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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 543 470
Rank change year-on-year +174 -73 +140
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 147 27 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.069% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.90% 0.53% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 83 14 58
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,125 £32,125
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,625 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -2.04%
75th Percentile £65,625 £58,438 £75,625
90th Percentile £70,000 £64,250 £96,539
UK median annual salary £45,000 £68,750 £68,750
% change year-on-year -34.55% - +30.95%

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 7,753 5,142 4,973
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.61% 13.20% 17.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,023 2,614 4,078
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,750 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.44% +7.00% -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 16 December 2025.

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 16 December 2025. 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 +99 73 £45,000 -25.00% 15
North of England +44 37 £55,000 +32.53% 8
Yorkshire +6 22 £55,000 - 2
North West +30 15 £70,000 +68.67% 6
East of England +31 11 £47,500 +13.10% 2
South West +26 10 £64,500 +41.76% 5
Midlands +30 5 £51,250 +13.89% 4
Scotland - 5 £63,750 - 5
West Midlands +27 4 £70,000 +55.56% 3
Northern Ireland - 4 £35,000 -
Wales - 2 £70,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £32,500 - 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 (5.44%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.08%) InDesign
2 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.61%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (8.16%) Azure
3 10 (6.80%) SaaS
4 7 (4.76%) AWS
5 4 (2.72%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 30 (20.41%) VoIP
2 23 (15.65%) WAN
3 15 (10.20%) LAN
3 15 (10.20%) Network Security
4 14 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (8.84%) VPN
6 10 (6.80%) SD-WAN
6 10 (6.80%) Telepresence
6 10 (6.80%) WebEx
7 8 (5.44%) Firewall
8 7 (4.76%) PBX
8 7 (4.76%) VLAN
9 6 (4.08%) DECT
9 6 (4.08%) DSL
9 6 (4.08%) Internet
9 6 (4.08%) Wireshark
9 6 (4.08%) WLAN
10 5 (3.40%) NGN
10 5 (3.40%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.36%) DNS
General
1 46 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 40 (27.21%) Telecoms
3 23 (15.65%) Finance
4 16 (10.88%) Marketing
5 8 (5.44%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.40%) Legal
7 3 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Electronics
9 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Retail
9 1 (0.68%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (18.37%) Senior
2 23 (15.65%) Account Manager
3 17 (11.56%) Support Engineer
4 13 (8.84%) Lead
5 12 (8.16%) Business Manager
6 11 (7.48%) Presales Engineer
6 11 (7.48%) Technical Account Manager
6 11 (7.48%) Technical Manager
7 10 (6.80%) Bid Writer
7 10 (6.80%) Senior Account Manager
7 10 (6.80%) Senior Bid Writer
7 10 (6.80%) Senior Business Manager
7 10 (6.80%) Senior Manager
7 10 (6.80%) Voice Engineer
7 10 (6.80%) Voice Support Engineer
8 9 (6.12%) Consultant
8 9 (6.12%) Junior
8 9 (6.12%) Support Technician
9 8 (5.44%) IT Support
9 8 (5.44%) Unified Communications Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.16%) Web Conferencing
2 11 (7.48%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (4.76%) Operational Technology
4 6 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.08%) Social Media
5 4 (2.72%) Digital Media
5 4 (2.72%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.72%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.36%) Digital Signage
6 2 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.68%) CMDB
7 1 (0.68%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.68%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.68%) Handset
7 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.08%) Windows
2 5 (3.40%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.68%) Linux
3 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (24.49%) Presales
2 27 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (15.65%) AI
3 23 (15.65%) Service Delivery
4 20 (13.61%) Business Continuity
4 20 (13.61%) Disaster Recovery
5 19 (12.93%) Customer Service
6 18 (12.24%) Analytics
6 18 (12.24%) Customer Experience
7 15 (10.20%) CRM
8 14 (9.52%) Business Strategy
8 14 (9.52%) Mentoring
9 13 (8.84%) Computer Science
10 12 (8.16%) Cost Reduction
10 12 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (8.16%) Project Management
10 12 (8.16%) Strategic Thinking
11 11 (7.48%) Commercial Awareness
11 11 (7.48%) Data Protection
11 11 (7.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (16.33%) Degree
2 12 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (7.48%) CCNP
4 8 (5.44%) PMI Certification
4 8 (5.44%) PMP
5 7 (4.76%) AWS Certification
5 7 (4.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 7 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 7 (4.76%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.40%) CCNA
7 2 (1.36%) CCIE
8 1 (0.68%) CCDA
8 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.68%) MCSE
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.68%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.68%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (5.44%) NIST
2 6 (4.08%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.68%) NCSC
4 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (10.20%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (8.16%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (30.61%) Microsoft
2 28 (19.05%) Cisco
3 11 (7.48%) Mitel
4 10 (6.80%) Oracle
5 6 (4.08%) Adobe
5 6 (4.08%) VMware
5 6 (4.08%) Zoho
6 5 (3.40%) Avaya
7 4 (2.72%) Civica
8 3 (2.04%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.36%) Aruba
10 1 (0.68%) arcserve
10 1 (0.68%) Draytek
10 1 (0.68%) Forcepoint
10 1 (0.68%) Genesys
10 1 (0.68%) Meraki
10 1 (0.68%) SAP
10 1 (0.68%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.68%) Sophos
10 1 (0.68%) Yealink