VoIP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 260 322
Rank change year-on-year -12 +62 +5
Contract jobs citing VoIP 62 134 133
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.65% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.14% 3.93% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 67 81
10th Percentile £223 £190 £185
25th Percentile £236 £299 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% -5.26% +33.80%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £575
90th Percentile £569 £672 £650
UK median daily rate £425 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -12.82% +8.33% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 7
10th Percentile £35.45 £17.71 £13.50
25th Percentile £60.88 £23.66 £15.63
Median hourly rate £75.00 £25.77 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +191.09% +35.61% +11.76%
75th Percentile - £42.11 £31.63
90th Percentile - £91.50 £59.75
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £25.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +200.00% +31.58% +11.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,977 3,409 3,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.48% 16.47% 14.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,206 1,953 2,274
10th Percentile £194 £203 £210
25th Percentile £303 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £490 £520
% change year-on-year -0.51% -5.77% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 359 327
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.45 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.40 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.81% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.06 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.66 £74.05
UK median hourly rate £31.08 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -22.30% +110.53% -30.91%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VoIP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VoIP in the UK excluding London

VoIP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VoIP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for VoIP in the UK excluding London

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VoIP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VoIP in the UK excluding London

VoIP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VoIP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for VoIP in the UK excluding London

VoIP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VoIP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VoIP in the UK excluding London

VoIP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South West +17 23 £547 -8.79% 22
North of England +5 14 £240 -43.53% 67
South East +13 11 £496 +23.88% 60
Yorkshire +14 8 £236 -55.41% 14
East of England +36 5 £245 -49.74% 34
North West +2 5 £245 -16.95% 47
Wales +9 4 £288 - 10
West Midlands 0 4 £474 +18.44% 10
Midlands -2 4 £474 +26.33% 21
Scotland -2 1 £250 -58.33% 4
North East -8 1 - - 9
VoIP
UK

VoIP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (17.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.61%) CMS
2 1 (1.61%) Confluence
2 1 (1.61%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (24.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.19%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (19.35%) OneDrive
3 11 (17.74%) PaaS
3 11 (17.74%) SaaS
4 5 (8.06%) Azure
5 3 (4.84%) GCP
6 2 (3.23%) AWS
6 2 (3.23%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.23%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 23 (37.10%) WAN
2 19 (30.65%) LAN
2 19 (30.65%) PBX
3 15 (24.19%) DHCP
3 15 (24.19%) DNS
3 15 (24.19%) Unified Communications
3 15 (24.19%) VPN
4 14 (22.58%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (20.97%) VLAN
6 12 (19.35%) Firewall
7 10 (16.13%) TCP/IP
8 8 (12.90%) Wireless
9 7 (11.29%) SD-WAN
10 6 (9.68%) Network Security
11 5 (8.06%) BGP
12 4 (6.45%) 5G
12 4 (6.45%) MPLS
12 4 (6.45%) OSPF
12 4 (6.45%) Skype
13 3 (4.84%) 4G
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 20 (32.26%) Telecoms
2 14 (22.58%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.06%) Military
3 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.45%) Billing
5 2 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.23%) Electronics
5 2 (3.23%) Finance
5 2 (3.23%) Retail
6 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.61%) Legal
6 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (20.97%) Support Engineer
2 8 (12.90%) Architect
2 8 (12.90%) Desktop Support
3 7 (11.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 7 (11.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (8.06%) Network Engineer
4 5 (8.06%) Senior
5 4 (6.45%) Voice Architect
6 3 (4.84%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (4.84%) IT Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) IT Support
6 3 (4.84%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Network Architect
6 3 (4.84%) Senior Desktop Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Senior Desktop Support
6 3 (4.84%) Senior Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Senior Support Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Telecoms Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Voice Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Voice Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.35%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (16.13%) Blackberry
3 4 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.84%) IVR
5 2 (3.23%) Anti-Spyware
5 2 (3.23%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.23%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.61%) IoT
6 1 (1.61%) NHS
6 1 (1.61%) PKI
6 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (32.26%) Windows
2 12 (19.35%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.84%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.23%) Android
4 2 (3.23%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.23%) Linux
4 2 (3.23%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (25.81%) Customer Service
3 13 (20.97%) Customer Requirements
3 13 (20.97%) Migration
4 12 (19.35%) Commercial Awareness
4 12 (19.35%) Root Cause Analysis
5 10 (16.13%) Impact Assessments
5 10 (16.13%) Roadmaps
6 9 (14.52%) Service Design
6 9 (14.52%) Thought Leadership
6 9 (14.52%) Validation
7 8 (12.90%) Cost Reduction
7 8 (12.90%) Product Roadmap
8 5 (8.06%) Mentoring
8 5 (8.06%) Network Design
9 4 (6.45%) ITIL
9 4 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
10 3 (4.84%) High Availability
10 3 (4.84%) Service Management
10 3 (4.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (43.55%) Security Cleared
2 24 (38.71%) SC Cleared
3 21 (33.87%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (32.26%) CCNP
5 16 (25.81%) DV Cleared
6 10 (16.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (9.68%) CCNA
8 5 (8.06%) Degree
9 2 (3.23%) A+ Certification
9 2 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.61%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.61%) BC Cleared
10 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.61%) CCDP
10 1 (1.61%) CCIE
10 1 (1.61%) CCIP
10 1 (1.61%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) SLA
2 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 21 (33.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (20.97%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.61%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 12 (19.35%) SCCM
2 10 (16.13%) AppManager
3 3 (4.84%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.23%) AirWatch
4 2 (3.23%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (3.23%) XenMobile
5 1 (1.61%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (1.61%) PaperCut
5 1 (1.61%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 29 (46.77%) Cisco
2 21 (33.87%) VMware
3 16 (25.81%) Microsoft
4 14 (22.58%) Juniper
4 14 (22.58%) Palo Alto
5 13 (20.97%) Ericsson
6 12 (19.35%) F5
6 12 (19.35%) Ivanti
6 12 (19.35%) Nokia
7 10 (16.13%) Avaya
7 10 (16.13%) Ribbon
8 4 (6.45%) Aruba
9 3 (4.84%) Adobe
9 3 (4.84%) Apple
9 3 (4.84%) Mitel
10 2 (3.23%) Fortinet
10 2 (3.23%) Google
10 2 (3.23%) MobileIron
10 2 (3.23%) Remedy
10 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow