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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 487 472 596
Rank change year-on-year -15 +124 -55
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 161 79 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.03% 1.36% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 128 43 52
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £22,775
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,599 £28,860
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -10.53%
75th Percentile £70,938 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 - £67,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year -18.18% +18.92% -20.94%

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 5,319 5,805 6,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.97% 16.85% 11.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,581 3,163 4,667
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -16.67% -1.10%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% -16.00% -4.76%

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 8 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 8 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 -21 60 £45,000 +35.55% 8
North West +28 47 £57,500 -14.81% 4
South East -8 38 £50,000 -25.65% 20
South West -50 27 £72,500 +12.40% 6
Midlands -28 11 £45,000 -35.71% 9
Yorkshire -45 10 £30,000 -9.09% 2
Wales -50 9 £69,973 -0.04% 1
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 3
East of England -26 7 £38,750 -38.00% 1
Scotland +12 5 £43,750 -37.50%
Isle of Man - 4 £59,000 -
West Midlands -31 3 £42,500 -39.29% 6
North East -50 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 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.62%) InDesign
2 1 (0.62%) Revit
2 1 (0.62%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.77%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (6.83%) AWS
3 9 (5.59%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.97%) Azure
5 6 (3.73%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.73%) SaaS
6 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.62%) IaaS
7 1 (0.62%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (18.63%) LAN
2 25 (15.53%) Firewall
3 23 (14.29%) WAN
4 22 (13.66%) VoIP
5 17 (10.56%) VLAN
6 13 (8.07%) WebEx
7 12 (7.45%) Wireless
8 10 (6.21%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (6.21%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (6.21%) WLAN
9 8 (4.97%) Network Security
9 8 (4.97%) PBX
9 8 (4.97%) VPN
9 8 (4.97%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (3.73%) DNS
11 4 (2.48%) DECT
12 3 (1.86%) Broadband
12 3 (1.86%) DHCP
12 3 (1.86%) DKIM
12 3 (1.86%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.62%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Git
General
1 55 (34.16%) Telecoms
2 27 (16.77%) Social Skills
3 21 (13.04%) Marketing
4 17 (10.56%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.21%) Banking
6 10 (6.21%) Retail
7 8 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.48%) Advertising
8 4 (2.48%) Finance
9 3 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.24%) Police
11 1 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.62%) Local Government
11 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (14.91%) Business Development Manager
1 24 (14.91%) Business Manager
1 24 (14.91%) Development Manager
2 20 (12.42%) Lead
3 15 (9.32%) Architect
4 14 (8.70%) Network Engineer
5 12 (7.45%) Technical Specialist
6 11 (6.83%) Sales Manager
6 11 (6.83%) Unified Communications Manager
7 10 (6.21%) Marketing Manager
7 10 (6.21%) Operations Manager
7 10 (6.21%) Product Lead
7 10 (6.21%) Sales and Marketing Manager
7 10 (6.21%) Sales Operations Manager
8 9 (5.59%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.97%) Account Manager
9 8 (4.97%) Consultant
9 8 (4.97%) Lead Architect
9 8 (4.97%) Senior
9 8 (4.97%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.83%) XMPP
2 1 (0.62%) CSS
2 1 (0.62%) CSS3
2 1 (0.62%) HTML
2 1 (0.62%) HTML5
2 1 (0.62%) React
2 1 (0.62%) RESTful
2 1 (0.62%) Vue
2 1 (0.62%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.18%) Onboarding
2 12 (7.45%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (6.83%) FlexPod
3 11 (6.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (5.59%) Replication
5 6 (3.73%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.73%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.48%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.48%) Web Conferencing
8 3 (1.86%) CCTV
8 3 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.86%) IoT
8 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Licensing
9 2 (1.24%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.24%) Smartcard
10 1 (0.62%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.18%) Windows
2 11 (6.83%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.59%) Linux
4 2 (1.24%) Android
4 2 (1.24%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.62%) Solaris
5 1 (0.62%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.47%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (17.39%) Business Development
3 17 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (9.32%) Mentoring
5 14 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (7.45%) Presales
7 11 (6.83%) Customer Service
7 11 (6.83%) ITIL
7 11 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (6.21%) Analytics
8 10 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (6.21%) Data Management
8 10 (6.21%) Data-Driven Marketing
8 10 (6.21%) Performance Management
8 10 (6.21%) Technical Architecture
9 9 (5.59%) Migration
10 8 (4.97%) Agile
10 8 (4.97%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (4.97%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 8 (4.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.21%) Python
2 4 (2.48%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.62%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.62%) SQL
3 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (14.91%) Degree
2 7 (4.35%) CCNP
2 7 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (3.73%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.62%) CCNA
6 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.62%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
1 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.62%) GDPR
1 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (7.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.21%) Active Directory
3 8 (4.97%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (4.97%) vSphere
4 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.86%) Firmware
5 3 (1.86%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.62%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 11 (6.83%) Ansible
1 11 (6.83%) Cisco CUCM
1 11 (6.83%) Grafana
2 8 (4.97%) Terraform
3 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.86%) cPanel
4 3 (1.86%) Plesk
5 2 (1.24%) SCCM
6 1 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.62%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (27.33%) Microsoft
2 25 (15.53%) Cisco
3 13 (8.07%) VMware
4 11 (6.83%) Fortinet
4 11 (6.83%) Palo Alto
4 11 (6.83%) Splunk
5 8 (4.97%) Mitel
5 8 (4.97%) NetApp
6 6 (3.73%) Aruba
6 6 (3.73%) Juniper
7 4 (2.48%) Ribbon
7 4 (2.48%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.86%) Acronis
8 3 (1.86%) BT
8 3 (1.86%) Datto
8 3 (1.86%) NETGEAR
8 3 (1.86%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.86%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.86%) Veeam
8 3 (1.86%) WatchGuard