Unified Communications Jobs in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Unified Communications skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Unified Communications over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 628 606
Rank change year-on-year +107 -22 +125
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 64 114 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.70% 1.20% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 30 86 75
10th Percentile £27,750 £21,000 £31,800
25th Percentile £31,599 £29,230 £34,513
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -13.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £54,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,375 £66,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,750
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.31% +0.90%

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 9,108 9,497 9,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 21.09% 12.64% 18.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,670 6,616 4,519
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £44,132 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.15% -1.93% -5.26%
75th Percentile £48,750 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £33,000 £47,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year -30.53% -7.50% -2.19%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Unified Communications in the UK excluding London

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 16 July 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 16 July 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
North of England +59 27 £33,198 -26.23% 17
North West +12 13 £50,000 +17.65% 13
Yorkshire +49 12 £31,750 -42.27% 4
Midlands +71 11 £75,000 +240.91% 6
West Midlands +68 11 £75,000 +240.91% 6
East of England +48 10 £51,450 - 2
South West +84 8 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Scotland +91 4 £70,000 +84.21% 7
South East +34 4 £64,500 +35.79% 29
North East +44 2 £33,198 -26.23%
Unified Communications
UK

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (28.13%) Skype for Business
2 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.06%) Azure
2 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.69%) AWS
4 3 (4.69%) SaaS
5 2 (3.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (3.13%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (32.81%) Wireless
2 18 (28.13%) Skype
3 16 (25.00%) WAN
4 13 (20.31%) VoIP
5 11 (17.19%) LAN
6 8 (12.50%) Firewall
6 8 (12.50%) SD-WAN
7 7 (10.94%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (6.25%) Internet
8 4 (6.25%) Network Security
8 4 (6.25%) WLAN
9 3 (4.69%) MPLS
9 3 (4.69%) PBX
9 3 (4.69%) VPN
10 2 (3.13%) Broadband
10 2 (3.13%) DNS
10 2 (3.13%) NGN
10 2 (3.13%) Spanning Tree
10 2 (3.13%) VLAN
10 2 (3.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.13%) EDMS
1 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (32.81%) Finance
2 18 (28.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (26.56%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Local Government
6 1 (1.56%) Billing
6 1 (1.56%) Electronics
6 1 (1.56%) Law
6 1 (1.56%) Marketing
6 1 (1.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 18 (28.13%) Collaboration Specialist
2 15 (23.44%) Lead
3 6 (9.38%) Junior
3 6 (9.38%) Junior Support Engineer
3 6 (9.38%) Junior Technical Engineer
3 6 (9.38%) Junior Technical Support
3 6 (9.38%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
3 6 (9.38%) Support Engineer
3 6 (9.38%) Technical Engineer
3 6 (9.38%) Technical Support
3 6 (9.38%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (6.25%) Network Engineer
4 4 (6.25%) Senior
5 3 (4.69%) Business Development Manager
5 3 (4.69%) Business Manager
5 3 (4.69%) Development Manager
5 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) IT Manager
6 2 (3.13%) Applications Support
6 2 (3.13%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (32.81%) Video Conferencing
2 18 (28.13%) Digital Signage
3 2 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.13%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.56%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.81%) Windows
2 3 (4.69%) Linux
2 3 (4.69%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.13%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.56%) Android
4 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) User Experience
2 17 (26.56%) Business Strategy
2 17 (26.56%) Customer Experience
2 17 (26.56%) Service Delivery
3 16 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 16 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (23.44%) Artificial Intelligence
4 15 (23.44%) Cost Reduction
4 15 (23.44%) Strategic Thinking
5 14 (21.88%) Customer Service
6 11 (17.19%) Analytics
6 11 (17.19%) Mentoring
7 9 (14.06%) ITIL
8 7 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (7.81%) Migration
10 5 (7.81%) Project Management
10 5 (7.81%) Roadmaps
11 4 (6.25%) Network Monitoring
11 4 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.94%) SQL
2 5 (7.81%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.13%) Progress 4GL
4 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (14.06%) Degree
2 2 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (3.13%) MCSE
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.13%) PMP
3 1 (1.56%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.56%) CCNP
3 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.69%) NIST
2 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.69%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.13%) vSphere
4 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Terraform
2 1 (1.56%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (45.31%) Cisco
2 19 (29.69%) Mitel
3 18 (28.13%) Polycom
3 18 (28.13%) ShoreTel
4 11 (17.19%) Microsoft
5 5 (7.81%) Genesys
6 4 (6.25%) SolarWinds
6 4 (6.25%) VMware
7 3 (4.69%) Forcepoint
8 2 (3.13%) arcserve
8 2 (3.13%) Capita
8 2 (3.13%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.13%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (3.13%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.13%) HP
8 2 (3.13%) Progress
8 2 (3.13%) Sophos
8 2 (3.13%) Sun
8 2 (3.13%) Zscaler
9 1 (1.56%) Dell