Ribbon Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Ribbon
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of Ribbon products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ribbon over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Ribbon Communications (formerly Sonus Networks).

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 - 736
Rank change year-on-year - - -35
Permanent jobs citing Ribbon 4 0 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% - 0.022%
As % of the Vendors category 0.025% - 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £62,500
90th Percentile - - £78,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £47,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +25.53% -24.80% +19.05%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Ribbon falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,197 12,723 25,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.23% 42.90% 32.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9,146 6,674 17,469
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £34,828 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.26% -8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% +10.00% -13.04%

Ribbon
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ribbon relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Ribbon job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Ribbon
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ribbon.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ribbon

Ribbon
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ribbon within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Isle of Man - 4 £59,000 -
Ribbon
UK

Ribbon
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 4 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Professional Services Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Mitel
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow