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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 433 612
Rank change year-on-year -92 +179 -131
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 154 91 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.26% 0.063%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.67% 1.61% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 141 50 19
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £44,166 £50,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,201 £98,250 £60,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 5,763 5,656 6,545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.70% 16.38% 12.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,658 2,982 3,286
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,968 £33,563
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 £76,075 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £49,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +23.75% -20.00% -1.96%

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 26 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 26 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 -44 49 £45,000 -14.29% 8
North West +2 43 £57,500 -4.17% 3
South East -19 39 £50,000 -25.65% 25
South West -63 22 £72,500 +12.40% 10
Midlands -42 18 £53,750 -23.21% 5
East Midlands - 11 £70,000 - 1
Scotland +14 9 £48,750 -30.36% 4
Wales -56 9 £69,973 -0.04%
West Midlands -42 7 £52,500 -25.00% 4
Yorkshire -56 6 £31,750 -42.27% 2
East of England -33 4 £32,500 -44.21% 10
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%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (6.49%) SharePoint
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
Cloud Services
1 24 (15.58%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (7.79%) Azure
3 11 (7.14%) 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%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.65%) GitHub
8 1 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.65%) IaaS
8 1 (0.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (16.23%) VoIP
2 24 (15.58%) LAN
3 18 (11.69%) Wireless
4 16 (10.39%) Firewall
5 15 (9.74%) WAN
6 13 (8.44%) VLAN
7 9 (5.84%) Broadband
7 9 (5.84%) Network Security
7 9 (5.84%) WLAN
8 8 (5.19%) WebEx
9 7 (4.55%) DNS
10 6 (3.90%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (3.90%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (3.90%) VPN
11 4 (2.60%) DHCP
11 4 (2.60%) DKIM
11 4 (2.60%) DMARC
11 4 (2.60%) Internet
11 4 (2.60%) PBX
11 4 (2.60%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Git
General
1 58 (37.66%) Telecoms
2 28 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.99%) Public Sector
4 16 (10.39%) Marketing
5 14 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.90%) Banking
7 6 (3.90%) Retail
8 4 (2.60%) Advertising
8 4 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.95%) Finance
10 1 (0.65%) Local Government
10 1 (0.65%) Police
10 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (16.23%) Business Development Manager
1 25 (16.23%) Business Manager
1 25 (16.23%) Development Manager
2 24 (15.58%) Lead
3 16 (10.39%) Architect
4 15 (9.74%) Consultant
4 15 (9.74%) Network Engineer
5 14 (9.09%) Network Consultant
5 14 (9.09%) Sales Manager
6 11 (7.14%) Senior
6 11 (7.14%) Unified Communications Manager
7 10 (6.49%) Marketing Manager
7 10 (6.49%) Operations Manager
7 10 (6.49%) Product Lead
7 10 (6.49%) Sales and Marketing Manager
7 10 (6.49%) Sales Operations Manager
8 9 (5.84%) Unified Communications Engineer
9 8 (5.19%) Cisco Engineer
9 8 (5.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (5.19%) LAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.90%) 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 19 (12.34%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.49%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (5.19%) Driving Licence
4 6 (3.90%) FlexPod
4 6 (3.90%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.60%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.95%) IoT
7 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (1.95%) Replication
7 3 (1.95%) Smartcard
8 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.39%) Windows
2 7 (4.55%) Linux
2 7 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.60%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.65%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (31.17%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (18.83%) Business Development
3 17 (11.04%) ITIL
3 17 (11.04%) Mentoring
4 15 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (9.09%) Customer Service
6 13 (8.44%) Presales
6 13 (8.44%) Project Delivery
7 12 (7.79%) Migration
7 12 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (7.14%) B2B
9 10 (6.49%) Analytics
9 10 (6.49%) Commercial Awareness
9 10 (6.49%) Data-Driven Marketing
9 10 (6.49%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 10 (6.49%) Service Delivery
9 10 (6.49%) Technical Architecture
10 9 (5.84%) Agile
10 9 (5.84%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.55%) Python
2 4 (2.60%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.65%) Bash
3 1 (0.65%) Go
3 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (11.69%) Degree
2 8 (5.19%) DBS Check
3 7 (4.55%) CCNP
3 7 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
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%) AWS 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 10 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.60%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.95%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (1.95%) vSphere
5 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.55%) Ansible
2 7 (4.55%) Grafana
3 6 (3.90%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (1.95%) cPanel
4 3 (1.95%) Plesk
5 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.65%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.65%) SCCM
5 1 (0.65%) SCOM
Vendors
1 46 (29.87%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.74%) Cisco
3 11 (7.14%) VMware
4 8 (5.19%) Aruba
4 8 (5.19%) Juniper
4 8 (5.19%) Mitel
5 6 (3.90%) Fortinet
5 6 (3.90%) Palo Alto
5 6 (3.90%) SonicWALL
5 6 (3.90%) Splunk
6 5 (3.25%) NetApp
6 5 (3.25%) Veeam
7 4 (2.60%) Ribbon
7 4 (2.60%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.95%) Acronis
8 3 (1.95%) BT
8 3 (1.95%) Datto
8 3 (1.95%) NETGEAR
8 3 (1.95%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.95%) Ubiquiti