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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 447 606
Rank change year-on-year -76 +159 -117
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 153 91 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.26% 0.053%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.66% 1.62% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 141 50 12
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £23,400
25th Percentile £44,845 £50,000 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +23.08% -2.48%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £76,201 £98,250 £62,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £70,037
% change year-on-year -4.55% -21.47% +12.06%

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 5,760 5,629 6,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.65% 16.27% 12.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,621 2,962 3,126
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £28,375
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,968 £34,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.39% -27.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,075 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £51,251
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.95% -0.29%

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 3 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 3 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -45 49 £45,000 -18.18% 12
North West -3 43 £57,500 -17.86% 3
South East -31 40 £52,500 -21.93% 26
South West -64 20 £72,500 +12.40% 10
Midlands -41 17 £55,000 -21.43% 6
Scotland +8 10 £50,000 -28.57% 6
East Midlands - 10 £70,000 - 4
Wales -65 9 £69,973 -0.04% 2
West Midlands -43 7 £52,500 -25.00% 2
Yorkshire -54 6 £31,750 -42.27% 4
East of England -45 4 £32,500 -39.81% 9
Isle of Man - 4 £59,000 -
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 10 (6.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (6.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.65%) InDesign
2 1 (0.65%) Revit
2 1 (0.65%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (7.84%) Azure
3 11 (7.19%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.58%) AWS
4 7 (4.58%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.92%) SaaS
6 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.31%) GitHub
7 2 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.65%) IaaS
8 1 (0.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (15.69%) VoIP
2 22 (14.38%) LAN
3 18 (11.76%) Wireless
4 14 (9.15%) Firewall
5 13 (8.50%) WAN
6 11 (7.19%) VLAN
7 9 (5.88%) Broadband
7 9 (5.88%) Network Security
7 9 (5.88%) WLAN
8 7 (4.58%) DNS
9 6 (3.92%) VPN
9 6 (3.92%) WebEx
10 4 (2.61%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (2.61%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (2.61%) DHCP
10 4 (2.61%) DKIM
10 4 (2.61%) DMARC
10 4 (2.61%) Internet
10 4 (2.61%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Git
General
1 56 (36.60%) Telecoms
2 28 (18.30%) Social Skills
3 19 (12.42%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.15%) Marketing
5 8 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.61%) Advertising
6 4 (2.61%) Banking
6 4 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.61%) Retail
7 3 (1.96%) Finance
8 1 (0.65%) Local Government
8 1 (0.65%) Police
8 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (16.34%) Business Development Manager
1 25 (16.34%) Business Manager
1 25 (16.34%) Development Manager
2 24 (15.69%) Lead
3 16 (10.46%) Architect
3 16 (10.46%) Consultant
4 15 (9.80%) Sales Manager
5 14 (9.15%) Network Consultant
5 14 (9.15%) Network Engineer
6 11 (7.19%) Senior
6 11 (7.19%) Unified Communications Manager
7 10 (6.54%) Marketing Manager
7 10 (6.54%) Operations Manager
7 10 (6.54%) Product Lead
7 10 (6.54%) Sales and Marketing Manager
7 10 (6.54%) Sales Operations Manager
8 9 (5.88%) Unified Communications Engineer
9 8 (5.23%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 8 (5.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (5.23%) LAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.61%) Terraform
1 4 (2.61%) XMPP
2 1 (0.65%) CSS
2 1 (0.65%) CSS3
2 1 (0.65%) HTML
2 1 (0.65%) HTML5
2 1 (0.65%) React
2 1 (0.65%) RESTful
2 1 (0.65%) Vue
2 1 (0.65%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 9 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.58%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.27%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.61%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.61%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.61%) FlexPod
5 4 (2.61%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.96%) IoT
6 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Licensing
6 3 (1.96%) Smartcard
7 2 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.31%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.31%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.80%) Windows
2 7 (4.58%) Linux
3 6 (3.92%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.61%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.65%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (30.72%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (18.95%) Business Development
3 18 (11.76%) Mentoring
4 17 (11.11%) ITIL
5 15 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (9.15%) Customer Service
7 13 (8.50%) Project Delivery
8 12 (7.84%) Migration
8 12 (7.84%) Presales
8 12 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (7.19%) B2B
10 10 (6.54%) Analytics
10 10 (6.54%) Commercial Awareness
10 10 (6.54%) Data-Driven Marketing
10 10 (6.54%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 10 (6.54%) Service Delivery
10 10 (6.54%) Technical Architecture
11 9 (5.88%) Agile
12 8 (5.23%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.92%) Python
2 4 (2.61%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.31%) Bash
3 2 (1.31%) Go
4 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (11.11%) Degree
2 8 (5.23%) DBS Check
3 7 (4.58%) CCNP
3 7 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.31%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.31%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.31%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.96%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.96%) SLA
3 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.65%) GDPR
3 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (6.54%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.96%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (1.31%) vSphere
5 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.92%) Ansible
2 6 (3.92%) Grafana
3 4 (2.61%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (1.96%) cPanel
4 3 (1.96%) Plesk
5 2 (1.31%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.31%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.31%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.65%) SCCM
6 1 (0.65%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (28.76%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.50%) Cisco
3 11 (7.19%) VMware
4 8 (5.23%) Aruba
4 8 (5.23%) Juniper
4 8 (5.23%) Mitel
5 6 (3.92%) SonicWALL
6 5 (3.27%) Veeam
7 4 (2.61%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.61%) NetApp
7 4 (2.61%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.61%) Ribbon
7 4 (2.61%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.61%) Splunk
8 3 (1.96%) BT
8 3 (1.96%) Datto
8 3 (1.96%) NETGEAR
8 3 (1.96%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.96%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (1.96%) WatchGuard