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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 468 587
Rank change year-on-year +49 +119 +32
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 161 51 157
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.20% 1.09% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 93 27 117
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £21,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,308 £29,230
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -8.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%

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 7,302 4,675 9,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.14% 16.40% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,863 2,671 7,078
10th Percentile £26,400 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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
South East +36 59 £41,250 -23.26% 11
North of England -26 55 £60,000 +96.72% 9
North West +6 37 £60,000 +20.00% 7
Midlands -25 23 £45,000 -40.00% 5
South West -38 15 £63,499 +5.83% 1
Yorkshire -42 15 £30,000 -1.64% 1
West Midlands -30 14 £42,500 -43.33% 4
East Midlands - 9 £45,000 - 1
East of England -14 4 £45,000 +12.50% 2
North East -44 3 - - 1
Scotland - 2 £90,000 - 8
Wales - 2 £69,973 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 -
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 8 (4.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.24%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.91%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (6.83%) Azure
3 10 (6.21%) AWS
4 8 (4.97%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.73%) SaaS
6 3 (1.86%) GitHub
6 3 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (1.86%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.62%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.62%) IaaS
7 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.62%) PaaS
7 1 (0.62%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (17.39%) Firewall
2 26 (16.15%) VoIP
3 24 (14.91%) WAN
4 19 (11.80%) LAN
4 19 (11.80%) VLAN
5 16 (9.94%) WebEx
6 14 (8.70%) VPN
7 13 (8.07%) PBX
8 12 (7.45%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (7.45%) Wireshark
9 11 (6.83%) DECT
10 9 (5.59%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (5.59%) Cisco Firepower
11 8 (4.97%) DSL
12 6 (3.73%) Telepresence
13 5 (3.11%) Network Security
13 5 (3.11%) Wireless
14 4 (2.48%) WLAN
15 3 (1.86%) HTTP
15 3 (1.86%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.86%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.86%) MySQL
2 1 (0.62%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Git
General
1 43 (26.71%) Telecoms
2 29 (18.01%) Marketing
3 22 (13.66%) Social Skills
4 18 (11.18%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.21%) Finance
6 9 (5.59%) Banking
6 9 (5.59%) Retail
7 3 (1.86%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 22 (13.66%) Senior
2 20 (12.42%) Account Manager
2 20 (12.42%) Consultant
3 15 (9.32%) Unified Communications Consultant
4 13 (8.07%) Senior Account Manager
4 13 (8.07%) Senior Manager
4 13 (8.07%) Support Engineer
5 12 (7.45%) Technical Specialist
6 10 (6.21%) 2nd Line Support
6 10 (6.21%) Network Engineer
7 9 (5.59%) Account Director
7 9 (5.59%) Voice Engineer
8 8 (4.97%) Marketing Manager
8 8 (4.97%) Operations Manager
8 8 (4.97%) Sales and Marketing Manager
8 8 (4.97%) Sales Manager
8 8 (4.97%) Sales Operations Manager
9 7 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
9 7 (4.35%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.21%) XMPP
2 3 (1.86%) Django
2 3 (1.86%) Flask
2 3 (1.86%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (1.86%) Jinja
2 3 (1.86%) OAuth
2 3 (1.86%) OAuth2
2 3 (1.86%) pytest
2 3 (1.86%) REST
2 3 (1.86%) RFC 2833
2 3 (1.86%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (1.86%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.94%) Video Conferencing
2 11 (6.83%) Web Conferencing
3 10 (6.21%) FlexPod
3 10 (6.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (6.21%) Onboarding
4 9 (5.59%) Replication
5 6 (3.73%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.11%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.86%) CCTV
8 2 (1.24%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.24%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.62%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.62%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.07%) Windows
2 11 (6.83%) Linux
3 8 (4.97%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.86%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.86%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.24%) Android
6 1 (0.62%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (16.77%) Presales
2 24 (14.91%) AI
3 20 (12.42%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (7.45%) Analytics
5 9 (5.59%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (5.59%) Customer Service
5 9 (5.59%) Data Management
5 9 (5.59%) Performance Management
5 9 (5.59%) Time Management
6 8 (4.97%) Business Development
6 8 (4.97%) Case Management
6 8 (4.97%) Data-Driven Marketing
6 8 (4.97%) Mentoring
7 7 (4.35%) Customer Experience
7 7 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (3.73%) Infrastructure as Code
8 6 (3.73%) Infrastructure Automation
8 6 (3.73%) Sales Enablement
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.45%) Python
2 4 (2.48%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.86%) C
3 3 (1.86%) C++
4 1 (0.62%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.62%) SQL
4 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (14.29%) Degree
2 4 (2.48%) CCNP
2 4 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (1.86%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.62%) CCNA
5 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.62%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (1.86%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (8.07%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.35%) vSphere
4 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (3.73%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.86%) Docker
5 3 (1.86%) Kamailio
6 2 (1.24%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (9.94%) Cisco CUCM
2 10 (6.21%) Ansible
2 10 (6.21%) Grafana
3 7 (4.35%) Terraform
4 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.11%) SCCM
6 3 (1.86%) Argo
6 3 (1.86%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.62%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 41 (25.47%) Microsoft
2 27 (16.77%) Cisco
3 16 (9.94%) Fortinet
4 10 (6.21%) Palo Alto
4 10 (6.21%) Splunk
5 9 (5.59%) VMware
6 8 (4.97%) Mitel
6 8 (4.97%) Oracle
7 7 (4.35%) NetApp
8 6 (3.73%) BT
9 3 (1.86%) Aruba
9 3 (1.86%) Juniper
10 2 (1.24%) Apple
10 2 (1.24%) Kaseya
11 1 (0.62%) Avaya
11 1 (0.62%) Draytek
11 1 (0.62%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.62%) Sophos
11 1 (0.62%) Veeam