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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 559 600
Rank change year-on-year +38 +41 +128
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 185 79 224
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.21% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.23% 1.34% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 121 46 175
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £21,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £39,168 £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 £60,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £97,500 £87,000
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 8,289 5,898 11,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.01% 15.39% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,820 3,263 8,507
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,525 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £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 24 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 24 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
North of England +3 61 £60,000 +96.72% 8
South East +21 50 £42,500 -20.93% 15
North West +29 42 £60,000 +20.00% 6
London -35 28 £40,000 -57.89% 9
Midlands -14 23 £45,000 -40.00% 5
Yorkshire -36 16 £30,875 +1.23% 1
South West -50 16 £72,500 +20.83% 4
West Midlands -28 14 £42,500 -43.33% 4
East Midlands - 9 £45,000 - 1
East of England -25 4 £45,000 +11.94% 6
North East -40 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 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.24%) Skype for Business
2 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.08%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.59%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (5.41%) AWS
2 10 (5.41%) Azure
3 9 (4.86%) SaaS
4 4 (2.16%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.62%) GitHub
5 3 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.08%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.54%) IaaS
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (18.92%) Firewall
2 26 (14.05%) VoIP
2 26 (14.05%) WAN
3 22 (11.89%) LAN
3 22 (11.89%) WebEx
4 19 (10.27%) VLAN
5 15 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (7.57%) VPN
7 13 (7.03%) PBX
8 12 (6.49%) Wireshark
9 11 (5.95%) DECT
9 11 (5.95%) Wireless
10 9 (4.86%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (4.86%) Cisco Firepower
11 8 (4.32%) DSL
12 7 (3.78%) Network Security
13 6 (3.24%) Skype
13 6 (3.24%) Telepresence
14 5 (2.70%) DNS
14 5 (2.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (1.62%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.62%) MySQL
2 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.62%) Git
General
1 48 (25.95%) Telecoms
2 35 (18.92%) Marketing
3 22 (11.89%) Social Skills
4 19 (10.27%) Law
5 17 (9.19%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.57%) Finance
7 9 (4.86%) Banking
7 9 (4.86%) Retail
8 5 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.54%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 21 (11.35%) Consultant
2 19 (10.27%) Senior
3 18 (9.73%) Analyst
3 18 (9.73%) Support Analyst
4 15 (8.11%) Account Manager
4 15 (8.11%) Support Assistant
5 14 (7.57%) Support Engineer
6 13 (7.03%) Unified Communications Consultant
7 12 (6.49%) Network Engineer
7 12 (6.49%) Technical Specialist
8 10 (5.41%) Marketing Manager
8 10 (5.41%) Operations Manager
8 10 (5.41%) Sales and Marketing Manager
8 10 (5.41%) Sales Manager
8 10 (5.41%) Sales Operations Manager
8 10 (5.41%) Senior Account Manager
8 10 (5.41%) Senior Manager
9 9 (4.86%) 2nd Line Support
9 9 (4.86%) Account Director
9 9 (4.86%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.41%) XMPP
2 3 (1.62%) Django
2 3 (1.62%) Flask
2 3 (1.62%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.62%) Jinja
2 3 (1.62%) OAuth
2 3 (1.62%) OAuth2
2 3 (1.62%) pytest
2 3 (1.62%) REST
2 3 (1.62%) RFC 2833
2 3 (1.62%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (1.62%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.89%) Video Conferencing
2 11 (5.95%) Web Conferencing
3 10 (5.41%) FlexPod
3 10 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.86%) Replication
5 6 (3.24%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.16%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.62%) CCTV
8 3 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.62%) IoT
9 1 (0.54%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.54%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.54%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.11%) Windows
2 11 (5.95%) Linux
3 10 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.62%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.62%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.08%) Android
6 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (12.43%) AI
4 21 (11.35%) Presales
5 14 (7.57%) Analytics
6 13 (7.03%) Business Development
7 10 (5.41%) B2B
7 10 (5.41%) Customer Service
7 10 (5.41%) Data-Driven Marketing
7 10 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (5.41%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (4.86%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (4.86%) Data Management
8 9 (4.86%) Network Management
8 9 (4.86%) Performance Management
8 9 (4.86%) Time Management
9 8 (4.32%) Case Management
9 8 (4.32%) Network Design
10 7 (3.78%) ITIL
11 6 (3.24%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.49%) Python
2 6 (3.24%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.62%) C
3 3 (1.62%) C++
4 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.54%) SQL
4 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (12.43%) Degree
2 9 (4.86%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (3.24%) CCNP
4 5 (2.70%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.16%) CCNA
5 4 (2.16%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.62%) CWNA
6 3 (1.62%) RIBA
6 3 (1.62%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.78%) vSphere
4 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (3.24%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (2.70%) Firmware
6 3 (1.62%) Docker
6 3 (1.62%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.62%) Kamailio
7 2 (1.08%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 16 (8.65%) Cisco CUCM
2 10 (5.41%) Ansible
2 10 (5.41%) Grafana
3 9 (4.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (3.78%) Terraform
5 5 (2.70%) SCCM
6 3 (1.62%) Argo
6 3 (1.62%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 46 (24.86%) Microsoft
2 29 (15.68%) Cisco
3 19 (10.27%) Fortinet
4 12 (6.49%) VMware
5 10 (5.41%) Palo Alto
5 10 (5.41%) Splunk
6 8 (4.32%) Mitel
6 8 (4.32%) Oracle
7 7 (3.78%) NetApp
8 6 (3.24%) BT
8 6 (3.24%) Polycom
9 5 (2.70%) Aruba
9 5 (2.70%) Juniper
10 4 (2.16%) Draytek
10 4 (2.16%) Meraki
11 3 (1.62%) ConnectWise
12 2 (1.08%) Apple
12 2 (1.08%) Kaseya
13 1 (0.54%) Avaya
13 1 (0.54%) Sophos