Unified Communications Contracts in England

Unified Communications
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Unified Communications skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unified Communications over the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 435 488 522
Rank change year-on-year +53 +34 +130
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 64 57 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.97% 1.18% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 28 80
10th Percentile £363 £280 £324
25th Percentile £438 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +4.05% +6.79%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £588
90th Percentile £649 £703 £627
UK median daily rate £545 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.71% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £16.11 £34.33 -
25th Percentile £17.59 £58.06 £18.50
Median hourly rate £20.13 £73.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.71% +288.16% -54.37%
75th Percentile £22.59 £75.00 £19.50
90th Percentile £24.04 - -
UK median hourly rate £20.13 £73.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year -72.71% +288.16% -43.72%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Unified Communications falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,254 4,825 6,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.80% 12.93% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,009 2,868 3,903
10th Percentile £235 £213 £239
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £737
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £505
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.99% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 396 390
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £46.69 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -19.68% +125.50% -17.32%
75th Percentile £64.06 £65.00 £62.55
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £21.11
% change year-on-year -6.67% +113.17% -26.57%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in England

Unified Communications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications in England.

Daily rate trend for Unified Communications in England

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in England over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unified Communications in England

Unified Communications
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications in England.

Hourly rate trend for Unified Communications in England

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Communications within the England region over the 6 months to 28 June 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +41 19 £500 -7.41% 58
South West +45 16 £625 -13.79% 7
North of England +19 14 £475 -5.00% 30
North West +27 12 £400 +21.21% 17
Midlands +11 9 £463 +32.14% 9
West Midlands +6 9 £463 +32.14% 7
South East +49 5 - - 25
North East +2 1 £550 - 1
Yorkshire 0 1 - - 12
Unified Communications
UK

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (21.88%) Skype for Business
2 11 (17.19%) Confluence
3 10 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (14.06%) Mattermost
5 6 (9.38%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.56%) CMS
6 1 (1.56%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 14 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.81%) Azure
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.56%) AWS
3 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.56%) Mimecast
3 1 (1.56%) PaaS
3 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (26.56%) Skype
1 17 (26.56%) WebEx
2 14 (21.88%) LAN
3 12 (18.75%) BGP
3 12 (18.75%) DNS
3 12 (18.75%) Firewall
3 12 (18.75%) WAN
4 11 (17.19%) IPsec
4 11 (17.19%) MPLS
4 11 (17.19%) VoIP
5 9 (14.06%) Softphone
6 8 (12.50%) VPN
6 8 (12.50%) Wireless
7 7 (10.94%) SD-WAN
8 5 (7.81%) DHCP
9 4 (6.25%) H.323
9 4 (6.25%) OSPF
9 4 (6.25%) VLAN
10 3 (4.69%) MGCP
10 3 (4.69%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 12 (18.75%) JIRA
2 4 (6.25%) Bitbucket
General
1 36 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.44%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.38%) Finance
4 5 (7.81%) Billing
4 5 (7.81%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.69%) Legal
6 3 (4.69%) Multimedia
7 2 (3.13%) Banking
8 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (20.31%) Network Engineer
2 12 (18.75%) Support Engineer
3 10 (15.63%) Architect
4 9 (14.06%) Analyst
4 9 (14.06%) Messaging Engineer
4 9 (14.06%) Messaging Support
4 9 (14.06%) Messaging Support Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Operations Support Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Support Analyst
6 7 (10.94%) Messaging Analyst
6 7 (10.94%) Messaging Support Analyst
6 7 (10.94%) Operational Support Analyst
6 7 (10.94%) Operations Analyst
6 7 (10.94%) Operations Support Analyst
7 6 (9.38%) Unified Communications Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Coordinator
8 4 (6.25%) Network Architect
9 3 (4.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (4.69%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.06%) XMPP
2 7 (10.94%) NETCONF
2 7 (10.94%) RESTCONF
3 1 (1.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.31%) PKI
2 10 (15.63%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.81%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.69%) Data Centre
5 3 (4.69%) Digital Signage
6 2 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.13%) NHS
6 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.56%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.63%) Windows
2 9 (14.06%) Linux
3 7 (10.94%) Windows Server
4 6 (9.38%) Windows 10
5 5 (7.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.94%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (21.88%) ITIL
3 12 (18.75%) Critical Thinking
3 12 (18.75%) System Testing
4 11 (17.19%) Service Management
5 10 (15.63%) B2B
6 9 (14.06%) Customer Service
6 9 (14.06%) Problem Management
6 9 (14.06%) Procure-to-Pay
7 8 (12.50%) Customer Experience
7 8 (12.50%) NsoIT
7 8 (12.50%) Validation
8 7 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (10.94%) Network Virtualisation
9 6 (9.38%) Agile
9 6 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (9.38%) Data Protection
9 6 (9.38%) Migration
9 6 (9.38%) Waterfall
10 5 (7.81%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.44%) SQL
2 13 (20.31%) PowerShell
3 11 (17.19%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (40.63%) Security Cleared
2 21 (32.81%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (29.69%) Degree
4 18 (28.13%) SC Cleared
5 17 (26.56%) CCNP
6 12 (18.75%) DV Cleared
7 9 (14.06%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (9.38%) CCNA
9 3 (4.69%) CCIE
9 3 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (3.13%) MCP
10 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.56%) A+ Certification
11 1 (1.56%) ISTQB
11 1 (1.56%) JNCIA
11 1 (1.56%) JNCIS
11 1 (1.56%) MCSA
11 1 (1.56%) MCSE
11 1 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.13%) SLA
2 1 (1.56%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.56%) GDPR
2 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (26.56%) Active Directory
2 9 (14.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (10.94%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (9.38%) Hyper-V
5 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (7.81%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (4.69%) Firmware
7 1 (1.56%) vSphere
7 1 (1.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (18.75%) Ansible
2 9 (14.06%) SCOM
3 7 (10.94%) Cisco CUCM
4 5 (7.81%) WSUS
5 3 (4.69%) Cisco UCCE
6 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.56%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (1.56%) SCCM
7 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (64.06%) Cisco
2 31 (48.44%) Microsoft
3 11 (17.19%) Atlassian
4 9 (14.06%) Red Hat
4 9 (14.06%) Splunk
4 9 (14.06%) VMware
5 5 (7.81%) Juniper
5 5 (7.81%) Veeam
6 4 (6.25%) F5
7 3 (4.69%) Palo Alto
8 2 (3.13%) Ericsson
8 2 (3.13%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.13%) Meraki
8 2 (3.13%) Nokia
8 2 (3.13%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.56%) Avaya
9 1 (1.56%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.56%) Genesys
9 1 (1.56%) Google
9 1 (1.56%) Mitel
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