VoIP Contract Job Trends in the South East

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring VoIP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 164 175
Rank change year-on-year +15 +11 +42
Contract jobs citing VoIP 13 18 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.37% 0.39% 0.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.15% 2.12% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 15
10th Percentile £200 £204 £226
25th Percentile £241 £223 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £237 £425
Median % change year-on-year +68.78% -44.24% -5.56%
75th Percentile £431 £342 £509
90th Percentile £538 £423 £575
England median daily rate £374 £473 £414
% change year-on-year -20.98% +14.32% +8.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £17.88
25th Percentile - £18.50 £19.13
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - -19.15% +28.77%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £40.13
90th Percentile - - £45.00
England median hourly rate £63.50 £72.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year -12.41% +208.51% +9.30%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 604 848 1,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.32% 18.34% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 459 653
10th Percentile £204 £245 £207
25th Percentile £329 £400 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +8.70% -0.27%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £638 £672 £675
England median daily rate £488 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 83 72
10th Percentile £15.22 £27.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £31.58 £53.40 £32.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -5.98% +35.56%
75th Percentile £70.87 £71.88 £75.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £75.24 £77.90
England median hourly rate £41.72 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.25% +1.52% +34.02%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VoIP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VoIP in the South East

VoIP
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VoIP in the South East over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VoIP in the South East

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

VoIP
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Hampshire +12 5 £363 +35.01% 17
Thames Valley +10 5 £410 +21.48% 10
Berkshire +8 5 £410 +21.48% 9
Surrey +6 1 £163 -27.78% 4
East Sussex - 1 £285 - 5
Kent - 1 £425 - 6
VoIP
England

VoIP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (15.38%) Camunda
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) 5G
1 4 (30.77%) MPLS
2 3 (23.08%) 4G
2 3 (23.08%) DOCSIS
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) GPON
2 3 (23.08%) LTE
2 3 (23.08%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (23.08%) xDSL
3 2 (15.38%) Converged Networks
4 1 (7.69%) ATM
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (7.69%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (7.69%) Frame Relay
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security
4 1 (7.69%) NX-OS
4 1 (7.69%) VLAN
4 1 (7.69%) VoLTE
4 1 (7.69%) VoWiFi
4 1 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (15.38%) Police
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Billing
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Electronics
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) OSS Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Network Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Network Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Voice Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) VoIP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) CSS
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Cloud Native
2 3 (23.08%) TM Forum
3 2 (15.38%) Handset
4 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
1 4 (30.77%) DevOps
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (23.08%) eTOM
2 3 (23.08%) Fault Management
2 3 (23.08%) Inventory Management
2 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
2 3 (23.08%) Microservices
2 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Network Design
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CCIE
4 1 (7.69%) CCNA
4 1 (7.69%) CCNP
4 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
4 1 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) OASIS TOSCA
2 1 (7.69%) Def Stans
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Ansible
1 3 (23.08%) Kubernetes
2 2 (15.38%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (7.69%) Grafana
3 1 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Amdocs
2 2 (15.38%) Ericsson
2 2 (15.38%) Huawei
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) NetCracker
2 2 (15.38%) Nokia
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe
3 1 (7.69%) Apple
3 1 (7.69%) Citrix
3 1 (7.69%) Dell
3 1 (7.69%) HP
3 1 (7.69%) Meraki
3 1 (7.69%) VMware