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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 354 356
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +140
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 12 10 37
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.084% 0.070% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.96% 0.71% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 34
10th Percentile - £400 £325
25th Percentile £413 £534 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +13.04% +24.66%
75th Percentile £441 £784 £650
90th Percentile £499 £800 £676
England median daily rate £463 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -15.91% -4.35% +27.78%

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 1,252 1,414 1,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.75% 9.88% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 807 868 1,259
10th Percentile £300 £265 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £629 £628 £636
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 13 58
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £18.93
25th Percentile - £25.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.63
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +10.67% +26.50%
75th Percentile £31.13 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.75 £75.31 £76.63
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +7.14% -38.04% +71.18%

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 January 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 January 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
South London - 6 £425 - 1
Central London -3 2 £613 +104.31% 1
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 (58.33%) Skype for Business
2 6 (50.00%) Mattermost
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Skype
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) DHCP
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) Firewall
3 1 (8.33%) HTTP
3 1 (8.33%) SAN
3 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.33%) VXLAN
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
3 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) International Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
2 6 (50.00%) Messaging Analyst
2 6 (50.00%) Messaging Support
2 6 (50.00%) Messaging Support Analyst
2 6 (50.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) BYOD
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Migration
2 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
3 6 (50.00%) Change Management
3 6 (50.00%) ITIL
3 6 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (8.33%) Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (8.33%) Business Enablement
5 1 (8.33%) Coaching
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) E-Discovery
5 1 (8.33%) High Availability
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (8.33%) IT Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (8.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 6 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CCNA
2 1 (8.33%) CCNP
2 1 (8.33%) CCSA
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) MCSA
2 1 (8.33%) MCSE
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) SCOM
2 6 (50.00%) HP SiteScope
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) Splunk
3 2 (16.67%) Mitel
4 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
4 1 (8.33%) Meraki
4 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds
4 1 (8.33%) Veeam
4 1 (8.33%) Verint
4 1 (8.33%) VMware