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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 380 387
Rank change year-on-year +28 +7 +166
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 16 18 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.11% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.21% 1.20% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 51
10th Percentile £401 £525 £313
25th Percentile £413 £550 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £563 £541
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +4.07% +18.47%
75th Percentile £484 £700 £638
90th Percentile £585 £788 £688
England median daily rate £550 £550 £488
% change year-on-year - +12.82% +8.33%

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 1,321 1,503 2,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.91% 9.37% 10.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 840 957 1,614
10th Percentile £289 £251 £250
25th Percentile £404 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £636 £625 £650
90th Percentile £711 £724 £750
England median daily rate £490 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -3.92% +2.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 19 43
10th Percentile £18.56 £20.40 £18.93
25th Percentile - £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +28.61%
75th Percentile £44.75 £55.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.05 £66.38 £79.50
England median hourly rate £41.48 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.68% +1.52% +34.50%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 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
South London - 7 £425 -
East London - 2 £585 -
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (43.75%) Mattermost
1 7 (43.75%) Skype for Business
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Skype
2 5 (31.25%) Firewall
3 4 (25.00%) LAN
3 4 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 4 (25.00%) WAN
4 2 (12.50%) WebEx
4 2 (12.50%) Wireless
5 1 (6.25%) 802.11
5 1 (6.25%) BGP
5 1 (6.25%) DHCP
5 1 (6.25%) DNS
5 1 (6.25%) HSRP
5 1 (6.25%) HTTP
5 1 (6.25%) IPsec
5 1 (6.25%) OSPF
5 1 (6.25%) Softphone
5 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
5 1 (6.25%) VPN
5 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Messaging Support
3 6 (37.50%) Messaging Analyst
3 6 (37.50%) Messaging Support Analyst
3 6 (37.50%) Support Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Architect
4 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Network Delivery Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Senior
5 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Data Governance Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Governance Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Test Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Messaging Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Real Time Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) 802.1X
1 1 (6.25%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Change Management
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (43.75%) Capacity Planning
2 7 (43.75%) ITIL
2 7 (43.75%) Migration
3 6 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) B2B
4 2 (12.50%) Communications Security
4 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 2 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team Management
4 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) Data Modelling
5 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
5 1 (6.25%) Integration Testing
5 1 (6.25%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.25%) Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) PowerShell
1 7 (43.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) CCNA
2 2 (12.50%) CCNP
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) CCSA
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.25%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 8 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) SCOM
2 6 (37.50%) HP SiteScope
3 1 (6.25%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) Splunk
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco
4 3 (18.75%) Mitel
5 2 (12.50%) CheckPoint
6 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
6 1 (6.25%) Genesys
6 1 (6.25%) Meraki
6 1 (6.25%) Red Hat
6 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds