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 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 348 425
Rank change year-on-year -25 +77 -54
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 28 82 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.36% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.85% 2.32% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 58 57
10th Percentile £344 £409 £256
25th Percentile £350 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +23.53% -10.24%
75th Percentile £544 £575 £495
90th Percentile £696 £616 £568
UK median daily rate £495 £540 £450
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £18.65
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £20.16
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% +12.82%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £23.88
90th Percentile - - £25.45
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £33.76
% change year-on-year - -43.72% +73.13%

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 3,288 3,532 4,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 15.56% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,852 2,200 2,762
10th Percentile £203 £210 £190
25th Percentile £350 £338 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 299 243
10th Percentile £13.33 - £14.91
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.00 £48.62
90th Percentile £73.60 £75.00 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

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 16 June 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
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 16 June 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
West Midlands +14 7 £350 -17.65% 4
Midlands +12 7 £350 -19.31% 5
North of England +6 6 £500 +14.29% 19
South West -3 6 £763 +38.64% 3
South East +3 5 £500 -2.01% 8
Yorkshire +15 4 £500 -33.33% 3
Scotland +47 3 £413 -25.00% 5
North West +2 1 £330 -22.35% 13
East of England -2 1 £575 -2.13% 1
North East - 1 £550 - 3
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 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.57%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Azure
2 7 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 6 (21.43%) OneDrive
3 6 (21.43%) Power Automate
3 6 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 6 (21.43%) PowerApps
4 2 (7.14%) SaaS
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (42.86%) LAN
2 11 (39.29%) WAN
3 9 (32.14%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (28.57%) Firewall
5 6 (21.43%) VPN
6 5 (17.86%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (17.86%) IPsec
6 5 (17.86%) Network Security
6 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
6 5 (17.86%) VoIP
7 4 (14.29%) DNS
7 4 (14.29%) SD-WAN
8 3 (10.71%) DHCP
8 3 (10.71%) Internet
8 3 (10.71%) MPLS
9 2 (7.14%) BGP
9 2 (7.14%) DSL
9 2 (7.14%) OSPF
9 2 (7.14%) TACACS
9 2 (7.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) Power BI
General
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Retail
5 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Architect
2 9 (32.14%) Network Engineer
3 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Engineer
3 6 (21.43%) Network Architect
4 4 (14.29%) Lead
4 4 (14.29%) Lead Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Field Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Network Communications Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Network Field Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Unified Communications Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) LAN Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) LAN/WAN Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Migration Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) PKI
2 7 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 6 (21.43%) Digital Signage
4 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
4 3 (10.71%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (3.57%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 10 (35.71%) Windows
2 8 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (21.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (14.29%) Linux
6 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (3.57%) Unix
7 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
7 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) ITIL
2 7 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 6 (21.43%) Migration
3 6 (21.43%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 6 (21.43%) Network Management
4 5 (17.86%) IT Strategy
4 5 (17.86%) Roadmaps
5 4 (14.29%) Load Balancing
5 4 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 4 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (14.29%) Zero Trust
6 3 (10.71%) High Availability
6 3 (10.71%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (7.14%) Presales
7 2 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) CCNA
2 5 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (17.86%) DV Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) Degree
4 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
5 2 (7.14%) CCNP
6 1 (3.57%) BC Cleared
6 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.57%) CCDP
6 1 (3.57%) CCIP
6 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.57%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) QA
2 1 (3.57%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.57%) PMO
2 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) Firmware
3 1 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (21.43%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
2 1 (3.57%) SCOM
2 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (3.57%) vCenter Server
2 1 (3.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (32.14%) Cisco
3 6 (21.43%) Oracle
4 4 (14.29%) F5
4 4 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 3 (10.71%) Mitel
5 3 (10.71%) SolarWinds
6 2 (7.14%) Juniper
6 2 (7.14%) Splunk
7 1 (3.57%) ADVA
7 1 (3.57%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (3.57%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (3.57%) Ceridian
7 1 (3.57%) Citrix
7 1 (3.57%) Concur
7 1 (3.57%) Forcepoint
7 1 (3.57%) Logitech
7 1 (3.57%) Veeam
7 1 (3.57%) VMware