Unified Communications Contracts in Central London

Unified Communications
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 126 166
Rank change year-on-year +5 +40 +28
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 8 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.40% 0.29% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.72% 2.88% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £265 - £509
25th Percentile £344 - £529
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £545
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -17.39% +0.88%
75th Percentile £525 £459 £575
90th Percentile - £476 £620
London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 215 243 388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.77% 9.93% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 169 269
10th Percentile £263 £211 £208
25th Percentile £448 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £640 £600 £675
90th Percentile £711 £739 £750
London median daily rate £500 £500 £560
% change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - £20.46
25th Percentile - £12.75 £20.81
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.71% -46.84%
75th Percentile - £16.59 £24.64
90th Percentile - £17.99 £30.86
London median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in Central London

Unified Communications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Unified Communications in Central London

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unified Communications in Central London

Unified Communications
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Unified Communications in Central London

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
City of London +7 5 - - 8
West End of London - 2 £500 -
Unified Communications
London

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) WebEx
2 3 (37.50%) H.323
2 3 (37.50%) LAN
2 3 (37.50%) MGCP
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Multimedia
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Billing
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Coordinator
2 2 (25.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Audio Visual Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Audio Visual Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Product Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Test Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Digital Signage
2 2 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Customer Experience
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Time Management
4 1 (12.50%) High Availability
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Market Research
4 1 (12.50%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (12.50%) PLM
4 1 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Product Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Statistics
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CCNA
1 2 (25.00%) CCNP
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Ansible
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Logitech