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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 474 533
Rank change year-on-year -97 +59 +111
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 4 14 18
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.011% 0.055% 0.048%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.11% 0.41% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 17
10th Percentile £358 £255 £390
25th Percentile £359 £285 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% -20.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £424 £538 £525
90th Percentile £449 £595 £698
UK median daily rate £369 £350 £500
% change year-on-year +5.36% -30.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 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 3,593 3,393 5,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.11% 13.21% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,322 2,036 3,190
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £481 £500 £480
% change year-on-year -3.75% +4.17% -7.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 100 363
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.32 £14.27
25th Percentile £19.75 £21.46 £19.99
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -22.22% +133.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £43.12
% change year-on-year +1.43% -18.82% +123.39%

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
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 28 February 2026. 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 -41 2 £369 -7.81% 1
South West -26 1 £460 +84.00% 2
North of England -63 1 - - 2
North West - 1 - -
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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (25.00%) WebEx
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Audio Visual Technician
1 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (25.00%) Handset
2 1 (25.00%) Hedge funds
2 1 (25.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
2 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Reuters
2 1 (25.00%) Samsung
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) VMware