Unified Communications Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Unified Communications
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 124 137
Rank change year-on-year +13 +13 +40
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 12 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.65% 0.19% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.27% 1.10% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 7
10th Percentile £160 £485 £452
25th Percentile £234 £491 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £514 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% -14.38% +54.84%
75th Percentile £547 £543 £663
90th Percentile £586 £553 £700
South East median daily rate £425 £513 £575
% change year-on-year -17.07% -10.87% +48.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -15.56%

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 281 362 598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.11% 16.94% 22.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 188 348
10th Percentile £234 £247 £204
25th Percentile £296 £400 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £539 £608 £600
90th Percentile £600 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 27
10th Percentile £18.18 - £18.00
25th Percentile £46.00 £56.25 £24.00
Median hourly rate £83.32 £57.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.90% +91.67% +87.50%
75th Percentile £89.63 £58.75 £75.67
90th Percentile £90.87 - £79.44
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £57.99
% change year-on-year -21.43% +20.71% +28.87%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Unified Communications job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Unified Communications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Unified Communications

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unified Communications in the Thames Valley

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Unified Communications.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Unified Communications

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 6 November 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 +20 12 £425 -12.82% 25
Unified Communications
South East

Unified Communications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
3 2 (16.67%) Slack
4 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) WebEx
2 1 (8.33%) Network Security
2 1 (8.33%) Skype
2 1 (8.33%) WAN
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) IT Support
1 3 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
1 3 (25.00%) IT Technician
1 3 (25.00%) Service Desk Support
1 3 (25.00%) Service Desk Technician
1 3 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Technician
2 2 (16.67%) Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) Field Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Telephony Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Telephony Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Telephony Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Unified Communications Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Unified Communications Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Driving Licence
1 5 (41.67%) Handset
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (16.67%) Analytics
2 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) ITSM
2 2 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (8.33%) Information Assurance
3 1 (8.33%) Proactive Management
3 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (8.33%) Service Design
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (8.33%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) Degree
4 3 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (8.33%) CCNA
5 1 (8.33%) CCNP
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Polycom