Unified Communications Contracts in the UK excluding London

Unified Communications
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 294 365 396
Rank change year-on-year +71 +31 +39
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 42 34 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.16% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.14% 0.98% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 27 51
10th Percentile £393 £252 £313
25th Percentile £400 £350 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +27.27%
75th Percentile £606 £620 £575
90th Percentile £629 £682 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £35.45 £22.50 £15.70
25th Percentile £60.88 £28.50 £16.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £41.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.93% +115.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile - £55.50 £26.88
90th Percentile - £62.70 £31.30
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £41.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +82.93% +115.79% -43.72%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 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
South West +45 13 £588 -2.08% 7
North of England +30 12 £475 -13.64% 25
North West - 9 £400 - 21
South East +44 6 - - 11
Midlands +21 6 £400 +14.29% 6
West Midlands +13 6 £400 +14.29% 5
Scotland +15 5 £325 +116.67% 4
Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
North East 0 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 12 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (23.81%) Skype for Business
3 6 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 5 (11.90%) Mattermost
5 4 (9.52%) Confluence
6 3 (7.14%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (2.38%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.14%) Mimecast
3 1 (2.38%) AWS
3 1 (2.38%) Azure
3 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.38%) PaaS
3 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (33.33%) VoIP
2 13 (30.95%) Skype
3 12 (28.57%) LAN
4 11 (26.19%) WAN
5 9 (21.43%) SD-WAN
6 8 (19.05%) Firewall
7 6 (14.29%) DNS
7 6 (14.29%) Network Security
7 6 (14.29%) WebEx
8 5 (11.90%) DHCP
8 5 (11.90%) IPsec
8 5 (11.90%) PBX
8 5 (11.90%) Softphone
8 5 (11.90%) VPN
8 5 (11.90%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (7.14%) BGP
9 3 (7.14%) Internet
9 3 (7.14%) ISDN
9 3 (7.14%) TCP/IP
9 3 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Bitbucket
1 4 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 19 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.05%) Telecoms
3 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 6 (14.29%) Billing
5 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (11.90%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (11.90%) Finance
6 3 (7.14%) Military
7 2 (4.76%) Retail
8 1 (2.38%) Electronics
8 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.38%) Marketing
8 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (16.67%) Analyst
2 5 (11.90%) Architect
2 5 (11.90%) Messaging Engineer
2 5 (11.90%) Messaging Support
2 5 (11.90%) Messaging Support Engineer
2 5 (11.90%) Network Engineer
2 5 (11.90%) Operations Engineer
2 5 (11.90%) Operations Support Engineer
2 5 (11.90%) Support Analyst
2 5 (11.90%) Support Engineer
2 5 (11.90%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Consultant
3 4 (9.52%) Messaging Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Messaging Support Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Operational Support Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Operations Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Operations Support Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Network Consultant
4 3 (7.14%) Senior
4 3 (7.14%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (14.29%) PKI
3 4 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (9.52%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 3 (7.14%) IVR
5 1 (2.38%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.38%) IoT
5 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.43%) Windows
2 6 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 5 (11.90%) Linux
3 5 (11.90%) Windows 10
3 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (28.57%) ITIL
3 7 (16.67%) Information Security
3 7 (16.67%) Service Management
3 7 (16.67%) System Testing
4 6 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 5 (11.90%) B2B
5 5 (11.90%) Change Management
5 5 (11.90%) Critical Thinking
5 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (11.90%) Problem Management
5 5 (11.90%) Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (11.90%) Time Management
6 4 (9.52%) Agile
6 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (9.52%) Data Protection
6 4 (9.52%) Load Balancing
6 4 (9.52%) Migration
6 4 (9.52%) User Experience
6 4 (9.52%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.19%) SQL
2 8 (19.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 12 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 11 (26.19%) DV Cleared
4 10 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (23.81%) Degree
5 9 (21.43%) CCNP
6 6 (14.29%) CCNA
7 5 (11.90%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (4.76%) MCP
8 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.38%) A+ Certification
9 1 (2.38%) BC Cleared
9 1 (2.38%) CCDP
9 1 (2.38%) CCIP
9 1 (2.38%) MCSA
9 1 (2.38%) MCSE
9 1 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 13 (30.95%) Active Directory
2 6 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (11.90%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (2.38%) vSphere
5 1 (2.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) SCOM
1 5 (11.90%) WSUS
2 2 (4.76%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (61.90%) Cisco
2 21 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (16.67%) F5
4 6 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 5 (11.90%) Red Hat
5 5 (11.90%) Splunk
5 5 (11.90%) Veeam
6 4 (9.52%) Atlassian
7 3 (7.14%) Juniper
7 3 (7.14%) Proofpoint
8 2 (4.76%) Aruba
8 2 (4.76%) Ericsson
8 2 (4.76%) Mitel
8 2 (4.76%) Nokia
8 2 (4.76%) VMware
9 1 (2.38%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 1 (2.38%) Avaya
9 1 (2.38%) Citrix
9 1 (2.38%) Google
9 1 (2.38%) SAP