Unified Communications Contracts in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Unified Communications skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unified Communications over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 380 435
Rank change year-on-year +19 +55 -95
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 34 72 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.30% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.97% 1.98% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 52 55
10th Percentile £252 £314 £259
25th Percentile £350 £424 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £413
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +27.27% -11.29%
75th Percentile £620 £575 £468
90th Percentile £682 £730 £560
UK median daily rate £495 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -5.71% +16.67% -7.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £22.50 £16.05 £18.98
25th Percentile £28.50 £17.63 £21.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £26.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.19% +19.32% +12.82%
75th Percentile £55.50 £50.06 £26.50
90th Percentile £62.70 £78.53 £29.20
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £26.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year +56.19% -12.50% +53.85%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Unified Communications is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,498 3,633 4,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.83% 15.01% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,013 2,310 2,661
10th Percentile £203 £209 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £433
Median % change year-on-year - +9.70% +8.25%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £540
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 338 239
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £9.80 £15.63
Median hourly rate £46.95 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +153.76% -13.95% -11.34%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.54 £47.40
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £59.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year +110.53% -32.74% +6.89%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Unified Communications in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unified Communications in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Unified Communications in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unified Communications in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unified Communications in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
South West +15 14 £600 +9.09% 7
South East +4 8 £500 +4.05% 22
Midlands +40 7 £350 -20.90% 6
West Midlands +34 7 £350 -20.90% 4
Scotland - 3 £150 - 4
North of England +29 1 £550 +29.41% 7
East of England +7 1 £575 -20.69%
North East - 1 £550 - 1
Unified Communications
UK

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (32.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (26.47%) SharePoint
3 3 (8.82%) Skype for Business
4 2 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (26.47%) Azure
2 7 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (17.65%) Entra ID
3 6 (17.65%) OneDrive
3 6 (17.65%) Power Automate
3 6 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 6 (17.65%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.94%) AWS
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (47.06%) WAN
2 13 (38.24%) Firewall
3 10 (29.41%) LAN
4 7 (20.59%) DNS
5 6 (17.65%) DHCP
6 5 (14.71%) MPLS
7 4 (11.76%) BGP
7 4 (11.76%) Internet
7 4 (11.76%) IPsec
7 4 (11.76%) OSPF
7 4 (11.76%) Skype
7 4 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (11.76%) Wireless
8 3 (8.82%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (8.82%) DSL
8 3 (8.82%) Ethernet
8 3 (8.82%) Junos
8 3 (8.82%) TACACS
8 3 (8.82%) Telepresence
8 3 (8.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Bitbucket
General
1 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Finance
6 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Architect
2 11 (32.35%) Network Architect
3 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Network Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Lead
5 4 (11.76%) Lead Architect
6 3 (8.82%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Desktop Support
6 3 (8.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Senior
6 3 (8.82%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Support Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) .NET
1 1 (2.94%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) PKI
2 8 (23.53%) Data Centre
3 6 (17.65%) Digital Signage
4 3 (8.82%) Operational Technology
5 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.94%) IoT
6 1 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (29.41%) Windows
1 10 (29.41%) Windows Server
2 7 (20.59%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (17.65%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (11.76%) Linux
4 4 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (8.82%) Windows 10
6 2 (5.88%) Unix
6 2 (5.88%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) ITIL
2 10 (29.41%) Service Delivery
3 7 (20.59%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 6 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (17.65%) Customer Service
4 6 (17.65%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (14.71%) IT Strategy
5 5 (14.71%) Migration
5 5 (14.71%) SIEM
6 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
6 4 (11.76%) Network Architecture
6 4 (11.76%) Network Management
6 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (11.76%) Zero Trust
7 3 (8.82%) Asset Management
7 3 (8.82%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (8.82%) Load Balancing
7 3 (8.82%) Mathematics
7 3 (8.82%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Security Cleared
2 11 (32.35%) SC Cleared
3 7 (20.59%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (20.59%) Degree
4 6 (17.65%) DV Cleared
5 5 (14.71%) CCNA
6 3 (8.82%) CCNP
7 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.94%) HP ASE
8 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.94%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
8 1 (2.94%) PMP
8 1 (2.94%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) PMO
1 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 10 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (17.65%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (8.82%) WSUS
3 2 (5.88%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (5.88%) SCCM
3 2 (5.88%) SCOM
3 2 (5.88%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (5.88%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.94%) Ansible
4 1 (2.94%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.94%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 14 (41.18%) Cisco
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle
3 6 (17.65%) SolarWinds
4 5 (14.71%) VMware
5 4 (11.76%) Juniper
6 3 (8.82%) Forcepoint
6 3 (8.82%) Palo Alto
6 3 (8.82%) Splunk
6 3 (8.82%) Veeam
7 2 (5.88%) Atlassian
7 2 (5.88%) Barracuda Networks
7 2 (5.88%) F5
8 1 (2.94%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (2.94%) Ceridian
8 1 (2.94%) Citrix
8 1 (2.94%) EMC
8 1 (2.94%) Google
8 1 (2.94%) Mitel
8 1 (2.94%) Nokia