Unified Communications Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Unified Communications
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 52 75
Rank change year-on-year -26 +23 +24
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 1 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.090% 1.13% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.23% 7.79% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £484 -
25th Percentile £525 £487 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £516 £700
Median % change year-on-year +6.59% -26.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £562 -
90th Percentile - £575 £715
South West median daily rate £613 £581 £600
% change year-on-year +5.38% -3.13% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
South West median hourly rate £37.50 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -50.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 81 77 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 7.32% 14.56% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 35 82
10th Percentile £251 £210 £214
25th Percentile £418 £327 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -8.45% +18.33%
75th Percentile £529 £575 £686
90th Percentile £585 £618 £710
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 12
10th Percentile £33.56 - £12.86
25th Percentile £60.00 - £38.26
Median hourly rate £63.75 £75.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +7.14% +614.29%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £80.25
90th Percentile £102.73 - £89.70
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £75.00 £46.39
% change year-on-year -20.00% +61.67% +373.37%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in Bristol

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware