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 citing Unified Communications skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 448 573
Rank change year-on-year -80 +125 -85
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 143 94 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.27% 0.058%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.39% 1.81% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 132 60 12
10th Percentile £30,125 £27,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £40,625 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.84% +7.37%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £57,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £62,125
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £71,300
% change year-on-year +5.00% -29.87% +18.83%

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 5,989 5,201 5,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.73% 15.10% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,614 2,999 2,785
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £68,750 £74,900
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +31.58% -27.62% +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 24 October 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 24 October 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -63 41 £52,500 +5.00% 22
North of England -55 40 £45,000 -18.18% 13
North West -9 35 £45,000 -35.71% 6
South West -71 18 £72,500 +7.81% 10
Midlands -53 14 £55,000 -21.43% 7
Scotland +13 13 £48,750 -30.36% 5
Wales -65 9 £69,973 -0.04% 2
West Midlands -41 7 £52,500 -25.00% 5
East Midlands - 7 £70,000 - 2
Yorkshire -52 5 £31,750 -42.27% 2
East of England -57 4 £32,500 -31.58% 7
Isle of Man - 4 £59,000 -
Unified Communications
UK

Unified Communications Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1VoIP18.9%27
2LAN13.3%19
3Wireless12.6%18
4Firewall10.5%15
5WAN8.4%12
6Broadband7.7%11
6VLAN7.7%11
8WLAN6.3%9
9DNS4.9%7
9Network Security4.9%7
11VPN4.2%6
12WebEx3.5%5
13DHCP2.8%4
13DKIM2.8%4
13DMARC2.8%4
13Internet2.8%4
13TCP/IP2.8%4
13Wi-Fi2.8%4
19MPLS2.1%3
19PBX2.1%3