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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 475 588
Rank change year-on-year +50 +113 +21
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 167 50 155
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.42% 1.01% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 108 25 115
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £21,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,365 £29,230
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,400 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.57% -4.94% -8.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,750 £84,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% -4.76%

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 6,909 4,962 9,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.24% 17.37% 13.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,095 2,553 7,102
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,267 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.41% -2.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,250 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.74% - -5.00%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -8 62 £58,750 +92.62% 14
South East +16 47 £42,500 -10.53% 16
North West +27 44 £60,000 +20.00% 12
Midlands -18 23 £45,000 -40.00% 5
South West -43 17 £72,500 +20.83% 3
Yorkshire -47 15 £30,000 -1.64% 1
West Midlands -31 14 £42,500 -43.33% 4
East Midlands - 9 £45,000 - 1
Wales - 8 £69,973 - 1
East of England -27 4 £45,000 +12.50% 7
Scotland 0 3 £63,750 -8.93% 6
North East -35 3 - - 1
Isle of Man - 3 £59,000 - 1
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 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.20%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.97%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (5.99%) AWS
2 10 (5.99%) Azure
3 9 (5.39%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.99%) OneDrive
4 5 (2.99%) SaaS
5 3 (1.80%) GitHub
5 3 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.60%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.60%) IaaS
6 1 (0.60%) PaaS
6 1 (0.60%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (18.56%) VoIP
2 30 (17.96%) Firewall
3 28 (16.77%) WAN
4 25 (14.97%) LAN
5 21 (12.57%) VLAN
6 17 (10.18%) WebEx
7 15 (8.98%) PBX
8 14 (8.38%) VPN
8 14 (8.38%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (7.19%) Wireshark
10 11 (6.59%) DECT
11 9 (5.39%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (5.39%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (4.79%) DSL
12 8 (4.79%) WLAN
13 7 (4.19%) Network Security
13 7 (4.19%) Wireless
14 6 (3.59%) Telepresence
15 4 (2.40%) DNS
16 3 (1.80%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.80%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.80%) MySQL
2 1 (0.60%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.80%) Git
General
1 51 (30.54%) Telecoms
2 31 (18.56%) Marketing
3 27 (16.17%) Social Skills
4 21 (12.57%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.99%) Finance
6 9 (5.39%) Banking
6 9 (5.39%) Retail
7 5 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.20%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.60%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 18 (10.78%) Consultant
1 18 (10.78%) Senior
2 14 (8.38%) Account Manager
2 14 (8.38%) Support Engineer
3 13 (7.78%) Lead
4 12 (7.19%) Network Engineer
4 12 (7.19%) Technical Specialist
4 12 (7.19%) Unified Communications Consultant
5 11 (6.59%) Sales Manager
6 10 (5.99%) Architect
6 10 (5.99%) Marketing Manager
6 10 (5.99%) Operations Manager
6 10 (5.99%) Professional Services Engineer
6 10 (5.99%) Sales and Marketing Manager
6 10 (5.99%) Sales Operations Manager
7 9 (5.39%) Account Director
7 9 (5.39%) Senior Account Manager
7 9 (5.39%) Senior Manager
7 9 (5.39%) Voice Engineer
8 8 (4.79%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.99%) XMPP
2 3 (1.80%) Django
2 3 (1.80%) Flask
2 3 (1.80%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.80%) Jinja
2 3 (1.80%) OAuth
2 3 (1.80%) OAuth2
2 3 (1.80%) pytest
2 3 (1.80%) REST
2 3 (1.80%) RFC 2833
2 3 (1.80%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (1.80%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.38%) Video Conferencing
2 12 (7.19%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.59%) Web Conferencing
4 10 (5.99%) FlexPod
4 10 (5.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (5.39%) Replication
6 6 (3.59%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.99%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.40%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.80%) CCTV
10 2 (1.20%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Licensing
11 1 (0.60%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.60%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.60%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.98%) Windows
2 11 (6.59%) Linux
3 10 (5.99%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.80%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.80%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.20%) Android
6 1 (0.60%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (16.17%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (14.97%) AI
3 19 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (9.58%) Presales
5 14 (8.38%) Analytics
6 12 (7.19%) Business Development
7 11 (6.59%) Mentoring
8 10 (5.99%) Customer Service
8 10 (5.99%) Data-Driven Marketing
9 9 (5.39%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (5.39%) CI/CD
9 9 (5.39%) Data Management
9 9 (5.39%) Performance Management
9 9 (5.39%) Time Management
10 8 (4.79%) Agile
10 8 (4.79%) Case Management
10 8 (4.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (4.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (4.19%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (4.19%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.19%) Python
2 4 (2.40%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.80%) C
3 3 (1.80%) C++
4 1 (0.60%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.60%) SQL
4 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (14.37%) Degree
2 6 (3.59%) CCNP
2 6 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (2.99%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.60%) CCNA
5 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.60%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (1.80%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (8.38%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.19%) vSphere
4 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (3.59%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.80%) Docker
5 3 (1.80%) Kamailio
6 2 (1.20%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.20%) Firmware
6 2 (1.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (9.58%) Cisco CUCM
2 10 (5.99%) Ansible
2 10 (5.99%) Grafana
3 7 (4.19%) Terraform
4 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.80%) Argo
5 3 (1.80%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.80%) SCCM
6 2 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.20%) cPanel
6 2 (1.20%) Plesk
7 1 (0.60%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 49 (29.34%) Microsoft
2 30 (17.96%) Cisco
3 16 (9.58%) Fortinet
4 11 (6.59%) Mitel
4 11 (6.59%) VMware
5 10 (5.99%) Palo Alto
5 10 (5.99%) Splunk
6 8 (4.79%) Oracle
7 7 (4.19%) NetApp
8 6 (3.59%) BT
9 5 (2.99%) Aruba
9 5 (2.99%) Juniper
10 4 (2.40%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.80%) Datto
11 3 (1.80%) Ribbon
11 3 (1.80%) Veeam
12 2 (1.20%) Kaseya
12 2 (1.20%) NETGEAR
12 2 (1.20%) SonicWALL
12 2 (1.20%) WatchGuard