Ribbon
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Ribbon products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ribbon over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Ribbon Communications (formerly Sonus Networks).

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 882 944 1245
Rank change year-on-year +62 +301 -330
Permanent jobs citing Ribbon 25 3 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.003% 0.009%
As % of the Vendors category 0.068% 0.008% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 21 3 14
10th Percentile £46,750 £46,000 £41,625
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £56,875 £59,010
90th Percentile - £58,750 £65,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +16.67%

All Vendors
UK

Ribbon is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 37,019 39,367 65,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.27% 41.59% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24,965 23,355 33,174
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

Ribbon
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ribbon as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ribbon in the UK

Ribbon
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ribbon.

Salary trend for Ribbon in the UK

Ribbon
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ribbon over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Ribbon in the UK

Ribbon
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ribbon within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +59 25 £62,500 +16.28%
UK excluding London -16 17 £52,500 +16.67% 1
South East - 9 £48,500 -
London +120 8 £75,000 +39.53%
South West - 7 £66,250 -
Work from Home +47 5 £66,250 +26.19% 1
East of England - 1 - -

Ribbon
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 8 (32.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) AWS
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
1 3 (12.00%) PaaS
1 3 (12.00%) SaaS
2 2 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (72.00%) Firewall
1 18 (72.00%) WAN
2 17 (68.00%) MPLS
3 13 (52.00%) VoIP
4 9 (36.00%) 4G
4 9 (36.00%) 5G
4 9 (36.00%) LAN
4 9 (36.00%) SSL
4 9 (36.00%) VPN
5 8 (32.00%) BGP
5 8 (32.00%) DNS
5 8 (32.00%) Internet
5 8 (32.00%) Network Security
5 8 (32.00%) OSPF
5 8 (32.00%) Reverse Proxy
5 8 (32.00%) SD-WAN
5 8 (32.00%) Skype
5 8 (32.00%) TCP/IP
5 8 (32.00%) Wireless
6 5 (20.00%) PBX
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 17 (68.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (32.00%) Law
2 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Digital Economy
3 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Analyst
2 8 (32.00%) Network Analyst
2 8 (32.00%) Network Security Analyst
2 8 (32.00%) Security Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Architect
3 5 (20.00%) Senior
4 4 (16.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Network Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Technical Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Voice Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Voice Network Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Voice Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (32.00%) 802.1X
1 8 (32.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (68.00%) Management Information System
2 11 (44.00%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (36.00%) ARM Cortex
3 9 (36.00%) Driving Licence
3 9 (36.00%) IoT
4 8 (32.00%) Client/Server
4 8 (32.00%) Data Centre
5 5 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (12.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) CentOS
1 4 (16.00%) Linux
1 4 (16.00%) Ubuntu
2 2 (8.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Change Control
1 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (44.00%) Project Management
3 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (36.00%) Data Management
4 8 (32.00%) Information Security
4 8 (32.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 8 (32.00%) Load Balancing
5 5 (20.00%) ITIL
5 5 (20.00%) Open Source
5 5 (20.00%) Time Management
6 4 (16.00%) Customer Service
6 4 (16.00%) Patch Management
7 3 (12.00%) ArchiMate
7 3 (12.00%) BPMN
7 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (12.00%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
8 2 (8.00%) Computer Science
8 2 (8.00%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (36.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (36.00%) CTC Cleared
3 5 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (16.00%) Degree
5 3 (12.00%) Azure Certification
5 3 (12.00%) CCNA
5 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (12.00%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (8.00%) CCNP
6 2 (8.00%) HND
6 2 (8.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (36.00%) COSHH
1 9 (36.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (36.00%) GDPR
2 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 10 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.00%) Kamailio
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (36.00%) FortiGate
2 8 (32.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 17 (68.00%) Cisco
2 14 (56.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (36.00%) Darktrace
3 9 (36.00%) HP
3 9 (36.00%) Mitel
3 9 (36.00%) NEC
4 8 (32.00%) CheckPoint
5 6 (24.00%) Juniper
6 5 (20.00%) Dialogic
7 3 (12.00%) Avaya
7 3 (12.00%) Ericsson
7 3 (12.00%) Google
7 3 (12.00%) IBM
7 3 (12.00%) Nokia
7 3 (12.00%) VMware
8 2 (8.00%) Red Hat
9 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto