Unified Communications Contracts in the South West

Unified Communications
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 151 148 157
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 -18
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 6 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.18% 0.32% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.09% 1.91% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 8
10th Percentile £721 £519 £382
25th Percentile £734 £525 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +38.64% +2.33% +26.47%
75th Percentile £784 £575 £600
90th Percentile £794 £603 £638
England median daily rate £500 £488 £456
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.85% -3.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 548 575 481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.61% 16.97% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 357 306
10th Percentile £310 £219 £214
25th Percentile £463 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% +15.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £575
90th Percentile £688 £725 £625
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 113 29
10th Percentile £12.50 - £36.95
25th Percentile £15.75 - £42.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.70% +19.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.28 £60.92
90th Percentile £74.80 £77.50 £70.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

Unified Communications
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Unified Communications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Unified Communications in the South West

Unified Communications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Unified Communications in the South West

Unified Communications
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Wiltshire -11 5 £725 +31.82% 1
Bristol - 1 £800 -
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) LAN
1 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 4 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Skype
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
3 1 (16.67%) WLAN
General
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
2 4 (66.67%) Lead
2 4 (66.67%) Lead Architect
2 4 (66.67%) Network Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) LAN Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) LAN/WAN Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 4 (66.67%) Network Architecture
1 4 (66.67%) Network Management
1 4 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
1 4 (66.67%) Zero Trust
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
2 1 (16.67%) Splunk