Polycom Contract Job Trends

Polycom
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Polycom products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Polycom over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Polycom, Inc.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 560 561 613
Rank change year-on-year +1 +52 +161
Contract jobs citing Polycom 7 2 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.021% 0.005% 0.042%
As % of the Vendors category 0.044% 0.012% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 13
10th Percentile - - £201
25th Percentile £216 £221 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £243 £388
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -37.42% +72.22%
75th Percentile £347 £264 £488
90th Percentile £419 - £588
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £525
% change year-on-year - - +90.91%

All Vendors
UK

Polycom falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,974 16,641 21,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.67% 44.78% 45.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,906 9,799 13,798
10th Percentile £278 £290 £263
25th Percentile £404 £413 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.10% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 813 552 674
10th Percentile £14.99 £15.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.85 £19.25
Median hourly rate £24.62 £32.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% -25.86% +79.15%
75th Percentile £38.25 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £76.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.48 £30.00 £42.15
% change year-on-year -28.40% -28.83% +97.05%

Polycom
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Polycom relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Polycom job vacancy trend in the UK

Polycom
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Polycom.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Polycom

Polycom
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Polycom over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Polycom in the UK

Polycom
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Polycom.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Polycom

Polycom
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Polycom within the UK over the 6 months to 23 October 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
London +19 7 £250 +3.09% 4
England -13 7 £250 +3.09% 6
Work from Home - 1 £250 - 2

Polycom
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (42.86%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Skype
1 3 (42.86%) WebEx
2 2 (28.57%) IP Telephony
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) Softphone
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) Intranet
General
1 3 (42.86%) Law
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Audio Visual Support
2 3 (42.86%) Support Assistant
2 3 (42.86%) Support Specialist
3 2 (28.57%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (28.57%) iPad
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS X
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) ISMS
2 3 (42.86%) Preventative Maintenance
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Cost Optimisation
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Server Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) MCSA
1 2 (28.57%) MCSE
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (28.57%) MOS
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Apple
2 2 (28.57%) Avaya
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix
2 2 (28.57%) Wyse