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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 376 369
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 +155
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 11 12 45
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.077% 0.076% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.84% 0.78% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 42
10th Percentile £409 £400 £325
25th Percentile £413 £534 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +30.00% +8.40%
75th Percentile £438 £784 £638
90th Percentile £441 £800 £650
England median daily rate £450 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +18.64%

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 1,308 1,539 2,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.10% 9.74% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 832 946 1,375
10th Percentile £308 £257 £214
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £620 £630 £638
90th Percentile £700 £735 £750
England median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 12 57
10th Percentile £20.24 £23.73 £18.93
25th Percentile - £29.69 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% +40.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £29.31 £45.75 £61.75
90th Percentile £61.78 £80.06 £77.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -38.22% -14.04% +25.53%

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
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 5 December 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 - 6 £425 -
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 7 (63.64%) Skype for Business
2 6 (54.55%) Mattermost
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Skype
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) LAN
2 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
2 2 (18.18%) VPN
2 2 (18.18%) WAN
2 2 (18.18%) Wireless
3 1 (9.09%) 802.11
3 1 (9.09%) BGP
3 1 (9.09%) DHCP
3 1 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (9.09%) HSRP
3 1 (9.09%) HTTP
3 1 (9.09%) IPsec
3 1 (9.09%) OSPF
3 1 (9.09%) SAN
3 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.09%) VXLAN
3 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
2 6 (54.55%) Messaging Analyst
2 6 (54.55%) Messaging Support
2 6 (54.55%) Messaging Support Analyst
2 6 (54.55%) Support Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Migration
2 7 (63.64%) Capacity Planning
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (54.55%) Change Management
3 6 (54.55%) ITIL
3 6 (54.55%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (9.09%) Business Enablement
5 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Coaching
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) IT Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) PowerShell
2 6 (54.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CCNA
1 2 (18.18%) CCNP
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CCSA
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) SCOM
2 6 (54.55%) HP SiteScope
3 1 (9.09%) Ansible
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) Splunk
3 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Mitel
4 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 1 (9.09%) Meraki
4 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds
4 1 (9.09%) Veeam
4 1 (9.09%) VMware