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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 513 568
Rank change year-on-year +12 +55 +148
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 16 16 26
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.057% 0.050% 0.063%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.49% 0.41% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 17
10th Percentile £223 £300 £227
25th Percentile £259 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £315 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.25% -25.88% +47.83%
75th Percentile £404 £400 £475
90th Percentile £468 £580 £673
UK median daily rate £373 £320 £438
% change year-on-year +16.41% -26.86% +52.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £26.00
UK median hourly rate £20.00 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - +73.33%

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 3,295 3,883 5,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.66% 12.16% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,104 2,234 3,564
10th Percentile £216 £240 £220
25th Percentile £360 £384 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £613
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 147 311
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.87 £17.30
25th Percentile £20.00 £26.25 £23.05
Median hourly rate £34.00 £57.25 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -40.61% +1.35% +36.90%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £48.56 £56.45
% change year-on-year -29.98% -13.97% +41.73%

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 +22 11 £321 +1.98% 1
North of England -28 3 - - 1
North West - 3 - - 1
South West +16 1 £460 +41.54%
West Midlands - 1 £450 - 1
Midlands - 1 £450 - 2
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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (6.25%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (31.25%) DHCP
2 5 (31.25%) DNS
2 5 (31.25%) VLAN
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco IPT
4 2 (12.50%) LAN
4 2 (12.50%) VoIP
4 2 (12.50%) VPN
4 2 (12.50%) WAN
5 1 (6.25%) BGP
5 1 (6.25%) Broadband
5 1 (6.25%) Internet
5 1 (6.25%) Intranet
5 1 (6.25%) Network Security
5 1 (6.25%) OSPF
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 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Banking
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) Support Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Audio Visual Technician
2 3 (18.75%) Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) IT Support
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 Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Support
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Test Manager
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%) Educational Technology
5 1 (6.25%) Mainframe
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 6 (37.50%) Mac OS
3 6 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 5 (31.25%) Android
5 2 (12.50%) Mac OS X
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
6 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 3 (18.75%) ITIL
4 3 (18.75%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (12.50%) ITSM
5 2 (12.50%) Service Management
6 1 (6.25%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (6.25%) Asset Management
6 1 (6.25%) B2B
6 1 (6.25%) Change Management
6 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.25%) CRM
6 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (6.25%) Problem Management
6 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
1 1 (6.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) MCSA
2 2 (12.50%) MCSE
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (12.50%) MOS
3 1 (6.25%) CCNA
3 1 (6.25%) CCNP
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (18.75%) Apple
3 3 (18.75%) Samsung
4 2 (12.50%) Avaya
4 2 (12.50%) Citrix
4 2 (12.50%) Polycom
4 2 (12.50%) Wyse
5 1 (6.25%) Oracle
5 1 (6.25%) VMware