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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 493 512 556
Rank change year-on-year +19 +44 +172
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 16 14 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.058% 0.043% 0.084%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.49% 0.36% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 20
10th Percentile £222 £301 £227
25th Percentile £248 £314 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £320 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.41% -28.89% +80.00%
75th Percentile £384 £534 £588
90th Percentile £420 £649 £758
UK median daily rate £321 £325 £450
% change year-on-year -1.15% -27.78% +80.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £20.60
25th Percentile - - £21.50
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £23.00
75th Percentile - - £24.50
90th Percentile - - £25.40
UK median hourly rate £20.00 - £23.00
% change year-on-year - - +53.33%

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 3,242 3,927 5,652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.85% 12.05% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,020 2,310 3,639
10th Percentile £235 £248 £225
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% +2.12% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £623
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £478 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -5.43% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 223 280
10th Percentile £15.02 £14.33 £16.73
25th Percentile £25.08 £22.58 £23.07
Median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -27.64% +1.52% +34.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.78
90th Percentile £79.00 £75.00 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £51.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.69% -9.72% +34.50%

IP Telephony
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing IP Telephony as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IP Telephony 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +21 11 £321 -10.14% 4
North of England -16 2 - - 1
North West - 2 - -
South East +25 1 - - 7
West Midlands - 1 £450 -
East of England - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 £450 -
IP Telephony
UK

IP Telephony
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) TCP/IP
2 5 (31.25%) DHCP
2 5 (31.25%) DNS
2 5 (31.25%) VLAN
3 4 (25.00%) WAN
4 3 (18.75%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (18.75%) LAN
5 2 (12.50%) Firewall
5 2 (12.50%) Internet
5 2 (12.50%) SD-WAN
5 2 (12.50%) VoIP
5 2 (12.50%) VPN
6 1 (6.25%) BGP
6 1 (6.25%) Broadband
6 1 (6.25%) Intranet
6 1 (6.25%) MPLS
6 1 (6.25%) OSPF
6 1 (6.25%) SAN
6 1 (6.25%) Skype
6 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Database
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
General
1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst
1 6 (37.50%) Support Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Audio Visual Technician
3 2 (12.50%) IT Support
3 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Desktop Support
4 1 (6.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Incident Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Support
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (50.00%) iPhone
3 5 (31.25%) iPad
4 3 (18.75%) Blackberry
4 3 (18.75%) Handset
5 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
5 1 (6.25%) Educational Technology
5 1 (6.25%) Mainframe
5 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
5 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
5 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (43.75%) Mac OS
4 6 (37.50%) Windows 7
5 5 (31.25%) Android
6 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
7 2 (12.50%) Mac OS X
8 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) ITIL
4 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
4 3 (18.75%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (12.50%) Change Management
5 2 (12.50%) Service Management
6 1 (6.25%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (6.25%) B2B
6 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
6 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.25%) CRM
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (6.25%) Inventory Management
6 1 (6.25%) ITSM
6 1 (6.25%) Problem Management
6 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
6 1 (6.25%) Threat Management
6 1 (6.25%) Ticket Management
6 1 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (12.50%) MCSA
3 2 (12.50%) MCSE
3 2 (12.50%) MOS
4 1 (6.25%) A+ Certification
4 1 (6.25%) CCNA
4 1 (6.25%) CCNP
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (6.25%) MCP
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.25%) vSphere
3 1 (6.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (18.75%) Apple
3 3 (18.75%) Citrix
3 3 (18.75%) Samsung
4 2 (12.50%) Avaya
4 2 (12.50%) Polycom
4 2 (12.50%) VMware
4 2 (12.50%) Wyse
5 1 (6.25%) F5
5 1 (6.25%) Oracle