VoIP Contracts in the Thames Valley

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring VoIP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VoIP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 122 127
Rank change year-on-year +30 +5 +15
Contract jobs citing VoIP 10 23 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.66% 0.86% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.97% 3.80% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 11
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £425 - £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 - £315
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.00%
75th Percentile £538 - £531
90th Percentile - - £570
South East median daily rate £496 £400 £395
% change year-on-year +23.88% +1.27% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £16.14 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.53 £18.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.88 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -5.92% +11.76%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.03 £19.50
90th Percentile - £19.31 -
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £17.88 £31.38
% change year-on-year +6.29% -43.03% +84.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing VoIP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for VoIP in the Thames Valley

VoIP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VoIP in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for VoIP in the Thames Valley

VoIP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VoIP in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for VoIP in the Thames Valley

VoIP
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +20 10 £466 - 19
VoIP
South East

VoIP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) DMS-100
1 3 (30.00%) ISUP
1 3 (30.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (20.00%) IP Telephony
2 2 (20.00%) MPLS
2 2 (20.00%) PBX
3 1 (10.00%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (10.00%) DNS
3 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (10.00%) Internet
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security
3 1 (10.00%) NGN
3 1 (10.00%) PPP
3 1 (10.00%) RIP
3 1 (10.00%) SNMP
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) VoLTE
3 1 (10.00%) VPN
3 1 (10.00%) WAN
3 1 (10.00%) xDSL
General
1 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
1 4 (40.00%) Voice Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Engineering Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Voice Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Voice Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Voice Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) VoIP Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) VoIP Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (10.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Communications Security
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (10.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Network Design
3 1 (10.00%) Process Management
3 1 (10.00%) RBAC
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) CCNP
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) CCDP
2 1 (10.00%) CCIP
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) ADVA
1 1 (10.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco
1 1 (10.00%) Juniper