Unified Communications Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Unified Communications Engineer
England > London

The median Unified Communications Engineer daily rate in London is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 346 395
Rank change year-on-year -66 +49 +92
Contract jobs requiring a Unified Communications Engineer 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.011% 0.024% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.026% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +11.11% +50.00%
England median daily rate £300 £400 £450
% change year-on-year -25.00% -11.11% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,586 11,567 16,351
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 93.33% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,005 7,920 11,814
10th Percentile £350 £344 £325
25th Percentile £429 £426 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £688
90th Percentile £754 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 143 323
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.42 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +25.93% -23.94%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £44.25
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £46.14 £30.20 £37.18
% change year-on-year +52.78% -18.77% -17.38%

Unified Communications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Unified Communications Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Unified Communications Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Unified Communications Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Unified Communications Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Unified Communications Engineer job vacancies in London

Unified Communications Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2026, Unified Communications Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Unified Communications Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Red Box
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) WebEx
1 2 (100.00%) Windows

Unified Communications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Red Box