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 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 337 408
Rank change year-on-year +43 +71 +137
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 23 13 44
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.23% 0.089% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.06% 0.84% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 31
10th Percentile £385 £373 £381
25th Percentile £413 £429 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% +20.00%
75th Percentile £638 - £594
90th Percentile £649 £650 £600
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £24.15 -
25th Percentile - £32.63 £18.50
Median hourly rate - £47.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - +147.37% -20.83%
75th Percentile - £61.13 £19.50
90th Percentile - £69.45 -
UK median hourly rate £20.13 £73.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year -72.71% +288.16% -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 1,118 1,542 2,843
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.98% 10.58% 11.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 691 990 1,867
10th Percentile £313 £300 £319
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +0.98%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 70 104
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £18.80
25th Percentile £44.00 £14.27 £29.38
Median hourly rate £63.50 £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.11% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £87.46 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.56% +80.00% -13.04%

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 7 July 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 7 (30.43%) Confluence
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (8.70%) Skype for Business
4 1 (4.35%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 9 (39.13%) DNS
1 9 (39.13%) IPsec
1 9 (39.13%) VPN
2 8 (34.78%) MPLS
3 7 (30.43%) BGP
4 3 (13.04%) Firewall
4 3 (13.04%) LAN
4 3 (13.04%) Skype
5 2 (8.70%) DHCP
5 2 (8.70%) H.323
5 2 (8.70%) SD-WAN
5 2 (8.70%) VoIP
5 2 (8.70%) WAN
5 2 (8.70%) WebEx
5 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (4.35%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (4.35%) MGCP
6 1 (4.35%) Network Security
6 1 (4.35%) SSL
6 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) JIRA
General
1 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Multimedia
4 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Network Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Unified Communications Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Network Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Switch Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Telephony Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Data Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Data Governance Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Data Governance Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Data Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Governance Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Network Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Network Implementation Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (30.43%) NETCONF
1 7 (30.43%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) PKI
2 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.35%) Digital Signage
3 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
2 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
2 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Service Management
2 8 (34.78%) Critical Thinking
2 8 (34.78%) System Testing
3 7 (30.43%) Network Virtualisation
3 7 (30.43%) NsoIT
3 7 (30.43%) Validation
4 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (13.04%) ITIL
5 2 (8.70%) Change Management
5 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.70%) High Availability
5 2 (8.70%) Information Security
5 2 (8.70%) ITSM
5 2 (8.70%) Load Balancing
5 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.70%) Time Management
5 2 (8.70%) User Experience
6 1 (4.35%) Information Management
6 1 (4.35%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) Degree
3 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
4 8 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (30.43%) CCNP
6 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (4.35%) CCIE
7 1 (4.35%) MCP
7 1 (4.35%) MCSA
7 1 (4.35%) MCSE
7 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) VMware ESXi
1 7 (30.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
3 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (8.70%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (4.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) Ansible
2 2 (8.70%) WSUS
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) Cisco
2 7 (30.43%) Atlassian
2 7 (30.43%) VMware
3 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.70%) F5
4 2 (8.70%) Veeam
5 1 (4.35%) Google
5 1 (4.35%) Juniper
5 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.35%) Proofpoint