VoIP Contracts in England

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring VoIP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VoIP over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 358 485
Rank change year-on-year -28 +127 -16
Contract jobs citing VoIP 92 175 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.48% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.89% 3.65% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 100 97
10th Percentile £224 £185 £185
25th Percentile £250 £306 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £479 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.23% +12.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £534 £607 £544
90th Percentile £563 £682 £638
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 7
10th Percentile £35.45 £18.98 £14.25
25th Percentile £60.88 £23.95 £17.38
Median hourly rate £75.00 £25.38 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +195.48% +33.59% +11.76%
75th Percentile - £26.15 £33.19
90th Percentile - £83.61 £59.75
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £25.38 £19.00
% change year-on-year +195.48% +33.59% +11.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

VoIP 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 3,178 4,791 5,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.06% 13.15% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,973 2,878 3,859
10th Percentile £220 £210 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £490 £515
% change year-on-year -0.51% -4.85% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 389 419
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.09 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +122.22% -24.72%
75th Percentile £63.38 £63.75 £58.13
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.13 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £30.70 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -23.25% +116.22% -34.70%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VoIP in England

VoIP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VoIP in England.

Daily rate trend for VoIP in England

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VoIP in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VoIP in England

VoIP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VoIP in England.

Hourly rate trend for VoIP in England

VoIP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VoIP in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VoIP in England

VoIP
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 VoIP within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 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 +12 32 £438 -12.50% 53
South West +29 25 £545 -9.25% 32
South East +19 16 £420 +5.00% 71
North of England +13 10 £240 -18.64% 73
East of England +24 5 £245 -49.74% 44
North West +11 5 £245 -14.04% 40
Midlands 0 5 £510 +36.00% 32
West Midlands -7 5 £510 +27.50% 16
Yorkshire +15 4 £232 -56.22% 20
North East -8 1 - - 15
VoIP
UK

