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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 480 613
Rank change year-on-year +48 +133 -12
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 167 60 138
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.47% 1.13% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 121 29 101
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £21,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,599 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,150 £66,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.83% +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 4,817 5,305 9,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.04% 17.36% 12.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,280 2,808 7,006
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -9.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £60,313 £57,670 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 26 June 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 26 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
North of England +1 60 £57,500 +80.54% 10
South East +9 47 £47,500 -15.18% 22
North West +34 44 £60,000 +20.00% 9
South West -45 22 £72,500 +20.83% 5
Midlands -11 19 £45,000 -40.00% 4
Yorkshire -34 13 £30,000 -1.64% 1
West Midlands -18 11 £42,500 -43.33% 2
Wales - 8 £69,973 -
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 2
East of England -24 4 £45,000 +11.94% 2
Isle of Man - 4 £59,000 -
Scotland +7 3 £43,750 -37.50% 1
North East -42 3 - -
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 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (2.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.80%) 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 24 (14.37%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (5.99%) AWS
3 9 (5.39%) SaaS
4 8 (4.79%) Azure
4 8 (4.79%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.99%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.80%) GitHub
7 3 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.60%) IaaS
8 1 (0.60%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (19.16%) Firewall
2 29 (17.37%) WAN
3 27 (16.17%) LAN
4 26 (15.57%) VoIP
5 20 (11.98%) VLAN
6 15 (8.98%) PBX
7 14 (8.38%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (7.78%) VPN
9 12 (7.19%) WebEx
10 11 (6.59%) Wireshark
11 10 (5.99%) DECT
12 9 (5.39%) Cisco ASA
12 9 (5.39%) Cisco Firepower
12 9 (5.39%) WLAN
13 8 (4.79%) Network Security
13 8 (4.79%) Wireless
14 7 (4.19%) DSL
15 5 (2.99%) DNS
16 3 (1.80%) HTTP
16 3 (1.80%) RTP
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 48 (28.74%) Telecoms
2 30 (17.96%) Marketing
3 28 (16.77%) Social Skills
4 21 (12.57%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.39%) Banking
5 9 (5.39%) Retail
6 7 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.40%) Finance
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 22 (13.17%) Business Development Manager
1 22 (13.17%) Development Manager
2 20 (11.98%) Business Manager
3 16 (9.58%) Account Manager
3 16 (9.58%) Senior
4 15 (8.98%) Lead
5 13 (7.78%) Consultant
5 13 (7.78%) Network Engineer
6 12 (7.19%) Technical Specialist
7 11 (6.59%) Sales Manager
8 10 (5.99%) Marketing Manager
8 10 (5.99%) Operations Manager
8 10 (5.99%) Professional Services Engineer
8 10 (5.99%) Sales and Marketing Manager
8 10 (5.99%) Sales Operations Manager
8 10 (5.99%) Unified Communications Manager
9 9 (5.39%) Account Director
9 9 (5.39%) Architect
10 8 (4.79%) Lead Architect
10 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 13 (7.78%) Onboarding
2 12 (7.19%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (5.99%) FlexPod
3 10 (5.99%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (5.99%) Web Conferencing
4 9 (5.39%) Replication
5 6 (3.59%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.40%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.40%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.80%) CCTV
7 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.60%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.60%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.60%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.38%) Windows
2 11 (6.59%) Linux
3 10 (5.99%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.80%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.20%) Android
5 2 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.60%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (22.16%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (16.17%) Business Development
3 20 (11.98%) AI
4 14 (8.38%) Analytics
5 12 (7.19%) Mentoring
5 12 (7.19%) Presales
6 11 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (5.99%) Data-Driven Marketing
7 10 (5.99%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (5.39%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (5.39%) CI/CD
8 9 (5.39%) Customer Service
8 9 (5.39%) Data Management
8 9 (5.39%) Performance Management
8 9 (5.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (4.79%) Time Management
10 7 (4.19%) Agile
10 7 (4.19%) Case Management
10 7 (4.19%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (4.19%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.19%) Python
2 3 (1.80%) C
2 3 (1.80%) C++
2 3 (1.80%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.60%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.60%) SQL
3 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%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.60%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.80%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (5.99%) Active Directory
1 10 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (4.19%) vSphere
3 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (3.59%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.80%) Docker
4 3 (1.80%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.80%) Kamailio
5 2 (1.20%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (5.99%) Ansible
1 10 (5.99%) Cisco CUCM
1 10 (5.99%) Grafana
2 7 (4.19%) Terraform
3 3 (1.80%) Argo
3 3 (1.80%) cPanel
3 3 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.80%) Plesk
4 1 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (27.54%) Microsoft
2 24 (14.37%) 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 7 (4.19%) NetApp
7 6 (3.59%) BT
8 5 (2.99%) Aruba
8 5 (2.99%) Juniper
9 4 (2.40%) Datto
9 4 (2.40%) Ribbon
9 4 (2.40%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.40%) Veeam
10 3 (1.80%) Acronis
10 3 (1.80%) NETGEAR
10 3 (1.80%) SonicWALL
10 3 (1.80%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.20%) Apple