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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 492 476 612
Rank change year-on-year -16 +136 -97
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 155 82 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.24% 0.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.90% 1.42% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 131 45 48
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £22,225
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,599 £27,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -10.53%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £55,625
90th Percentile £76,201 £73,000 £60,750
UK median annual salary £45,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.27% +22.22% -25.00%

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 5,337 5,793 6,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.89% 16.71% 11.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,575 3,163 4,573
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £37,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.57% -17.78% -0.43%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -23 54 £45,000 +8.18% 9
North West +21 43 £57,500 -14.81% 5
South East -3 35 £50,000 -25.65% 15
South West -56 27 £72,500 +12.40% 5
Midlands -29 13 £45,000 -35.71% 17
Yorkshire -40 9 £30,875 -6.44% 2
Wales -47 9 £69,973 -0.04% 2
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 7
East of England -19 7 £38,750 -38.00%
Scotland +5 6 £43,750 -37.50%
West Midlands -33 5 £55,000 -21.43% 10
Isle of Man - 4 £59,000 -
North East -59 2 - - 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 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.94%) 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 27 (17.42%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (7.10%) AWS
3 9 (5.81%) Entra ID
4 8 (5.16%) Azure
5 6 (3.87%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.87%) SaaS
6 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.65%) IaaS
7 1 (0.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (19.35%) LAN
2 23 (14.84%) Firewall
3 22 (14.19%) WAN
4 20 (12.90%) VoIP
5 16 (10.32%) VLAN
6 13 (8.39%) WebEx
7 12 (7.74%) Wireless
8 10 (6.45%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (6.45%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (6.45%) WLAN
9 8 (5.16%) Network Security
10 7 (4.52%) PBX
10 7 (4.52%) VPN
10 7 (4.52%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (3.87%) DNS
12 3 (1.94%) DHCP
12 3 (1.94%) DKIM
12 3 (1.94%) DMARC
12 3 (1.94%) MPLS
12 3 (1.94%) TCP/IP
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 57 (36.77%) Telecoms
2 25 (16.13%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.90%) Marketing
4 17 (10.97%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.45%) Banking
6 10 (6.45%) Retail
7 8 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.58%) Advertising
8 4 (2.58%) Finance
8 4 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.29%) Police
10 1 (0.65%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.65%) Local Government
10 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (15.48%) Business Development Manager
1 24 (15.48%) Business Manager
1 24 (15.48%) Development Manager
2 20 (12.90%) Lead
3 16 (10.32%) Architect
4 14 (9.03%) Network Engineer
5 11 (7.10%) Sales Manager
5 11 (7.10%) Unified Communications Manager
6 10 (6.45%) Marketing Manager
6 10 (6.45%) Operations Manager
6 10 (6.45%) Product Lead
6 10 (6.45%) Sales and Marketing Manager
6 10 (6.45%) Sales Operations Manager
7 9 (5.81%) Technical Specialist
8 8 (5.16%) Account Manager
8 8 (5.16%) Lead Architect
8 8 (5.16%) Senior
8 8 (5.16%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (5.16%) Support Engineer
8 8 (5.16%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.10%) XMPP
2 1 (0.65%) CSS
2 1 (0.65%) CSS3
2 1 (0.65%) HTML
2 1 (0.65%) HTML5
2 1 (0.65%) React
2 1 (0.65%) RESTful
2 1 (0.65%) Vue
2 1 (0.65%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.26%) Onboarding
2 12 (7.74%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (7.10%) FlexPod
3 11 (7.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (5.81%) Replication
5 7 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.87%) Driving Licence
7 5 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.58%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.58%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.94%) CCTV
9 3 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.94%) IoT
9 3 (1.94%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Licensing
9 3 (1.94%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.94%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (1.29%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.65%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.26%) Windows
2 11 (7.10%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.81%) Linux
4 2 (1.29%) Android
4 2 (1.29%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.65%) Solaris
5 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (27.74%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (18.06%) Business Development
3 17 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (9.03%) Mentoring
4 14 (9.03%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (8.39%) ITIL
6 11 (7.10%) Customer Service
6 11 (7.10%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (6.45%) Analytics
7 10 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (6.45%) Data Management
7 10 (6.45%) Data-Driven Marketing
7 10 (6.45%) Performance Management
7 10 (6.45%) Presales
7 10 (6.45%) Technical Architecture
8 9 (5.81%) Migration
9 8 (5.16%) Agile
9 8 (5.16%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (5.16%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 8 (5.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.45%) Python
2 4 (2.58%) 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 23 (14.84%) Degree
2 7 (4.52%) CCNP
2 7 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (3.87%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.65%) CCNA
6 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
1 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.65%) GDPR
1 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (7.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (7.10%) Active Directory
3 8 (5.16%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (5.16%) vSphere
4 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.94%) Firmware
5 3 (1.94%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.65%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 11 (7.10%) Ansible
1 11 (7.10%) Cisco CUCM
1 11 (7.10%) Grafana
2 8 (5.16%) Terraform
3 5 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.94%) cPanel
4 3 (1.94%) Plesk
5 2 (1.29%) SCCM
6 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.65%) SCOM
Vendors
1 45 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.55%) Cisco
3 13 (8.39%) VMware
4 11 (7.10%) Fortinet
4 11 (7.10%) Palo Alto
4 11 (7.10%) Splunk
5 8 (5.16%) Mitel
5 8 (5.16%) NetApp
6 6 (3.87%) Aruba
6 6 (3.87%) Juniper
7 4 (2.58%) Ribbon
7 4 (2.58%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.94%) Acronis
8 3 (1.94%) BT
8 3 (1.94%) Datto
8 3 (1.94%) NETGEAR
8 3 (1.94%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.94%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.94%) Veeam
8 3 (1.94%) WatchGuard