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 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 511 555 638
Rank change year-on-year +44 +83 +92
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 184 78 215
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.20% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.63% 1.28% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 126 43 165
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £21,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,244 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £97,500 £74,150
UK median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% -4.76%

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 6,993 6,079 11,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.46% 15.42% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,926 3,369 8,531
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £69,230 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.05% - -5.94%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 +7 63 £57,500 +88.52% 13
South East +23 45 £42,500 -10.53% 15
North West +15 45 £60,000 +20.00% 12
London -18 28 £40,000 -50.19% 12
Midlands -23 24 £45,000 -40.00% 4
South West -39 18 £72,500 +20.83% 5
West Midlands -19 15 £42,500 -43.33% 2
Yorkshire -36 15 £30,000 -1.64% 1
East Midlands - 9 £45,000 - 2
East of England -25 4 £45,000 +12.50% 7
North East -41 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 6 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.26%) Skype for Business
2 4 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.09%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.59%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (5.43%) AWS
2 10 (5.43%) SaaS
3 6 (3.26%) Azure
4 4 (2.17%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.17%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.63%) GitHub
5 3 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.54%) IaaS
6 1 (0.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (19.02%) Firewall
2 28 (15.22%) VoIP
3 25 (13.59%) WAN
4 22 (11.96%) LAN
4 22 (11.96%) WebEx
5 21 (11.41%) VLAN
6 16 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (8.15%) PBX
8 14 (7.61%) VPN
9 12 (6.52%) Wireshark
10 11 (5.98%) DECT
11 9 (4.89%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (4.89%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (4.89%) Wireless
12 8 (4.35%) DSL
13 7 (3.80%) DNS
13 7 (3.80%) Network Security
14 6 (3.26%) Skype
14 6 (3.26%) Telepresence
15 4 (2.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (1.63%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.63%) MySQL
2 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.63%) Git
General
1 56 (30.43%) Telecoms
2 35 (19.02%) Marketing
3 25 (13.59%) Social Skills
4 21 (11.41%) Law
5 17 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.61%) Finance
7 9 (4.89%) Banking
7 9 (4.89%) Retail
8 5 (2.72%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.54%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 20 (10.87%) Analyst
1 20 (10.87%) Support Analyst
2 18 (9.78%) Consultant
3 17 (9.24%) Support Assistant
4 16 (8.70%) Business Development Manager
4 16 (8.70%) Development Manager
4 16 (8.70%) Senior
5 14 (7.61%) Business Manager
5 14 (7.61%) Support Engineer
6 13 (7.07%) Account Manager
7 12 (6.52%) Network Engineer
7 12 (6.52%) Technical Specialist
7 12 (6.52%) Unified Communications Consultant
8 10 (5.43%) Marketing Manager
8 10 (5.43%) Operations Manager
8 10 (5.43%) Sales and Marketing Manager
8 10 (5.43%) Sales Manager
8 10 (5.43%) Sales Operations Manager
9 9 (4.89%) Account Director
9 9 (4.89%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.43%) XMPP
2 3 (1.63%) Django
2 3 (1.63%) Flask
2 3 (1.63%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.63%) Jinja
2 3 (1.63%) OAuth
2 3 (1.63%) OAuth2
2 3 (1.63%) pytest
2 3 (1.63%) REST
2 3 (1.63%) RFC 2833
2 3 (1.63%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (1.63%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.78%) Video Conferencing
2 12 (6.52%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.98%) Web Conferencing
4 10 (5.43%) FlexPod
4 10 (5.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (4.89%) Replication
6 6 (3.26%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.72%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.63%) CCTV
8 3 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.63%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.63%) IoT
9 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Licensing
10 1 (0.54%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.54%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.54%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.24%) Windows
2 12 (6.52%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.98%) Linux
4 3 (1.63%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.09%) Android
6 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (19.57%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (14.13%) AI
3 21 (11.41%) Business Development
4 19 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (8.15%) Presales
6 14 (7.61%) Analytics
7 10 (5.43%) B2B
7 10 (5.43%) Data-Driven Marketing
7 10 (5.43%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (4.89%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (4.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (4.89%) Data Management
8 9 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (4.89%) Performance Management
8 9 (4.89%) Time Management
9 8 (4.35%) Case Management
9 8 (4.35%) Customer Service
9 8 (4.35%) Network Management
10 7 (3.80%) ITIL
10 7 (3.80%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.52%) Python
2 6 (3.26%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.63%) C
3 3 (1.63%) C++
4 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.54%) SQL
4 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (12.50%) Degree
2 8 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (3.26%) CCNP
4 5 (2.72%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.63%) CCNA
5 3 (1.63%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.09%) CWNA
6 2 (1.09%) RIBA
6 2 (1.09%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (7.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.80%) vSphere
4 6 (3.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (3.26%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (2.72%) Firmware
5 5 (2.72%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.63%) Docker
6 3 (1.63%) Kamailio
7 2 (1.09%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 16 (8.70%) Cisco CUCM
2 10 (5.43%) Ansible
2 10 (5.43%) Grafana
3 7 (3.80%) Terraform
4 5 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.63%) Argo
5 3 (1.63%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.09%) cPanel
6 2 (1.09%) Plesk
7 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 29 (15.76%) Cisco
3 19 (10.33%) Fortinet
4 14 (7.61%) VMware
5 10 (5.43%) Palo Alto
5 10 (5.43%) Splunk
6 8 (4.35%) Mitel
6 8 (4.35%) Oracle
7 7 (3.80%) NetApp
8 6 (3.26%) BT
8 6 (3.26%) Polycom
9 5 (2.72%) Aruba
9 5 (2.72%) Juniper
10 4 (2.17%) Draytek
11 3 (1.63%) ConnectWise
11 3 (1.63%) Datto
11 3 (1.63%) Meraki
11 3 (1.63%) Veeam
12 2 (1.09%) Kaseya
12 2 (1.09%) NETGEAR