Unified Communications
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Unified Communications skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unified Communications over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 654 760 945
Rank change year-on-year +106 +185 -338
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 243 211 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.79% 1.31% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 187 163 238
10th Percentile £21,000 £31,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £32,625 £36,250 £36,265
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.42% -8.26%
75th Percentile £70,625 £72,375 £73,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £84,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year - -1.16% -14.85%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Unified Communications is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Top 16 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 27 April 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 +137 224 £50,000 -4.76% 62
UK excluding London +46 158 £42,500 - 42
Work from Home +103 104 £40,000 -23.02% 29
London +135 79 £65,000 - 21
South East +53 60 £47,500 -26.92% 21
North of England +40 36 £73,750 +97.60% 7
South West +9 26 £40,000 -22.95% 5
North West +28 21 £72,500 +49.48% 5
Midlands +10 18 £22,000 -53.68% 6
West Midlands +28 16 £22,000 -51.11% 4
Yorkshire +79 15 £75,000 +115.21% 1
Wales +17 9 £36,476 +17.66%
East of England +17 5 £27,500 -47.62%
Northern Ireland +31 2 - -
East Midlands -14 2 £30,481 -35.83% 2
Scotland -62 2 £38,000 - 3

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 46 (18.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (8.64%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.88%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.82%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (7.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.06%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (38.68%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (25.51%) Azure
3 27 (11.11%) AWS
4 20 (8.23%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.82%) Power Platform
6 17 (7.00%) SaaS
7 15 (6.17%) OneDrive
8 13 (5.35%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (4.94%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (4.94%) Amazon S3
9 12 (4.94%) Mimecast
10 9 (3.70%) IaaS
10 9 (3.70%) PaaS
11 6 (2.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 6 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.47%) Power Automate
12 5 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (2.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (1.23%) GCP
13 3 (1.23%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 53 (21.81%) Firewall
2 50 (20.58%) WAN
3 49 (20.16%) VoIP
4 44 (18.11%) LAN
5 34 (13.99%) Wireless
6 28 (11.52%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (10.70%) VPN
8 22 (9.05%) MPLS
9 21 (8.64%) SAN
10 19 (7.82%) DNS
10 19 (7.82%) Internet
10 19 (7.82%) Network Security
11 18 (7.41%) VLAN
12 16 (6.58%) BGP
13 15 (6.17%) TCP/IP
14 14 (5.76%) DHCP
15 12 (4.94%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (4.94%) Cisco Nexus
15 12 (4.94%) SD-WAN
16 10 (4.12%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.94%) Power BI
2 2 (0.82%) DTS
2 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Git
1 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 96 (39.51%) Social Skills
2 50 (20.58%) Telecoms
3 32 (13.17%) Finance
4 24 (9.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (9.05%) Marketing
6 14 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (5.76%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.70%) Banking
7 9 (3.70%) Law
8 8 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.47%) Local Government
9 6 (2.47%) Police
10 5 (2.06%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.23%) Electronics
11 3 (1.23%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.82%) Advertising
12 2 (0.82%) Billing
13 1 (0.41%) German Language
13 1 (0.41%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 28 (11.52%) Consultant
2 26 (10.70%) Network Engineer
3 24 (9.88%) Senior
3 24 (9.88%) Technical Consultant
4 22 (9.05%) Business Manager
4 22 (9.05%) Support Engineer
5 18 (7.41%) Business Development Manager
5 18 (7.41%) Development Manager
5 18 (7.41%) IT Support
6 17 (7.00%) IT Engineer
7 16 (6.58%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (6.58%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (6.17%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 13 (5.35%) Junior
9 13 (5.35%) Junior IT Engineer
9 13 (5.35%) Junior IT Support
9 13 (5.35%) Junior Support Engineer
10 12 (4.94%) AWS Consultant
10 12 (4.94%) Cloud Consultant
10 12 (4.94%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.23%) CSS
2 2 (0.82%) .NET
2 2 (0.82%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.41%) HTML
3 1 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 64 (26.34%) Data Centre
2 30 (12.35%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (11.93%) Public Cloud
4 21 (8.64%) Video Conferencing
5 17 (7.00%) Driving Licence
6 16 (6.58%) Management Information System
7 14 (5.76%) Replication
8 13 (5.35%) Digital Signage
9 12 (4.94%) IoT
10 11 (4.53%) PMI
11 9 (3.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (3.29%) Social Media
13 5 (2.06%) Mobile Computing
14 4 (1.65%) Onboarding
15 3 (1.23%) PKI
16 2 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
16 2 (0.82%) iPhone
16 2 (0.82%) Low-Code
16 2 (0.82%) Smartcard
17 1 (0.41%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 59 (24.28%) Windows
2 30 (12.35%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.06%) Linux
4 4 (1.65%) Android
5 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.82%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (17.28%) Customer Service
3 38 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (15.23%) Business Development
5 33 (13.58%) Presales
6 30 (12.35%) Time Management
7 26 (10.70%) ITIL
8 25 (10.29%) Migration
9 24 (9.88%) CRM
9 24 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 24 (9.88%) Service Delivery
9 24 (9.88%) Software Licensing
10 23 (9.47%) IT Strategy
11 22 (9.05%) Decision-Making
12 19 (7.82%) Agile
12 19 (7.82%) Artificial Intelligence
12 19 (7.82%) DevOps
13 18 (7.41%) Project Management
14 16 (6.58%) Business Intelligence
14 16 (6.58%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.29%) SQL
2 5 (2.06%) Python
3 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 44 (18.11%) Degree
2 34 (13.99%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (8.64%) CCNA
3 21 (8.64%) CCNP
4 13 (5.35%) Network+ Certification
5 12 (4.94%) AWS Certification
5 12 (4.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 11 (4.53%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.06%) BICSI RCDD
7 5 (2.06%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.06%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.82%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.41%) BICSI Certification
11 1 (0.41%) MCSE
11 1 (0.41%) Project+ Certification
11 1 (0.41%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.17%) SLA
2 6 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.06%) NCSC
3 5 (2.06%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.65%) GDPR
5 2 (0.82%) PMO
5 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 44 (18.11%) Active Directory
2 28 (11.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.12%) vSphere
4 9 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (3.29%) Firmware
6 3 (1.23%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 40 (16.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.76%) vCenter Server
3 13 (5.35%) Cisco CUCM
3 13 (5.35%) ServiceCenter
4 7 (2.88%) Cisco Prime
4 7 (2.88%) SCCM
5 5 (2.06%) Ansible
5 5 (2.06%) Opsview
5 5 (2.06%) SCOM
6 4 (1.65%) Backup Exec
6 4 (1.65%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.23%) Nessus
8 2 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.82%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.41%) Autotask
9 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 142 (58.44%) Microsoft
2 79 (32.51%) Cisco
3 37 (15.23%) VMware
4 27 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 27 (11.11%) Meraki
5 26 (10.70%) Apple
6 24 (9.88%) Adobe
7 23 (9.47%) HP
7 23 (9.47%) Palo Alto
8 22 (9.05%) BT
9 19 (7.82%) Veeam
10 18 (7.41%) Aruba
11 14 (5.76%) CheckPoint
11 14 (5.76%) SolarWinds
12 11 (4.53%) Mitel
13 10 (4.12%) NetApp
14 9 (3.70%) F5
14 9 (3.70%) Salesforce
15 7 (2.88%) Juniper
15 7 (2.88%) Veritas