VoIP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 321 306
Rank change year-on-year +64 -15 -15
Contract jobs citing VoIP 129 136 207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.63% 0.58% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.86% 3.89% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 81 138
10th Percentile £190 £185 £158
25th Percentile £285 £363 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +26.67% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £475
90th Percentile £672 £650 £550
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% +4.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 16
10th Percentile £17.71 £13.50 £11.92
25th Percentile £23.66 £15.63 £13.43
Median hourly rate £25.77 £19.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.61% +11.76% -13.92%
75th Percentile £42.11 £31.63 £19.56
90th Percentile £91.50 £59.75 £23.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £19.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +31.58% +11.76% -12.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,339 3,500 4,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.27% 14.89% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,213 2,635
10th Percentile £200 £213 £185
25th Percentile £343 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £544
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 323 238
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.63
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +149.38% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VoIP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VoIP in the UK excluding London

VoIP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VoIP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for VoIP in the UK excluding London

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VoIP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VoIP in the UK excluding London

VoIP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VoIP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for VoIP in the UK excluding London

VoIP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VoIP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VoIP in the UK excluding London

VoIP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South West +33 35 £600 +2.13% 14
South East +5 34 £400 -2.44% 25
Midlands +45 23 £375 -1.32% 28
North of England +29 19 £425 -10.53% 30
West Midlands +38 17 £400 +35.59% 11
Scotland +55 14 £600 - 2
North West +29 12 £295 -41.00% 21
East Midlands +21 6 £160 -57.89% 17
East of England +3 5 £488 +25.00% 13
North East - 5 £425 - 6
Yorkshire +17 2 £529 +30.15% 3
Wales -3 2 - - 7
Northern Ireland -7 1 - -
VoIP
UK

VoIP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.78%) IIS
3 1 (0.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (8.53%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.78%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Shopify
2 2 (1.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 31 (24.03%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (10.85%) SaaS
3 12 (9.30%) PaaS
4 10 (7.75%) AWS
5 8 (6.20%) Azure
6 3 (2.33%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 35 (27.13%) PBX
2 29 (22.48%) Firewall
3 27 (20.93%) LAN
3 27 (20.93%) WAN
4 23 (17.83%) VPN
5 15 (11.63%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (9.30%) DNS
6 12 (9.30%) Network Security
7 11 (8.53%) MPLS
7 11 (8.53%) SD-WAN
7 11 (8.53%) VLAN
8 10 (7.75%) Cisco ISE
8 10 (7.75%) DHCP
8 10 (7.75%) WLAN
9 9 (6.98%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (6.98%) TCP/IP
10 8 (6.20%) Internet
11 6 (4.65%) 4G
11 6 (4.65%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (3.88%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (6.98%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 40 (31.01%) Telecoms
2 21 (16.28%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.08%) Presentation Skills
3 13 (10.08%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.20%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (5.43%) Digital Economy
6 4 (3.10%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.10%) Military
6 4 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.33%) Legal
7 3 (2.33%) Marketing
7 3 (2.33%) Retail
8 2 (1.55%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 40 (31.01%) Architect
2 26 (20.16%) Solutions Architect
3 22 (17.05%) Network Engineer
4 17 (13.18%) VoIP Engineer
5 14 (10.85%) Support Engineer
6 10 (7.75%) Voice Engineer
7 9 (6.98%) Audio Visual Technician
8 7 (5.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 7 (5.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (5.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.65%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (4.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (4.65%) Audio Visual Engineer
10 5 (3.88%) Enterprise Architect
11 4 (3.10%) Cloud Architect
11 4 (3.10%) Cloud Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.10%) Help Desk Technician
11 4 (3.10%) Lead
11 4 (3.10%) Voice Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.75%) Web Services
2 7 (5.43%) WebRTC
3 3 (2.33%) VML
4 1 (0.78%) CSS
4 1 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.50%) Video Conferencing
2 19 (14.73%) Video Editing
3 18 (13.95%) Data Centre
4 14 (10.85%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (6.98%) Blackberry
6 7 (5.43%) Driving Licence
7 6 (4.65%) Clustering
8 5 (3.88%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.55%) IVR
10 1 (0.78%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.78%) IoT
10 1 (0.78%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.05%) Windows
2 20 (15.50%) Android
3 16 (12.40%) Windows 10
4 11 (8.53%) Apple iOS
5 9 (6.98%) Windows Server
6 8 (6.20%) Linux
7 6 (4.65%) Mac OS
7 6 (4.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (3.10%) Unix
9 2 (1.55%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (13.18%) ITIL
1 17 (13.18%) Presales
2 16 (12.40%) TOGAF
3 15 (11.63%) Data Protection
3 15 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (10.85%) Customer Requirements
4 14 (10.85%) Roadmaps
5 13 (10.08%) Decision-Making
5 13 (10.08%) Value Proposition
6 11 (8.53%) Enterprise Architecture
6 11 (8.53%) Storage Management
7 10 (7.75%) ArchiMate
7 10 (7.75%) Network Architecture
8 9 (6.98%) Analytics
8 9 (6.98%) Architectural Design
8 9 (6.98%) BPMN
8 9 (6.98%) Data Analytics
8 9 (6.98%) Performance Management
8 9 (6.98%) Programme Management
8 9 (6.98%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.65%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.33%) SQL
3 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 45 (34.88%) Security Cleared
2 27 (20.93%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (20.93%) DV Cleared
3 21 (16.28%) SC Cleared
4 20 (15.50%) Degree
5 15 (11.63%) CCNP
6 13 (10.08%) CCNA
7 11 (8.53%) CCIE
8 9 (6.98%) CCIE Data Center
9 8 (6.20%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (5.43%) HND
10 7 (5.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (3.10%) MCSE
13 2 (1.55%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.78%) BC Cleared
14 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.78%) CCDP
14 1 (0.78%) CCIP
14 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.30%) SLA
2 3 (2.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.78%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 14 (10.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (10.08%) Active Directory
3 8 (6.20%) Firmware
4 6 (4.65%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.43%) SCCM
2 6 (4.65%) Autotask
2 6 (4.65%) Failover Clustering
2 6 (4.65%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.10%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 47 (36.43%) Cisco
2 30 (23.26%) Microsoft
3 22 (17.05%) Apple
4 14 (10.85%) VMware
5 12 (9.30%) CheckPoint
5 12 (9.30%) Juniper
6 11 (8.53%) Palo Alto
7 10 (7.75%) Ribbon
8 9 (6.98%) Avaya
8 9 (6.98%) Ericsson
8 9 (6.98%) Google
8 9 (6.98%) IBM
8 9 (6.98%) Nokia
8 9 (6.98%) Polycom
9 6 (4.65%) Datto
10 5 (3.88%) Dell
10 5 (3.88%) Meraki
10 5 (3.88%) SolarWinds
10 5 (3.88%) Symantec
10 5 (3.88%) Zscaler