Unified Communications Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 474 588
Rank change year-on-year +5 +114 -22
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 164 77 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.22% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.14% 1.34% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 129 41 58
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £31,599 £29,230
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -10.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £56,875
90th Percentile £75,000 - £66,625
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -18.80%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,225 5,752 7,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.99% 16.77% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,527 3,116 5,051
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.67% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -5.77%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Unified Communications in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
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 Unified Communications within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 August 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 -17 59 £45,000 +8.18% 11
North West +27 45 £57,500 -14.81% 7
South East -1 42 £50,000 -28.57% 23
South West -51 27 £72,500 +12.40% 5
Midlands -29 13 £45,000 -35.71% 14
Yorkshire -37 11 £30,000 -9.09% 2
Wales -53 9 £69,973 -0.04% 1
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 7
East of England -19 6 £45,000 -28.00% 2
West Midlands -35 5 £42,500 -39.29% 7
Scotland +12 4 £43,750 -37.50% 1
Isle of Man - 4 £59,000 -
North East -51 3 - - 2
Unified Communications
UK

Unified Communications
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.61%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.61%) InDesign
2 1 (0.61%) Revit
2 1 (0.61%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.61%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.46%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (6.71%) AWS
3 9 (5.49%) Azure
3 9 (5.49%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.27%) SaaS
5 6 (3.66%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.61%) GitHub
7 1 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.61%) IaaS
7 1 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (17.68%) LAN
2 27 (16.46%) Firewall
3 25 (15.24%) VoIP
4 24 (14.63%) WAN
5 17 (10.37%) VLAN
6 13 (7.93%) WebEx
7 10 (6.10%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (6.10%) Cisco Firepower
7 10 (6.10%) PBX
7 10 (6.10%) Wireless
7 10 (6.10%) WLAN
8 9 (5.49%) VPN
8 9 (5.49%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (4.27%) Network Security
10 6 (3.66%) DNS
11 5 (3.05%) DECT
12 4 (2.44%) Broadband
12 4 (2.44%) Wireshark
13 3 (1.83%) DHCP
13 3 (1.83%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.61%) MySQL
1 1 (0.61%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.22%) Git
General
1 54 (32.93%) Telecoms
2 28 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 23 (14.02%) Marketing
4 19 (11.59%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.10%) Banking
5 10 (6.10%) Retail
6 7 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.05%) Finance
8 4 (2.44%) Advertising
9 2 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.22%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.22%) Police
9 2 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (15.24%) Business Development Manager
1 25 (15.24%) Development Manager
2 24 (14.63%) Business Manager
3 20 (12.20%) Lead
4 14 (8.54%) Architect
5 13 (7.93%) Network Engineer
6 12 (7.32%) Technical Specialist
7 11 (6.71%) Account Manager
7 11 (6.71%) Sales Manager
7 11 (6.71%) Senior
7 11 (6.71%) Unified Communications Manager
8 10 (6.10%) Marketing Manager
8 10 (6.10%) Operations Manager
8 10 (6.10%) Product Lead
8 10 (6.10%) Sales and Marketing Manager
8 10 (6.10%) Sales Operations Manager
8 10 (6.10%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.88%) Lead Architect
9 8 (4.88%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (4.88%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.71%) XMPP
2 1 (0.61%) CSS
2 1 (0.61%) CSS3
2 1 (0.61%) Django
2 1 (0.61%) Flask
2 1 (0.61%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (0.61%) HTML
2 1 (0.61%) HTML5
2 1 (0.61%) Jinja
2 1 (0.61%) OAuth
2 1 (0.61%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.61%) pytest
2 1 (0.61%) React
2 1 (0.61%) REST
2 1 (0.61%) RESTful
2 1 (0.61%) RFC 2833
2 1 (0.61%) SQLAlchemy
2 1 (0.61%) Vue
2 1 (0.61%) WebRTC
2 1 (0.61%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.76%) Onboarding
2 12 (7.32%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (6.71%) FlexPod
3 11 (6.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (5.49%) Replication
5 6 (3.66%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.05%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.05%) Web Conferencing
7 4 (2.44%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.83%) CCTV
8 3 (1.83%) IoT
8 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Licensing
9 2 (1.22%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.22%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.61%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.61%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.61%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.37%) Windows
2 11 (6.71%) Windows Server
3 10 (6.10%) Linux
4 2 (1.22%) Android
4 2 (1.22%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.61%) Solaris
5 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (18.29%) Business Development
3 17 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (9.76%) Mentoring
5 13 (7.93%) Presales
6 12 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (6.71%) Analytics
8 10 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (6.10%) Customer Service
8 10 (6.10%) Data Management
8 10 (6.10%) Data-Driven Marketing
8 10 (6.10%) Performance Management
8 10 (6.10%) Technical Architecture
9 9 (5.49%) B2B
9 9 (5.49%) Migration
10 8 (4.88%) Agile
10 8 (4.88%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (4.88%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.71%) Python
2 4 (2.44%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.61%) C
3 1 (0.61%) C++
3 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.61%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.61%) SQL
3 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (15.24%) Degree
2 6 (3.66%) CCNP
2 6 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.05%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.61%) CCNA
5 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.61%) GDPR
2 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.10%) Active Directory
3 8 (4.88%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (4.88%) vSphere
4 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.83%) Firmware
5 3 (1.83%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.22%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.61%) Docker
7 1 (0.61%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 11 (6.71%) Ansible
1 11 (6.71%) Cisco CUCM
1 11 (6.71%) Grafana
2 8 (4.88%) Terraform
3 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.83%) cPanel
4 3 (1.83%) Plesk
5 2 (1.22%) SCCM
6 1 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.61%) Argo
6 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (26.83%) Microsoft
2 25 (15.24%) Cisco
3 13 (7.93%) Fortinet
3 13 (7.93%) VMware
4 11 (6.71%) Palo Alto
4 11 (6.71%) Splunk
5 10 (6.10%) Mitel
6 8 (4.88%) NetApp
7 5 (3.05%) Aruba
7 5 (3.05%) BT
7 5 (3.05%) Juniper
8 4 (2.44%) Ribbon
8 4 (2.44%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.83%) Acronis
9 3 (1.83%) Datto
9 3 (1.83%) NETGEAR
9 3 (1.83%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.83%) Veeam
9 3 (1.83%) WatchGuard
10 2 (1.22%) Kaseya