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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 649 798 958
Rank change year-on-year +149 +160 -334
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 243 198 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.80% 1.25% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 188 157 229
10th Percentile £21,000 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,625 £36,250 £40,000
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 £70,000 £75,500
90th Percentile £92,875 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.11% +2.78% -11.33%

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 13,535 15,801 20,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.65% 15.56% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,435 8,018 11,727
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 8 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 8 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 +115 223 £50,000 -4.76% 51
UK excluding London +27 157 £42,500 -8.11% 35
Work from Home +86 103 £40,000 -23.08% 20
London +135 79 £65,000 - 15
South East +36 59 £47,500 -26.92% 13
North of England +32 36 £73,750 +98.55% 12
South West -12 26 £40,000 -22.95% 5
North West +22 21 £72,500 +49.48% 9
Midlands +7 18 £22,000 -52.43% 3
West Midlands +15 16 £22,000 -49.71% 3
Yorkshire +68 15 £75,000 +118.34% 2
Wales +13 9 £36,476 +17.66%
East of England +16 5 £27,500 -47.62%
Northern Ireland +27 2 - -
East Midlands -13 2 £30,481 -35.83%
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 45 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (9.05%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.88%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.82%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (7.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.88%) 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 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.06%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 92 (37.86%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (26.75%) Azure
3 27 (11.11%) AWS
4 20 (8.23%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.82%) Power Platform
5 19 (7.82%) SaaS
6 15 (6.17%) OneDrive
7 13 (5.35%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (4.94%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (4.94%) Amazon S3
9 11 (4.53%) IaaS
9 11 (4.53%) Mimecast
9 11 (4.53%) PaaS
10 6 (2.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.47%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (2.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.23%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 55 (22.63%) Firewall
2 52 (21.40%) WAN
3 48 (19.75%) VoIP
4 45 (18.52%) LAN
5 34 (13.99%) Wireless
6 29 (11.93%) Wi-Fi
7 28 (11.52%) VPN
8 22 (9.05%) MPLS
8 22 (9.05%) SAN
9 19 (7.82%) DNS
9 19 (7.82%) Internet
9 19 (7.82%) Network Security
9 19 (7.82%) VLAN
10 18 (7.41%) BGP
11 16 (6.58%) TCP/IP
12 15 (6.17%) SD-WAN
13 14 (5.76%) DHCP
14 12 (4.94%) Cisco ISE
14 12 (4.94%) Cisco Nexus
15 11 (4.53%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.94%) Power BI
2 2 (0.82%) DTS
2 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Git
1 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 94 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.16%) Telecoms
3 32 (13.17%) Finance
4 24 (9.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (9.05%) Marketing
6 15 (6.17%) Public Sector
7 14 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (5.35%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (4.53%) Law
10 10 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
11 9 (3.70%) Banking
12 6 (2.47%) Local Government
12 6 (2.47%) Police
13 5 (2.06%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.23%) Electronics
14 3 (1.23%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.82%) Advertising
15 2 (0.82%) Billing
16 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
16 1 (0.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 28 (11.52%) Consultant
1 28 (11.52%) Network Engineer
2 24 (9.88%) Technical Consultant
3 23 (9.47%) Senior
4 22 (9.05%) Business Manager
4 22 (9.05%) Support Engineer
5 18 (7.41%) Business Development Manager
5 18 (7.41%) Development Manager
5 18 (7.41%) IT Support
6 17 (7.00%) IT Engineer
7 16 (6.58%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (6.58%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (6.17%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 13 (5.35%) Junior
9 13 (5.35%) Junior IT Engineer
9 13 (5.35%) Junior IT Support
9 13 (5.35%) Junior Support Engineer
10 12 (4.94%) AWS Consultant
10 12 (4.94%) Cloud Consultant
10 12 (4.94%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.23%) CSS
2 2 (0.82%) .NET
2 2 (0.82%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.41%) HTML
3 1 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 65 (26.75%) Data Centre
2 30 (12.35%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (11.93%) Public Cloud
4 21 (8.64%) Video Conferencing
5 17 (7.00%) Driving Licence
6 16 (6.58%) Management Information System
7 14 (5.76%) Replication
8 13 (5.35%) Digital Signage
9 12 (4.94%) IoT
10 11 (4.53%) PMI
11 9 (3.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (3.29%) Social Media
13 4 (1.65%) Mobile Computing
14 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
14 3 (1.23%) PKI
15 2 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
15 2 (0.82%) iPhone
15 2 (0.82%) Low-Code
15 2 (0.82%) Smartcard
16 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 59 (24.28%) Windows
2 30 (12.35%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.06%) Linux
4 4 (1.65%) Android
5 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.82%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (16.87%) Customer Service
3 39 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (14.81%) Business Development
5 32 (13.17%) Presales
6 30 (12.35%) Time Management
7 26 (10.70%) Migration
8 25 (10.29%) ITIL
9 24 (9.88%) CRM
9 24 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 24 (9.88%) IT Strategy
9 24 (9.88%) Software Licensing
10 23 (9.47%) Service Delivery
11 22 (9.05%) Decision-Making
12 20 (8.23%) DevOps
13 19 (7.82%) Artificial Intelligence
14 18 (7.41%) Agile
14 18 (7.41%) Project Management
15 17 (7.00%) Roadmaps
16 16 (6.58%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.29%) SQL
2 5 (2.06%) Python
3 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 44 (18.11%) Degree
2 35 (14.40%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (9.05%) CCNP
4 21 (8.64%) CCNA
5 13 (5.35%) Network+ Certification
6 12 (4.94%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (4.53%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.47%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.06%) BICSI RCDD
9 5 (2.06%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.82%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.41%) BICSI Certification
13 1 (0.41%) Project+ Certification
13 1 (0.41%) RIBA
13 1 (0.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.17%) SLA
2 6 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.06%) GDPR
3 5 (2.06%) NCSC
3 5 (2.06%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.82%) PMO
4 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 44 (18.11%) Active Directory
2 28 (11.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.12%) vSphere
4 9 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (3.29%) Firmware
6 3 (1.23%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 38 (15.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.76%) vCenter Server
3 13 (5.35%) Cisco CUCM
3 13 (5.35%) ServiceCenter
4 7 (2.88%) Cisco Prime
4 7 (2.88%) SCCM
5 6 (2.47%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.06%) Ansible
6 5 (2.06%) Opsview
6 5 (2.06%) SCOM
7 4 (1.65%) Backup Exec
8 3 (1.23%) Nessus
9 2 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.82%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.41%) Autotask
10 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 141 (58.02%) Microsoft
2 81 (33.33%) Cisco
3 37 (15.23%) VMware
4 29 (11.93%) Meraki
5 27 (11.11%) Fortinet
6 26 (10.70%) Apple
7 24 (9.88%) Adobe
8 23 (9.47%) HP
8 23 (9.47%) Palo Alto
9 22 (9.05%) BT
10 19 (7.82%) Veeam
11 18 (7.41%) Aruba
12 15 (6.17%) SolarWinds
13 14 (5.76%) CheckPoint
14 11 (4.53%) Mitel
15 10 (4.12%) NetApp
16 9 (3.70%) F5
16 9 (3.70%) Salesforce
17 7 (2.88%) Sophos
17 7 (2.88%) Veritas