VoIP Contracts in the Midlands

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for VoIP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VoIP over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 154 162
Rank change year-on-year +44 +8 -48
Contract jobs citing VoIP 24 9 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.88% 0.26% 0.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.91% 1.76% 5.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 15
10th Percentile £172 £238 £196
25th Percentile £190 £318 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £380 £275
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +38.18% -21.43%
75th Percentile £775 £391 £397
90th Percentile - £396 £556
England median daily rate £479 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +12.65% +6.25% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £11.25 £13.13
Median hourly rate £25.77 £12.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.12% -21.88% -11.11%
75th Percentile £26.15 £13.75 £19.56
90th Percentile - - £21.03
England median hourly rate £25.00 £20.82 £17.00
% change year-on-year +20.11% +22.44% -31.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

VoIP 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 advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 489 512 563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.89% 15.00% 11.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 338 391
10th Percentile £200 £250 £166
25th Percentile £306 £314 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% +12.64% -0.13%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £600
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 32
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.25 £13.69
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +18.31% +16.67%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.50 £20.88
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.20
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing VoIP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for VoIP in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VoIP in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for VoIP in the Midlands

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VoIP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VoIP in the Midlands

VoIP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VoIP in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for VoIP in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
West Midlands +37 17 £400 +35.59% 11
East Midlands +26 7 £160 -57.89% 19
VoIP
England

VoIP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (66.67%) VPN
2 13 (54.17%) LAN
2 13 (54.17%) WAN
3 10 (41.67%) Firewall
3 10 (41.67%) MPLS
4 9 (37.50%) PBX
4 9 (37.50%) WLAN
5 6 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (25.00%) DHCP
5 6 (25.00%) DNS
5 6 (25.00%) Internet
5 6 (25.00%) SD-WAN
6 5 (20.83%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (20.83%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (16.67%) PSTN
7 4 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (12.50%) VLAN
9 1 (4.17%) HTTP
9 1 (4.17%) Network Security
General
1 9 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Architect
2 5 (20.83%) Enterprise Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Help Desk Technician
3 4 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 3 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Network Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Service Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Design Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (37.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.50%) Clustering
2 3 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 3 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (8.33%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
1 5 (20.83%) Windows 10
2 3 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (8.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Customer Requirements
2 9 (37.50%) Analytics
2 9 (37.50%) Architectural Design
2 9 (37.50%) Data Analytics
2 9 (37.50%) Network Architecture
2 9 (37.50%) Performance Management
2 9 (37.50%) Programme Management
2 9 (37.50%) SOA
2 9 (37.50%) Storage Management
3 6 (25.00%) ITIL
3 6 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 6 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
4 5 (20.83%) TOGAF
5 4 (16.67%) Performance Measurement
5 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 3 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (12.50%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (37.50%) CCIE
2 9 (37.50%) CCIE Data Center
3 5 (20.83%) CCNP
4 4 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (8.33%) CCNA
6 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) WhatsUp Gold
2 3 (12.50%) Autotask
2 3 (12.50%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (12.50%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Cisco
2 5 (20.83%) CheckPoint
2 5 (20.83%) Infoblox
2 5 (20.83%) Palo Alto
2 5 (20.83%) Symantec
2 5 (20.83%) Zscaler
3 3 (12.50%) Apple
3 3 (12.50%) Datto
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.50%) VMware
4 2 (8.33%) Genesys
4 2 (8.33%) Juniper
4 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.17%) Aruba
5 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.17%) Mitel