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 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 193 197
Rank change year-on-year +44 +4 +54
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 5 6 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.15% 0.11% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.84% 0.52% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 10
10th Percentile - £405 £466
25th Percentile - £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -2.01% +27.57%
75th Percentile - £563 £597
90th Percentile - £633 £629
England median daily rate £550 £500 £481
% change year-on-year +10.00% +4.05% +6.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £19.00
75th Percentile - £19.50 £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.13 £73.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year -72.71% +288.16% -54.37%

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 595 1,149 1,005
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.57% 20.54% 17.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 562 598
10th Percentile £209 £221 £235
25th Percentile £338 £400 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% +5.26% +4.40%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £585
90th Percentile £625 £650 £696
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 137 69
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.08 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £27.00 £24.50
Median hourly rate £54.88 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.32% -0.26% +101.75%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.60 £85.65 £77.43
England median hourly rate £41.45 £43.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -3.60% +56.36% +9.81%

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 13 July 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 +20 4 - - 12
Berkshire +24 3 - - 11
Hampshire +26 1 - - 4
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 4
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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) NAS
2 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Skype
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Voice Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Presales
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Management
3 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) MCP
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) vSphere
1 1 (20.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware