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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 511 664
Rank change year-on-year -90 +153 -92
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 164 125 94
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.29% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.37% 1.94% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 151 75 52
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £26,300
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,750 £34,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -28.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,871 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.51% -21.43% +12.00%

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 6,928 6,445 8,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.70% 14.97% 12.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,464 3,533 4,220
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £49,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +22.50% -20.79% -1.56%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -47 49 £45,000 -18.18% 10
North West -7 43 £57,500 -4.17% 2
South East -38 38 £50,000 -25.65% 20
London -53 34 £40,000 -5.88% 37
South West -70 21 £72,500 +12.40% 9
Midlands -42 18 £53,750 -23.21% 5
East Midlands - 11 £70,000 - 1
West Midlands -41 7 £52,500 -25.00% 4
Yorkshire -41 6 £31,750 -42.27% 2
East of England -33 4 £32,500 -39.81% 7
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 7 (4.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.27%) 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 9 (5.49%) Azure
2 9 (5.49%) Entra ID
3 8 (4.88%) AWS
4 7 (4.27%) OneDrive
4 7 (4.27%) SaaS
5 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.61%) GitHub
6 1 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.61%) IaaS
6 1 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.20%) VoIP
2 18 (10.98%) Wireless
3 17 (10.37%) LAN
4 14 (8.54%) Firewall
5 12 (7.32%) VLAN
5 12 (7.32%) WebEx
6 10 (6.10%) Network Security
7 9 (5.49%) Broadband
7 9 (5.49%) WAN
8 8 (4.88%) DNS
9 7 (4.27%) Skype
10 5 (3.05%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (3.05%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (3.05%) DHCP
10 5 (3.05%) VPN
11 4 (2.44%) DKIM
11 4 (2.44%) DMARC
11 4 (2.44%) Internet
11 4 (2.44%) TCP/IP
12 3 (1.83%) PBX
Development Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Git
General
1 52 (31.71%) Telecoms
2 25 (15.24%) Social Skills
3 24 (14.63%) Law
4 16 (9.76%) Marketing
5 15 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (9.15%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.10%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.05%) Banking
7 5 (3.05%) Finance
7 5 (3.05%) Retail
8 4 (2.44%) Advertising
9 1 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Legal
9 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (16.46%) Business Development Manager
1 27 (16.46%) Business Manager
1 27 (16.46%) Development Manager
2 25 (15.24%) Analyst
2 25 (15.24%) Support Analyst
3 22 (13.41%) Support Assistant
4 16 (9.76%) Lead
4 16 (9.76%) Network Engineer
5 14 (8.54%) Consultant
5 14 (8.54%) Network Consultant
6 11 (6.71%) Senior
6 11 (6.71%) Unified Communications Manager
7 10 (6.10%) Marketing Manager
7 10 (6.10%) Operations Manager
7 10 (6.10%) Product Lead
7 10 (6.10%) Sales and Marketing Manager
7 10 (6.10%) Sales Manager
7 10 (6.10%) Sales Operations Manager
8 8 (4.88%) Cisco Engineer
8 8 (4.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.05%) XMPP
2 3 (1.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.61%) CSS
3 1 (0.61%) CSS3
3 1 (0.61%) HTML
3 1 (0.61%) HTML5
3 1 (0.61%) React
3 1 (0.61%) RESTful
3 1 (0.61%) Vue
3 1 (0.61%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.98%) Onboarding
2 14 (8.54%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (4.27%) 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%) Smartcard
9 2 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.22%) Replication
10 1 (0.61%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.15%) Windows
2 6 (3.66%) Linux
2 6 (3.66%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.44%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.61%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.22%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (20.73%) Business Development
3 21 (12.80%) ITIL
4 18 (10.98%) Customer Service
5 16 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (7.93%) Mentoring
6 13 (7.93%) Migration
6 13 (7.93%) Project Delivery
7 12 (7.32%) B2B
8 11 (6.71%) Presales
9 10 (6.10%) Analytics
9 10 (6.10%) Commercial Awareness
9 10 (6.10%) Data-Driven Marketing
10 9 (5.49%) Network Design
10 9 (5.49%) Preventative Maintenance
10 9 (5.49%) Roadmaps
11 8 (4.88%) CRM
11 8 (4.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (4.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.66%) Python
2 4 (2.44%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.61%) Bash
3 1 (0.61%) Go
3 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (8.54%) Degree
2 10 (6.10%) DBS Check
3 8 (4.88%) CCNP
3 8 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.22%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.22%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.61%) CCNA
8 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.10%) 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
System Software
1 7 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.83%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.66%) Ansible
2 6 (3.66%) Grafana
3 5 (3.05%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (1.83%) cPanel
4 3 (1.83%) Plesk
5 2 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.61%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 44 (26.83%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.76%) Cisco
3 9 (5.49%) VMware
4 8 (4.88%) Aruba
4 8 (4.88%) Juniper
5 7 (4.27%) Polycom
6 6 (3.66%) Palo Alto
6 6 (3.66%) SonicWALL
7 5 (3.05%) Fortinet
7 5 (3.05%) Splunk
7 5 (3.05%) Veeam
8 4 (2.44%) Mitel
8 4 (2.44%) NetApp
9 3 (1.83%) Acronis
9 3 (1.83%) BT
9 3 (1.83%) Datto
9 3 (1.83%) NETGEAR
9 3 (1.83%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.83%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (1.83%) WatchGuard