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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 264 291
Rank change year-on-year -5 +27 +19
Contract jobs citing VoIP 66 123 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.51% 0.61% 0.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.25% 3.76% 4.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 57 89
10th Percentile £209 £190 £185
25th Percentile £239 £275 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £570
90th Percentile £563 £655 £650
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +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 £25.38 £19.00
% change year-on-year +195.48% +33.59% +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 2,028 3,273 3,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.68% 16.13% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 1,855 2,191
10th Percentile £200 £203 £206
25th Percentile £300 £348 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £628 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £490 £515
% change year-on-year -0.51% -4.85% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 359 308
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £15.28 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.66 £45.88 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.25% +154.89% -16.28%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £59.85
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.66 £73.98
UK median hourly rate £30.70 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -23.25% +116.22% -34.70%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +29 25 £545 -9.25% 32
South East +19 16 £420 +5.00% 71
North of England +13 10 £240 -18.64% 72
East of England +24 5 £245 -49.74% 44
North West +11 5 £245 -14.04% 40
Wales +5 5 £325 - 13
Midlands 0 5 £510 +36.00% 31
West Midlands -7 5 £510 +27.50% 15
Yorkshire +15 4 £232 -56.22% 19
Scotland -7 1 £250 -58.33% 8
North East -8 1 - - 15
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 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (10.61%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.03%) Camunda
3 1 (1.52%) CMS
3 1 (1.52%) Confluence
3 1 (1.52%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (21.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (16.67%) PaaS
2 11 (16.67%) SaaS
3 8 (12.12%) OneDrive
4 4 (6.06%) Azure
5 3 (4.55%) GCP
6 2 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.03%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.52%) AWS
7 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 22 (33.33%) WAN
2 19 (28.79%) PBX
3 18 (27.27%) LAN
4 15 (22.73%) Unified Communications
5 13 (19.70%) Firewall
6 12 (18.18%) DNS
6 12 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (15.15%) VPN
8 9 (13.64%) DHCP
8 9 (13.64%) TCP/IP
9 8 (12.12%) MPLS
9 8 (12.12%) SD-WAN
9 8 (12.12%) VLAN
10 7 (10.61%) 5G
10 7 (10.61%) Wireless
11 6 (9.09%) 4G
12 5 (7.58%) Network Security
13 4 (6.06%) BGP
13 4 (6.06%) Skype
13 4 (6.06%) xDSL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 23 (34.85%) Telecoms
2 17 (25.76%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.58%) Military
5 4 (6.06%) Billing
5 4 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Electronics
6 2 (3.03%) Finance
6 2 (3.03%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (3.03%) Legal
6 2 (3.03%) Police
6 2 (3.03%) Retail
7 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (18.18%) Architect
1 12 (18.18%) Support Engineer
2 7 (10.61%) Desktop Support
3 5 (7.58%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (7.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (7.58%) IT Engineer
3 5 (7.58%) IT Support
3 5 (7.58%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (6.06%) Network Architect
4 4 (6.06%) Senior
4 4 (6.06%) Voice Architect
5 3 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (4.55%) Analyst
5 3 (4.55%) Consultant
5 3 (4.55%) Engineering Specialist
5 3 (4.55%) OSS Architect
5 3 (4.55%) Technical Support
5 3 (4.55%) Telecoms Engineer
5 3 (4.55%) Unified Communications Engineer
5 3 (4.55%) Voice Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (15.15%) Blackberry
3 5 (7.58%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (6.06%) Cloud Native
4 4 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.55%) IVR
5 3 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.55%) TM Forum
6 2 (3.03%) Anti-Spyware
6 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.03%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.03%) Handset
6 2 (3.03%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.52%) IoT
7 1 (1.52%) PKI
7 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (30.30%) Windows
2 13 (19.70%) Windows 10
3 7 (10.61%) Mac OS
4 6 (9.09%) Android
5 2 (3.03%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.03%) Linux
5 2 (3.03%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (27.27%) Migration
3 13 (19.70%) Customer Requirements
4 12 (18.18%) Commercial Awareness
4 12 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 12 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 10 (15.15%) Impact Assessments
5 10 (15.15%) ITIL
5 10 (15.15%) Roadmaps
6 9 (13.64%) Service Design
6 9 (13.64%) Thought Leadership
6 9 (13.64%) Validation
7 8 (12.12%) Cost Reduction
7 8 (12.12%) Product Roadmap
8 6 (9.09%) Network Design
8 6 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (7.58%) Mentoring
9 5 (7.58%) Service Management
10 4 (6.06%) Data Protection
10 4 (6.06%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (42.42%) Security Cleared
2 25 (37.88%) SC Cleared
3 21 (31.82%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (28.79%) CCNP
5 16 (24.24%) DV Cleared
6 10 (15.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (10.61%) Degree
8 5 (7.58%) CCNA
9 2 (3.03%) A+ Certification
9 2 (3.03%) CCIE
9 2 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (3.03%) Master's Degree
9 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (3.03%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.52%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.52%) BC Cleared
10 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.52%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.12%) SLA
2 2 (3.03%) OASIS TOSCA
3 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 17 (25.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (19.70%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.03%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.52%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (12.12%) SCCM
2 6 (9.09%) AppManager
3 3 (4.55%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (4.55%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.03%) AirWatch
4 2 (3.03%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (3.03%) Ansible
4 2 (3.03%) XenMobile
5 1 (1.52%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (1.52%) PaperCut
5 1 (1.52%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 27 (40.91%) Cisco
2 17 (25.76%) VMware
3 15 (22.73%) Ericsson
4 14 (21.21%) Nokia
5 13 (19.70%) Juniper
5 13 (19.70%) Palo Alto
6 12 (18.18%) F5
6 12 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 10 (15.15%) Avaya
7 10 (15.15%) Ribbon
8 8 (12.12%) Ivanti
9 7 (10.61%) ServiceNow
10 5 (7.58%) Remedy
11 3 (4.55%) Adobe
11 3 (4.55%) Apple
11 3 (4.55%) Aruba
11 3 (4.55%) Mitel
12 2 (3.03%) Fortinet
12 2 (3.03%) Meraki
12 2 (3.03%) MobileIron