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 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	216	153	162
Rank change year-on-year	-63	+9	+15
Contract jobs citing VoIP	11	16	20
As % of all contract jobs in the South East	0.17%	0.44%	0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	1.54%	2.65%	2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted	7	15	10
10^th Percentile	£279	£200	£222
25^th Percentile	£379	£284	£226
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£420	£269
Median % change year-on-year	-4.76%	+56.42%	-36.82%
75^th Percentile	-	£519	£389
90^th Percentile	£408	£580	£507
England median daily rate	£368	£406	£450
% change year-on-year	-9.42%	-9.72%	+5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£18.50
Median hourly rate	-	-	£19.00
75^th Percentile	-	-	£19.50
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£14.89	£63.50	£73.75
% change year-on-year	-76.55%	-13.90%	+195.00%

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.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	716	604	767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East	10.93%	16.71%	18.00%
Number of daily rates quoted	408	434	428
10^th Percentile	£275	£204	£243
25^th Percentile	£400	£329	£390
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£516	£491	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+5.14%	-1.80%	+7.99%
75^th Percentile	£590	£588	£608
90^th Percentile	£650	£638	£663
England median daily rate	£500	£486	£500
% change year-on-year	+2.83%	-2.75%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	93	20	44
10^th Percentile	£20.10	£18.41	£26.48
25^th Percentile	£31.25	£29.89	£35.00
Median hourly rate	£52.43	£55.00	£68.51
Median % change year-on-year	-4.68%	-19.72%	+14.18%
75^th Percentile	£67.47	£84.66	£74.06
90^th Percentile	£95.30	£90.04	£75.00
England median hourly rate	£40.00	£33.39	£55.00
% change year-on-year	+19.81%	-39.30%	-2.64%

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 Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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 19 October 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.

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 19 October 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	-21	10	£400	-13.51%	3
Thames Valley	-36	10	£400	-13.51%	7
Surrey	-14	1	-	-	5
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VoIP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing VoIP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region with a requirement for VoIP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cisco	90.9%	10
2	Data Protection	63.6%	7
3	Unified Communications	54.5%	6
4	Microsoft	45.5%	5
4	SC Cleared	45.5%	5
4	Security Cleared	45.5%	5
7	Cisco CUCM	36.4%	4
7	Migration	36.4%	4
7	Problem-Solving	36.4%	4
7	Stakeholder Engagement	36.4%	4
7	Value Proposition	36.4%	4
12	LAN	27.3%	3
12	Mentoring	27.3%	3
12	SD-WAN	27.3%	3
12	WAN	27.3%	3
16	AWS	18.2%	2
16	AWS Certification	18.2%	2
16	Azure	18.2%	2
16	Azure Certification	18.2%	2
16	Creative Problem-Solving	18.2%	2
16	Degree	18.2%	2
16	Firewall	18.2%	2
16	GCP	18.2%	2
16	Microsoft Excel	18.2%	2
16	Microsoft Office	18.2%	2
16	Microsoft PowerPoint	18.2%	2
16	PBX	18.2%	2
16	Project Management	18.2%	2
16	Red Hat	18.2%	2
16	VMware	18.2%	2

VoIP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Unified Communications	54.5%	6
2	LAN	27.3%	3
2	SD-WAN	27.3%	3
2	WAN	27.3%	3
5	Firewall	18.2%	2
5	PBX	18.2%	2
5	Wi-Fi	18.2%	2
8	Cisco Nexus	9.1%	1
8	F5 BIG-IP GTM	9.1%	1
8	F5 BIG-IP LTM	9.1%	1
8	MPLS	9.1%	1
8	Network Security	9.1%	1
8	WLAN	9.1%	1