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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 665 777 948
Rank change year-on-year +112 +171 -321
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 241 196 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.78% 1.24% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 186 156 228
10th Percentile £21,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,625 £36,250 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,563 £75,500
90th Percentile £93,125 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -10.89%

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 13,519 15,777 20,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.64% 15.57% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,433 8,018 11,667
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%

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 9 May 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 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 +137 221 £50,000 -6.98% 47
UK excluding London +42 157 £42,500 -10.53% 33
Work from Home +89 103 £40,000 -23.44% 19
London +114 77 £65,000 - 14
South East +21 59 £47,500 -28.30% 11
North of England +47 36 £73,750 +100.68% 11
South West -8 26 £40,000 -22.95% 3
North West +30 21 £72,500 +49.48% 9
Midlands -8 18 £22,000 -51.11% 3
West Midlands +14 16 £22,000 -51.11% 2
Yorkshire +80 15 £75,000 +118.34% 1
Wales +8 9 £36,476 +17.66%
East of England +24 5 £27,500 -47.62% 3
Northern Ireland +27 2 - -
East Midlands -16 2 £30,481 -35.83% 1
Scotland - 2 £38,000 - 2

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 43 (17.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (8.71%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.49%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.83%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.90%) 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 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.07%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (37.34%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (26.97%) Azure
3 27 (11.20%) AWS
4 20 (8.30%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.88%) Power Platform
5 19 (7.88%) SaaS
6 15 (6.22%) OneDrive
7 13 (5.39%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (4.98%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (4.98%) Amazon S3
9 11 (4.56%) IaaS
9 11 (4.56%) PaaS
10 10 (4.15%) Mimecast
11 6 (2.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 6 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.49%) Power Automate
12 5 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (2.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.24%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 55 (22.82%) Firewall
2 52 (21.58%) WAN
3 48 (19.92%) VoIP
4 45 (18.67%) LAN
5 34 (14.11%) Wireless
6 29 (12.03%) Wi-Fi
7 28 (11.62%) VPN
8 22 (9.13%) MPLS
8 22 (9.13%) SAN
9 19 (7.88%) DNS
9 19 (7.88%) Internet
9 19 (7.88%) Network Security
9 19 (7.88%) VLAN
10 18 (7.47%) BGP
11 16 (6.64%) TCP/IP
12 15 (6.22%) SD-WAN
13 14 (5.81%) DHCP
14 12 (4.98%) Cisco ISE
14 12 (4.98%) Cisco Nexus
15 11 (4.56%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.98%) Power BI
2 2 (0.83%) DTS
2 2 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Git
1 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 93 (38.59%) Social Skills
2 48 (19.92%) Telecoms
3 31 (12.86%) Finance
4 24 (9.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (8.71%) Marketing
6 14 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.56%) Law
9 10 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (3.73%) Banking
11 6 (2.49%) Local Government
11 6 (2.49%) Police
12 5 (2.07%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.83%) Advertising
13 2 (0.83%) Billing
13 2 (0.83%) Electronics
13 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 28 (11.62%) Consultant
1 28 (11.62%) Network Engineer
2 24 (9.96%) Technical Consultant
3 23 (9.54%) Senior
4 22 (9.13%) Business Manager
4 22 (9.13%) Support Engineer
5 18 (7.47%) Business Development Manager
5 18 (7.47%) Development Manager
5 18 (7.47%) IT Support
6 17 (7.05%) IT Engineer
7 16 (6.64%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (6.64%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (6.22%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 13 (5.39%) Junior
9 13 (5.39%) Junior IT Engineer
9 13 (5.39%) Junior IT Support
9 13 (5.39%) Junior Support Engineer
10 12 (4.98%) AWS Consultant
10 12 (4.98%) Cloud Consultant
10 12 (4.98%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.24%) CSS
2 2 (0.83%) .NET
2 2 (0.83%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.41%) HTML
3 1 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 65 (26.97%) Data Centre
2 30 (12.45%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (12.03%) Public Cloud
4 21 (8.71%) Video Conferencing
5 17 (7.05%) Driving Licence
6 16 (6.64%) Management Information System
7 14 (5.81%) Replication
8 13 (5.39%) Digital Signage
9 12 (4.98%) IoT
10 11 (4.56%) PMI
11 9 (3.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (3.32%) Social Media
13 3 (1.24%) Mobile Computing
13 3 (1.24%) PKI
14 2 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
14 2 (0.83%) iPhone
14 2 (0.83%) Low-Code
14 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
14 2 (0.83%) Smartcard
15 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 58 (24.07%) Windows
2 30 (12.45%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.07%) Linux
4 4 (1.66%) Android
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (22.41%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (16.18%) Customer Service
2 39 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (14.94%) Business Development
4 32 (13.28%) Presales
5 30 (12.45%) Time Management
6 26 (10.79%) Migration
7 24 (9.96%) CRM
7 24 (9.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (9.96%) IT Strategy
7 24 (9.96%) ITIL
7 24 (9.96%) Software Licensing
8 23 (9.54%) Service Delivery
9 22 (9.13%) Decision-Making
10 20 (8.30%) DevOps
11 19 (7.88%) Artificial Intelligence
12 18 (7.47%) Agile
12 18 (7.47%) Project Management
13 17 (7.05%) Roadmaps
14 15 (6.22%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.32%) SQL
2 5 (2.07%) Python
3 2 (0.83%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 42 (17.43%) Degree
2 35 (14.52%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (9.13%) CCNP
4 21 (8.71%) CCNA
5 13 (5.39%) Network+ Certification
6 12 (4.98%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (4.56%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.49%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.07%) BICSI RCDD
9 5 (2.07%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.41%) BICSI Certification
13 1 (0.41%) MCSE
13 1 (0.41%) Project+ Certification
13 1 (0.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.22%) SLA
2 6 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.07%) GDPR
3 5 (2.07%) NCSC
3 5 (2.07%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.83%) PMO
4 2 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 43 (17.84%) Active Directory
2 27 (11.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.15%) vSphere
4 9 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (3.73%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (3.32%) Firmware
6 3 (1.24%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (15.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.81%) vCenter Server
3 13 (5.39%) Cisco CUCM
3 13 (5.39%) ServiceCenter
4 7 (2.90%) Cisco Prime
4 7 (2.90%) SCCM
5 6 (2.49%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.07%) Ansible
6 5 (2.07%) Opsview
6 5 (2.07%) SCOM
7 4 (1.66%) Backup Exec
8 3 (1.24%) Nessus
9 2 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.83%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.41%) Autotask
10 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 140 (58.09%) Microsoft
2 81 (33.61%) Cisco
3 36 (14.94%) VMware
4 29 (12.03%) Meraki
5 27 (11.20%) Fortinet
6 26 (10.79%) Apple
7 24 (9.96%) Adobe
8 23 (9.54%) HP
8 23 (9.54%) Palo Alto
9 22 (9.13%) BT
10 19 (7.88%) Veeam
11 18 (7.47%) Aruba
12 15 (6.22%) SolarWinds
13 14 (5.81%) CheckPoint
14 11 (4.56%) Mitel
15 10 (4.15%) NetApp
16 9 (3.73%) F5
16 9 (3.73%) Salesforce
17 7 (2.90%) Juniper
17 7 (2.90%) Veritas