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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 477 614
Rank change year-on-year +11 +137 -36
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 162 74 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.17% 1.31% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 125 39 69
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £21,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,799 £29,230
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +41.18% -10.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 - £66,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% -13.04%

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 5,110 5,638 8,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.02% 16.64% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,460 3,060 5,688
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,030
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -15.56% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,014 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% -6.73%

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 July 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 July 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 -12 58 £45,000 +8.18% 11
North West +22 43 £57,500 -14.81% 8
South East +20 43 £50,000 -25.65% 21
South West -43 26 £72,500 +20.83% 5
Midlands -31 14 £45,000 -35.71% 6
Yorkshire -35 12 £30,000 -9.09% 1
Wales -48 8 £69,973 -0.04% 2
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 2
West Midlands -38 6 £42,500 -39.29% 4
East of England -17 5 £45,000 -28.00% 2
Scotland +14 4 £43,750 -37.50% 1
Isle of Man - 4 £59,000 -
North East -46 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 5 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.23%) 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%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (6.17%) AWS
3 8 (4.94%) Azure
3 8 (4.94%) Entra ID
3 8 (4.94%) SaaS
4 5 (3.09%) OneDrive
5 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.23%) GitHub
6 2 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.62%) IaaS
7 1 (0.62%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (17.28%) Firewall
1 28 (17.28%) LAN
2 27 (16.67%) VoIP
3 26 (16.05%) WAN
4 17 (10.49%) VLAN
5 12 (7.41%) PBX
5 12 (7.41%) WebEx
6 11 (6.79%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (6.17%) VPN
7 10 (6.17%) WLAN
8 9 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
8 9 (5.56%) Cisco Firepower
9 8 (4.94%) Network Security
9 8 (4.94%) Wireless
10 7 (4.32%) DECT
10 7 (4.32%) Wireshark
11 5 (3.09%) DNS
12 4 (2.47%) DSL
13 3 (1.85%) Broadband
13 3 (1.85%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.23%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.23%) MySQL
2 1 (0.62%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Git
General
1 52 (32.10%) Telecoms
2 28 (17.28%) Social Skills
3 25 (15.43%) Marketing
4 19 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.56%) Banking
5 9 (5.56%) Retail
6 8 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.09%) Finance
9 3 (1.85%) Advertising
10 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (16.05%) Business Development Manager
1 26 (16.05%) Development Manager
2 24 (14.81%) Business Manager
3 19 (11.73%) Lead
4 13 (8.02%) Account Manager
4 13 (8.02%) Architect
5 12 (7.41%) Network Engineer
5 12 (7.41%) Senior
5 12 (7.41%) Technical Specialist
6 11 (6.79%) Sales Manager
6 11 (6.79%) Unified Communications Manager
7 10 (6.17%) Marketing Manager
7 10 (6.17%) Operations Manager
7 10 (6.17%) Product Lead
7 10 (6.17%) Sales and Marketing Manager
7 10 (6.17%) Sales Operations Manager
7 10 (6.17%) Support Engineer
8 8 (4.94%) Lead Architect
8 8 (4.94%) Technical Engineer
8 8 (4.94%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.17%) XMPP
2 2 (1.23%) Django
2 2 (1.23%) Flask
2 2 (1.23%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (1.23%) Jinja
2 2 (1.23%) OAuth
2 2 (1.23%) OAuth2
2 2 (1.23%) pytest
2 2 (1.23%) REST
2 2 (1.23%) RFC 2833
2 2 (1.23%) SQLAlchemy
2 2 (1.23%) WebRTC
3 1 (0.62%) CSS
3 1 (0.62%) CSS3
3 1 (0.62%) HTML
3 1 (0.62%) HTML5
3 1 (0.62%) React
3 1 (0.62%) RESTful
3 1 (0.62%) Vue
3 1 (0.62%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.02%) Onboarding
2 12 (7.41%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (6.17%) FlexPod
3 10 (6.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (4.94%) Replication
5 7 (4.32%) Web Conferencing
6 6 (3.70%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.47%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.47%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.85%) CCTV
9 3 (1.85%) IoT
9 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Licensing
10 1 (0.62%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.62%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.64%) Windows
2 10 (6.17%) Linux
2 10 (6.17%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.23%) Android
3 2 (1.23%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.62%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (24.69%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (18.52%) Business Development
3 16 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (9.26%) Mentoring
5 14 (8.64%) Presales
6 12 (7.41%) Analytics
7 11 (6.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (6.17%) AI
8 10 (6.17%) Data-Driven Marketing
8 10 (6.17%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (5.56%) Customer Service
9 9 (5.56%) Data Management
9 9 (5.56%) Performance Management
9 9 (5.56%) Technical Architecture
10 8 (4.94%) Agile
10 8 (4.94%) B2B
10 8 (4.94%) CI/CD
10 8 (4.94%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (4.94%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.79%) Python
2 3 (1.85%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.23%) C
3 2 (1.23%) C++
4 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.62%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.62%) SQL
4 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (15.43%) Degree
2 6 (3.70%) CCNP
2 6 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.09%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.62%) CCNA
5 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.62%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.62%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (6.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.32%) vSphere
4 6 (3.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (3.70%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.85%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.23%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.23%) Docker
6 2 (1.23%) Firmware
6 2 (1.23%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 10 (6.17%) Ansible
1 10 (6.17%) Cisco CUCM
1 10 (6.17%) Grafana
2 7 (4.32%) Terraform
3 3 (1.85%) cPanel
3 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.85%) Plesk
4 2 (1.23%) Argo
4 2 (1.23%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.62%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (24.07%) Microsoft
2 24 (14.81%) Cisco
3 13 (8.02%) Fortinet
4 11 (6.79%) Mitel
4 11 (6.79%) VMware
5 10 (6.17%) Palo Alto
5 10 (6.17%) Splunk
6 7 (4.32%) NetApp
7 6 (3.70%) BT
8 5 (3.09%) Aruba
8 5 (3.09%) Juniper
9 4 (2.47%) Ribbon
9 4 (2.47%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.85%) Acronis
10 3 (1.85%) Datto
10 3 (1.85%) NETGEAR
10 3 (1.85%) SonicWALL
10 3 (1.85%) Veeam
10 3 (1.85%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.23%) Kaseya