Unified Communications Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Unified Communications
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.42% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.68% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £258 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £265 - -
75th Percentile £380 - -
90th Percentile £445 - -
North West median daily rate £284 £330 £456
% change year-on-year -14.02% -27.67% -6.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 31 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 14.62% 4.15% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 5 7
10th Percentile £258 £253 £276
25th Percentile £438 £406 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +26.67% +2.39%
75th Percentile £669 £500 £634
90th Percentile £688 £523 £638
North West median daily rate £458 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -6.15% -2.50% +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £56.05 - -
25th Percentile £71.19 £47.00 -
Median hourly rate £74.26 £49.00 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year +51.55% +2.45% +96.27%
75th Percentile - £51.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £20.00 £48.56 £16.86
% change year-on-year -58.81% +188.02% -15.19%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in Lancashire over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unified Communications in Lancashire

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Preston - 3 £265 -
Unified Communications
North West

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Field Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Telephony Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Unified Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (100.00%) Handset
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft