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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 462 563
Rank change year-on-year +96 +101 +66
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 183 35 154
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.13% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.31% 1.01% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 92 30 113
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £21,000
25th Percentile £39,688 £31,423 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,200 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% -5.41% -
75th Percentile £51,250 £57,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,250 £93,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £58,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.40% +17.50% -3.69%

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 7,917 3,482 8,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.05% 13.35% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,909 2,560 6,950
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +9.20% -3.33%
75th Percentile £57,239 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.25% -5.83%

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 30 March 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 30 March 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
South East +53 88 £42,500 -26.09% 6
North of England -9 51 £60,000 +96.72% 9
North West +9 33 £60,000 +22.45% 7
Midlands -9 20 £43,750 -27.08% 6
Yorkshire -43 15 £30,000 -1.64% 2
West Midlands +2 14 £42,500 -29.17% 1
South West -41 9 £52,500 +2.94% 5
East of England -26 8 £45,000 +12.50% 3
East Midlands - 6 £45,000 - 5
North East -17 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 3 £35,000 -
Scotland - 3 £73,750 - 1
Wales - 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 8 (4.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.28%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.09%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 26 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (7.10%) SaaS
3 9 (4.92%) Azure
4 6 (3.28%) AWS
4 6 (3.28%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.64%) GitHub
5 3 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (1.64%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.55%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.55%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (21.31%) VoIP
2 29 (15.85%) Firewall
3 24 (13.11%) WAN
4 20 (10.93%) VLAN
5 19 (10.38%) VPN
5 19 (10.38%) WebEx
6 18 (9.84%) PBX
7 17 (9.29%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (9.29%) Wireshark
8 16 (8.74%) DECT
9 13 (7.10%) DSL
9 13 (7.10%) Telepresence
10 11 (6.01%) LAN
11 5 (2.73%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (2.73%) Cisco Firepower
12 3 (1.64%) HTTP
12 3 (1.64%) Network Security
12 3 (1.64%) RTP
12 3 (1.64%) TCP/IP
12 3 (1.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.64%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.64%) MySQL
2 1 (0.55%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Git
General
1 54 (29.51%) Telecoms
2 39 (21.31%) Social Skills
3 31 (16.94%) Marketing
4 18 (9.84%) Finance
5 17 (9.29%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.73%) Banking
6 5 (2.73%) Legal
6 5 (2.73%) Retail
7 3 (1.64%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.09%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Electronics
9 1 (0.55%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 32 (17.49%) Account Manager
2 29 (15.85%) Senior
3 20 (10.93%) Support Engineer
4 18 (9.84%) Consultant
5 17 (9.29%) Senior Account Manager
5 17 (9.29%) Senior Manager
6 16 (8.74%) Unified Communications Consultant
7 13 (7.10%) 2nd Line Support
7 13 (7.10%) Voice Engineer
7 13 (7.10%) Voice Support Engineer
8 11 (6.01%) Technical Account Manager
8 11 (6.01%) Technical Manager
9 10 (5.46%) Business Manager
9 10 (5.46%) Senior Business Manager
10 9 (4.92%) Account Director
10 9 (4.92%) IT Support
10 9 (4.92%) Presales Engineer
10 9 (4.92%) Technical Specialist
11 7 (3.83%) Support Technician
11 7 (3.83%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.28%) XMPP
2 3 (1.64%) Django
2 3 (1.64%) Flask
2 3 (1.64%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.64%) Jinja
2 3 (1.64%) OAuth
2 3 (1.64%) OAuth2
2 3 (1.64%) pytest
2 3 (1.64%) REST
2 3 (1.64%) RFC 2833
2 3 (1.64%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (1.64%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.02%) Web Conferencing
2 15 (8.20%) Video Conferencing
3 12 (6.56%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.37%) Driving Licence
4 8 (4.37%) Replication
5 7 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.28%) FlexPod
6 6 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.28%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.28%) Social Media
7 3 (1.64%) CCTV
8 2 (1.09%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.09%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.55%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.55%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.55%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.55%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.55%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.56%) Windows
2 9 (4.92%) Linux
3 6 (3.28%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.19%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.64%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (22.95%) Presales
2 31 (16.94%) AI
3 27 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (8.20%) Time Management
5 14 (7.65%) Root Cause Analysis
6 13 (7.10%) Case Management
6 13 (7.10%) CRM
6 13 (7.10%) Network Management
7 12 (6.56%) Business Development
7 12 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (6.56%) Customer Experience
8 10 (5.46%) Analytics
8 10 (5.46%) Collaborative Culture
9 9 (4.92%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (4.37%) B2B
10 8 (4.37%) B2B Sales
10 8 (4.37%) Commercial Awareness
10 8 (4.37%) Customer Service
11 7 (3.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (3.83%) Sales Enablement
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.37%) Python
2 4 (2.19%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.64%) C
3 3 (1.64%) C++
4 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.55%) SQL
4 1 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (16.94%) Degree
2 3 (1.64%) CCNA
2 3 (1.64%) CCNP
2 3 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.09%) DV Cleared
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.09%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.55%) CCDA
4 1 (0.55%) CCIE
4 1 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.28%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.64%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (8.20%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.28%) vSphere
4 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (2.73%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.64%) Docker
5 3 (1.64%) Kamailio
6 2 (1.09%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (10.93%) Cisco CUCM
2 6 (3.28%) Ansible
2 6 (3.28%) Grafana
2 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.28%) Terraform
3 5 (2.73%) SCCM
4 3 (1.64%) Argo
4 3 (1.64%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.55%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 50 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 36 (19.67%) Cisco
3 14 (7.65%) Oracle
4 12 (6.56%) Fortinet
4 12 (6.56%) Mitel
5 8 (4.37%) VMware
6 6 (3.28%) Adobe
6 6 (3.28%) BT
6 6 (3.28%) NetApp
6 6 (3.28%) Palo Alto
6 6 (3.28%) Splunk
6 6 (3.28%) Zoho
7 3 (1.64%) Avaya
8 2 (1.09%) Apple
8 2 (1.09%) Kaseya
9 1 (0.55%) Aruba
9 1 (0.55%) Draytek
9 1 (0.55%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.55%) Veeam