Unified Communications Contract Job Trends in the South East

Unified Communications
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Unified Communications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 174 194
Rank change year-on-year +11 +20 +58
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 4 8 17
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.19% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.67% 1.02% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 13
10th Percentile - - £434
25th Percentile £160 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -66.50% -4.76% +28.05%
75th Percentile £288 £534 £600
90th Percentile £468 £544 £685
England median daily rate £550 £550 £498
% change year-on-year - +10.55% +10.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
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 £16.00 £75.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -78.67% +294.74% -53.66%

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 596 781 1,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.77% 18.12% 20.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 439 647
10th Percentile £204 £237 £205
25th Percentile £325 £381 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £461
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +8.42% -1.88%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £584
90th Percentile £638 £663 £671
England median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 44 77
10th Percentile £18.86 £26.48 £15.50
25th Percentile £38.94 £35.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £84.66 £75.00 £75.67
90th Percentile £90.04 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £34.00 £57.38 £56.49
% change year-on-year -40.74% +1.57% +36.12%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unified Communications relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in the South East

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unified Communications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in the South East over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unified Communications in the South East

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unified Communications.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unified Communications

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 12 October 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
Berkshire +12 4 £168 -65.64% 18
Thames Valley +12 4 £168 -65.64% 30
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (25.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) WebEx
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support Technician
1 3 (75.00%) IT Technician
1 3 (75.00%) Service Desk Support
1 3 (75.00%) Service Desk Technician
1 3 (75.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (50.00%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (50.00%) 1st Line Support Technician
3 1 (25.00%) Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Proactive Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco