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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 341 370
Rank change year-on-year -72 +29 +72
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 20 19 26
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.10% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.31% 1.39% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 11
10th Percentile £300 £214 £205
25th Percentile £306 £343 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -28.40% -7.41% +35.00%
75th Percentile £623 £540 £550
90th Percentile £660 £585 £688
England median daily rate £358 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -34.91% +10.00% +4.05%

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 1,525 1,371 1,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.85% 10.32% 9.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 879 1,113
10th Percentile £300 £263 £228
25th Percentile £408 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £601 £625 £619
90th Percentile £716 £717 £738
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 27 49
10th Percentile £17.03 £19.20 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.28 £24.91 £16.86
Median hourly rate £28.96 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +26.05% -34.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £49.38 £41.25
90th Percentile £85.75 £62.05 £60.00
England median hourly rate £26.66 £40.00 £45.44
% change year-on-year -33.35% -11.97% +101.96%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 -17 3 £613 +22.50% 5
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 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (35.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (35.00%) Entra ID
2 7 (35.00%) OneDrive
2 7 (35.00%) SaaS
3 4 (20.00%) PaaS
3 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 4 (20.00%) PowerApps
4 2 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) WAN
2 7 (35.00%) LAN
3 6 (30.00%) VoIP
3 6 (30.00%) WebEx
4 5 (25.00%) PSTN
5 4 (20.00%) Firewall
5 4 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (15.00%) DHCP
6 3 (15.00%) DNS
6 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (10.00%) Network Security
8 1 (5.00%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (5.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) Fiddler
2 1 (5.00%) MSI
2 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Front Office
3 1 (5.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) International Banking
3 1 (5.00%) Law
3 1 (5.00%) Legal
3 1 (5.00%) Legal Technology
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) IT Support
4 2 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Product Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Unified Communications Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Collaboration Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Lead Network Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Legal Technology Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Legal Technology Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Network Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (5.00%) .NET
2 1 (5.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (25.00%) Virtual Team
3 4 (20.00%) IoT
4 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (25.00%) High Availability
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Runbook
4 4 (20.00%) Data Management
5 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) User Experience
5 3 (15.00%) Zero Trust
6 2 (10.00%) Investment Management
6 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (10.00%) Software Licensing
6 2 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 1 (5.00%) Application Packaging
7 1 (5.00%) Customer Engagement
7 1 (5.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) CCNP
1 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (5.00%) SCCM
4 1 (5.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) Cisco
3 5 (25.00%) Red Box
4 3 (15.00%) F5
5 1 (5.00%) Genesys
5 1 (5.00%) Verint