Unified Communications Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Unified Communications
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 108 115
Rank change year-on-year +18 +7 +11
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 11 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.86% 0.12% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.98% 0.70% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 3
10th Percentile £160 - £443
25th Percentile £210 £481 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -7.14% +35.48%
75th Percentile £513 £494 £581
90th Percentile £588 - £608
South East median daily rate £425 £513 £575
% change year-on-year -17.07% -10.87% +48.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 221 287 452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.36% 17.85% 25.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 127 254
10th Percentile £236 £246 £205
25th Percentile £294 £395 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £448
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.73% -2.72%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £600
90th Percentile £600 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £456
% change year-on-year -2.50% +9.75% -0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 19
10th Percentile £17.08 - £17.60
25th Percentile £18.31 £56.25 £24.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £57.50 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% -21.77% +226.67%
75th Percentile £64.69 £58.75 £75.89
90th Percentile £82.13 - £83.61
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £57.99
% change year-on-year -21.43% +20.71% +28.87%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unified Communications relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unified Communications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Unified Communications in Berkshire

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unified Communications.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
Reading +29 9 £425 -12.82% 11
Wokingham - 1 £525 - 1
Unified Communications
South East

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) OneDrive
2 2 (18.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) WebEx
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) IT Support
1 3 (27.27%) IT Support Technician
1 3 (27.27%) IT Technician
1 3 (27.27%) Service Desk Support
1 3 (27.27%) Service Desk Technician
1 3 (27.27%) Support Technician
2 2 (18.18%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (18.18%) 1st Line Support Technician
2 2 (18.18%) Administrator
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco Administrator
2 2 (18.18%) Field Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Telephony Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Telephony Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Telephony Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Unified Communications Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Unified Communications Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Service Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Driving Licence
1 5 (45.45%) Handset
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Analytics
1 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
1 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
1 2 (18.18%) ITIL
1 2 (18.18%) ITSM
1 2 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (18.18%) PRINCE
1 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 1 (9.09%) Proactive Management
2 1 (9.09%) Problem Management
2 1 (9.09%) Service Design
2 1 (9.09%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 5 (45.45%) Degree
4 3 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco