Unified Communications Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Unified Communications
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.87% - 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.92% - 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.61%
75th Percentile £188 - £494
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £284 £330 £456
% change year-on-year -14.02% -27.67% -6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £16.00 - -

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 122 78 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 17.71% 15.76% 29.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 39 73
10th Percentile £313 £295 £118
25th Percentile £359 £413 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year -9.70% -6.19% +6.60%
75th Percentile £547 £600 £583
90th Percentile £654 £750 £610
North West median daily rate £458 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.68% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.06 - -
90th Percentile £67.25 - -
North West median hourly rate £23.50 £48.03 £17.72
% change year-on-year -51.07% +171.05% -8.42%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Unified Communications
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 27 November 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
Warrington - 6 £175 - 2
Unified Communications
North West

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) Power Platform
2 5 (83.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
1 5 (83.33%) Internet
1 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) IT Support
1 6 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 6 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 6 (100.00%) Service Desk Support
1 6 (100.00%) Service Desk Technician
1 6 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (83.33%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 6 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 6 (100.00%) Ticket Management
2 5 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Customer Service
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (83.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) ServiceNow