Unified Communications Contracts with Work from Home 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 414 536
Rank change year-on-year +86 +122 -94
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 13 43 87
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.088% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.85% 1.53% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 31 62
10th Percentile £383 - £263
25th Percentile £437 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £541 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% +20.11% -6.15%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £519
90th Percentile £625 £646 £586
UK median daily rate £495 £540 £450
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £21.45
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £22.13
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - -20.83% +35.48%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £25.63
90th Percentile - - £26.15
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £33.76
% change year-on-year - -43.72% +73.13%

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 1,531 2,803 4,434
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.74% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,002 1,872 3,040
10th Percentile £300 £338 £313
25th Percentile £413 £421 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £603
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 99 105
10th Percentile £12.53 £19.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.07 £42.50 £26.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £55.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +15.79% +26.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.13 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

Unified Communications
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unified Communications trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Unified Communications over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.69%) IaaS
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) LAN
2 5 (38.46%) Firewall
2 5 (38.46%) WAN
3 4 (30.77%) SD-WAN
4 3 (23.08%) VoIP
4 3 (23.08%) VPN
5 2 (15.38%) DNS
5 2 (15.38%) IPsec
5 2 (15.38%) Network Security
5 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
5 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (15.38%) Wireless
6 1 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (7.69%) DHCP
6 1 (7.69%) Ethernet
6 1 (7.69%) PPP
6 1 (7.69%) RIP
6 1 (7.69%) SNMP
6 1 (7.69%) Wireshark
6 1 (7.69%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
1 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Voice Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Centre Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) LAN Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Presales Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Presales Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Unified Communications Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) FMCG
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Unix
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Change Management
2 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) ITSM
3 2 (15.38%) Line Management
3 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
3 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 1 (7.69%) Communications Security
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.69%) High Availability
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (7.69%) Process Management
4 1 (7.69%) Scrum
4 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) CCNP
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) CCNA
3 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
3 2 (15.38%) PMP
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 1 (7.69%) BC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (7.69%) CCDP
4 1 (7.69%) CCIE
4 1 (7.69%) CCIP
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 3 (23.08%) Juniper
4 2 (15.38%) Citrix
5 1 (7.69%) ADVA
5 1 (7.69%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (7.69%) Aruba
5 1 (7.69%) Commvault
5 1 (7.69%) F5
5 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
5 1 (7.69%) Mitel
5 1 (7.69%) Oracle
5 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
5 1 (7.69%) Red Hat
5 1 (7.69%) Ribbon
5 1 (7.69%) SolarWinds
5 1 (7.69%) Splunk
5 1 (7.69%) VMware