Unified Communications Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Unified Communications
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.53% 3.54% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.67% 13.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 -
East Midlands median daily rate - £625 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 15 30 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 7.98% 26.55% 6.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 8
10th Percentile £253 £162 £179
25th Percentile £412 - £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £200 £220
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -9.09% -51.38%
75th Percentile - - £516
90th Percentile - £306 £750
East Midlands median daily rate £275 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -26.57% -6.38% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £15.58 - -
25th Percentile £15.61 £20.30 £25.38
Median hourly rate £17.79 £24.18 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year -26.44% -6.15% +49.64%
75th Percentile £20.23 - £26.15
90th Percentile £22.66 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.79 £21.59 £14.27
% change year-on-year -17.61% +51.30% -33.57%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 2 March 2026. 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
Derby -7 1 - - 1
Unified Communications
East Midlands

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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%) SharePoint
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft