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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 465 609
Rank change year-on-year -39 +144 -112
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 154 84 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.24% 0.076%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.81% 1.49% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 140 45 30
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £39,063 £50,000 £27,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +39.39% -16.24%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,201 £88,500 £60,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%

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 5,485 5,654 6,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.75% 16.45% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,665 3,030 3,762
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £27,166
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,550 £71,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -3.05%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 -50 47 £45,000 -10.00% 3
North West +18 41 £57,500 -16.36% 2
South East -15 39 £50,000 -28.57% 18
South West -62 24 £72,500 +12.40% 2
Midlands -30 19 £52,500 -25.00% 13
East Midlands - 12 £45,000 - 7
Wales -57 9 £69,973 -0.04% 2
East of England -36 7 £38,750 -38.00% 1
West Midlands -39 7 £52,500 -25.00% 6
Yorkshire -62 6 £31,750 -36.50% 1
Scotland +4 5 £43,750 -37.50% 2
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 (6.49%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.65%) InDesign
2 1 (0.65%) Revit
2 1 (0.65%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 25 (16.23%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (8.44%) Azure
3 12 (7.79%) Entra ID
4 8 (5.19%) AWS
5 7 (4.55%) OneDrive
6 6 (3.90%) SaaS
7 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
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 27 (17.53%) VoIP
2 25 (16.23%) LAN
3 20 (12.99%) Firewall
4 17 (11.04%) WAN
4 17 (11.04%) Wireless
5 14 (9.09%) VLAN
6 9 (5.84%) WebEx
6 9 (5.84%) WLAN
7 8 (5.19%) Broadband
7 8 (5.19%) Network Security
7 8 (5.19%) VPN
8 7 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (4.55%) Cisco Firepower
8 7 (4.55%) DNS
8 7 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (3.90%) PBX
10 4 (2.60%) DHCP
10 4 (2.60%) Internet
10 4 (2.60%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.95%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Git
General
1 56 (36.36%) Telecoms
2 29 (18.83%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.69%) Public Sector
4 17 (11.04%) Marketing
5 14 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.55%) Banking
7 7 (4.55%) Retail
8 4 (2.60%) Advertising
8 4 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.95%) Finance
10 2 (1.30%) Police
11 1 (0.65%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.65%) Local Government
11 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (15.58%) Business Development Manager
1 24 (15.58%) Business Manager
1 24 (15.58%) Development Manager
2 23 (14.94%) Lead
3 16 (10.39%) Architect
4 14 (9.09%) Network Engineer
5 11 (7.14%) Consultant
5 11 (7.14%) Sales Manager
5 11 (7.14%) Senior
5 11 (7.14%) Unified Communications Manager
6 10 (6.49%) Marketing Manager
6 10 (6.49%) Network Consultant
6 10 (6.49%) Operations Manager
6 10 (6.49%) Product Lead
6 10 (6.49%) Sales and Marketing Manager
6 10 (6.49%) Sales Operations Manager
7 8 (5.19%) Account Manager
7 8 (5.19%) Technical Manager
7 8 (5.19%) Technical Specialist
7 8 (5.19%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.55%) XMPP
2 4 (2.60%) Terraform
3 1 (0.65%) CSS
3 1 (0.65%) CSS3
3 1 (0.65%) HTML
3 1 (0.65%) HTML5
3 1 (0.65%) React
3 1 (0.65%) RESTful
3 1 (0.65%) Vue
3 1 (0.65%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.99%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.49%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.49%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.55%) FlexPod
3 7 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.25%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.25%) Replication
6 4 (2.60%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.95%) CCTV
7 3 (1.95%) IoT
7 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (1.95%) Smartcard
7 3 (1.95%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.04%) Windows
2 8 (5.19%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.55%) Linux
4 4 (2.60%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.65%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (29.22%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (18.18%) Business Development
3 18 (11.69%) ITIL
4 16 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (9.74%) Customer Service
5 15 (9.74%) Mentoring
5 15 (9.74%) Presales
5 15 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (9.09%) Project Delivery
7 12 (7.79%) Migration
7 12 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (6.49%) Analytics
8 10 (6.49%) B2B
8 10 (6.49%) Commercial Awareness
8 10 (6.49%) Data-Driven Marketing
8 10 (6.49%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 10 (6.49%) Performance Management
8 10 (6.49%) Service Delivery
8 10 (6.49%) Technical Architecture
9 9 (5.84%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.55%) Python
2 4 (2.60%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.65%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.65%) SQL
3 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (14.29%) Degree
2 7 (4.55%) CCNP
2 7 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.90%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.30%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.30%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.65%) CCNA
7 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.95%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.95%) SLA
3 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.65%) GDPR
3 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.25%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (2.60%) vSphere
5 3 (1.95%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.55%) Ansible
2 7 (4.55%) Cisco CUCM
2 7 (4.55%) Grafana
3 3 (1.95%) cPanel
3 3 (1.95%) Plesk
4 2 (1.30%) SCCM
5 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.65%) SCOM
Vendors
1 48 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.09%) Cisco
3 11 (7.14%) VMware
4 8 (5.19%) Mitel
5 7 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 7 (4.55%) Palo Alto
5 7 (4.55%) Splunk
6 6 (3.90%) Aruba
6 6 (3.90%) Juniper
6 6 (3.90%) NetApp
6 6 (3.90%) SonicWALL
7 5 (3.25%) Veeam
8 4 (2.60%) Ribbon
8 4 (2.60%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.95%) Acronis
9 3 (1.95%) BT
9 3 (1.95%) Datto
9 3 (1.95%) NETGEAR
9 3 (1.95%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.95%) Ubiquiti