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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 552 684
Rank change year-on-year +6 +132 -132
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 56 143 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.03% 2.02% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 102 122
10th Percentile £343 £350 £260
25th Percentile £350 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £597 £575
90th Percentile £698 £625 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -23.81% +23.53% -10.24%
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 5,412 7,077 9,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.49% 12.74% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,208 4,557 6,456
10th Percentile £206 £240 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.11% +5.56% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 446 370
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.63
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.72 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.73% -28.02% +6.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.95 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +156.76% -13.95% -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 9 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 13 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 9 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 +32 50 £500 +1.01% 46
UK excluding London -11 27 £400 -23.81% 40
London +62 24 £540 +9.09% 10
Work from Home +82 13 £520 -3.79% 21
Midlands +17 7 £350 -19.31% 6
West Midlands +9 7 £350 -17.65% 5
South West +8 6 £763 +38.64% 1
North of England +13 5 £525 +20.00% 15
South East +2 5 £500 -7.41% 8
Yorkshire +13 4 £500 -33.33% 1
Scotland +38 3 £413 -25.00% 5
East of England -5 1 £575 -2.13% 5
North East - 1 £550 - 3

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 (19.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (16.07%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.36%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.21%) Azure
2 10 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (14.29%) OneDrive
4 6 (10.71%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.71%) Power Automate
4 6 (10.71%) Power Platform
4 6 (10.71%) PowerApps
5 3 (5.36%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (5.36%) IaaS
5 3 (5.36%) SaaS
5 3 (5.36%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (44.64%) LAN
2 24 (42.86%) WAN
3 15 (26.79%) Firewall
4 14 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (16.07%) Wireless
6 8 (14.29%) SD-WAN
6 8 (14.29%) VPN
7 6 (10.71%) Internet
7 6 (10.71%) VoIP
7 6 (10.71%) WLAN
8 5 (8.93%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (8.93%) DNS
8 5 (8.93%) IPsec
8 5 (8.93%) Network Security
8 5 (8.93%) Skype
8 5 (8.93%) TCP/IP
9 4 (7.14%) DHCP
9 4 (7.14%) MPLS
10 3 (5.36%) IP Telephony
10 3 (5.36%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.71%) Power BI
2 2 (3.57%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.07%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 6 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.14%) Finance
6 3 (5.36%) Marketing
7 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Games
7 2 (3.57%) Retail
8 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.79%) Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Electronics
8 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 13 (23.21%) Architect
3 6 (10.71%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Engineer
3 6 (10.71%) Network Architect
4 5 (8.93%) Consultant
4 5 (8.93%) Project Manager
5 4 (7.14%) Lead
5 4 (7.14%) Lead Architect
5 4 (7.14%) Network Consultant
6 3 (5.36%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Presales Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Presales Network Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Senior
6 3 (5.36%) Unified Communications Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Deployment Project Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (3.57%) Network Design Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.07%) Data Centre
2 8 (14.29%) PKI
2 8 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (10.71%) Digital Signage
4 3 (5.36%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.79%) FMCG
6 1 (1.79%) Handset
6 1 (1.79%) IoT
6 1 (1.79%) NHS
6 1 (1.79%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.00%) Windows
2 12 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 10 (17.86%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (8.93%) Linux
5 5 (8.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.57%) Unix
7 1 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.79%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.79%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.79%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.21%) ITIL
2 10 (17.86%) Customer Service
2 10 (17.86%) Roadmaps
3 9 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (14.29%) Migration
4 8 (14.29%) Project Management
5 7 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 6 (10.71%) Agile
6 6 (10.71%) Change Management
6 6 (10.71%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 6 (10.71%) Network Management
6 6 (10.71%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (8.93%) IT Strategy
7 5 (8.93%) Load Balancing
7 5 (8.93%) Presales
7 5 (8.93%) Scrum
7 5 (8.93%) Zero Trust
8 4 (7.14%) Network Design
8 4 (7.14%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.71%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (17.86%) Degree
1 10 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.07%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 6 (10.71%) CCNA
4 6 (10.71%) CCNP
5 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
7 3 (5.36%) CCIE
7 3 (5.36%) PMI Certification
7 3 (5.36%) PMP
8 2 (3.57%) CSPO
8 2 (3.57%) RIBA
9 1 (1.79%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.79%) BC Cleared
9 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.79%) MCITP
9 1 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) QA
2 1 (1.79%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.79%) PMO
2 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (17.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.57%) Firmware
3 2 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (10.71%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.79%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.79%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (1.79%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (1.79%) SCCM
2 1 (1.79%) SCOM
2 1 (1.79%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (1.79%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 24 (42.86%) Cisco
3 8 (14.29%) Juniper
4 7 (12.50%) Oracle
5 6 (10.71%) F5
5 6 (10.71%) Palo Alto
6 4 (7.14%) Citrix
7 3 (5.36%) Aruba
7 3 (5.36%) Commvault
7 3 (5.36%) Fortinet
7 3 (5.36%) Mitel
7 3 (5.36%) SolarWinds
7 3 (5.36%) VMware
8 2 (3.57%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.57%) HP
8 2 (3.57%) Ribbon
8 2 (3.57%) Riverbed
8 2 (3.57%) Splunk
9 1 (1.79%) Avaya
9 1 (1.79%) SAP