Unified Communications Contracts in the South East

Unified Communications
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 153 197 206
Rank change year-on-year +44 +9 +38
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 6 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.14% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.17% 0.64% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 8
10th Percentile - £349 £409
25th Percentile - £375 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year - +4.05% +16.50%
75th Percentile - £540 £552
90th Percentile - £623 £609
England median daily rate £500 £525 £481
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.25% +3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £22.50 £19.93
25th Percentile £18.50 £28.50 £22.06
Median hourly rate £19.00 £41.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -53.66% +56.19% +0.96%
75th Percentile £19.50 £55.50 £30.56
90th Percentile - £62.70 £32.78
England median hourly rate £75.00 £41.00 £26.25
% change year-on-year +82.93% +56.19% -36.95%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 513 1,255 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.04% 22.58% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 617 590
10th Percentile £216 £205 £235
25th Percentile £325 £371 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £585 £588
90th Percentile £630 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 131 74
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.33
25th Percentile £20.26 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.88 £85.65 £80.25
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in the South East

Unified Communications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Unified Communications in the South East

Unified Communications
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Unified Communications in the South East

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +44 5 - - 4
Berkshire +31 4 - - 3
Hampshire +26 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) VoIP
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) MPLS
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) BGP
3 1 (16.67%) DSL
3 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
3 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
3 1 (16.67%) IPsec
3 1 (16.67%) NAS
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) OSPF
3 1 (16.67%) SAN
3 1 (16.67%) TACACS
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Voice Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Communications Security
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Presales
3 1 (16.67%) Process Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Management
3 1 (16.67%) Ticket Management
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) CCNP
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
3 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) CCDP
3 1 (16.67%) CCIP
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) MCP
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
1 1 (16.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) ADVA
2 1 (16.67%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) F5
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) VMware