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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 597 496
Rank change year-on-year +146 -101 +165
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 85 36 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.065% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.50% 0.56% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 46 23 73
10th Percentile £31,500 £23,000 £31,525
25th Percentile £50,000 £25,000 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £34,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -32.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £60,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%

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 5,669 6,399 6,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.51% 11.57% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,010 3,440 4,339
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £26,781 £33,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,439 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% -0.50% -4.29%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications 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 17 September 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 17 September 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
North of England +59 36 £50,000 +36.99% 15
Yorkshire +29 19 £50,000 - 4
South East +55 17 £82,500 +142.65% 41
North West +23 15 £67,500 +141.07% 10
Midlands - 10 £70,000 - 9
West Midlands - 10 £70,000 - 7
South West +72 9 £64,500 +17.27% 5
East of England - 6 £62,500 - 9
Scotland - 5 £70,000 - 4
North East +20 2 £33,198 -26.23% 1
Wales - 1 £70,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £70,000 -
Unified Communications
UK

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (21.18%) Skype for Business
2 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (7.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.76%) Azure
2 9 (10.59%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (8.24%) AWS
4 4 (4.71%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.35%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (23.53%) Wireless
2 18 (21.18%) Skype
2 18 (21.18%) WAN
3 16 (18.82%) Network Security
4 14 (16.47%) LAN
5 12 (14.12%) VoIP
6 9 (10.59%) SD-WAN
7 7 (8.24%) Internet
7 7 (8.24%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (8.24%) WLAN
8 6 (7.06%) VPN
9 5 (5.88%) Firewall
9 5 (5.88%) NGN
9 5 (5.88%) TCP/IP
10 2 (2.35%) Broadband
10 2 (2.35%) DNS
10 2 (2.35%) PBX
11 1 (1.18%) MPLS
11 1 (1.18%) RTP
11 1 (1.18%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.35%) EDMS
General
1 25 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.35%) Finance
3 18 (21.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (14.12%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.35%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.18%) Retail
7 1 (1.18%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 18 (21.18%) Collaboration Specialist
2 15 (17.65%) Lead
3 12 (14.12%) Senior
4 10 (11.76%) Bid Writer
4 10 (11.76%) Senior Bid Writer
5 7 (8.24%) IT Manager
6 6 (7.06%) Head of IT
6 6 (7.06%) Head of IT Operations
6 6 (7.06%) Head of Operations
6 6 (7.06%) Junior
7 5 (5.88%) Junior Support Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Junior Technical Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Junior Technical Support
7 5 (5.88%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Support Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Technical Support
7 5 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Unified Communications Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (27.06%) Video Conferencing
2 18 (21.18%) Digital Signage
3 6 (7.06%) Operational Technology
4 4 (4.71%) Digital Media
4 4 (4.71%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.35%) Housing Association
6 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.71%) Windows
2 3 (3.53%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.18%) Linux
3 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (29.41%) Service Delivery
2 21 (24.71%) Business Continuity
2 21 (24.71%) Disaster Recovery
3 19 (22.35%) User Experience
4 17 (20.00%) Business Strategy
5 16 (18.82%) Customer Experience
6 15 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
6 15 (17.65%) Cost Reduction
6 15 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
7 14 (16.47%) Customer Service
8 13 (15.29%) Analytics
8 13 (15.29%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (15.29%) Mentoring
8 13 (15.29%) Project Management
9 12 (14.12%) Data Protection
10 11 (12.94%) Roadmaps
11 10 (11.76%) ITIL
12 8 (9.41%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (7.06%) Logistics
13 6 (7.06%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.88%) SQL
2 2 (2.35%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.35%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 11 (12.94%) Degree
2 7 (8.24%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (8.24%) PMI Certification
2 7 (8.24%) PMP
3 6 (7.06%) AWS Certification
3 6 (7.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 6 (7.06%) Azure Certification
3 6 (7.06%) CCNP
3 6 (7.06%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.35%) MCSE
4 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.18%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.41%) NIST
2 3 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.18%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 29 (34.12%) Cisco
2 22 (25.88%) Mitel
3 19 (22.35%) Microsoft
4 18 (21.18%) Polycom
4 18 (21.18%) ShoreTel
5 4 (4.71%) Avaya
5 4 (4.71%) Civica
6 3 (3.53%) Genesys
6 3 (3.53%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.35%) arcserve
7 2 (2.35%) Capita
7 2 (2.35%) Forcepoint
7 2 (2.35%) Progress
7 2 (2.35%) Sophos
7 2 (2.35%) VMware