Unified Communications Contracts in London

Unified Communications
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 463 532
Rank change year-on-year +96 +69 -131
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 24 35 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.39% 1.31% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 26 50
10th Percentile £205 £253 £200
25th Percentile £400 £350 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -10.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £540 £588 £600
90th Percentile £605 £646 £638
England median daily rate £525 £481 £463
% change year-on-year +9.25% +3.90% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £41.59
25th Percentile - - £41.69
Median hourly rate - - £44.43
75th Percentile - - £47.52
90th Percentile - - £48.27
England median hourly rate £41.00 £26.25 £41.64
% change year-on-year +56.19% -36.95% +131.31%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,726 2,680 3,698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.67% 9.91% 9.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,149 1,888 2,552
10th Percentile £213 £256 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £559 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% +1.59% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £739 £775 £750
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 53 83
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.22 £20.91
25th Percentile £18.64 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.00 £46.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +31.43% -
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £48.52
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £23.91
% change year-on-year +112.54% -21.29% -4.36%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in London

Unified Communications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Unified Communications in London

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unified Communications in London

Unified Communications
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Unified Communications in London

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Central London +38 7 £450 -17.39% 6
East London -3 2 £540 +4.35%
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (16.67%) IBM Domino
1 4 (16.67%) IBM Notes
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (8.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (8.33%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) LAN
1 6 (25.00%) WAN
2 5 (20.83%) DNS
3 4 (16.67%) SMTP
3 4 (16.67%) Wireless
4 3 (12.50%) Internet
4 3 (12.50%) SD-WAN
4 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 3 (12.50%) WebEx
5 2 (8.33%) Firewall
5 2 (8.33%) MPLS
5 2 (8.33%) Skype
5 2 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (8.33%) WLAN
6 1 (4.17%) BGP
6 1 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (4.17%) EIGRP
6 1 (4.17%) IP Telephony
6 1 (4.17%) OSPF
6 1 (4.17%) PABX
General
1 6 (25.00%) Finance
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 3 (12.50%) Marketing
3 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Games
5 1 (4.17%) Electronics
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Senior
2 3 (12.50%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Agile Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Associate Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) Deployment Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Deployment Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Network Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) Network Design Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Presales Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Presales Network Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Product Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Data Centre
1 5 (20.83%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Agile
2 6 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
3 5 (20.83%) Scrum
4 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 4 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 4 (16.67%) Project Management
5 3 (12.50%) Capacity Management
5 3 (12.50%) Change Control
5 3 (12.50%) Network Design
5 3 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (8.33%) Coaching
6 2 (8.33%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.33%) Lean Thinking
6 2 (8.33%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) CCNP
1 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) CCIE
2 2 (8.33%) CSPO
2 2 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.33%) PMP
2 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) CCNA
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) MCITP
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Cisco
2 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.67%) Lotus
4 3 (12.50%) IBM
4 3 (12.50%) Proofpoint
5 2 (8.33%) CheckPoint
5 2 (8.33%) Citrix
5 2 (8.33%) F5
5 2 (8.33%) Juniper
5 2 (8.33%) Palo Alto
5 2 (8.33%) Riverbed
6 1 (4.17%) BT
6 1 (4.17%) Meraki
6 1 (4.17%) SAP
6 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow