Unified Communications Contracts in London

Unified Communications
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Unified Communications skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unified Communications over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 361 399
Rank change year-on-year +22 +38 +136
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Unified Communications 20 22 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.45% 1.44% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 49
10th Percentile £246 £441 £327
25th Percentile £400 £540 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -4.35% +24.32%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £638
90th Percentile £585 £718 £698
England median daily rate £550 £520 £506
% change year-on-year +5.77% +2.72% +12.50%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,383 1,527 2,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.35% 9.41% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 888 991 1,662
10th Percentile £286 £250 £252
25th Percentile £400 £382 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -5.91% -
75th Percentile £630 £623 £650
90th Percentile £712 £703 £750
England median daily rate £492 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.57% +1.00% -0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 28 40
10th Percentile £19.01 £18.88 £18.51
25th Percentile - £20.50 £22.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.99 £35.27
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -31.98% +47.51%
75th Percentile £49.38 £51.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £61.95 £65.00 £80.30
England median hourly rate £42.00 £54.94 £56.49
% change year-on-year -23.55% -2.75% +43.01%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +6 6 £500 - 7
South London - 4 £425 - 2
East London +10 2 £585 +8.33%
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) Mattermost
1 4 (20.00%) Skype for Business
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) WebEx
2 6 (30.00%) LAN
3 5 (25.00%) Firewall
4 4 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 4 (20.00%) Skype
4 4 (20.00%) WAN
5 3 (15.00%) H.323
5 3 (15.00%) MGCP
6 2 (10.00%) Wireless
7 1 (5.00%) 802.11
7 1 (5.00%) DHCP
7 1 (5.00%) DNS
7 1 (5.00%) HTTP
7 1 (5.00%) IPsec
7 1 (5.00%) PBX
7 1 (5.00%) Softphone
7 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
7 1 (5.00%) VoIP
7 1 (5.00%) VPN
7 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Multimedia
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Billing
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Messaging Support
2 4 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Messaging Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Messaging Support Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Coordinator
4 2 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Network Delivery Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (5.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Digital Signage
2 2 (10.00%) NHS
2 2 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (10.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Change Management
3 5 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 4 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (20.00%) ITIL
4 4 (20.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (15.00%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (10.00%) Agile
6 2 (10.00%) B2B
6 2 (10.00%) Communications Security
6 2 (10.00%) CRM
6 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (10.00%) Time Management
6 2 (10.00%) Virtual Team Management
6 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
7 1 (5.00%) Service Delivery
7 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) CCNA
1 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (20.00%) CCNP
2 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (10.00%) Degree
4 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.00%) CCSA
5 1 (5.00%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (5.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Ansible
1 4 (20.00%) SCOM
2 3 (15.00%) Cisco UCCE
2 3 (15.00%) HP SiteScope
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) Cisco
3 4 (20.00%) Splunk
4 3 (15.00%) Mitel
5 2 (10.00%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.00%) Genesys
6 1 (5.00%) Meraki
6 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
6 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds