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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 159 182
Rank change year-on-year 0 +23 +19
Contract jobs citing VoIP 15 22 31
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.40% 0.53% 0.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.51% 2.94% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 11
10th Percentile £200 £223 £288
25th Percentile £283 £230 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £250 £425
Median % change year-on-year +64.00% -41.18% -3.41%
75th Percentile £528 £378 £509
90th Percentile £587 £494 £575
England median daily rate £375 £420 £420
% change year-on-year -10.71% - +8.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £18.00
25th Percentile - - £19.75
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £35.25
90th Percentile - - £45.00
England median hourly rate £63.50 £75.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -15.33% +200.00% +13.64%

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 598 748 1,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.83% 17.95% 21.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 413 652
10th Percentile £204 £237 £205
25th Percentile £327 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £456
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.75% -0.96%
75th Percentile £586 £608 £580
90th Percentile £625 £651 £650
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 40 77
10th Percentile £18.32 £26.93 £16.10
25th Percentile £27.01 £35.00 £24.34
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £57.99
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +20.71% +28.87%
75th Percentile £86.32 £75.00 £75.67
90th Percentile £90.45 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £34.00 £55.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -38.18% -2.64% +36.12%

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 2 November 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 2 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
Thames Valley +2 7 £500 +48.15% 101
Berkshire 0 7 £500 +48.15% 61
Hampshire +5 4 £200 -25.51% 25
Surrey -1 1 £163 -27.78% 6
West Sussex - 1 £286 - 18
Kent - 1 £425 - 6
East Sussex - 1 £285 - 7
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 2 (13.33%) Camunda
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) AWS
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) GCP
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) 5G
1 4 (26.67%) LTE
2 3 (20.00%) 4G
2 3 (20.00%) DOCSIS
2 3 (20.00%) Firewall
2 3 (20.00%) GPON
2 3 (20.00%) MPLS
2 3 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (20.00%) xDSL
3 2 (13.33%) Converged Networks
3 2 (13.33%) WebEx
4 1 (6.67%) 2G
4 1 (6.67%) CTI
4 1 (6.67%) DHCP
4 1 (6.67%) MGCP
4 1 (6.67%) Mobile Backhaul
4 1 (6.67%) NX-OS
4 1 (6.67%) SCCP
4 1 (6.67%) Telepresence
4 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) RDBMS
1 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
General
1 4 (26.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (13.33%) Police
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Electronics
4 1 (6.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Architect
1 3 (20.00%) OSS Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Developer
2 2 (13.33%) VoIP Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Audio Visual Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) IT Support
3 1 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Network Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Node.js Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Leader
3 1 (6.67%) VoIP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Node.js
1 2 (13.33%) REST
2 1 (6.67%) CSS
2 1 (6.67%) Express.js
2 1 (6.67%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (6.67%) HTML
2 1 (6.67%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Cloud Native
2 3 (20.00%) TM Forum
3 2 (13.33%) Handset
3 2 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
4 1 (6.67%) Client/Server
4 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (6.67%) IoT
4 1 (6.67%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) CentOS
2 1 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (33.33%) DevOps
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
3 4 (26.67%) Machine Learning
3 4 (26.67%) Migration
4 3 (20.00%) AI
4 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (20.00%) eTOM
4 3 (20.00%) Fault Management
4 3 (20.00%) Inventory Management
4 3 (20.00%) Microservices
5 2 (13.33%) API Design
5 2 (13.33%) Change Management
5 2 (13.33%) Data Analytics
5 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (13.33%) TOGAF
6 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) Kotlin
2 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) R
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 4 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (13.33%) CCIE
4 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
4 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (6.67%) CCIE Collaboration
5 1 (6.67%) CCNA
5 1 (6.67%) CCNP
5 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
5 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) OASIS TOSCA
2 1 (6.67%) Def Stans
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Ansible
1 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (13.33%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (6.67%) Grafana
3 1 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Amdocs
3 2 (13.33%) Ericsson
3 2 (13.33%) Huawei
3 2 (13.33%) NetCracker
3 2 (13.33%) Nokia
4 1 (6.67%) Adobe
4 1 (6.67%) Apple
4 1 (6.67%) Avaya
4 1 (6.67%) Citrix
4 1 (6.67%) Dell
4 1 (6.67%) Genesys
4 1 (6.67%) HP
4 1 (6.67%) Meraki
4 1 (6.67%) VMware