Unified Communications Contract Job Trends in Reading

Unified Communications
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 92 90
Rank change year-on-year +29 -2 -
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.44% 1.00% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £519
25th Percentile - - £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 - £563
75th Percentile - - £603
90th Percentile - - £616
Berkshire median daily rate £160 - £525

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 82 201 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.11% 18.01% 19.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 81 135
10th Percentile £200 £350 £205
25th Percentile £400 £450 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -14.66% +12.70% +2.74%
75th Percentile £560 £608 £600
90th Percentile £620 £650 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 5
10th Percentile - £56.25 -
25th Percentile - £71.81 £66.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £87.46 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.11% +18.99% -
75th Percentile - - £75.25
90th Percentile - - £76.29
Berkshire median hourly rate £55.00 £83.50 £73.50
% change year-on-year -34.13% +13.61% +276.92%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in Reading

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Unified Communications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 1st Line Support Technician
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 2 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Service Desk Support
1 2 (100.00%) Service Desk Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow