Unified Communications
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 | 53 | - | 61 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Unified Communications | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | 1.11% | - | 0.38% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 7.69% | - | 2.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £425 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £400 | - | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.49% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire
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 Cheshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 65 | 77 | 91 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 14.48% | 15.28% | 17.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 44 | 42 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | £203 | £65 | £248 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £199 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £475 | £489 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.53% | -2.81% | +20.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £492 | £519 | £569 |
| 90th Percentile | £584 | £582 | £630 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.16% | -2.00% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £22.50 | £18.82 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +19.55% | -5.90% |
| North West median hourly rate | £24.59 | £26.75 | £31.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.09% | -14.40% | +68.92% |
Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications in Cheshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire
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 Cheshire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | - | 5 | - | - | 3 |
| Unified Communications North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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: