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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 142 185
Rank change year-on-year -31 +43 +5
Contract jobs citing VoIP 11 23 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.25% 0.66% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.79% 3.69% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 6
10th Percentile £387 £222 £325
25th Percentile £425 £226 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £244 £400
Median % change year-on-year +105.34% -39.13% -16.67%
75th Percentile £609 £462 £434
90th Percentile £625 £507 £438
England median daily rate £500 £413 £478
% change year-on-year +21.21% -13.61% +12.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £18.00
25th Percentile £44.86 £18.50 £19.13
Median hourly rate £48.72 £19.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +156.42% -13.64% +29.41%
75th Percentile £52.58 £19.50 £24.00
90th Percentile - - £24.60
England median hourly rate £48.72 £75.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year -35.04% +203.03% +26.92%

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 613 624 1,152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.04% 17.93% 23.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 345 636
10th Percentile £204 £237 £201
25th Percentile £340 £400 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £561
90th Percentile £643 £650 £650
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 70
10th Percentile £18.23 £31.25 £23.96
25th Percentile £24.94 £35.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £71.08 £59.00 £62.25
Median % change year-on-year +20.47% -5.22% +38.33%
75th Percentile £88.72 £62.81 £71.90
90th Percentile £90.87 £67.44 £76.68
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +7.14% -38.04% +71.18%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

VoIP job vacancy trend 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 4 January 2026.

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 4 January 2026. 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
Berkshire -19 6 £559 +26.27% 4
Thames Valley -22 6 £559 +26.27% 8
Hampshire -17 2 - - 6
Surrey -10 1 £485 +115.56% 3
West Sussex - 1 £286 - 2
Kent - 1 £425 - 1
VoIP
England

VoIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) AWS
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) GCP
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) 2G
1 2 (18.18%) 5G
1 2 (18.18%) DHCP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) LTE
1 2 (18.18%) Mobile Backhaul
1 2 (18.18%) WebEx
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco ICM
2 1 (9.09%) ISDN
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) MGCP
2 1 (9.09%) PSTN
2 1 (9.09%) SCCP
2 1 (9.09%) SNMP
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.09%) Telepresence
2 1 (9.09%) VLAN
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
2 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) Power BI
2 2 (18.18%) Tableau
3 1 (9.09%) RDBMS
3 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Military
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Electronics
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Developer
1 2 (18.18%) Lead
1 2 (18.18%) Technical Leader
1 2 (18.18%) VoIP Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Network Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Node.js Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Voice Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Node.js
1 2 (18.18%) REST
2 1 (9.09%) Express.js
2 1 (9.09%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (9.09%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Algorithms
1 2 (18.18%) IoT
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
1 2 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (9.09%) Client/Server
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (9.09%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
3 1 (9.09%) CentOS
3 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) Agile
2 2 (18.18%) Analytics
2 2 (18.18%) API Design
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (18.18%) Change Management
2 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (18.18%) DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) High Availability
2 2 (18.18%) Line Management
2 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) Storytelling
2 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
2 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Python
3 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 2 (18.18%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) CCIE
3 1 (9.09%) CCIE Collaboration
3 1 (9.09%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Def Stans
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Backup Exec
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco UCCE
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
1 1 (9.09%) SCOM
1 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (9.09%) WhatsUp Gold
1 1 (9.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) VMware
4 2 (18.18%) Citrix
5 1 (9.09%) Acronis
5 1 (9.09%) Avaya
5 1 (9.09%) Dell
5 1 (9.09%) F5
5 1 (9.09%) Genesys
5 1 (9.09%) HP
5 1 (9.09%) McAfee
5 1 (9.09%) NetApp
5 1 (9.09%) Symantec