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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 595 557
Rank change year-on-year +149 -38 +134
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 176 73 184
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.32% 0.15% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.98% 1.13% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 105 43 153
10th Percentile £30,000 £39,112 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £51,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £74,425 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.90% +29.43% +10.75%
75th Percentile £53,750 £95,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £43,750 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -35.19% +17.39% +10.75%

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 8,887 6,473 8,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.11% 13.66% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,470 3,391 6,860
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £26,625
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,663 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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 26 January 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 26 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
South East +102 83 £43,750 -27.08% 23
North of England +41 41 £60,000 +9.09% 6
London +29 26 £38,500 -57.22% 7
North West +47 25 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Yorkshire -1 16 £55,000 - 4
Midlands +29 12 £32,500 -45.83% 7
West Midlands +39 11 - - 4
East of England +19 9 £27,500 -31.25% 1
South West -1 3 £42,500 -16.67%
East Midlands - 1 £32,500 - 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 13 (7.39%) Skype for Business
2 9 (5.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (13.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (13.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (5.11%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 27 (15.34%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (7.95%) Azure
3 13 (7.39%) SaaS
4 7 (3.98%) AWS
5 3 (1.70%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.14%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.14%) IaaS
6 2 (1.14%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.14%) PaaS
6 2 (1.14%) Serverless
7 1 (0.57%) GitHub
7 1 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 35 (19.89%) VoIP
2 28 (15.91%) WebEx
3 24 (13.64%) WAN
4 18 (10.23%) Firewall
4 18 (10.23%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (8.52%) VPN
6 14 (7.95%) Telepresence
7 13 (7.39%) Skype
8 12 (6.82%) LAN
9 11 (6.25%) VLAN
9 11 (6.25%) Wireshark
10 10 (5.68%) DECT
10 10 (5.68%) DSL
10 10 (5.68%) PBX
11 8 (4.55%) SD-WAN
12 6 (3.41%) Wireless
13 5 (2.84%) TCP/IP
13 5 (2.84%) WLAN
14 4 (2.27%) Internet
15 3 (1.70%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.57%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.57%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Git
General
1 50 (28.41%) Telecoms
2 41 (23.30%) Social Skills
3 25 (14.20%) Marketing
4 16 (9.09%) Finance
5 14 (7.95%) Law
6 10 (5.68%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.84%) Legal
8 4 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.14%) Billing
10 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Electronics
11 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (15.34%) Account Manager
2 24 (13.64%) Senior
3 19 (10.80%) Support Engineer
4 18 (10.23%) Consultant
5 16 (9.09%) Unified Communications Consultant
6 15 (8.52%) Analyst
7 14 (7.95%) Senior Account Manager
7 14 (7.95%) Senior Manager
7 14 (7.95%) Support Analyst
7 14 (7.95%) Support Assistant
7 14 (7.95%) Voice Engineer
7 14 (7.95%) Voice Support Engineer
8 11 (6.25%) Presales Engineer
8 11 (6.25%) Technical Account Manager
8 11 (6.25%) Technical Manager
9 10 (5.68%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (5.68%) Business Manager
9 10 (5.68%) Marketing Executive
9 10 (5.68%) Senior Business Manager
9 10 (5.68%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.70%) Web Services
2 1 (0.57%) Django
2 1 (0.57%) Flask
2 1 (0.57%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (0.57%) Jinja
2 1 (0.57%) OAuth
2 1 (0.57%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.57%) pytest
2 1 (0.57%) REST
2 1 (0.57%) RFC 2833
2 1 (0.57%) SQLAlchemy
2 1 (0.57%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.07%) Video Conferencing
2 19 (10.80%) Web Conferencing
3 9 (5.11%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.11%) Social Media
4 5 (2.84%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.84%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.27%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.70%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.70%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.14%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.14%) IoT
7 2 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.57%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.57%) Handset
8 1 (0.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.98%) Windows
2 5 (2.84%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.57%) Linux
4 1 (0.57%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (24.43%) Presales
2 29 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (15.34%) AI
4 19 (10.80%) ITIL
5 17 (9.66%) CRM
6 16 (9.09%) Network Management
6 16 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
7 14 (7.95%) Analytics
7 14 (7.95%) Computer Science
8 13 (7.39%) Collaborative Culture
8 13 (7.39%) Commercial Awareness
8 13 (7.39%) ISMS
8 13 (7.39%) Preventative Maintenance
9 12 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (6.25%) Customer Experience
10 11 (6.25%) Lead Generation
10 11 (6.25%) Time Management
11 10 (5.68%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (5.68%) Case Management
11 10 (5.68%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.70%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.57%) C
2 1 (0.57%) C++
2 1 (0.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (15.34%) Degree
2 14 (7.95%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (5.68%) CCNP
4 7 (3.98%) CCNA
5 5 (2.84%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (2.84%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.84%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.84%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.84%) PMP
6 3 (1.70%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.70%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.14%) CCIE
7 2 (1.14%) CWNA
7 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.14%) RIBA
8 1 (0.57%) CCDA
8 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (13.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (5.11%) ISO 9001
3 5 (2.84%) NIST
4 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.57%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (9.66%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.14%) Firmware
3 2 (1.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.57%) Docker
4 1 (0.57%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 16 (9.09%) Cisco CUCM
2 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.27%) SCCM
4 1 (0.57%) Argo
4 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 57 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 32 (18.18%) Cisco
3 14 (7.95%) Oracle
4 13 (7.39%) Mitel
4 13 (7.39%) Polycom
5 9 (5.11%) Adobe
5 9 (5.11%) Zoho
6 7 (3.98%) VMware
7 6 (3.41%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.70%) Avaya
8 3 (1.70%) BT
8 3 (1.70%) Civica
8 3 (1.70%) Draytek
8 3 (1.70%) Meraki
9 2 (1.14%) ConnectWise
9 2 (1.14%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.57%) Asigra
10 1 (0.57%) Datto
10 1 (0.57%) Sophos
10 1 (0.57%) Yealink