Unified Communications Jobs

Unified Communications
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 632 669 783
Rank change year-on-year +37 +114 +159
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 79 243 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.24% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.81% 1.80% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 45 188 142
10th Percentile £27,750 £21,000 £31,375
25th Percentile £38,890 £32,906 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,400 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.94% -10.53% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,795 13,485 15,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.91% 13.20% 15.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,243 9,407 7,838
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £27,970
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £70,654
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,586 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications.

Salary trend for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Top 14 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 May 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
England +18 78 £57,500 +15.00% 116
Work from Home +69 51 £62,500 +56.25% 48
UK excluding London +88 50 £40,400 -4.94% 93
London +68 28 £80,300 +18.96% 33
North of England +28 22 £30,500 -57.93% 34
North West -7 13 £50,000 -31.03% 22
West Midlands +59 11 £75,000 +240.91% 8
Midlands +53 11 £75,000 +240.91% 11
East of England +49 11 £40,000 +45.45% 15
Yorkshire +55 7 £30,500 -56.43% 9
South West +96 4 £60,000 +50.00% 12
North East - 2 £33,198 - 4
Scotland +123 1 £70,000 +84.21% 7
South East +32 1 £47,500 - 19

Unified Communications
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 19 (24.05%) Skype for Business
2 16 (20.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (7.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.19%) Azure
2 11 (13.92%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.33%) Entra ID
3 5 (6.33%) SaaS
4 4 (5.06%) Rubrik
5 3 (3.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (3.80%) IaaS
6 2 (2.53%) AWS
6 2 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.27%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (26.58%) Wireless
2 20 (25.32%) WAN
3 19 (24.05%) Skype
3 19 (24.05%) VoIP
4 12 (15.19%) Firewall
4 12 (15.19%) LAN
5 10 (12.66%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (11.39%) SD-WAN
7 7 (8.86%) VPN
8 6 (7.59%) Network Security
9 5 (6.33%) 5G
9 5 (6.33%) ISDN
9 5 (6.33%) MPLS
10 4 (5.06%) 4G
10 4 (5.06%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (5.06%) Wireshark
11 3 (3.80%) BGP
11 3 (3.80%) OSPF
11 3 (3.80%) Spanning Tree
11 3 (3.80%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.53%) EDMS
General
1 25 (31.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 21 (26.58%) Social Skills
3 19 (24.05%) Finance
4 10 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (11.39%) Telecoms
6 6 (7.59%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.06%) Marketing
8 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.80%) Local Government
8 3 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.53%) Billing
10 1 (1.27%) Electronics
10 1 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (22.78%) Collaboration Specialist
2 11 (13.92%) Architect
3 7 (8.86%) Support Engineer
4 5 (6.33%) Junior
4 5 (6.33%) Junior Support Engineer
4 5 (6.33%) Junior Technical Engineer
4 5 (6.33%) Junior Technical Support
4 5 (6.33%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
4 5 (6.33%) Lead
4 5 (6.33%) Senior
4 5 (6.33%) Technical Engineer
4 5 (6.33%) Technical Support
4 5 (6.33%) Technical Support Engineer
5 4 (5.06%) Network Engineer
5 4 (5.06%) Security Specialist
6 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (3.80%) Linux Specialist
6 3 (3.80%) Network Security Specialist
6 3 (3.80%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (3.80%) Unix Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.32%) Video Conferencing
2 18 (22.78%) Digital Signage
3 7 (8.86%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.06%) IoT
4 4 (5.06%) NHS
4 4 (5.06%) Operational Technology
4 4 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.80%) Clustering
5 3 (3.80%) Replication
6 2 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.53%) Housing Association
6 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.27%) CCTV
7 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.92%) Windows
2 10 (12.66%) Linux
3 7 (8.86%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (3.80%) Unix
4 3 (3.80%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.27%) Android
5 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (24.05%) User Experience
3 15 (18.99%) ITIL
4 13 (16.46%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (16.46%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (11.39%) Customer Service
6 8 (10.13%) Customer Experience
6 8 (10.13%) Decision-Making
6 8 (10.13%) Service Management
7 7 (8.86%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (8.86%) Business Strategy
7 7 (8.86%) Data Privacy
7 7 (8.86%) Service Delivery
7 7 (8.86%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (7.59%) Analytics
8 6 (7.59%) Cost Reduction
8 6 (7.59%) Migration
8 6 (7.59%) Network Monitoring
8 6 (7.59%) Project Management
8 6 (7.59%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.92%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.59%) SQL
3 2 (2.53%) Progress 4GL
4 1 (1.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (27.85%) Degree
2 5 (6.33%) CCNA
2 5 (6.33%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (5.06%) CCNP
3 4 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (2.53%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.53%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.27%) MCSE
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) SLA
2 2 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.27%) NCSC
3 1 (1.27%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (12.66%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.06%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 3 (3.80%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (3.80%) vSphere
5 1 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (8.86%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (5.06%) VxRail
3 3 (3.80%) Ansible
3 3 (3.80%) Progress Chef
3 3 (3.80%) Puppet
3 3 (3.80%) Terraform
4 1 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.27%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (1.27%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (55.70%) Cisco
2 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
3 20 (25.32%) Mitel
4 18 (22.78%) Polycom
4 18 (22.78%) ShoreTel
5 11 (13.92%) VMware
6 7 (8.86%) Zscaler
7 6 (7.59%) CheckPoint
7 6 (7.59%) SolarWinds
8 5 (6.33%) Genesys
8 5 (6.33%) Sophos
9 4 (5.06%) Fortinet
9 4 (5.06%) Splunk
10 3 (3.80%) EMC
10 3 (3.80%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (3.80%) HP
10 3 (3.80%) Red Hat
10 3 (3.80%) Remedy
10 3 (3.80%) SaltStack
10 3 (3.80%) Symantec