Unified Communications Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Unified Communications
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 479 572
Rank change year-on-year +98 +93 +172
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 51 104 90
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.31% 0.31% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.64% 1.97% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 28 73 83
10th Percentile £27,750 £20,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,025 £23,000 £35,211
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -23.81% -20.75%
75th Percentile £84,375 £67,500 £74,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,290 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 3,109 5,274 4,765
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.95% 15.58% 11.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,624 3,414 3,541
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -4.76%

Unified Communications
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unified Communications trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Unified Communications
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Unified Communications.

Unified Communications salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Unified Communications over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Unified Communications salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (37.25%) Skype for Business
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.88%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.73%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.92%) AWS
3 2 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.92%) SaaS
4 1 (1.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.96%) IaaS
4 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (41.18%) Wireless
2 19 (37.25%) Skype
3 10 (19.61%) VoIP
3 10 (19.61%) WAN
4 5 (9.80%) Firewall
5 4 (7.84%) 4G
5 4 (7.84%) 5G
5 4 (7.84%) ISDN
5 4 (7.84%) LAN
6 3 (5.88%) SAN
6 3 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (3.92%) Broadband
7 2 (3.92%) Internet
7 2 (3.92%) MPLS
7 2 (3.92%) Network Security
7 2 (3.92%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.96%) PBX
8 1 (1.96%) WebEx
8 1 (1.96%) Wireless Security
8 1 (1.96%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) EDMS
2 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (49.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (21.57%) Social Skills
3 9 (17.65%) Telecoms
4 8 (15.69%) Finance
5 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.84%) Marketing
6 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (35.29%) Collaboration Specialist
2 8 (15.69%) Architect
3 6 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Junior
4 5 (9.80%) Junior Support Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Junior Technical Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Junior Technical Support
4 5 (9.80%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Technical Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Technical Support
4 5 (9.80%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Linux Specialist
5 3 (5.88%) Service Operations Specialist
5 3 (5.88%) Unix Specialist
6 2 (3.92%) Applications Support
6 2 (3.92%) Business Development Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Business Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Development Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (1.96%) VoIP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (35.29%) Digital Signage
1 18 (35.29%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (7.84%) IoT
2 4 (7.84%) NHS
2 4 (7.84%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.88%) Clustering
3 3 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.88%) Replication
4 2 (3.92%) Housing Association
4 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.84%) Linux
2 3 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (5.88%) Unix
3 1 (1.96%) Windows
3 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) User Experience
2 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (13.73%) Data Privacy
3 7 (13.73%) Decision-Making
4 6 (11.76%) ITIL
5 5 (9.80%) Analytics
5 5 (9.80%) Customer Service
6 4 (7.84%) Change Management
6 4 (7.84%) Computer Science
6 4 (7.84%) Data Science
6 4 (7.84%) ITSM
6 4 (7.84%) Mentoring
6 4 (7.84%) Service Management
6 4 (7.84%) Systems Engineering
6 4 (7.84%) Systems Thinking
6 4 (7.84%) Validation
6 4 (7.84%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (5.88%) Configuration Management
7 3 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.88%) SQL
3 2 (3.92%) Progress 4GL
4 1 (1.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (35.29%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (9.80%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Ansible
1 3 (5.88%) Progress Chef
1 3 (5.88%) Puppet
2 2 (3.92%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.96%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (60.78%) Cisco
2 19 (37.25%) Mitel
3 18 (35.29%) Polycom
3 18 (35.29%) ShoreTel
4 11 (21.57%) Microsoft
5 5 (9.80%) VMware
6 3 (5.88%) EMC
6 3 (5.88%) Red Hat
6 3 (5.88%) Remedy
6 3 (5.88%) SaltStack
6 3 (5.88%) Symantec
7 2 (3.92%) Capita
7 2 (3.92%) Progress
7 2 (3.92%) Sun
8 1 (1.96%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (1.96%) Broadcom
8 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.96%) Ribbon
8 1 (1.96%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.96%) Verint