Unified Communications Contracts

Unified Communications
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Unified Communications skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unified Communications over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 529 532 664
Rank change year-on-year +3 +132 -115
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 50 152 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.27% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.92% 2.12% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 109 126
10th Percentile £335 £350 £256
25th Percentile £350 £421 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -5.11%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £572
90th Percentile £708 £629 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -23.81% +23.53% -12.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - - £19.99
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £33.76
Median % change year-on-year - -43.72% +73.13%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £43.09
90th Percentile - - £47.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +12.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Unified Communications is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,426 7,169 9,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.59% 12.72% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,234 4,630 6,422
10th Percentile £206 £240 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £688 £720 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 444 363
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.34 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.16% -29.48% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -2.27%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications.

Daily rate trend for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unified Communications over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unified Communications.

Hourly rate trend for Unified Communications in the UK

Unified Communications
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Communications within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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 +22 47 £500 +4.05% 39
London +77 23 £540 +9.09% 14
UK excluding London -18 22 £400 -23.81% 31
Work from Home +79 12 £550 +1.76% 16
Midlands +20 7 £350 -19.31% 1
West Midlands +11 7 £350 -17.65% 1
South West 0 6 £763 +38.64%
South East -5 5 £500 -2.01% 11
North of England +15 3 £525 +20.00% 11
Yorkshire +20 2 £500 -33.33%
East of England +1 1 £575 -2.13%
North East - 1 £550 - 2

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (18.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (26.00%) Azure
2 10 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (16.00%) OneDrive
4 6 (12.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (12.00%) Power Automate
4 6 (12.00%) Power Platform
4 6 (12.00%) PowerApps
5 3 (6.00%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (6.00%) IaaS
5 3 (6.00%) SaaS
5 3 (6.00%) WhatsApp
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (42.00%) WAN
2 20 (40.00%) LAN
3 12 (24.00%) Firewall
4 9 (18.00%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (16.00%) Wireless
6 6 (12.00%) VoIP
7 5 (10.00%) DNS
7 5 (10.00%) SD-WAN
7 5 (10.00%) Skype
8 4 (8.00%) DHCP
8 4 (8.00%) Internet
8 4 (8.00%) MPLS
8 4 (8.00%) TCP/IP
8 4 (8.00%) WLAN
9 3 (6.00%) IP Telephony
9 3 (6.00%) ISDN
9 3 (6.00%) PBX
9 3 (6.00%) VPN
9 3 (6.00%) WebEx
10 2 (4.00%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.00%) Power BI
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
2 7 (14.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.00%) Finance
5 3 (6.00%) Marketing
6 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Games
6 2 (4.00%) Retail
7 1 (2.00%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.00%) Banking
7 1 (2.00%) Electronics
7 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (26.00%) Architect
2 9 (18.00%) Network Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) Network Architect
4 5 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 4 (8.00%) Consultant
5 4 (8.00%) Lead
5 4 (8.00%) Lead Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Network Consultant
6 3 (6.00%) Presales Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Presales Network Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Senior
7 2 (4.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Deployment Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (4.00%) Product Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Telephony Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) Data Centre
1 8 (16.00%) PKI
2 6 (12.00%) Digital Signage
2 6 (12.00%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (6.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.00%) FMCG
5 1 (2.00%) Handset
5 1 (2.00%) IoT
5 1 (2.00%) NHS
5 1 (2.00%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.00%) Windows
1 12 (24.00%) Windows Server
2 10 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (12.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (8.00%) Linux
6 2 (4.00%) Unix
7 1 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.00%) Windows 10
7 1 (2.00%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.00%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.00%) ITIL
2 10 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (16.00%) Migration
4 8 (16.00%) Project Management
5 7 (14.00%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (14.00%) Service Delivery
6 6 (12.00%) Agile
6 6 (12.00%) Change Management
6 6 (12.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 6 (12.00%) Roadmaps
6 6 (12.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (10.00%) IT Strategy
7 5 (10.00%) Presales
7 5 (10.00%) Scrum
7 5 (10.00%) Zero Trust
8 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.00%) Mentoring
8 4 (8.00%) Network Management
8 4 (8.00%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.00%) Degree
3 7 (14.00%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (14.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (12.00%) CCNP
5 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (8.00%) CCNA
6 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared
7 3 (6.00%) CCIE
7 3 (6.00%) PMI Certification
7 3 (6.00%) PMP
8 2 (4.00%) CSPO
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.00%) CCDP
9 1 (2.00%) CCIP
9 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.00%) MCITP
9 1 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (2.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.00%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (12.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (2.00%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (2.00%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (2.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.00%) SCOM
2 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (2.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (40.00%) Cisco
3 8 (16.00%) Juniper
4 7 (14.00%) Oracle
5 4 (8.00%) Citrix
6 3 (6.00%) Aruba
6 3 (6.00%) Commvault
6 3 (6.00%) F5
6 3 (6.00%) Fortinet
6 3 (6.00%) Mitel
6 3 (6.00%) Palo Alto
6 3 (6.00%) SolarWinds
6 3 (6.00%) VMware
7 2 (4.00%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.00%) Ribbon
7 2 (4.00%) Riverbed
7 2 (4.00%) Splunk
8 1 (2.00%) Avaya
8 1 (2.00%) HP
8 1 (2.00%) Red Hat