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 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 574 799 760
Rank change year-on-year +225 -39 -330
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 153 298 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.24% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.89% 1.88% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 135 223 273
10th Percentile £34,575 £31,250 £31,397
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,875 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £55,762
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -5.85% +4.23%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £96,539 £83,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,044 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.04% +27.61% -11.11%

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 8,115 15,817 16,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.07% 12.52% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,389 10,530 11,491
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

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 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Top 15 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 30 November 2023. 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 +184 145 £70,000 +33.33% 69
London +251 79 £70,000 +8.69% 23
UK excluding London +138 72 £50,000 -2.04% 42
Work from Home +202 52 £58,750 +11.90% 29
North of England +124 23 £90,000 +111.76% 19
South East +140 21 £55,000 -4.35% 8
Yorkshire +76 17 £49,367 +16.16% 8
South West +48 11 £44,000 -13.80% 4
Midlands +99 6 £49,995 +11.10% 8
North West +96 6 £92,778 +118.30% 10
East of England +126 5 £41,185 -21.55% 4
Wales - 5 £43,190 -
East Midlands +48 4 £49,995 +16.27% 3
Scotland +51 3 £42,500 -22.73%
West Midlands +110 2 £47,500 -13.64% 5

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 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.96%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.31%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.65%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (5.23%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.31%) InfoPath
4 2 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 49 (32.03%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (28.10%) Azure
3 17 (11.11%) AWS
4 13 (8.50%) SaaS
5 9 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (4.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (3.92%) IaaS
7 6 (3.92%) PaaS
8 5 (3.27%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.61%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.61%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.96%) Figma
11 2 (1.31%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.65%) AWS Direct Connect
12 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (24.18%) VoIP
2 34 (22.22%) WAN
3 32 (20.92%) LAN
4 31 (20.26%) Firewall
5 24 (15.69%) Network Security
6 23 (15.03%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (13.73%) MPLS
7 21 (13.73%) WebEx
8 17 (11.11%) BGP
8 17 (11.11%) SD-WAN
9 16 (10.46%) Cisco Nexus
9 16 (10.46%) VPN
10 15 (9.80%) H.323
11 12 (7.84%) PBX
11 12 (7.84%) Wireless
12 11 (7.19%) DHCP
12 11 (7.19%) DNS
12 11 (7.19%) OSPF
13 10 (6.54%) Software-Defined Networking
14 8 (5.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.96%) Power BI
1 3 (1.96%) QlikView
1 3 (1.96%) Tableau
2 1 (0.65%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Cucumber
1 2 (1.31%) Git
1 2 (1.31%) JIRA
1 2 (1.31%) JMeter
1 2 (1.31%) Locust
1 2 (1.31%) Postman
1 2 (1.31%) REST Assured
1 2 (1.31%) Selenium
2 1 (0.65%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (30.07%) Social Skills
2 37 (24.18%) Finance
3 34 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 28 (18.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (16.99%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (11.11%) Law
7 14 (9.15%) Legal
8 12 (7.84%) Financial Institution
9 10 (6.54%) Multimedia
10 7 (4.58%) Banking
11 6 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (3.27%) Local Government
12 5 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (3.27%) Public Sector
13 4 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.96%) Police
14 3 (1.96%) Retail
15 2 (1.31%) Aerospace
15 2 (1.31%) Billing
Job Titles
1 30 (19.61%) Unified Communications Engineer
2 24 (15.69%) Network Engineer
3 12 (7.84%) Architect
4 11 (7.19%) Infrastructure Manager
4 11 (7.19%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 11 (7.19%) Lead
4 11 (7.19%) Project Manager
4 11 (7.19%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 11 (7.19%) Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
4 11 (7.19%) Technical Manager
4 11 (7.19%) Technical Project Manager
5 10 (6.54%) Senior
5 10 (6.54%) Support Engineer
6 9 (5.88%) Analyst
7 8 (5.23%) Voice Engineer
8 7 (4.58%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 7 (4.58%) IT Engineer
9 6 (3.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 6 (3.92%) IT Support
9 6 (3.92%) Senior Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.58%) XMPP
2 2 (1.31%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.31%) CSS
2 2 (1.31%) REST
3 1 (0.65%) .NET
3 1 (0.65%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 42 (27.45%) Video Conferencing
2 24 (15.69%) Data Centre
3 11 (7.19%) Digital Signage
4 9 (5.88%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.27%) IVR
5 5 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.61%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.96%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.96%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.96%) Replication
7 3 (1.96%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.31%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.31%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Licensing
8 2 (1.31%) Mobile Computing
8 2 (1.31%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (15.69%) Windows
2 7 (4.58%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.27%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (2.61%) Linux
5 2 (1.31%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (17.65%) ITIL
2 24 (15.69%) Project Management
3 22 (14.38%) Computer Science
3 22 (14.38%) Preventative Maintenance
4 20 (13.07%) Roadmaps
5 19 (12.42%) Customer Service
6 16 (10.46%) Agile
6 16 (10.46%) Network Management
6 16 (10.46%) Service Delivery
6 16 (10.46%) Service Management
7 15 (9.80%) Cost Reduction
7 15 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (7.84%) Business Analysis
8 12 (7.84%) IT Strategy
9 11 (7.19%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (7.19%) SIEM
10 9 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (5.88%) ITSM
10 9 (5.88%) Mentoring
10 9 (5.88%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.58%) SQL
2 4 (2.61%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.31%) Java
3 2 (1.31%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.65%) C++
4 1 (0.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (22.22%) Degree
2 16 (10.46%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (9.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (7.19%) CCNP
5 9 (5.88%) CCNA
6 5 (3.27%) CCVP
7 4 (2.61%) CCIE
8 3 (1.96%) CISSP
8 3 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.65%) MCP
10 1 (0.65%) MCSA
10 1 (0.65%) MCSE
10 1 (0.65%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.54%) SLA
2 5 (3.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (2.61%) NCSC
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.65%) GDPR
4 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (9.80%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.61%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.96%) Firmware
4 3 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.31%) Docker
6 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (18.95%) Cisco CUCM
2 17 (11.11%) Cisco UCCX
3 15 (9.80%) Cisco Prime
4 12 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (3.92%) SCCM
6 5 (3.27%) SolarWinds Orion
7 3 (1.96%) SCOM
8 2 (1.31%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.31%) Nessus
9 1 (0.65%) Ansible
9 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.65%) Terraform
9 1 (0.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 78 (50.98%) Cisco
2 74 (48.37%) Microsoft
3 14 (9.15%) VMware
4 12 (7.84%) SolarWinds
5 11 (7.19%) Palo Alto
6 9 (5.88%) CheckPoint
7 6 (3.92%) Polycom
8 5 (3.27%) F5
8 5 (3.27%) Juniper
9 4 (2.61%) Arista
9 4 (2.61%) Avaya
9 4 (2.61%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.61%) Meraki
10 3 (1.96%) Aruba
10 3 (1.96%) Citrix
10 3 (1.96%) FireEye
10 3 (1.96%) HP
10 3 (1.96%) MicroStrategy
10 3 (1.96%) NEC
10 3 (1.96%) Symantec