Unified Communications Job Trends in the North of England

Unified Communications
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 273 255
Rank change year-on-year +59 -18 +117
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 45 14 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.42% 0.15% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.73% 1.46% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 26 2 20
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,550 £23,850
25th Percentile £31,500 £33,375 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £41,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.58% -53.89% +111.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,375 £96,539
90th Percentile £70,000 £54,650 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% +8.00% +20.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,604 961 1,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.31% 10.59% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 751 533 966
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £25,500 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% - -
75th Percentile £43,250 £60,000 £61,837
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unified Communications relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in the North of England

Unified Communications
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Unified Communications.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Unified Communications in the North of England

Unified Communications
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 13 January 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 West +45 24 £60,000 +44.58% 7
Yorkshire +7 21 £56,250 - 1
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) Azure
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (31.11%) Telepresence
1 14 (31.11%) VoIP
1 14 (31.11%) WebEx
2 8 (17.78%) Network Security
3 5 (11.11%) LAN
3 5 (11.11%) WAN
4 4 (8.89%) Internet
4 4 (8.89%) NGN
4 4 (8.89%) TCP/IP
4 4 (8.89%) WLAN
5 1 (2.22%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
General
1 22 (48.89%) Telecoms
2 14 (31.11%) Finance
3 4 (8.89%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) Support Engineer
2 14 (31.11%) Voice Engineer
2 14 (31.11%) Voice Support Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Account Director
3 5 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Bid Writer
4 4 (8.89%) Junior
4 4 (8.89%) Senior
4 4 (8.89%) Senior Bid Writer
4 4 (8.89%) Unified Communications Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Junior Support Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Junior Technical Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Junior Technical Support
5 3 (6.67%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Technical Support
5 3 (6.67%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) IT Support
6 2 (4.44%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (4.44%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (42.22%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (31.11%) AI
2 14 (31.11%) Network Management
2 14 (31.11%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 4 (8.89%) Network Design
4 4 (8.89%) Roadmaps
5 3 (6.67%) Business Development
5 3 (6.67%) Commercial Awareness
5 3 (6.67%) Contract Negotiation
5 3 (6.67%) CRM
5 3 (6.67%) Lead Generation
6 2 (4.44%) Agile
6 2 (4.44%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (4.44%) Facilities Management
6 2 (4.44%) Ticket Management
7 1 (2.22%) Presales
Qualifications
1 3 (6.67%) CCNA
1 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (6.67%) Degree
2 2 (4.44%) CCIE
2 2 (4.44%) CCNP
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (31.11%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) Cisco
1 14 (31.11%) Oracle
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.89%) Avaya
3 4 (8.89%) Mitel
4 3 (6.67%) Salesforce