VoIP Contract Job Trends in the North East

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring VoIP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 39 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 -17 +41
Contract jobs citing VoIP 3 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.80% 1.28% 3.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.71% 10.26% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile - £282 -
25th Percentile - £293 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £320 £400
Median % change year-on-year +134.38% -20.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile - £335 £413
90th Percentile - £338 £425
England median daily rate £450 £400 £440
% change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 28 39 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 7.43% 12.46% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 23 25
10th Percentile £153 £142 £131
25th Percentile £170 £238 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £236 £454 £400
Median % change year-on-year -48.07% +13.50% -27.27%
75th Percentile £550 £590 £425
90th Percentile £593 £730 £450
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £26.55 - £15.58
25th Percentile £34.50 - £15.69
Median hourly rate £48.38 - £16.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.25%
75th Percentile £61.63 - £18.19
90th Percentile £69.21 - £18.53
England median hourly rate £31.39 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -35.37% -14.04% +26.38%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VoIP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

VoIP job vacancy trend in the North East

VoIP
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VoIP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VoIP

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VoIP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VoIP

VoIP
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the North East region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
Durham +8 3 £750 +150.00%
VoIP
England

VoIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LTE
1 2 (66.67%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (66.67%) TETRA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Commissioning Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Converged Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) VMware