Unified Communications Contracts in the North West

Unified Communications
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 152
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 9 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.46% - 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.75% - 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £343
25th Percentile - - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.49%
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £525 £481
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.25% +3.90%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 327 364 421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 16.62% 13.21% 13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 253 298
10th Percentile £185 £199 £288
25th Percentile £300 £319 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £530 £653 £575
90th Percentile £600 £825 £650
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 10
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.72 £17.92
25th Percentile £21.12 £18.48 £19.17
Median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +68.92%
75th Percentile £25.47 £45.88 £51.45
90th Percentile £25.90 £83.76 £52.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in the North West

Unified Communications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Unified Communications in the North West

Unified Communications
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Unified Communications in the North West

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cheshire - 5 - - 4
Merseyside - 3 - - 2
Manchester - 1 £400 - 14
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (55.56%) Mattermost
1 5 (55.56%) Skype for Business
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) WebEx
2 5 (55.56%) Skype
2 5 (55.56%) Softphone
3 3 (33.33%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) H.323
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Billing
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Messaging Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Messaging Support
1 5 (55.56%) Messaging Support Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Operations Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Operations Support Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Support Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Messaging Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Messaging Support Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Operational Support Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Operations Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Operations Support Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Support Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Coordinator
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Support Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (66.67%) ITIL
3 5 (55.56%) B2B
3 5 (55.56%) Problem Management
3 5 (55.56%) Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (33.33%) CRM
4 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
4 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) MCP
2 1 (11.11%) MCSA
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Red Hat
2 5 (55.56%) Splunk
3 1 (11.11%) Google