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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 372 369
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 +160
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 15 15 54
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.11% 0.096% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.18% 1.00% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 48
10th Percentile - £361 £310
25th Percentile £413 £491 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £520
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +25.00% +5.05%
75th Percentile £518 £753 £638
90th Percentile £585 £781 £661
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +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 1,275 1,502 2,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.27% 9.61% 10.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 818 926 1,462
10th Percentile £300 £258 £225
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £630 £629 £638
90th Percentile £713 £724 £745
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 52
10th Percentile £18.75 £23.70 £18.93
25th Percentile - £28.75 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% +30.13% +16.84%
75th Percentile £43.75 £55.06 £60.44
90th Percentile £62.45 £74.10 £79.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £56.13 £56.49
% change year-on-year -39.42% -0.65% +29.86%

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 & 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 (53.33%) Skype for Business
2 7 (46.67%) Mattermost
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Skype
2 4 (26.67%) Firewall
2 4 (26.67%) LAN
2 4 (26.67%) SD-WAN
2 4 (26.67%) WAN
3 2 (13.33%) VPN
3 2 (13.33%) Wireless
4 1 (6.67%) 802.11
4 1 (6.67%) BGP
4 1 (6.67%) DHCP
4 1 (6.67%) DNS
4 1 (6.67%) HTTP
4 1 (6.67%) IPsec
4 1 (6.67%) OSPF
4 1 (6.67%) SAN
4 1 (6.67%) Softphone
4 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.67%) VXLAN
4 1 (6.67%) WebEx
4 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Messaging Support
3 6 (40.00%) Messaging Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Messaging Support Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Network Delivery Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Messaging Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) 802.1X
1 1 (6.67%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Linux
2 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Change Management
1 8 (53.33%) Migration
1 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (46.67%) Capacity Planning
2 7 (46.67%) ITIL
3 6 (40.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Analytics
4 2 (13.33%) Communications Security
4 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (13.33%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (13.33%) Virtual Team Management
4 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
5 1 (6.67%) B2B
5 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Coaching
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
5 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) PowerShell
2 7 (46.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) CCNA
1 2 (13.33%) CCNP
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) CCSA
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) SCOM
2 6 (40.00%) HP SiteScope
3 1 (6.67%) Ansible
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) Splunk
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco
4 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
4 2 (13.33%) Mitel
5 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
5 1 (6.67%) Meraki
5 1 (6.67%) Red Hat
5 1 (6.67%) SolarWinds
5 1 (6.67%) Veeam
5 1 (6.67%) VMware