VoIP
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 10 (10.87%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (10.87%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.26%) Skype for Business
3 2 (2.17%) Camunda
3 2 (2.17%) CMS
3 2 (2.17%) Confluence
3 2 (2.17%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (16.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (18.48%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (13.04%) SaaS
3 11 (11.96%) PaaS
4 10 (10.87%) OneDrive
5 7 (7.61%) Azure
6 5 (5.43%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.26%) GCP
8 2 (2.17%) AWS
8 2 (2.17%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.09%) IaaS
9 1 (1.09%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 24 (26.09%) WAN
2 21 (22.83%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (21.74%) LAN
3 20 (21.74%) PBX
4 19 (20.65%) Firewall
5 18 (19.57%) Unified Communications
6 14 (15.22%) DNS
6 14 (15.22%) VLAN
7 13 (14.13%) DHCP
7 13 (14.13%) VPN
8 11 (11.96%) MPLS
9 10 (10.87%) Wireless
10 9 (9.78%) SD-WAN
10 9 (9.78%) TCP/IP
11 8 (8.70%) 5G
12 7 (7.61%) Network Security
12 7 (7.61%) PSTN
13 6 (6.52%) 4G
13 6 (6.52%) DOCSIS
13 6 (6.52%) GPON
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.26%) MySQL
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.09%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.09%) Gerrit
2 1 (1.09%) Git
General
1 26 (28.26%) Telecoms
2 18 (19.57%) Social Skills
3 10 (10.87%) Finance
4 6 (6.52%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.43%) Military
6 4 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.35%) Billing
6 4 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.26%) Legal
8 2 (2.17%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (2.17%) Police
8 2 (2.17%) Retail
9 1 (1.09%) Aviation
9 1 (1.09%) Banking
9 1 (1.09%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.09%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.09%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (18.48%) Support Engineer
2 14 (15.22%) Architect
3 8 (8.70%) Desktop Support
3 8 (8.70%) Senior
3 8 (8.70%) Voice Engineer
4 7 (7.61%) Desktop Engineer
4 7 (7.61%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 7 (7.61%) IT Engineer
4 7 (7.61%) IT Support
4 7 (7.61%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (6.52%) Network Engineer
6 5 (5.43%) Network Architect
7 4 (4.35%) Analyst
7 4 (4.35%) Senior Desktop Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) Senior Desktop Support
7 4 (4.35%) Senior Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) Senior Support Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) Telecoms Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) Voice Architect
8 3 (3.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.26%) Yocto
3 1 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.09%) POSIX
3 1 (1.09%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.04%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (10.87%) Blackberry
3 4 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.26%) Algorithms
4 3 (3.26%) Digital TV
4 3 (3.26%) IoT
4 3 (3.26%) IVR
4 3 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.26%) STB
4 3 (3.26%) TM Forum
5 2 (2.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (2.17%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.17%) Handset
5 2 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.17%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (26.09%) Windows
2 16 (17.39%) Windows 10
3 6 (6.52%) Mac OS
4 5 (5.43%) Android
4 5 (5.43%) Linux
5 4 (4.35%) VMS
6 3 (3.26%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (2.17%) Apple iOS
7 2 (2.17%) OpenWrt
7 2 (2.17%) Windows Server
8 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.00%) Migration
2 21 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (16.30%) Customer Service
3 15 (16.30%) ITIL
4 13 (14.13%) Customer Requirements
4 13 (14.13%) Root Cause Analysis
5 12 (13.04%) Commercial Awareness
5 12 (13.04%) Network Design
6 11 (11.96%) Roadmaps
7 10 (10.87%) Agile
7 10 (10.87%) Impact Assessments
8 9 (9.78%) Service Design
8 9 (9.78%) Thought Leadership
8 9 (9.78%) Validation
9 8 (8.70%) Cost Reduction
9 8 (8.70%) Product Roadmap
9 8 (8.70%) Service Delivery
10 7 (7.61%) ITSM
11 6 (6.52%) Technical Leadership
12 5 (5.43%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.26%) C
1 3 (3.26%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.26%) SQL
2 1 (1.09%) C++
2 1 (1.09%) Go
2 1 (1.09%) Java
2 1 (1.09%) Python
2 1 (1.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 27 (29.35%) Cisco Certification
3 25 (27.17%) SC Cleared
4 21 (22.83%) CCNP
5 16 (17.39%) DV Cleared
6 10 (10.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 9 (9.78%) CCNA
8 6 (6.52%) Degree
9 3 (3.26%) CCIE
10 2 (2.17%) DBS Check
10 2 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (2.17%) Master's Degree
10 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (1.09%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.09%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.09%) CCIP
11 1 (1.09%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.70%) SLA
2 2 (2.17%) OASIS TOSCA
2 2 (2.17%) QA
3 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (20.65%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.26%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.26%) KVM
3 3 (3.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.09%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (8.70%) AppManager
1 8 (8.70%) SCCM
2 7 (7.61%) Cisco CUCM
3 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.35%) FortiGate
4 4 (4.35%) Kubernetes
5 3 (3.26%) Ansible
5 3 (3.26%) Cisco UCCX
6 2 (2.17%) Amdocs OSS
6 2 (2.17%) CASB
7 1 (1.09%) OfficeScan
7 1 (1.09%) PaperCut
7 1 (1.09%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 1 (1.09%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 43 (46.74%) Cisco
2 24 (26.09%) VMware
3 19 (20.65%) Microsoft
4 16 (17.39%) Juniper
5 15 (16.30%) Ericsson
5 15 (16.30%) F5
5 15 (16.30%) Palo Alto
6 14 (15.22%) Nokia
7 11 (11.96%) Avaya
8 10 (10.87%) Ribbon
9 8 (8.70%) Ivanti
10 6 (6.52%) Aruba
11 5 (5.43%) Mitel
11 5 (5.43%) ServiceNow
12 4 (4.35%) Google
13 3 (3.26%) Fortinet
14 2 (2.17%) EMC
14 2 (2.17%) HP
14 2 (2.17%) Huawei
14 2 (2.17%) NetCracker