Unified Communications Contracts in the Midlands

Unified Communications
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Unified Communications skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unified Communications over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 160 183
Rank change year-on-year +30 +23 -41
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 7 5 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.14% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.43% 0.97% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 12
10th Percentile £335 £353 £301
25th Percentile - £413 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £443 £375
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% +18.00% +33.93%
75th Percentile - £750 £429
90th Percentile - - £440
England median daily rate £525 £495 £456
% change year-on-year +6.06% +8.49% -5.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Unified Communications is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 489 514 579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.82% 14.90% 11.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 341 405
10th Percentile £200 £250 £166
25th Percentile £312 £313 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £398
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +13.21% -0.63%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £600
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 34
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.25 £13.59
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.30
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +19.66% +15.35%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.50 £20.51
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.10
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
% change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in the Midlands

Unified Communications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Unified Communications in the Midlands

Unified Communications
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Unified Communications in the Midlands

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +33 7 £350 -20.90% 4
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) Entra ID
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (85.71%) OneDrive
1 6 (85.71%) Power Automate
1 6 (85.71%) Power Platform
1 6 (85.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Power BI
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Telephony Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Digital Signage
1 6 (85.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2016
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
1 6 (85.71%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 6 (85.71%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CCNA
1 1 (14.29%) CCNP
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (85.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Mitel