Unified Communications Job Trends in the North West

Unified Communications
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West 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 155 200 186
Rank change year-on-year +45 -14 +113
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 24 7 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.38% 0.14% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.25% 1.31% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 6
10th Percentile £49,725 £29,550 £56,508
25th Percentile - £33,375 £89,016
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £41,500 £92,778
Median % change year-on-year +44.58% -55.27% +118.30%
75th Percentile £62,500 £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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,917 534 565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 30.22% 10.60% 12.55%
Number of salaries quoted 359 315 461
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £52,188 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £77,715
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 West

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

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in the North West

Unified Communications
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Unified Communications in the North West

Unified Communications
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +40 20 £60,000 +114.29% 4
Cheshire - 2 - - 1
Merseyside - 2 £48,250 -
Unified Communications
England

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (58.33%) Telepresence
1 14 (58.33%) VoIP
1 14 (58.33%) WebEx
2 2 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (4.17%) LAN
3 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
3 1 (4.17%) WAN
3 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
General
1 14 (58.33%) Finance
1 14 (58.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.17%) Retail
2 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Support Engineer
1 14 (58.33%) Voice Engineer
1 14 (58.33%) Voice Support Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Account Director
3 2 (8.33%) Bid Writer
3 2 (8.33%) IT Support
3 2 (8.33%) IT Support Technician
3 2 (8.33%) IT Technician
3 2 (8.33%) Senior
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Bid Writer
3 2 (8.33%) Support Technician
4 1 (4.17%) Junior
4 1 (4.17%) Junior Network Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (58.33%) AI
2 14 (58.33%) Network Management
2 14 (58.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (8.33%) Agile
3 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (8.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (8.33%) Facilities Management
3 2 (8.33%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) CCNA
1 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.33%) CCIE
2 2 (8.33%) CCNP
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (58.33%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Cisco
1 14 (58.33%) Oracle
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft