VoIP Contract Job Trends

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring VoIP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 373 390
Rank change year-on-year -119 +17 +139
Contract jobs citing VoIP 102 180 217
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.50% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.57% 4.05% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 106 143
10th Percentile £213 £221 £207
25th Percentile £285 £243 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £482 £588
90th Percentile £596 £644 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £440
% change year-on-year +6.25% -9.09% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 9
10th Percentile £24.19 £52.80 £20.25
25th Percentile £37.48 £70.31 £24.25
Median hourly rate £56.11 £75.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.19% +200.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £65.25 - £45.00
90th Percentile - - £91.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.03 £75.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -57.30% +130.77% +83.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,970 4,444 6,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.89% 12.35% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,583 2,571 3,881
10th Percentile £206 £220 £211
25th Percentile £356 £373 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £584 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £686 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 167 348
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.06 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.09 £22.75 £22.69
Median hourly rate £34.00 £41.00 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -26.39% +26.59%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.05
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £48.03 £56.49
% change year-on-year -11.51% -14.98% +25.53%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VoIP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

VoIP job vacancy trend in the UK

VoIP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VoIP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VoIP

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VoIP over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VoIP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VoIP

VoIP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VoIP over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 December 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
England -109 75 £463 +13.85% 125
UK excluding London -96 68 £425 +6.25% 133
London -30 24 £500 +10.13% 18
Work from Home -24 20 £525 +10.99% 38
North of England -61 15 £350 +27.27% 33
South East -15 13 £485 +76.36% 46
Midlands -40 12 £350 -1.41% 25
West Midlands -29 11 £350 -5.41% 15
Scotland +8 10 £445 +11.25% 8
North West -26 8 £550 -18.34% 19
South West -38 8 £500 +21.21% 9
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 1
Yorkshire -47 4 £225 -6.25% 10
North East -3 3 £750 +134.38% 5
East of England -13 2 - - 9
Wales -2 1 £165 -58.75% 4
East Midlands -16 1 £165 +6.45% 10

VoIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 11 (10.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.94%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.98%) Confluence
3 1 (0.98%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 17 (16.67%) Azure
2 12 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (7.84%) AWS
4 6 (5.88%) GCP
4 6 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.90%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.94%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.98%) BlazeMeter
8 1 (0.98%) PaaS
8 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (19.61%) Firewall
1 20 (19.61%) LAN
2 17 (16.67%) WAN
3 11 (10.78%) DNS
3 11 (10.78%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (9.80%) OSPF
5 9 (8.82%) BGP
5 9 (8.82%) DHCP
5 9 (8.82%) TCP/IP
6 8 (7.84%) Unified Communications
6 8 (7.84%) Wireless
7 6 (5.88%) 5G
7 6 (5.88%) CTI
7 6 (5.88%) VLAN
7 6 (5.88%) VPN
7 6 (5.88%) WebEx
8 5 (4.90%) MGCP
8 5 (4.90%) MPLS
8 5 (4.90%) SD-WAN
8 5 (4.90%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.90%) Power BI
1 5 (4.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.96%) Tableau
3 1 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.98%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.98%) GitLab
2 1 (0.98%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.98%) JMeter
2 1 (0.98%) Locust
2 1 (0.98%) Newman
2 1 (0.98%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.98%) Selenium
2 1 (0.98%) TestCafe
General
1 27 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.61%) Telecoms
3 18 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 14 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (12.75%) Finance
6 5 (4.90%) Military
7 4 (3.92%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.94%) Electronics
8 3 (2.94%) Marketing
8 3 (2.94%) Retail
9 2 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.96%) Legal
10 1 (0.98%) Aviation
10 1 (0.98%) Law
10 1 (0.98%) Local Government
10 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (17.65%) Network Engineer
2 15 (14.71%) Analyst
3 10 (9.80%) Senior
4 9 (8.82%) IT Engineer
4 9 (8.82%) Service Analyst
5 8 (7.84%) Developer
5 8 (7.84%) Service Desk Analyst
6 6 (5.88%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (5.88%) ICT Support
6 6 (5.88%) ICT Support Technician
6 6 (5.88%) ICT Technician
6 6 (5.88%) IT Support
6 6 (5.88%) Lead
6 6 (5.88%) Support Technician
7 5 (4.90%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 5 (4.90%) Consultant
7 5 (4.90%) Genesys Developer
7 5 (4.90%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (3.92%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.90%) XMPP
2 3 (2.94%) VML
3 2 (1.96%) Node.js
3 2 (1.96%) REST
4 1 (0.98%) CSS
4 1 (0.98%) Express.js
4 1 (0.98%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.98%) HTML
4 1 (0.98%) JFC
4 1 (0.98%) Middleware
4 1 (0.98%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.78%) Smartphone
1 11 (10.78%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.88%) IVR
3 5 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.90%) SCADA
4 4 (3.92%) Fibre Optics
4 4 (3.92%) iPhone
4 4 (3.92%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.94%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.94%) IoT
5 3 (2.94%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.96%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.96%) Handset
6 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.96%) NHS
6 2 (1.96%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.98%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.98%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 31 (30.39%) Windows
2 10 (9.80%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.84%) Android
4 7 (6.86%) Linux
5 6 (5.88%) Apple iOS
6 5 (4.90%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.94%) Unix
7 3 (2.94%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.98%) CentOS
8 1 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (17.65%) ITIL
3 15 (14.71%) Roadmaps
4 14 (13.73%) Computer Science
4 14 (13.73%) Customer Service
5 12 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (11.76%) Migration
6 9 (8.82%) Change Management
7 7 (6.86%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (6.86%) Fault Analysis
7 7 (6.86%) Incident Management
7 7 (6.86%) IT Strategy
7 7 (6.86%) ITSM
7 7 (6.86%) Problem Management
7 7 (6.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (6.86%) Use Case
8 6 (5.88%) Agile
8 6 (5.88%) Capacity Planning
8 6 (5.88%) DevOps
8 6 (5.88%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.82%) Python
2 8 (7.84%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.88%) SQL
4 2 (1.96%) R
5 1 (0.98%) Bash
5 1 (0.98%) Java
5 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.98%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.98%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (24.51%) Degree
2 18 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (15.69%) CCNP
3 16 (15.69%) Security Cleared
4 13 (12.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (12.75%) SC Cleared
5 8 (7.84%) CCIE
6 7 (6.86%) CCNA
7 6 (5.88%) DV Cleared
8 5 (4.90%) Master's Degree
9 4 (3.92%) CCIE Collaboration
9 4 (3.92%) DBS Check
9 4 (3.92%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (3.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.96%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.98%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) SLA
2 2 (1.96%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.98%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.98%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.98%) GDPR
3 1 (0.98%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.98%) NCSC
3 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (26.47%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.86%) XenApp
4 3 (2.94%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.98%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (8.82%) Cisco CUCM
2 7 (6.86%) AirWatch
3 5 (4.90%) Ansible
4 3 (2.94%) SCCM
5 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.96%) SCOM
5 2 (1.96%) Terraform
6 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.98%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.98%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.98%) Grafana
6 1 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.98%) Nagios
6 1 (0.98%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.98%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.98%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (37.25%) Cisco
2 35 (34.31%) Microsoft
3 11 (10.78%) Citrix
4 10 (9.80%) Avaya
5 9 (8.82%) VMware
6 6 (5.88%) Genesys
7 5 (4.90%) F5
8 4 (3.92%) Aruba
8 4 (3.92%) BT
8 4 (3.92%) Juniper
8 4 (3.92%) Meraki
9 3 (2.94%) CheckPoint
9 3 (2.94%) Google
9 3 (2.94%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.94%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.96%) Apple
10 2 (1.96%) Dell
10 2 (1.96%) HP
10 2 (1.96%) Ribbon
10 2 (1.96%) SAP