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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 509 651
Rank change year-on-year -94 +142 -81
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 164 119 87
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.28% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.34% 1.88% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 149 81 46
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £36,750 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £70,687
Median % change year-on-year - -29.27% +4.72%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,750 £84,688
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £71,300
% change year-on-year +5.00% -29.87% +14.08%

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 7,005 6,322 7,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.75% 14.75% 12.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,427 3,528 3,932
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £29,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +1.94%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -36 50 £45,000 -18.18% 13
North West +7 43 £57,500 -17.86% 5
South East -35 40 £52,500 +5.00% 14
London -69 34 £40,000 -5.88% 31
South West -60 20 £72,500 +7.81% 6
Midlands -32 16 £55,000 -21.43% 4
East Midlands - 9 £70,000 - 3
West Midlands -37 7 £52,500 -25.00% 1
Yorkshire -56 7 £31,750 -42.27% 3
East of England -45 4 £32,500 -31.58% 3
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 10 (6.10%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.66%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.61%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.61%) InDesign
3 1 (0.61%) Revit
3 1 (0.61%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 22 (13.41%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (6.10%) Azure
3 9 (5.49%) AWS
3 9 (5.49%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.27%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Copilot
5 6 (3.66%) SaaS
6 2 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (1.22%) GitHub
6 2 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.61%) dbt
7 1 (0.61%) GCP
7 1 (0.61%) IaaS
7 1 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.80%) VoIP
2 18 (10.98%) LAN
2 18 (10.98%) Wireless
3 16 (9.76%) Firewall
4 12 (7.32%) VLAN
4 12 (7.32%) WebEx
5 10 (6.10%) Network Security
5 10 (6.10%) WAN
6 9 (5.49%) Broadband
7 8 (4.88%) DNS
8 6 (3.66%) Skype
8 6 (3.66%) VPN
9 5 (3.05%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (3.05%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (3.05%) DHCP
10 4 (2.44%) DKIM
10 4 (2.44%) DMARC
10 4 (2.44%) Internet
10 4 (2.44%) TCP/IP
10 4 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.61%) BigQuery
1 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Git
General
1 52 (31.71%) Telecoms
2 27 (16.46%) Social Skills
3 22 (13.41%) Law
4 17 (10.37%) Public Sector
5 16 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (9.15%) Marketing
7 10 (6.10%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.66%) Retail
9 5 (3.05%) Banking
9 5 (3.05%) Finance
10 4 (2.44%) Advertising
11 1 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Legal
11 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (15.85%) Business Development Manager
1 26 (15.85%) Business Manager
1 26 (15.85%) Development Manager
2 24 (14.63%) Analyst
3 23 (14.02%) Support Analyst
4 20 (12.20%) Support Assistant
5 16 (9.76%) Lead
6 15 (9.15%) Consultant
6 15 (9.15%) Network Engineer
7 14 (8.54%) Network Consultant
8 12 (7.32%) Unified Communications Manager
9 11 (6.71%) Senior
10 10 (6.10%) Marketing Manager
10 10 (6.10%) Operations Manager
10 10 (6.10%) Product Lead
10 10 (6.10%) Sales and Marketing Manager
10 10 (6.10%) Sales Manager
10 10 (6.10%) Sales Operations Manager
11 8 (4.88%) Cisco Engineer
11 8 (4.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.05%) Terraform
1 5 (3.05%) XMPP
2 1 (0.61%) CSS
2 1 (0.61%) CSS3
2 1 (0.61%) HTML
2 1 (0.61%) HTML5
2 1 (0.61%) React
2 1 (0.61%) RESTful
2 1 (0.61%) Vue
2 1 (0.61%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.98%) Onboarding
2 14 (8.54%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (6.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (4.88%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.66%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.05%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.05%) FlexPod
6 5 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.83%) IoT
8 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Licensing
8 3 (1.83%) Replication
8 3 (1.83%) Smartcard
9 2 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.22%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.76%) Windows
2 8 (4.88%) Linux
3 7 (4.27%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.44%) macOS
5 1 (0.61%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (25.61%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (20.12%) Business Development
3 20 (12.20%) ITIL
4 18 (10.98%) Customer Service
5 17 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (9.15%) Mentoring
8 14 (8.54%) Migration
8 14 (8.54%) Project Delivery
9 12 (7.32%) B2B
10 11 (6.71%) Analytics
10 11 (6.71%) Presales
11 10 (6.10%) Commercial Awareness
11 10 (6.10%) Data-Driven Marketing
12 9 (5.49%) Customer Experience
12 9 (5.49%) Network Design
12 9 (5.49%) Preventative Maintenance
12 9 (5.49%) Roadmaps
12 9 (5.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (4.88%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.27%) Python
2 4 (2.44%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.22%) Bash
3 2 (1.22%) Go
4 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (8.54%) Degree
2 10 (6.10%) DBS Check
3 9 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (4.88%) CCNP
5 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.22%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.22%) CCNA
8 2 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.22%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.22%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.83%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.83%) SLA
3 2 (1.22%) PMO
4 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (4.27%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.83%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (1.83%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (1.83%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (4.27%) Ansible
1 7 (4.27%) Grafana
1 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.05%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (1.83%) cPanel
3 3 (1.83%) Plesk
4 2 (1.22%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.22%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.22%) Proxmox
4 2 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (28.05%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.37%) Cisco
3 11 (6.71%) VMware
4 8 (4.88%) Aruba
4 8 (4.88%) Juniper
5 6 (3.66%) Palo Alto
5 6 (3.66%) Polycom
5 6 (3.66%) SonicWALL
6 5 (3.05%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.05%) NetApp
6 5 (3.05%) Splunk
6 5 (3.05%) Veeam
7 4 (2.44%) Mitel
8 3 (1.83%) Acronis
8 3 (1.83%) BT
8 3 (1.83%) Datto
8 3 (1.83%) NETGEAR
8 3 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.83%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (1.83%) WatchGuard