Unified Communications Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Unified Communications
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 154 177
Rank change year-on-year -15 +23 +74
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 15 11 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.38% 0.27% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.02% 2.21% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 13
10th Percentile £340 £364 £315
25th Percentile £363 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +44.00%
75th Percentile £475 £525 £513
90th Percentile £520 £540 £718
England median daily rate £550 £550 £495
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +16.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.00 £75.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -78.67% +294.74% -55.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 496 498 672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.45% 12.15% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 297 478
10th Percentile £162 £214 £221
25th Percentile £325 £404 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £520 £456
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +13.97% +1.39%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £581
90th Percentile £638 £824 £647
England median daily rate £491 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.77% +1.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 18
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.87 £15.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.33 £15.75
Median hourly rate £23.50 £39.00 £19.82
Median % change year-on-year -39.74% +96.77% -9.91%
75th Percentile £63.56 £51.23 £40.07
90th Percentile £67.54 £52.20 £47.16
England median hourly rate £41.23 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -28.12% +1.52% +34.50%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in the North of England

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Unified Communications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unified Communications in the North of England

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Unified Communications.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
North West +5 14 £375 +13.64% 6
North East -2 1 £550 - 2
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (53.33%) Mattermost
1 8 (53.33%) Skype for Business
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
1 2 (13.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) WebEx
2 8 (53.33%) Skype
2 8 (53.33%) Softphone
3 3 (20.00%) LAN
4 2 (13.33%) DNS
4 2 (13.33%) Internet
4 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (6.67%) Firewall
5 1 (6.67%) H.323
5 1 (6.67%) IPsec
5 1 (6.67%) MPLS
5 1 (6.67%) SSL
5 1 (6.67%) VPN
5 1 (6.67%) WAN
5 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Hudson
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Billing
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Messaging Engineer
1 8 (53.33%) Messaging Support
1 8 (53.33%) Messaging Support Engineer
1 8 (53.33%) Operations Engineer
1 8 (53.33%) Operations Support Engineer
1 8 (53.33%) Support Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Messaging Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Messaging Support Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Operational Support Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Operations Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Operations Support Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Support Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) IT Support
3 2 (13.33%) IT Support Technician
3 2 (13.33%) IT Technician
3 2 (13.33%) Service Desk Support
3 2 (13.33%) Service Desk Technician
3 2 (13.33%) Support Technician
4 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (53.33%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (13.33%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Linux
2 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Problem Management
1 10 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (60.00%) ITIL
3 8 (53.33%) B2B
3 8 (53.33%) Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
4 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (13.33%) CRM
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
5 2 (13.33%) Proactive Management
5 2 (13.33%) Ticket Management
5 2 (13.33%) Time Management
5 2 (13.33%) User Experience
6 1 (6.67%) Change Control
6 1 (6.67%) Information Management
6 1 (6.67%) Information Security
6 1 (6.67%) Load Balancing
6 1 (6.67%) Network Design
6 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) PowerShell
1 8 (53.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) MCP
4 1 (6.67%) MCSA
4 1 (6.67%) MCSE
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) SCOM
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (13.33%) SCCM
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (66.67%) Cisco
3 8 (53.33%) Red Hat
3 8 (53.33%) Splunk
4 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (6.67%) F5
5 1 (6.67%) Google