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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 545 576
Rank change year-on-year +60 +31 +166
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 192 72 229
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.20% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.00% 1.55% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 103 54 179
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £21,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £39,168 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +12.50% -3.77%
75th Percentile £51,250 £80,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £60,000 £97,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £56,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +12.50% -3.69%

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 9,583 4,643 11,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.01% 12.71% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3,700 3,392 8,584
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.48% +8.42% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £51,887 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.09% +9.23% -6.86%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 +47 83 £42,500 -26.09% 6
North of England -41 49 £60,000 +96.72% 9
North West -9 32 £60,000 +20.00% 7
Midlands -27 21 £45,000 -25.00% 6
London -13 20 £38,500 -59.47% 12
West Midlands -15 14 £42,500 -29.17% 1
Yorkshire -51 14 £30,000 -1.64% 2
South West -31 10 £52,500 -0.94% 5
East Midlands - 7 £45,000 - 5
East of England -29 6 £45,000 +12.50% 3
North East -31 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 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.60%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.60%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.04%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 31 (16.15%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (6.77%) SaaS
3 11 (5.73%) Azure
4 7 (3.65%) AWS
5 5 (2.60%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.56%) GitHub
6 3 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.04%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 37 (19.27%) Firewall
1 37 (19.27%) VoIP
2 29 (15.10%) WAN
3 24 (12.50%) WebEx
4 21 (10.94%) VLAN
5 20 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (9.90%) VPN
7 18 (9.38%) PBX
8 17 (8.85%) Wireshark
9 16 (8.33%) DECT
10 15 (7.81%) LAN
11 13 (6.77%) DSL
12 12 (6.25%) Telepresence
13 6 (3.13%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (3.13%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (3.13%) Wireless
13 6 (3.13%) WLAN
14 5 (2.60%) DNS
14 5 (2.60%) Skype
15 4 (2.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (1.56%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.56%) MySQL
2 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Git
General
1 52 (27.08%) Telecoms
2 36 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 35 (18.23%) Marketing
4 20 (10.42%) Finance
5 18 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.21%) Law
7 6 (3.13%) Banking
7 6 (3.13%) Retail
8 5 (2.60%) Legal
9 3 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.56%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Electronics
11 1 (0.52%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 31 (16.15%) Account Manager
2 29 (15.10%) Senior
3 19 (9.90%) Consultant
3 19 (9.90%) Support Engineer
4 17 (8.85%) Senior Account Manager
4 17 (8.85%) Senior Manager
5 16 (8.33%) Unified Communications Consultant
6 13 (6.77%) 2nd Line Support
6 13 (6.77%) Business Manager
6 13 (6.77%) Voice Engineer
7 12 (6.25%) Voice Support Engineer
8 10 (5.21%) Analyst
8 10 (5.21%) Senior Business Manager
8 10 (5.21%) Support Analyst
8 10 (5.21%) Technical Account Manager
8 10 (5.21%) Technical Manager
8 10 (5.21%) Technical Specialist
9 9 (4.69%) Account Director
9 9 (4.69%) IT Support
10 8 (4.17%) Presales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.65%) XMPP
2 3 (1.56%) Django
2 3 (1.56%) Flask
2 3 (1.56%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.56%) Jinja
2 3 (1.56%) OAuth
2 3 (1.56%) OAuth2
2 3 (1.56%) pytest
2 3 (1.56%) REST
2 3 (1.56%) RFC 2833
2 3 (1.56%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (1.56%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.94%) Video Conferencing
1 21 (10.94%) Web Conferencing
2 12 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.17%) Replication
4 7 (3.65%) FlexPod
4 7 (3.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.60%) Social Media
7 4 (2.08%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.56%) CCTV
8 3 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.56%) IoT
9 2 (1.04%) Digital Signage
9 2 (1.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.52%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.52%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.52%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.77%) Windows
2 9 (4.69%) Linux
3 8 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.56%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.56%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.04%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.88%) Presales
2 30 (15.63%) AI
3 25 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 15 (7.81%) Network Management
6 14 (7.29%) Time Management
7 13 (6.77%) Case Management
7 13 (6.77%) CRM
8 12 (6.25%) B2B
8 12 (6.25%) Business Development
8 12 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (5.73%) Customer Experience
10 9 (4.69%) Analytics
10 9 (4.69%) Collaborative Culture
10 9 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (4.17%) B2B Sales
11 8 (4.17%) Customer Service
12 7 (3.65%) Commercial Awareness
12 7 (3.65%) Sales Enablement
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.69%) Python
2 6 (3.13%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.56%) C
3 3 (1.56%) C++
4 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.52%) SQL
4 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (15.10%) Degree
2 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (2.60%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.08%) CCNA
3 4 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (2.08%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.56%) CWNA
4 3 (1.56%) RIBA
5 2 (1.04%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.52%) CCNP
6 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.60%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.56%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.13%) vSphere
4 5 (2.60%) Firmware
4 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (2.60%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.56%) Docker
5 3 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.56%) Kamailio
6 2 (1.04%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 19 (9.90%) Cisco CUCM
2 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (3.65%) Ansible
3 7 (3.65%) Grafana
4 6 (3.13%) Terraform
5 5 (2.60%) SCCM
6 3 (1.56%) Argo
6 3 (1.56%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 52 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 32 (16.67%) Cisco
3 16 (8.33%) Fortinet
4 13 (6.77%) Oracle
5 11 (5.73%) Mitel
6 10 (5.21%) VMware
7 7 (3.65%) Palo Alto
7 7 (3.65%) Splunk
8 6 (3.13%) BT
8 6 (3.13%) NetApp
9 5 (2.60%) Adobe
9 5 (2.60%) Polycom
9 5 (2.60%) Zoho
10 4 (2.08%) Draytek
10 4 (2.08%) Meraki
11 3 (1.56%) ConnectWise
12 2 (1.04%) Apple
12 2 (1.04%) Avaya
12 2 (1.04%) Kaseya
13 1 (0.52%) Sophos