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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 571 588
Rank change year-on-year +118 +17 +138
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 198 66 203
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.17% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.13% 1.24% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 104 49 156
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,050 £21,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,400 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% +1.12%
75th Percentile £53,750 £87,500 £71,500
90th Percentile £62,060 £97,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% +1.12%

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 9,299 5,312 10,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.26% 13.56% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,609 3,302 8,317
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,212 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £53,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.75% +9.28% -5.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £79,350
UK median annual salary £40,792 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -23.03% +9.28% -7.62%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 +65 91 £42,500 -26.09% 14
North of England +5 54 £60,000 +96.72% 10
North West +14 34 £60,000 +40.35% 8
London +3 18 £43,750 -51.39% 15
Midlands -6 18 £42,500 -29.17% 6
Yorkshire -40 17 £30,000 -1.64% 2
West Midlands +7 15 £42,500 -29.17% 1
East of England -4 8 £37,500 -6.25% 4
South West -22 6 £47,500 -6.86% 5
East Midlands - 3 £45,000 - 5
North East - 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 11 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.04%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.53%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (7.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (4.55%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.01%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 31 (15.66%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (7.07%) SaaS
3 11 (5.56%) Azure
4 5 (2.53%) AWS
4 5 (2.53%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.02%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.52%) GitHub
6 3 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 42 (21.21%) VoIP
2 32 (16.16%) Firewall
3 28 (14.14%) WAN
4 24 (12.12%) WebEx
5 18 (9.09%) VLAN
6 17 (8.59%) VPN
6 17 (8.59%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (8.59%) Wireshark
7 16 (8.08%) PBX
8 14 (7.07%) DECT
8 14 (7.07%) Telepresence
9 13 (6.57%) DSL
9 13 (6.57%) LAN
10 7 (3.54%) Wireless
10 7 (3.54%) WLAN
11 6 (3.03%) DNS
11 6 (3.03%) TCP/IP
12 5 (2.53%) Skype
13 4 (2.02%) Internet
13 4 (2.02%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (1.52%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Git
General
1 53 (26.77%) Telecoms
2 41 (20.71%) Social Skills
3 34 (17.17%) Marketing
4 19 (9.60%) Finance
5 15 (7.58%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.03%) Law
7 5 (2.53%) Legal
8 3 (1.52%) Banking
8 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.52%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.52%) Retail
9 2 (1.01%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 31 (15.66%) Senior
2 30 (15.15%) Account Manager
3 21 (10.61%) Support Engineer
4 19 (9.60%) Consultant
5 17 (8.59%) Senior Account Manager
5 17 (8.59%) Senior Manager
6 16 (8.08%) Unified Communications Consultant
7 14 (7.07%) Voice Engineer
7 14 (7.07%) Voice Support Engineer
8 13 (6.57%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (5.05%) Analyst
9 10 (5.05%) Business Manager
9 10 (5.05%) Marketing Executive
9 10 (5.05%) Presales Engineer
9 10 (5.05%) Senior Business Manager
10 9 (4.55%) Account Director
10 9 (4.55%) IT Support
10 9 (4.55%) Senior Marketing Executive
10 9 (4.55%) Technical Account Manager
10 9 (4.55%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.02%) XMPP
2 3 (1.52%) Django
2 3 (1.52%) Flask
2 3 (1.52%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.52%) Jinja
2 3 (1.52%) OAuth
2 3 (1.52%) OAuth2
2 3 (1.52%) pytest
2 3 (1.52%) REST
2 3 (1.52%) RFC 2833
2 3 (1.52%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (1.52%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.62%) Web Conferencing
2 20 (10.10%) Video Conferencing
3 13 (6.57%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.55%) Social Media
5 6 (3.03%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.53%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.53%) Replication
7 4 (2.02%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.02%) FlexPod
7 4 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.52%) IoT
9 2 (1.01%) Digital Signage
9 2 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.51%) CMDB
10 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.51%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.51%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.07%) Windows
2 7 (3.54%) Linux
3 6 (3.03%) Windows 10
3 6 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.52%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.01%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (22.22%) Presales
2 32 (16.16%) AI
3 28 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (8.59%) Network Management
4 17 (8.59%) Root Cause Analysis
5 15 (7.58%) CRM
5 15 (7.58%) Time Management
6 13 (6.57%) Analytics
6 13 (6.57%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (6.57%) Case Management
6 13 (6.57%) Collaborative Culture
7 12 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (5.56%) Commercial Awareness
8 11 (5.56%) Customer Experience
9 10 (5.05%) Computer Science
10 9 (4.55%) B2B
10 9 (4.55%) Business Analytics
10 9 (4.55%) Business Development
10 9 (4.55%) Line Management
10 9 (4.55%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.54%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.03%) Python
3 3 (1.52%) C
3 3 (1.52%) C++
Qualifications
1 31 (15.66%) Degree
2 10 (5.05%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (3.54%) CCNA
4 6 (3.03%) CCNP
5 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.53%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.02%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.52%) CWNA
7 3 (1.52%) RIBA
8 2 (1.01%) CCIE
8 2 (1.01%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.51%) CCDA
9 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.55%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.52%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.51%) NIST
4 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (9.60%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.02%) Firmware
3 4 (2.02%) vSphere
4 3 (1.52%) Docker
4 3 (1.52%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.52%) Kamailio
4 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.01%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 20 (10.10%) Cisco CUCM
2 9 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.02%) Ansible
3 4 (2.02%) Grafana
3 4 (2.02%) SCCM
3 4 (2.02%) Terraform
4 3 (1.52%) Argo
4 3 (1.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 57 (28.79%) Microsoft
2 40 (20.20%) Cisco
3 15 (7.58%) Mitel
4 14 (7.07%) Fortinet
4 14 (7.07%) Oracle
5 11 (5.56%) VMware
6 9 (4.55%) Adobe
6 9 (4.55%) Zoho
7 6 (3.03%) BT
8 5 (2.53%) Polycom
9 4 (2.02%) Draytek
9 4 (2.02%) Meraki
9 4 (2.02%) NetApp
9 4 (2.02%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.02%) Splunk
10 3 (1.52%) Avaya
10 3 (1.52%) ConnectWise
11 2 (1.01%) Apple
11 2 (1.01%) Kaseya
12 1 (0.51%) SolarWinds