IP Telephony Contract Job Trends in England

IP Telephony
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring IP Telephony skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 485 529
Rank change year-on-year -52 +44 +161
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 9 15 16
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.028% 0.053% 0.044%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.27% 0.42% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 15
10th Percentile £275 £255 £363
25th Percentile £361 £285 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £300 £490
Median % change year-on-year +24.17% -38.78% +18.79%
75th Percentile £384 £400 £588
90th Percentile £433 £595 £709
UK median daily rate £373 £300 £490
% change year-on-year +24.17% -38.78% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £20.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

IP Telephony 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,391 3,607 5,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.72% 12.78% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,194 2,119 3,173
10th Percentile £205 £220 £206
25th Percentile £356 £375 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £682 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 103 310
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.04 £18.51
25th Percentile £20.34 £20.30 £23.22
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +48.66%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.25 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +61.40%

IP Telephony
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IP Telephony relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

IP Telephony job vacancy trend in England

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IP Telephony.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IP Telephony

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IP Telephony in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IP Telephony in England

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IP Telephony.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IP Telephony

IP Telephony
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the England region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
London -19 5 £373 -6.88% 2
North of England -52 3 - - 11
North West - 3 - - 7
South West -3 1 £460 +60.00% 8
IP Telephony
UK

IP Telephony
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) VLAN
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Audio Visual Technician
2 2 (22.22%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (44.44%) iPhone
3 3 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 3 (33.33%) Handset
4 1 (11.11%) iPad
4 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) Android
3 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
3 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
3 1 (11.11%) Mac OS X
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 3 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) ITSM
3 2 (22.22%) Service Management
4 1 (11.11%) B2B
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Samsung
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Apple
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle