Unified Communications Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Unified Communications
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 283 330 447
Rank change year-on-year +47 +117 +104
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 21 15 30
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.098% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.01% 0.93% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 20
10th Percentile £370 £432 £373
25th Percentile £400 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £485
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +13.40% +7.78%
75th Percentile £550 £603 £600
90th Percentile £605 £699 £646
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £22.50 £19.93
25th Percentile £18.50 £28.50 £22.06
Median hourly rate £19.00 £41.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -53.66% +56.19% +9.38%
75th Percentile £19.50 £55.50 £30.56
90th Percentile - £62.70 £32.78
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Unified Communications
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unified Communications trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Unified Communications.

Unified Communications daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Unified Communications over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Unified Communications daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Unified Communications.

Unified Communications hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (9.52%) Skype for Business
4 1 (4.76%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Mimecast
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.76%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Firewall
2 5 (23.81%) LAN
3 4 (19.05%) IPsec
3 4 (19.05%) VoIP
3 4 (19.05%) VPN
3 4 (19.05%) WAN
4 3 (14.29%) DNS
4 3 (14.29%) MPLS
4 3 (14.29%) Skype
4 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (14.29%) Wireless
5 2 (9.52%) DHCP
5 2 (9.52%) H.323
5 2 (9.52%) Network Security
5 2 (9.52%) SD-WAN
5 2 (9.52%) SSL
5 2 (9.52%) WebEx
6 1 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (4.76%) Softphone
6 1 (4.76%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Architect
2 5 (23.81%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Network Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Implementation Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Network Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Network Implementation Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Data Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Data Governance Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Data Governance Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Data Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Governance Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
1 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
1 2 (9.52%) PKI
2 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.76%) Digital Signage
2 1 (4.76%) IoT
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Change Management
1 5 (23.81%) Information Security
1 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (23.81%) User Experience
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL
3 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 3 (14.29%) Load Balancing
3 3 (14.29%) Migration
3 3 (14.29%) PLM
3 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 3 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (14.29%) System Testing
4 2 (9.52%) Business Case
4 2 (9.52%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
4 2 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (9.52%) Service Catalogue
4 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Identification
4 2 (9.52%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.76%) BC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) CCDP
4 1 (4.76%) CCIE
4 1 (4.76%) CCIP
4 1 (4.76%) CCNA
4 1 (4.76%) CCNP
4 1 (4.76%) MCP
4 1 (4.76%) MCSA
4 1 (4.76%) MCSE
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Hyper-V
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (9.52%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (4.76%) Firmware
3 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (9.52%) WSUS
2 1 (4.76%) Ansible
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (4.76%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) OfficeScan
2 1 (4.76%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 12 (57.14%) Cisco
2 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (14.29%) F5
3 3 (14.29%) Proofpoint
4 2 (9.52%) Juniper
4 2 (9.52%) Veeam
5 1 (4.76%) ADVA
5 1 (4.76%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (4.76%) Altiris
5 1 (4.76%) Aruba
5 1 (4.76%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.76%) Google
5 1 (4.76%) Mitel
5 1 (4.76%) NetApp
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle
5 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.76%) Symantec
5 1 (4.76%) VMware