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 citing Unified Communications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 364 360
Rank change year-on-year -67 -4 +15
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 28 15 15
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.11% 0.097%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.64% 1.20% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 11 4
10th Percentile £284 - £361
25th Percentile £300 £413 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £425 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% -34.62% +20.37%
75th Percentile £608 £518 £753
90th Percentile £639 £585 £781
England median daily rate £428 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -22.27% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £102.38 - -
25th Percentile £104.06 - -
Median hourly rate £105.00 - -
75th Percentile £107.44 - -
90th Percentile £111.83 - -
England median hourly rate £68.75 £16.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +329.69% -78.67% +294.74%

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in London.

6 months to
3 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 1,705 1,252 1,499
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.35% 9.20% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,053 803 925
10th Percentile £300 £289 £258
25th Percentile £405 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% -4.76% -1.41%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £630
90th Percentile £725 £713 £724
England median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 39 16
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.75 £23.70
25th Percentile £28.25 - £28.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -32.48% +30.13%
75th Percentile £104.06 £43.75 £55.06
90th Percentile £155.00 £62.45 £74.10
England median hourly rate £45.00 £34.00 £56.13
% change year-on-year +32.35% -39.42% -0.57%

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 3 November 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 3 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London - 7 £575 -
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1VoIP35.7%10
2WebEx25.0%7
3DNS14.3%4
3Firewall14.3%4
3H.32314.3%4
6DHCP10.7%3
6LAN10.7%3
6Network Security10.7%3
6TCP/IP10.7%3
6WAN10.7%3
11Structured Cabling7.1%2
11VLAN7.1%2
13CTI3.6%1
13MPLS3.6%1
13PBX3.6%1
13PSTN3.6%1
13SDH3.6%1
13Wireshark3.6%1