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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 576 487
Rank change year-on-year +127 -89 +157
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 89 28 79
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.057% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.72% 0.50% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 57 12 62
10th Percentile £29,000 £38,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,375 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £48,745
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +4.63% -7.15%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,813 £58,438
90th Percentile £97,500 £62,125 £70,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £71,400 £61,250
% change year-on-year -29.97% +16.57% +16.67%

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 5,182 5,634 5,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.13% 11.54% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,976 2,804 4,349
10th Percentile £25,087 £28,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £26,968 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,750 £62,500 £61,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £74,925 £74,250
UK median annual salary £38,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.62% +5.00% -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 22 October 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 22 October 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 +61 30 £50,000 -16.67% 52
North of England +19 29 £55,000 +22.22% 17
Yorkshire +23 22 £55,000 - 2
East of England - 11 £47,500 - 4
South West +53 9 £67,250 +31.86% 4
North West +3 7 £70,000 +55.56% 15
Scotland - 5 £70,000 - 1
West Midlands +48 2 £70,000 +55.56% 6
Midlands +37 2 £70,000 +55.56% 7
Wales - 2 £70,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £70,000 - 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 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.49%) InDesign
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (8.99%) Azure
3 7 (7.87%) AWS
4 5 (5.62%) SaaS
5 4 (4.49%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (21.35%) WAN
2 18 (20.22%) VoIP
3 17 (19.10%) LAN
4 16 (17.98%) Network Security
5 10 (11.24%) SD-WAN
6 8 (8.99%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (8.99%) WLAN
7 7 (7.87%) Internet
7 7 (7.87%) VPN
8 6 (6.74%) NGN
8 6 (6.74%) TCP/IP
9 4 (4.49%) Telepresence
9 4 (4.49%) WebEx
10 3 (3.37%) DNS
10 3 (3.37%) Firewall
11 2 (2.25%) Broadband
11 2 (2.25%) RTP
12 1 (1.12%) ISDN
12 1 (1.12%) PBX
12 1 (1.12%) PSTN
General
1 32 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.60%) Telecoms
3 20 (22.47%) Finance
4 6 (6.74%) Marketing
5 3 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.37%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.12%) Electronics
6 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.12%) Retail
6 1 (1.12%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (17.98%) Senior
2 14 (15.73%) Lead
3 10 (11.24%) Bid Writer
3 10 (11.24%) Senior Bid Writer
4 8 (8.99%) Support Engineer
5 7 (7.87%) Head of IT
5 7 (7.87%) Head of IT Operations
5 7 (7.87%) Head of Operations
5 7 (7.87%) IT Manager
6 6 (6.74%) Account Manager
6 6 (6.74%) Junior
6 6 (6.74%) Technical Account Manager
6 6 (6.74%) Technical Manager
6 6 (6.74%) Unified Communications Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Marketing Executive
8 4 (4.49%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (4.49%) Junior Support Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Voice Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Voice Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.87%) Operational Technology
2 6 (6.74%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (4.49%) Digital Media
3 4 (4.49%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.49%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.49%) Social Media
3 4 (4.49%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (1.12%) CMDB
4 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.12%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.87%) Windows
2 4 (4.49%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.12%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (28.09%) Service Delivery
2 22 (24.72%) Business Continuity
2 22 (24.72%) Disaster Recovery
3 18 (20.22%) AI
4 17 (19.10%) Analytics
5 16 (17.98%) Business Strategy
6 14 (15.73%) Cost Reduction
6 14 (15.73%) Customer Experience
6 14 (15.73%) Mentoring
6 14 (15.73%) Strategic Thinking
7 13 (14.61%) Customer Service
7 13 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (14.61%) Roadmaps
8 12 (13.48%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (13.48%) Project Management
9 11 (12.36%) Computer Science
9 11 (12.36%) Data Protection
10 10 (11.24%) ITIL
10 10 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (10.11%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (17.98%) Degree
2 12 (13.48%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (12.36%) CCNP
4 8 (8.99%) PMI Certification
4 8 (8.99%) PMP
5 7 (7.87%) AWS Certification
5 7 (7.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 7 (7.87%) Azure Certification
5 7 (7.87%) Master's Degree
6 5 (5.62%) CCNA
7 2 (2.25%) CCIE
7 2 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.25%) MCSE
7 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.12%) CCDA
8 1 (1.12%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.12%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.11%) NIST
2 7 (7.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.49%) ISO 9001
4 3 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (7.87%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (6.74%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 28 (31.46%) Microsoft
2 20 (22.47%) Cisco
3 8 (8.99%) Mitel
4 5 (5.62%) VMware
5 4 (4.49%) Adobe
5 4 (4.49%) Avaya
5 4 (4.49%) Civica
5 4 (4.49%) Oracle
5 4 (4.49%) Zoho
6 3 (3.37%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.25%) arcserve
7 2 (2.25%) Aruba
7 2 (2.25%) Forcepoint
7 2 (2.25%) Sophos
8 1 (1.12%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.12%) Genesys
8 1 (1.12%) SAP
8 1 (1.12%) SolarWinds