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 19 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 638 593 757
Rank change year-on-year -45 +164 +106
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 96 216 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.28% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.05% 2.02% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 52 168 205
10th Percentile £40,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,875 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £51,918
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +5.94% +0.81%
75th Percentile £89,725 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £89,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +12.28%

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 9,142 10,682 14,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.25% 13.87% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,648 8,394 9,091
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -6.67% +1.94%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.28% -4.44% -

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 19 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Top 12 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 19 February 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 -36 93 £66,250 +10.42% 48
London +25 61 £85,000 +23.64% 14
Work from Home +61 51 £75,000 +42.86% 32
UK excluding London -32 31 £45,000 -5.26% 33
North of England +17 10 £55,000 -33.33% 10
South West +50 7 £51,000 +27.50% 6
East of England +6 7 £40,000 +45.45% 3
North West -7 6 £55,000 -40.72% 5
South East -6 5 £58,750 +17.50% 10
Yorkshire +33 4 - - 4
West Midlands -7 2 £60,000 +84.62% 3
Midlands -8 2 £60,000 +45.47% 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 9 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.04%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.04%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.92%) Azure
2 11 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (9.38%) SaaS
4 7 (7.29%) AWS
5 6 (6.25%) Entra ID
6 5 (5.21%) IaaS
7 3 (3.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (3.13%) PaaS
8 2 (2.08%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.04%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (36.46%) Wi-Fi
2 26 (27.08%) VoIP
3 23 (23.96%) Broadband
4 20 (20.83%) DNS
5 19 (19.79%) DHCP
5 19 (19.79%) Structured Cabling
6 17 (17.71%) WAN
7 14 (14.58%) SD-WAN
8 13 (13.54%) Firewall
8 13 (13.54%) LAN
8 13 (13.54%) VPN
9 11 (11.46%) BGP
9 11 (11.46%) VLAN
9 11 (11.46%) WebEx
10 9 (9.38%) ISDN
10 9 (9.38%) MPLS
10 9 (9.38%) Network Security
10 9 (9.38%) OSPF
10 9 (9.38%) VPLS
11 8 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 52 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 30 (31.25%) Finance
3 17 (17.71%) Telecoms
4 13 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (13.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.21%) Banking
5 5 (5.21%) Local Government
5 5 (5.21%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.17%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.13%) Marketing
7 3 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Law
8 1 (1.04%) Retail
8 1 (1.04%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (20.83%) Project Manager
2 19 (19.79%) Principal Project Manager
3 15 (15.63%) Architect
4 9 (9.38%) Development Manager
5 8 (8.33%) Senior
5 8 (8.33%) Unified Communications Engineer
6 7 (7.29%) Business Development Manager
6 7 (7.29%) Business Manager
6 7 (7.29%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) IT Manager
7 6 (6.25%) Lead
7 6 (6.25%) Network Engineer
8 5 (5.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.21%) Technical Trainer
8 5 (5.21%) Trainer
9 4 (4.17%) IT Development Manager
9 4 (4.17%) Junior
10 3 (3.13%) Linux Specialist
10 3 (3.13%) Operations Manager
10 3 (3.13%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.17%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
2 11 (11.46%) Data Centre
3 10 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.21%) CMDB
5 4 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.17%) IoT
5 4 (4.17%) Virtual Team
6 3 (3.13%) Clustering
6 3 (3.13%) Replication
7 2 (2.08%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.08%) Social Media
8 1 (1.04%) Blackberry
8 1 (1.04%) CCTV
8 1 (1.04%) Digital Signage
8 1 (1.04%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.04%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.42%) Windows
2 7 (7.29%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.25%) Linux
4 4 (4.17%) Windows 10
5 3 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (3.13%) Unix
5 3 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (26.04%) Mentoring
1 25 (26.04%) Project Management
2 23 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (22.92%) Budget Management
4 20 (20.83%) Coaching
4 20 (20.83%) ITIL
4 20 (20.83%) Line Management
4 20 (20.83%) User Experience
5 19 (19.79%) Identity Access Management
5 19 (19.79%) Privileged Access Management
5 19 (19.79%) Project Delivery
5 19 (19.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (19.79%) Strategic Planning
5 19 (19.79%) Waterfall
6 16 (16.67%) Roadmaps
7 13 (13.54%) Migration
8 12 (12.50%) Business Development
8 12 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (11.46%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (11.46%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.42%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.13%) SQL
3 1 (1.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (19.79%) RIBA
2 17 (17.71%) Degree
3 11 (11.46%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (7.29%) CCNP
5 6 (6.25%) JNCIP
6 5 (5.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (4.17%) CCNA
7 4 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.17%) Security Cleared
8 3 (3.13%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.08%) MCP
10 1 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.04%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.04%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.33%) SLA
2 2 (2.08%) NCSC
3 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.21%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (3.13%) vSphere
5 2 (2.08%) Firmware
6 1 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (7.29%) Ansible
1 7 (7.29%) FortiGate
1 7 (7.29%) Puppet
2 6 (6.25%) Cisco UCCX
3 5 (5.21%) Cisco Prime
3 5 (5.21%) Cisco UCCE
4 3 (3.13%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (3.13%) Progress Chef
4 3 (3.13%) Terraform
5 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.08%) Nessus
6 1 (1.04%) SCCM
6 1 (1.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 41 (42.71%) Cisco
2 31 (32.29%) Microsoft
3 13 (13.54%) VMware
4 10 (10.42%) Ribbon
5 9 (9.38%) Fortinet
6 8 (8.33%) Palo Alto
6 8 (8.33%) Salesforce
7 7 (7.29%) Juniper
7 7 (7.29%) SolarWinds
8 6 (6.25%) Avaya
9 5 (5.21%) CheckPoint
9 5 (5.21%) Genesys
9 5 (5.21%) Yealink
10 4 (4.17%) HP
10 4 (4.17%) Logitech
10 4 (4.17%) Mitel
10 4 (4.17%) SAP
10 4 (4.17%) ServiceNow
11 3 (3.13%) EMC
11 3 (3.13%) Extreme Networks