Hybrid/Remote Unified Communications Job Trends

Unified Communications
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 413 425
Rank change year-on-year +86 +12 +207
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 45 25 51
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.30% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.35% 1.10% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 40 13 46
10th Percentile £40,275 £37,500 £32,625
25th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +27.66% +6.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £92,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -35.71% +3.70% +30.01%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,343 2,271 2,777
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.80% 13.16% 14.11%
Number of salaries quoted 920 1,318 2,351
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,966 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,300 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unified Communications and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Unified Communications job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Unified Communications
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Unified Communications.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Unified Communications over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Unified Communications salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (15.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (20.00%) InDesign
2 9 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (22.22%) Azure
3 9 (20.00%) SaaS
4 7 (15.56%) AWS
5 4 (8.89%) Power Automate
6 3 (6.67%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.44%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.22%) Azure Stack
8 1 (2.22%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (26.67%) Network Security
2 8 (17.78%) LAN
2 8 (17.78%) VoIP
2 8 (17.78%) WAN
3 7 (15.56%) SD-WAN
3 7 (15.56%) VPN
3 7 (15.56%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.44%) DNS
4 2 (4.44%) Firewall
5 1 (2.22%) DHCP
5 1 (2.22%) ISDN
5 1 (2.22%) PSTN
5 1 (2.22%) RTP
5 1 (2.22%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (2.22%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
General
1 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Telecoms
3 9 (20.00%) Marketing
4 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.44%) Legal
5 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (48.89%) Senior
2 12 (26.67%) Bid Writer
2 12 (26.67%) Senior Bid Writer
3 9 (20.00%) Marketing Executive
3 9 (20.00%) Senior Marketing Executive
4 7 (15.56%) Head of IT
4 7 (15.56%) Head of IT Operations
4 7 (15.56%) Head of Operations
5 5 (11.11%) IT Manager
6 4 (8.89%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (8.89%) Junior
6 4 (8.89%) Junior Support Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Junior Technical Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Junior Technical Support
6 4 (8.89%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Project Manager
6 4 (8.89%) Support Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Technical Support
6 4 (8.89%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 9 (20.00%) Social Media
1 9 (20.00%) Web Conferencing
2 7 (15.56%) Operational Technology
3 4 (8.89%) Digital Media
3 4 (8.89%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.44%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.22%) IoT
5 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
1 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) Computer Science
2 13 (28.89%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (24.44%) Data Protection
3 11 (24.44%) Project Management
3 11 (24.44%) Service Delivery
3 11 (24.44%) Storytelling
4 10 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
5 9 (20.00%) Analytics
5 9 (20.00%) Business Analytics
5 9 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 9 (20.00%) CRM
5 9 (20.00%) Demand Generation
5 9 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (20.00%) GTM Strategy
5 9 (20.00%) High Availability
5 9 (20.00%) ITIL
5 9 (20.00%) Lead Generation
5 9 (20.00%) Line Management
5 9 (20.00%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (53.33%) Degree
2 9 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (17.78%) CCNP
4 7 (15.56%) AWS Certification
4 7 (15.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 7 (15.56%) Azure Certification
4 7 (15.56%) Master's Degree
4 7 (15.56%) PMI Certification
4 7 (15.56%) PMP
5 1 (2.22%) CCNA
5 1 (2.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (20.00%) ISO 9001
3 7 (15.56%) NIST
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.22%) Firmware
2 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (2.22%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (2.22%) Forefront Identity Manager
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (64.44%) Microsoft
2 19 (42.22%) Cisco
3 9 (20.00%) Adobe
3 9 (20.00%) Zoho
4 4 (8.89%) Civica
5 2 (4.44%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.22%) Aruba
6 1 (2.22%) Avaya
6 1 (2.22%) ConnectWise
6 1 (2.22%) Draytek
6 1 (2.22%) Genesys
6 1 (2.22%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.22%) VMware