Unified Communications Contracts in the Thames Valley

Unified Communications
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 97 141 139
Rank change year-on-year +44 -2 +15
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 5 4 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.33% 0.15% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.98% 0.66% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £392 £381
25th Percentile - £416 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £470 £481
Median % change year-on-year - -2.20% -3.89%
75th Percentile - £511 -
90th Percentile - £529 £510
South East median daily rate - £500 £481
% change year-on-year - +4.05% +16.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £19.93
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £22.06
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year - -27.62% +0.96%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £30.56
90th Percentile - - £32.78
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £41.00 £26.25
% change year-on-year -53.66% +56.19% +0.96%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in the Thames Valley

Unified Communications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Unified Communications in the Thames Valley

Unified Communications
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Unified Communications in the Thames Valley

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +31 4 - - 3
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
Unified Communications
South East

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VoIP
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) MPLS
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
3 1 (20.00%) DSL
3 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
3 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (20.00%) IPsec
3 1 (20.00%) NAS
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) OSPF
3 1 (20.00%) SAN
3 1 (20.00%) TACACS
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) xDSL
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
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%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
1 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 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Communications Security
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Presales
2 1 (20.00%) Process Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Management
2 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) CCDP
2 1 (20.00%) CCIP
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (20.00%) QA
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%) ADVA
2 1 (20.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware