Ribbon
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Ribbon products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ribbon over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Ribbon Communications (formerly Sonus Networks).

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 879 969 1214
Rank change year-on-year +90 +245 -320
Permanent jobs citing Ribbon 23 3 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.003% 0.010%
As % of the Vendors category 0.063% 0.007% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 20 3 14
10th Percentile £46,750 £46,000 £43,875
25th Percentile £50,125 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £52,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% -2.33% -8.51%
75th Percentile £75,000 £56,875 £65,625
90th Percentile £75,750 £58,750 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +27.78% -14.29% +40.00%

All Vendors
UK

Ribbon is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,515 42,452 61,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.84% 41.89% 38.90%
Number of salaries quoted 25,000 24,240 32,762
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,294 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +4.40%

Ribbon
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ribbon as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ribbon in the UK

Ribbon
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ribbon.

Salary trend for Ribbon in the UK

Ribbon
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ribbon over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ribbon in the UK

Ribbon
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ribbon within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
England +120 23 £68,750 +27.91% 3
UK excluding London +18 15 £57,500 +27.78% 3
South East - 9 £48,500 - 1
London +111 8 £75,000 +39.53%
South West - 5 £80,000 - 2
Work from Home +72 3 £80,000 +52.38% 1
East of England - 1 - -

Ribbon
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (34.78%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) AWS
1 3 (13.04%) PaaS
1 3 (13.04%) SaaS
2 2 (8.70%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (73.91%) Firewall
1 17 (73.91%) MPLS
1 17 (73.91%) WAN
2 13 (56.52%) VoIP
3 9 (39.13%) 4G
3 9 (39.13%) 5G
4 8 (34.78%) BGP
4 8 (34.78%) DNS
4 8 (34.78%) Internet
4 8 (34.78%) LAN
4 8 (34.78%) Network Security
4 8 (34.78%) OSPF
4 8 (34.78%) Reverse Proxy
4 8 (34.78%) SD-WAN
4 8 (34.78%) Skype
4 8 (34.78%) SSL
4 8 (34.78%) TCP/IP
4 8 (34.78%) VPN
4 8 (34.78%) Wireless
5 5 (21.74%) PBX
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Rational DOORS
General
1 15 (65.22%) Telecoms
2 8 (34.78%) Law
3 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Digital Economy
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) Analyst
2 8 (34.78%) Network Analyst
2 8 (34.78%) Network Security Analyst
2 8 (34.78%) Security Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) Architect
4 4 (17.39%) Senior
4 4 (17.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Technical Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (34.78%) 802.1X
1 8 (34.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (73.91%) Management Information System
2 11 (47.83%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (39.13%) ARM Cortex
3 9 (39.13%) Driving Licence
3 9 (39.13%) IoT
4 8 (34.78%) Client/Server
4 8 (34.78%) Data Centre
5 5 (21.74%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (13.04%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) CentOS
1 3 (13.04%) Linux
1 3 (13.04%) Ubuntu
2 2 (8.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Change Control
1 13 (56.52%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (43.48%) Project Management
3 9 (39.13%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (39.13%) Data Management
4 8 (34.78%) Information Security
4 8 (34.78%) Infrastructure Management
4 8 (34.78%) Load Balancing
5 5 (21.74%) Time Management
6 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
6 4 (17.39%) ITIL
6 4 (17.39%) Patch Management
7 3 (13.04%) ArchiMate
7 3 (13.04%) BPMN
7 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (13.04%) Open Source
7 3 (13.04%) TOGAF
8 2 (8.70%) Customer Engagement
8 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
8 2 (8.70%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (39.13%) CTC Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) Degree
4 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (8.70%) CCNP
5 2 (8.70%) HND
5 2 (8.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
6 1 (4.35%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (39.13%) COSHH
1 9 (39.13%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (39.13%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
1 9 (39.13%) Hyper-V
2 2 (8.70%) Kamailio
2 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (4.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) FortiGate
2 8 (34.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (65.22%) Cisco
2 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
3 9 (39.13%) Darktrace
3 9 (39.13%) HP
3 9 (39.13%) Mitel
3 9 (39.13%) NEC
4 8 (34.78%) CheckPoint
5 4 (17.39%) Juniper
6 3 (13.04%) Avaya
6 3 (13.04%) Dialogic
6 3 (13.04%) Ericsson
6 3 (13.04%) Google
6 3 (13.04%) IBM
6 3 (13.04%) Nokia
7 2 (8.70%) Red Hat
7 2 (8.70%) VMware