Unified Communications Contracts in England

Unified Communications
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Unified Communications skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unified Communications over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 555 631
Rank change year-on-year +66 +76 -166
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 56 104 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.11% 1.68% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 73 98
10th Percentile £313 £313 £275
25th Percentile £350 £413 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 £456
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +8.49% -5.73%
75th Percentile £620 £608 £585
90th Percentile £688 £722 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -6.67% +16.67% -6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £22.50 £21.35 £21.57
25th Percentile £28.50 £25.63 £29.51
Median hourly rate £41.00 £33.50 £41.64
Median % change year-on-year +22.39% -19.54% +131.31%
75th Percentile £55.50 £65.88 £45.77
90th Percentile £62.70 £84.85 £47.94
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £26.25 £33.76
% change year-on-year +56.19% -22.25% +73.13%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,034 6,185 7,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,034 4,069 5,228
10th Percentile £205 £231 £219
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.72% +3.95% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 447 308
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.35 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.61
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.41
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% +1.85%

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 26 April 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unified Communications in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 26 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +97 23 £475 -4.04% 21
South West +20 14 £600 +9.09% 5
South East +16 8 £500 +4.05% 21
West Midlands +33 7 £350 -20.90% 4
Midlands +30 7 £350 -20.90% 6
North of England +17 1 £550 +29.41% 7
East of England +5 1 £575 -20.69%
North East - 1 £550 - 1
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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (19.64%) SharePoint
3 5 (8.93%) Skype for Business
4 4 (7.14%) IBM Domino
4 4 (7.14%) IBM Notes
5 2 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.21%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (19.64%) Azure
3 8 (14.29%) OneDrive
4 7 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 6 (10.71%) Power Automate
5 6 (10.71%) Power Platform
5 6 (10.71%) PowerApps
6 3 (5.36%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (3.57%) AWS
8 1 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (39.29%) WAN
2 16 (28.57%) LAN
3 15 (26.79%) Firewall
4 11 (19.64%) DNS
5 9 (16.07%) Wireless
6 6 (10.71%) DHCP
6 6 (10.71%) MPLS
6 6 (10.71%) Skype
7 5 (8.93%) BGP
7 5 (8.93%) OSPF
7 5 (8.93%) SD-WAN
7 5 (8.93%) TCP/IP
7 5 (8.93%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (7.14%) IPsec
8 4 (7.14%) SMTP
9 3 (5.36%) Ethernet
9 3 (5.36%) Internet
9 3 (5.36%) ISDN
9 3 (5.36%) VoIP
9 3 (5.36%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
General
1 15 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.07%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.50%) Finance
4 6 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (10.71%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.36%) Financial Institution
5 3 (5.36%) Marketing
6 2 (3.57%) Games
7 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Electronics
7 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (28.57%) Architect
2 12 (21.43%) Network Architect
3 9 (16.07%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 9 (16.07%) Network Engineer
4 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Engineer
5 6 (10.71%) Senior
6 5 (8.93%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Lead
7 4 (7.14%) Lead Architect
7 4 (7.14%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.36%) Presales Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Presales Network Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Unified Communications Engineer
9 2 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
9 2 (3.57%) Product Manager
9 2 (3.57%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) .NET
1 1 (1.79%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.21%) Data Centre
2 11 (19.64%) PKI
3 6 (10.71%) Digital Signage
3 6 (10.71%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) IoT
5 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (19.64%) Windows
1 11 (19.64%) Windows Server
2 7 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (7.14%) Linux
4 4 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (5.36%) Windows 10
6 2 (3.57%) Unix
6 2 (3.57%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.21%) ITIL
2 11 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (17.86%) Customer Service
4 9 (16.07%) Agile
5 8 (14.29%) Project Management
6 7 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (12.50%) Migration
6 7 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 7 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 7 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 7 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
7 6 (10.71%) Computer Science
7 6 (10.71%) IT Strategy
7 6 (10.71%) Project Delivery
7 6 (10.71%) Security Monitoring
8 5 (8.93%) Network Architecture
8 5 (8.93%) Network Management
8 5 (8.93%) Scrum
8 5 (8.93%) SIEM
9 4 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.07%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (30.36%) Security Cleared
2 12 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 11 (19.64%) Degree
4 10 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 6 (10.71%) CCNP
7 5 (8.93%) CCNA
8 4 (7.14%) PMI Certification
8 4 (7.14%) PMP
9 3 (5.36%) CCIE
10 2 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (3.57%) CSPO
10 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.79%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.79%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (1.79%) HP ASE
11 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) QA
2 1 (1.79%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (19.64%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (3.57%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (10.71%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (5.36%) WSUS
3 2 (3.57%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (3.57%) SCCM
3 2 (3.57%) SCOM
3 2 (3.57%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (3.57%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.79%) Ansible
4 1 (1.79%) PowerCLI
4 1 (1.79%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.79%) Puppet
Vendors
1 27 (48.21%) Cisco
2 25 (44.64%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.71%) Juniper
3 6 (10.71%) Oracle
3 6 (10.71%) SolarWinds
4 5 (8.93%) Palo Alto
4 5 (8.93%) VMware
5 4 (7.14%) F5
5 4 (7.14%) Lotus
6 3 (5.36%) Citrix
6 3 (5.36%) Forcepoint
6 3 (5.36%) IBM
6 3 (5.36%) Proofpoint
6 3 (5.36%) Splunk
6 3 (5.36%) Veeam
7 2 (3.57%) Atlassian
7 2 (3.57%) Barracuda Networks
7 2 (3.57%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.57%) Riverbed
8 1 (1.79%) Ceridian