Unified Communications Job Trends in the South West

Unified Communications
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 189 205
Rank change year-on-year +13 +16 +51
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 6 4 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.12% 0.093% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.98% 0.82% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile £44,125 - £24,519
25th Percentile £48,438 £37,500 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £45,500 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.63% +16.67% -23.59%
75th Percentile £63,438 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £67,375 - £52,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -35.71% +7.69% +25.20%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 611 489 781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.16% 11.40% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 361 284 599
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £52,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +6.12% +3.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £61,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £86,000 £70,000
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 South West

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

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in the South West

Unified Communications
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in the South West over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Unified Communications in the South West

Unified Communications
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Bristol +14 4 £70,000 +37.25%
Devon - 1 £42,500 -
Wiltshire - 1 - -
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Bid Writer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Bid Writer
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) AI
1 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) SAP