 632
Rank change year-on-year -3 +83 +16
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 182 105 132
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.24% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.77% 1.58% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 147 61 101
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,750 £29,230
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -20.83%
75th Percentile £63,125 £68,750 £71,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -18.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,564 6,646 8,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.15% 15.23% 12.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4,339 3,793 5,789
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,250 £27,218
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -1.93%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -3.85%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in England

Unified Communications
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Unified Communications.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in England over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Unified Communications in England

Unified Communications
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Communications within the England region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
North of England -15 59 £45,000 +8.18% 11
North West +25 45 £57,500 -14.81% 7
South East +7 41 £50,000 -25.65% 22
London -33 35 £40,000 -5.88% 15
South West -46 27 £72,500 +12.40% 5
Midlands -27 13 £45,000 -35.71% 15
Yorkshire -42 11 £30,000 -9.09% 2
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 7
East of England -25 6 £45,000 -28.00% 2
West Midlands -43 5 £42,500 -39.29% 8
North East -52 3 - - 2
Unified Communications
UK

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.85%) Skype for Business
2 6 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.55%) InDesign
3 1 (0.55%) Revit
3 1 (0.55%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.93%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (6.04%) AWS
2 11 (6.04%) SaaS
3 7 (3.85%) Entra ID
3 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
4 6 (3.30%) Azure
4 6 (3.30%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.55%) GitHub
5 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.55%) IaaS
5 1 (0.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (14.84%) Firewall
2 24 (13.19%) LAN
3 20 (10.99%) VoIP
4 18 (9.89%) WAN
4 18 (9.89%) WebEx
5 16 (8.79%) VLAN
6 11 (6.04%) Wireless
7 10 (5.49%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (5.49%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (4.95%) PBX
8 9 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (4.40%) VPN
10 7 (3.85%) DNS
10 7 (3.85%) Network Security
10 7 (3.85%) Skype
11 5 (2.75%) WLAN
12 4 (2.20%) Broadband
12 4 (2.20%) DECT
13 3 (1.65%) DHCP
13 3 (1.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.55%) MySQL
1 1 (0.55%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Git
General
1 52 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 26 (14.29%) Marketing
2 26 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 25 (13.74%) Law
4 15 (8.24%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.49%) Banking
5 10 (5.49%) Finance
5 10 (5.49%) Retail
6 9 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.20%) Advertising
8 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 29 (15.93%) Business Development Manager
1 29 (15.93%) Development Manager
2 28 (15.38%) Business Manager
3 25 (13.74%) Analyst
3 25 (13.74%) Support Analyst
4 21 (11.54%) Support Assistant
5 13 (7.14%) Network Engineer
6 12 (6.59%) Lead
6 12 (6.59%) Technical Specialist
7 11 (6.04%) Account Manager
7 11 (6.04%) Senior
7 11 (6.04%) Unified Communications Manager
8 10 (5.49%) Marketing Manager
8 10 (5.49%) Operations Manager
8 10 (5.49%) Product Lead
8 10 (5.49%) Sales and Marketing Manager
8 10 (5.49%) Sales Manager
8 10 (5.49%) Sales Operations Manager
8 10 (5.49%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.40%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.04%) XMPP
2 1 (0.55%) CSS
2 1 (0.55%) CSS3
2 1 (0.55%) Django
2 1 (0.55%) Flask
2 1 (0.55%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (0.55%) HTML
2 1 (0.55%) HTML5
2 1 (0.55%) Jinja
2 1 (0.55%) OAuth
2 1 (0.55%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.55%) pytest
2 1 (0.55%) React
2 1 (0.55%) REST
2 1 (0.55%) RESTful
2 1 (0.55%) RFC 2833
2 1 (0.55%) SQLAlchemy
2 1 (0.55%) Vue
2 1 (0.55%) WebRTC
2 1 (0.55%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.44%) Video Conferencing
2 16 (8.79%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.04%) FlexPod
3 11 (6.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (4.95%) Replication
5 6 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.75%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.20%) IoT
7 4 (2.20%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (1.65%) CCTV
8 3 (1.65%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Licensing
9 2 (1.10%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.55%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.55%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.55%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.89%) Windows
2 12 (6.59%) Windows Server
3 10 (5.49%) Linux
4 2 (1.10%) Android
4 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.55%) Solaris
5 1 (0.55%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (24.18%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (20.33%) Business Development
3 17 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (7.69%) ITIL
5 13 (7.14%) B2B
6 12 (6.59%) Customer Service
6 12 (6.59%) Mentoring
6 12 (6.59%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (6.04%) Analytics
7 11 (6.04%) Presales
8 10 (5.49%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (5.49%) Data Management
8 10 (5.49%) Data-Driven Marketing
8 10 (5.49%) Performance Management
9 9 (4.95%) Migration
10 8 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (3.85%) Infrastructure as Code
11 7 (3.85%) Infrastructure Automation
11 7 (3.85%) Preventative Maintenance
11 7 (3.85%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.04%) Python
2 5 (2.75%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.55%) C
3 1 (0.55%) C++
3 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.55%) SQL
3 1 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (12.64%) Degree
2 7 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (3.85%) DBS Check
3 6 (3.30%) CCNP
4 4 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.10%) CCNA
6 2 (1.10%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.55%) CWNA
7 1 (0.55%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.55%) RIBA
7 1 (0.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (4.40%) vSphere
3 7 (3.85%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 7 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (2.20%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.65%) Firmware
6 2 (1.10%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.55%) Docker
7 1 (0.55%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 11 (6.04%) Ansible
1 11 (6.04%) Cisco CUCM
1 11 (6.04%) Grafana
2 8 (4.40%) Terraform
3 4 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.65%) cPanel
4 3 (1.65%) Plesk
5 2 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.55%) Argo
6 1 (0.55%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (23.63%) Microsoft
2 24 (13.19%) Cisco
3 14 (7.69%) Fortinet
4 13 (7.14%) VMware
5 11 (6.04%) Palo Alto
5 11 (6.04%) Splunk
6 8 (4.40%) NetApp
7 7 (3.85%) Polycom
8 6 (3.30%) Mitel
9 5 (2.75%) Aruba
9 5 (2.75%) BT
9 5 (2.75%) Juniper
10 3 (1.65%) Acronis
10 3 (1.65%) Datto
10 3 (1.65%) NETGEAR
10 3 (1.65%) SonicWALL
10 3 (1.65%) Veeam
10 3 (1.65%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.10%) Apple
11 2 (1.10%) Kaseya