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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 150 167
Rank change year-on-year -66 +17 +13
Contract jobs citing VoIP 11 14 18
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.41% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.51% 2.33% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 10
10th Percentile £359 £200 £204
25th Percentile £390 £262 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £410 £237
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +73.00% -44.24%
75th Percentile £405 £463 £342
90th Percentile £422 £538 £423
England median daily rate £375 £374 £473
% change year-on-year +0.33% -20.98% +13.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £28.00 £63.50 £72.50
% change year-on-year -55.91% -12.41% +208.51%

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 727 602 837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.04% 17.43% 18.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 421 457
10th Percentile £278 £204 £242
25th Percentile £405 £329 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £608
90th Percentile £653 £638 £666
England median daily rate £500 £490 £508
% change year-on-year +2.15% -3.55% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 24 75
10th Percentile £19.34 £15.22 £27.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £31.58 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -4.68% -4.10% -4.42%
75th Percentile £63.21 £70.87 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.55 £89.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £43.50 £40.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +7.41% -29.38% +1.52%

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
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 21 September 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 -25 10 £400 -4.76% 3
Thames Valley -37 10 £400 -4.76% 8
Surrey -16 1 - - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Unified Communications
2 3 (27.27%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) LAN
2 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
2 3 (27.27%) WAN
2 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (18.18%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (18.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (18.18%) MPLS
3 2 (18.18%) Network Security
3 2 (18.18%) PBX
4 1 (9.09%) DECT
4 1 (9.09%) DHCP
4 1 (9.09%) NGN
4 1 (9.09%) VLAN
4 1 (9.09%) WLAN
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Architect
1 8 (72.73%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Network Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Database Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Implementation Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Network Design Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) IoT
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Data Protection
2 4 (36.36%) Migration
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (36.36%) Value Proposition
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Network Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (18.18%) Presales
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Discovery
4 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (9.09%) Coaching
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (9.09%) Inventory Control
5 1 (9.09%) Inventory Management
5 1 (9.09%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) AWS Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Certification
3 1 (9.09%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) F5
3 2 (18.18%) Red Hat
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 1 (9.09%) Huawei