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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 490 536 596
Rank change year-on-year +46 +60 +153
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 189 77 225
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.20% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.96% 1.42% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 112 46 175
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £21,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £37,848 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £54,181 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £63,625 £97,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -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 9,624 5,431 11,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.04% 14.36% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,647 3,435 8,607
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £33,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +39 69 £41,250 -23.26% 6
North of England -27 54 £60,000 +96.72% 7
North West -2 37 £60,000 +20.00% 5
London -25 25 £39,250 -58.68% 9
Midlands -26 23 £45,000 -40.00% 4
West Midlands -26 14 £42,500 -43.33% 2
Yorkshire -50 14 £30,000 -1.64% 1
South West -48 11 £52,500 -12.50% 3
East Midlands - 9 £45,000 - 2
East of England -30 4 £45,000 +12.50% 1
North East -35 3 - - 1
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 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (3.70%) Skype for Business
2 4 (2.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.06%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (5.82%) Azure
3 9 (4.76%) AWS
3 9 (4.76%) SaaS
4 5 (2.65%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.59%) GitHub
5 3 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.06%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.53%) IaaS
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (19.05%) Firewall
2 30 (15.87%) VoIP
3 27 (14.29%) WAN
4 24 (12.70%) WebEx
5 20 (10.58%) VLAN
6 18 (9.52%) LAN
7 17 (8.99%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (8.47%) VPN
9 15 (7.94%) PBX
10 14 (7.41%) Wireshark
11 13 (6.88%) DECT
12 10 (5.29%) DSL
13 8 (4.23%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (4.23%) Cisco Firepower
13 8 (4.23%) Telepresence
13 8 (4.23%) Wireless
14 7 (3.70%) Skype
15 5 (2.65%) DNS
15 5 (2.65%) WLAN
16 4 (2.12%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (1.59%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.59%) MySQL
2 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.59%) Git
General
1 48 (25.40%) Telecoms
2 34 (17.99%) Marketing
3 26 (13.76%) Social Skills
4 17 (8.99%) Public Sector
5 16 (8.47%) Finance
5 16 (8.47%) Law
6 8 (4.23%) Banking
6 8 (4.23%) Retail
7 3 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.06%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.06%) Legal
8 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.53%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 25 (13.23%) Account Manager
2 24 (12.70%) Senior
3 21 (11.11%) Consultant
4 16 (8.47%) Unified Communications Consultant
5 15 (7.94%) Analyst
5 15 (7.94%) Senior Account Manager
5 15 (7.94%) Senior Manager
5 15 (7.94%) Support Analyst
5 15 (7.94%) Support Engineer
6 12 (6.35%) Business Manager
6 12 (6.35%) Support Assistant
6 12 (6.35%) Technical Specialist
7 11 (5.82%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (5.82%) Voice Engineer
8 9 (4.76%) Account Director
8 9 (4.76%) Network Engineer
9 8 (4.23%) Senior Business Manager
9 8 (4.23%) Voice Support Engineer
10 7 (3.70%) Professional Services Engineer
10 7 (3.70%) Senior Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.76%) XMPP
2 3 (1.59%) Django
2 3 (1.59%) Flask
2 3 (1.59%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.59%) Jinja
2 3 (1.59%) OAuth
2 3 (1.59%) OAuth2
2 3 (1.59%) pytest
2 3 (1.59%) REST
2 3 (1.59%) RFC 2833
2 3 (1.59%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (1.59%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.17%) Video Conferencing
2 13 (6.88%) Web Conferencing
3 9 (4.76%) FlexPod
3 9 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.23%) Replication
5 6 (3.17%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.17%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.12%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.59%) CCTV
7 3 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.59%) IoT
8 1 (0.53%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.53%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.53%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.53%) Handset
8 1 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.41%) Windows
2 10 (5.29%) Linux
3 9 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.59%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.06%) Android
6 1 (0.53%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (18.52%) Presales
2 26 (13.76%) AI
2 26 (13.76%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (6.35%) Business Development
4 12 (6.35%) Root Cause Analysis
5 11 (5.82%) Analytics
5 11 (5.82%) B2B
5 11 (5.82%) Network Management
5 11 (5.82%) Time Management
6 10 (5.29%) Case Management
7 9 (4.76%) Customer Service
7 9 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (4.23%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (4.23%) Customer Experience
8 8 (4.23%) Data Management
8 8 (4.23%) ITIL
8 8 (4.23%) Performance Management
9 7 (3.70%) Data-Driven Marketing
9 7 (3.70%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.82%) Python
2 6 (3.17%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.59%) C
3 3 (1.59%) C++
4 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.53%) SQL
4 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (12.17%) Degree
2 6 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.12%) CCNA
4 4 (2.12%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.59%) CCNP
5 3 (1.59%) CWNA
5 3 (1.59%) RIBA
5 3 (1.59%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.59%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (7.41%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.17%) vSphere
4 5 (2.65%) Firmware
4 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (2.65%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.59%) Docker
5 3 (1.59%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.59%) Kamailio
6 2 (1.06%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 17 (8.99%) Cisco CUCM
2 9 (4.76%) Ansible
2 9 (4.76%) Grafana
2 9 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.17%) Terraform
4 5 (2.65%) SCCM
5 3 (1.59%) Argo
5 3 (1.59%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 47 (24.87%) Microsoft
2 27 (14.29%) Cisco
3 18 (9.52%) Fortinet
4 11 (5.82%) VMware
5 10 (5.29%) Oracle
6 9 (4.76%) Mitel
6 9 (4.76%) Palo Alto
6 9 (4.76%) Splunk
7 7 (3.70%) Polycom
8 6 (3.17%) BT
8 6 (3.17%) NetApp
9 4 (2.12%) Draytek
9 4 (2.12%) Meraki
10 3 (1.59%) ConnectWise
11 2 (1.06%) Apple
11 2 (1.06%) Aruba
11 2 (1.06%) Juniper
11 2 (1.06%) Kaseya
12 1 (0.53%) Avaya
12 1 (0.53%) Sophos