Video Conferencing Contract Job Trends

Video Conferencing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Video Conferencing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Video Conferencing over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 363 380
Rank change year-on-year -161 +17 +133
Contract jobs citing Video Conferencing 64 181 223
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.55% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 1.70% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 102 151
10th Percentile £175 £181 £154
25th Percentile £212 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 £300 £375
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% -20.00% +5.71%
75th Percentile £384 £530 £588
90th Percentile £484 £575 £672
UK excluding London median daily rate £274 £263 £469
% change year-on-year +4.19% -44.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 15
10th Percentile - £22.45 £18.15
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.33 £21.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.33% +56.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £25.43 £41.25 £30.00
90th Percentile £35.63 £50.65 £44.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -57.33% +56.25% +6.67%

All Generic Skills
UK

Video Conferencing falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,849 10,629 13,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.63% 32.04% 31.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,063 6,328 8,934
10th Percentile £280 £265 £263
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £630 £656 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 622 325 518
10th Percentile £13.94 £18.07 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.23 £23.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.36 £33.54 £42.40
Median % change year-on-year -18.44% -20.90% +34.61%
75th Percentile £61.23 £64.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £32.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -16.28% -28.11% +77.96%

Video Conferencing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Video Conferencing job vacancy trend in the UK

Video Conferencing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Video Conferencing

Video Conferencing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Video Conferencing over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Video Conferencing in the UK

Video Conferencing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Video Conferencing

Video Conferencing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Video Conferencing over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Video Conferencing in the UK

Video Conferencing
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Video Conferencing within the UK over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
England -146 56 £274 -8.83% 85
UK excluding London -96 41 £274 +4.19% 49
London -82 20 £285 -5.00% 41
South East -24 12 £274 +15.16% 17
West Midlands -22 11 £250 -9.09% 10
Midlands -29 11 £250 -9.09% 11
Work from Home -22 6 £450 -15.09% 14
North West -34 6 £175 -30.00% 5
North of England -66 6 £175 -30.00% 10
East of England -16 4 - - 3
South West -32 4 £400 -27.27% 8
Northern Ireland -5 3 - -
Scotland +9 2 - - 1

Video Conferencing
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 7 (10.94%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.56%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.56%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.56%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 27 (42.19%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (25.00%) Azure
3 9 (14.06%) Entra ID
4 7 (10.94%) Power Platform
5 6 (9.38%) SaaS
6 2 (3.13%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.31%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (18.75%) DNS
3 11 (17.19%) VPN
4 9 (14.06%) Unified Communications
5 8 (12.50%) VoIP
6 6 (9.38%) IP Telephony
6 6 (9.38%) LAN
7 5 (7.81%) DHCP
7 5 (7.81%) Internet
7 5 (7.81%) Wireless
8 4 (6.25%) TCP/IP
8 4 (6.25%) VLAN
8 4 (6.25%) WAN
8 4 (6.25%) WebEx
9 3 (4.69%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (3.13%) Firewall
10 2 (3.13%) MGCP
10 2 (3.13%) SCCP
10 2 (3.13%) Softphone
10 2 (3.13%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (39.06%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.50%) Finance
3 7 (10.94%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.69%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Banking
6 2 (3.13%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.13%) Law
6 2 (3.13%) Legal
6 2 (3.13%) Military
7 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.56%) Marketing
7 1 (1.56%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (28.13%) Analyst
1 18 (28.13%) IT Support
2 11 (17.19%) Support Analyst
3 9 (14.06%) Service Desk Support
3 9 (14.06%) Support Engineer
4 8 (12.50%) IT Analyst
5 7 (10.94%) Desktop Support
5 7 (10.94%) IT Support Analyst
5 7 (10.94%) IT Support Technician
5 7 (10.94%) IT Technician
5 7 (10.94%) Service Analyst
5 7 (10.94%) Service Desk Analyst
5 7 (10.94%) Service Desk Technician
5 7 (10.94%) Support Technician
6 5 (7.81%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 5 (7.81%) IT Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 3 (4.69%) Project Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.81%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (7.81%) iPhone
2 5 (7.81%) Low-Code
3 4 (6.25%) Blackberry
3 4 (6.25%) Virtual Team
4 3 (4.69%) Handset
4 3 (4.69%) iPad
5 2 (3.13%) Digital Signage
5 2 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.13%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.56%) Acoustics
6 1 (1.56%) CCTV
6 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.56%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (45.31%) Windows
2 13 (20.31%) Windows 10
3 6 (9.38%) Mac OS
4 4 (6.25%) Windows Server
5 3 (4.69%) Android
5 3 (4.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (3.13%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (42.19%) Customer Service
2 21 (32.81%) ITIL
3 14 (21.88%) ITSM
3 14 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (17.19%) User Experience
5 10 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (15.63%) Problem Management
5 10 (15.63%) Service Management
6 8 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (12.50%) Ticket Management
7 7 (10.94%) Proactive Management
8 5 (7.81%) Computer Science
8 5 (7.81%) Inventory Management
8 5 (7.81%) Migration
8 5 (7.81%) Project Management
9 4 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (4.69%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (4.69%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (4.69%) Penetration Testing
10 3 (4.69%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.13%) SQL
2 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (26.56%) Degree
2 15 (23.44%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.38%) DV Cleared
3 6 (9.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (7.81%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.13%) CCNP
6 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.56%) CCNA
7 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.56%) PMP
7 1 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) SLA
2 3 (4.69%) GDPR
3 1 (1.56%) COBIT
3 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 30 (46.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (25.00%) SCCM
2 15 (23.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.56%) AirWatch
3 1 (1.56%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 17 (26.56%) ServiceNow
3 16 (25.00%) Cisco
4 4 (6.25%) Apple
5 3 (4.69%) HP
5 3 (4.69%) Logitech
5 3 (4.69%) McAfee
5 3 (4.69%) Polycom
5 3 (4.69%) Samsung
6 2 (3.13%) Citrix
6 2 (3.13%) VMware
7 1 (1.56%) Avaya
7 1 (1.56%) Dell
7 1 (1.56%) Ericsson
7 1 (1.56%) Juniper
7 1 (1.56%) NetApp
7 1 (1.56%) Nokia
7 1 (1.56%) Oracle
7 1 (1.56%) Remedy
7 1 (1.56%) SAP