Unified Communications Contract Job Trends in London

Unified Communications
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 341 370
Rank change year-on-year -89 +29 +27
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 19 18 20
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.095% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.16% 1.34% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 12 7
10th Percentile £256 £401 £530
25th Percentile £300 £413 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £438 £575
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -23.91% +6.38%
75th Percentile £631 £540 £713
90th Percentile £668 £585 £778
England median daily rate £400 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -27.27% - +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,633 1,344 1,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.14% 10.17% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,057 859 985
10th Percentile £300 £287 £250
25th Percentile £405 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £713 £719
England median daily rate £500 £490 £505
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.97% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 35 24
10th Percentile £19.40 £18.63 £20.00
25th Percentile £19.50 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £25.15 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +45.13% +2.28% -24.05%
75th Percentile £63.75 £48.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £61.85 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.75 £41.48 £57.35
% change year-on-year -33.09% -27.68% +1.52%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in London

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in London over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Unified Communications in London

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Central London -20 6 £575 +15.00% 4
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (21.05%) SaaS
2 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
2 3 (15.79%) OneDrive
3 2 (10.53%) AWS
3 2 (10.53%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) WebEx
2 6 (31.58%) VoIP
3 5 (26.32%) Firewall
4 4 (21.05%) DNS
4 4 (21.05%) WAN
5 3 (15.79%) DHCP
5 3 (15.79%) LAN
5 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
6 2 (10.53%) Network Security
6 2 (10.53%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (10.53%) VLAN
7 1 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (5.26%) PSTN
7 1 (5.26%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Fiddler
1 1 (5.26%) MSI
1 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Front Office
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 8 (42.11%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Network Security Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Network Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Unified Communications Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (52.63%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (26.32%) Virtual Team
3 3 (15.79%) Onboarding
4 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
5 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (52.63%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Agile
2 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (26.32%) High Availability
3 5 (26.32%) Runbook
4 4 (21.05%) Migration
5 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.79%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (15.79%) User Experience
5 3 (15.79%) Zero Trust
6 2 (10.53%) Investment Management
6 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
6 2 (10.53%) Software Licensing
6 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (5.26%) CRM
7 1 (5.26%) ITIL
7 1 (5.26%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) CCNP
1 5 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.26%) SCCM
3 1 (5.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 14 (73.68%) Cisco
3 6 (31.58%) Red Box
4 3 (15.79%) F5
5 1 (5.26%) Genesys
5 1 (5.26%) Google