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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 569 486
Rank change year-on-year +171 -83 +166
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 125 27 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.057% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.20% 0.49% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 72 11 51
10th Percentile £27,500 £37,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +7.37% -6.94%
75th Percentile £66,750 £58,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -32.14% +7.69% +23.81%

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 5,675 5,553 5,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.36% 11.70% 17.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,153 2,691 4,257
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,750 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.44% +7.00% -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 21 November 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 21 November 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 +111 61 £45,000 -25.00% 30
North of England +51 31 £55,000 +22.22% 3
Yorkshire +23 20 £55,000 - 1
North West +44 11 £70,000 +55.56% 2
South West +36 10 £64,500 +26.47% 7
East of England - 10 £47,500 - 9
Scotland - 5 £63,750 - 2
Northern Ireland - 4 £35,000 -
Midlands +60 2 £70,000 +55.56% 6
West Midlands +50 2 £70,000 +55.56% 5
Wales - 2 £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 8 (6.40%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (8.80%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.80%) InDesign
2 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.80%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (8.00%) SaaS
3 8 (6.40%) Azure
4 7 (5.60%) AWS
5 4 (3.20%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.80%) VoIP
2 22 (17.60%) WAN
3 15 (12.00%) LAN
3 15 (12.00%) Network Security
4 13 (10.40%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (9.60%) VPN
6 10 (8.00%) SD-WAN
7 8 (6.40%) Telepresence
7 8 (6.40%) WebEx
8 7 (5.60%) Firewall
9 6 (4.80%) Internet
9 6 (4.80%) PBX
9 6 (4.80%) WLAN
10 5 (4.00%) DECT
10 5 (4.00%) DSL
10 5 (4.00%) NGN
10 5 (4.00%) TCP/IP
10 5 (4.00%) VLAN
10 5 (4.00%) Wireshark
11 2 (1.60%) DNS
General
1 44 (35.20%) Social Skills
2 33 (26.40%) Telecoms
3 21 (16.80%) Finance
4 15 (12.00%) Marketing
5 8 (6.40%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.00%) Legal
7 3 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Electronics
9 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Retail
9 1 (0.80%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (18.40%) Senior
2 19 (15.20%) Account Manager
3 15 (12.00%) Support Engineer
4 13 (10.40%) Lead
5 11 (8.80%) Technical Account Manager
5 11 (8.80%) Technical Manager
6 10 (8.00%) Bid Writer
6 10 (8.00%) Presales Engineer
6 10 (8.00%) Senior Bid Writer
7 9 (7.20%) Junior
8 8 (6.40%) Business Manager
8 8 (6.40%) Voice Engineer
8 8 (6.40%) Voice Support Engineer
9 7 (5.60%) Head of IT
9 7 (5.60%) Head of IT Operations
9 7 (5.60%) Head of Operations
9 7 (5.60%) Junior Support Engineer
9 7 (5.60%) Marketing Executive
10 6 (4.80%) Senior Account Manager
10 6 (4.80%) Senior Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.80%) Web Conferencing
2 7 (5.60%) Operational Technology
2 7 (5.60%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (4.80%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.80%) Social Media
4 4 (3.20%) Digital Media
4 4 (3.20%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.40%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.60%) Digital Signage
6 2 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.80%) CMDB
7 1 (0.80%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.80%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.80%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.00%) Windows
2 4 (3.20%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.80%) Linux
3 1 (0.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (22.40%) Presales
2 23 (18.40%) Service Delivery
3 21 (16.80%) AI
4 20 (16.00%) Business Continuity
4 20 (16.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 19 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (14.40%) Analytics
7 17 (13.60%) Customer Experience
8 15 (12.00%) CRM
8 15 (12.00%) Customer Service
9 14 (11.20%) Business Strategy
9 14 (11.20%) Mentoring
10 13 (10.40%) Computer Science
11 12 (9.60%) Cost Reduction
11 12 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (9.60%) Project Management
11 12 (9.60%) Strategic Thinking
12 11 (8.80%) Commercial Awareness
12 11 (8.80%) Data Protection
12 11 (8.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.60%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (18.40%) Degree
2 12 (9.60%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (8.80%) CCNP
4 8 (6.40%) PMI Certification
4 8 (6.40%) PMP
5 7 (5.60%) AWS Certification
5 7 (5.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 7 (5.60%) Azure Certification
5 7 (5.60%) Master's Degree
6 5 (4.00%) CCNA
7 2 (1.60%) CCIE
8 1 (0.80%) CCDA
8 1 (0.80%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.80%) MCSE
8 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.80%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.80%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (6.40%) NIST
2 6 (4.80%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.80%) NCSC
4 1 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (8.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 37 (29.60%) Microsoft
2 26 (20.80%) Cisco
3 10 (8.00%) Mitel
4 8 (6.40%) Oracle
5 6 (4.80%) Adobe
5 6 (4.80%) Zoho
6 5 (4.00%) Avaya
6 5 (4.00%) VMware
7 4 (3.20%) Civica
8 3 (2.40%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.60%) Aruba
10 1 (0.80%) arcserve
10 1 (0.80%) Forcepoint
10 1 (0.80%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.80%) Genesys
10 1 (0.80%) SAP
10 1 (0.80%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.80%) Sophos