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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 392 412
Rank change year-on-year -69 +20 +119
Contract jobs citing VoIP 104 166 231
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.45% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.60% 3.75% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 91 149
10th Percentile £213 £215 £204
25th Percentile £263 £250 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% +9.68%
75th Percentile £510 £485 £588
90th Percentile £588 £650 £649
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £400 £445
% change year-on-year +5.00% -10.11% +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile £33.90 £69.00 £18.13
25th Percentile £61.75 £71.25 £20.38
Median hourly rate £63.50 £75.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.33% +203.03% +15.12%
75th Percentile £65.25 - £30.38
90th Percentile - - £45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.33 £75.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -79.56% +200.00% +38.05%

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 4,005 4,422 6,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.27% 12.05% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,602 2,554 4,068
10th Percentile £206 £225 £213
25th Percentile £358 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 166 340
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.83 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.18 £24.63 £22.94
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -18.18% +30.49%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.44
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £49.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.14% -12.37% +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 14 November 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 14 November 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 14 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
England -103 77 £420 +1.82% 436
UK excluding London -61 73 £420 +5.00% 375
London -10 23 £399 -11.39% 95
Work from Home -13 18 £475 +0.42% 339
North of England -52 15 £381 +10.51% 50
South East -9 14 £425 +70.00% 191
South West -30 13 £350 -15.15% 40
Midlands -32 12 £350 +6.54% 35
West Midlands -33 11 £350 -1.41% 13
Scotland 0 10 £445 +11.25% 10
North West -19 8 £481 -28.54% 31
Northern Ireland - 7 - -
Yorkshire -45 4 £225 -10.00% 18
North East -11 3 £750 +134.38% 1
Wales 0 1 £165 -58.75% 13
East Midlands -14 1 £165 +6.45% 22
East of England -17 1 - - 42

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 14 (13.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.85%) Skype for Business
3 2 (1.92%) Camunda
4 1 (0.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.96%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.88%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 18 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (15.38%) Azure
3 9 (8.65%) AWS
4 6 (5.77%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.85%) GCP
6 3 (2.88%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.88%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.96%) BlazeMeter
8 1 (0.96%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.96%) PaaS
8 1 (0.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (19.23%) LAN
2 17 (16.35%) Firewall
3 15 (14.42%) WAN
4 10 (9.62%) DNS
4 10 (9.62%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (8.65%) 5G
5 9 (8.65%) DHCP
6 8 (7.69%) LTE
6 8 (7.69%) MPLS
6 8 (7.69%) VLAN
6 8 (7.69%) Wireless
7 7 (6.73%) OSPF
7 7 (6.73%) TCP/IP
7 7 (6.73%) Unified Communications
8 6 (5.77%) 4G
8 6 (5.77%) BGP
8 6 (5.77%) CTI
8 6 (5.77%) VPN
8 6 (5.77%) WebEx
9 5 (4.81%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.81%) Power BI
2 3 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.92%) Tableau
4 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.96%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (4.81%) JIRA
2 1 (0.96%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.96%) GitLab
2 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.96%) JMeter
2 1 (0.96%) Locust
2 1 (0.96%) Newman
2 1 (0.96%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.96%) Selenium
2 1 (0.96%) TestCafe
General
1 24 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 23 (22.12%) Telecoms
3 17 (16.35%) Finance
3 17 (16.35%) Public Sector
4 16 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.77%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.81%) Electronics
7 4 (3.85%) Marketing
8 3 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.92%) Legal
9 2 (1.92%) Military
10 1 (0.96%) Aviation
10 1 (0.96%) Local Government
10 1 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (13.46%) Network Engineer
2 13 (12.50%) Analyst
3 11 (10.58%) Support Engineer
4 10 (9.62%) Senior
5 8 (7.69%) Developer
5 8 (7.69%) IT Engineer
6 7 (6.73%) Service Analyst
7 6 (5.77%) Cisco Engineer
7 6 (5.77%) ICT Support
7 6 (5.77%) ICT Support Technician
7 6 (5.77%) ICT Technician
7 6 (5.77%) Service Desk Analyst
7 6 (5.77%) Support Technician
8 5 (4.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) Consultant
8 5 (4.81%) Genesys Developer
8 5 (4.81%) IT Support
8 5 (4.81%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.81%) XMPP
2 2 (1.92%) Node.js
2 2 (1.92%) REST
3 1 (0.96%) CSS
3 1 (0.96%) Express.js
3 1 (0.96%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.96%) HTML
3 1 (0.96%) JFC
3 1 (0.96%) Middleware
3 1 (0.96%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.58%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (7.69%) Smartphone
3 6 (5.77%) IVR
4 5 (4.81%) SCADA
5 4 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.88%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.88%) IoT
6 3 (2.88%) iPhone
6 3 (2.88%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.88%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.88%) TM Forum
7 2 (1.92%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.92%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.92%) Handset
7 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.92%) NHS
8 1 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (29.81%) Windows
2 8 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 7 (6.73%) Linux
3 7 (6.73%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.77%) Android
5 4 (3.85%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.88%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.88%) Unix
7 1 (0.96%) CentOS
7 1 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.96%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (16.35%) Computer Science
2 17 (16.35%) ITIL
3 14 (13.46%) Roadmaps
4 13 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 13 (12.50%) Migration
5 12 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (8.65%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (8.65%) Change Management
6 9 (8.65%) DevOps
6 9 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (7.69%) Agile
8 7 (6.73%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (6.73%) Fault Analysis
8 7 (6.73%) Incident Management
8 7 (6.73%) IT Strategy
8 7 (6.73%) ITSM
8 7 (6.73%) Problem Management
8 7 (6.73%) Use Case
9 6 (5.77%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.62%) Python
2 9 (8.65%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.88%) SQL
4 2 (1.92%) R
5 1 (0.96%) Bash
5 1 (0.96%) Java
5 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.96%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.96%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (26.92%) Degree
2 19 (18.27%) Security Cleared
3 16 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 14 (13.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (12.50%) CCNP
6 7 (6.73%) CCNA
6 7 (6.73%) Master's Degree
7 6 (5.77%) CCIE
7 6 (5.77%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.85%) CCIE Collaboration
8 4 (3.85%) DBS Check
8 4 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.92%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.96%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.65%) SLA
2 2 (1.92%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.92%) OASIS TOSCA
3 1 (0.96%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.96%) GDPR
3 1 (0.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (27.88%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.73%) XenApp
4 2 (1.92%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.96%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (8.65%) Cisco CUCM
2 8 (7.69%) Ansible
3 7 (6.73%) AirWatch
4 4 (3.85%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.85%) SCCM
5 2 (1.92%) Amdocs OSS
5 2 (1.92%) AppManager
5 2 (1.92%) Terraform
6 1 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.96%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.96%) Grafana
6 1 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.96%) Nagios
6 1 (0.96%) SCOM
Vendors
1 38 (36.54%) Microsoft
2 35 (33.65%) Cisco
3 10 (9.62%) Avaya
3 10 (9.62%) Citrix
4 9 (8.65%) VMware
5 6 (5.77%) Genesys
5 6 (5.77%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.85%) BT
6 4 (3.85%) Juniper
6 4 (3.85%) SAP
7 3 (2.88%) Ericsson
7 3 (2.88%) Nokia
7 3 (2.88%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.88%) Remedy
8 2 (1.92%) Amdocs
8 2 (1.92%) Apple
8 2 (1.92%) CenturyLink
8 2 (1.92%) Dell
8 2 (1.92%) HP
8 2 (1.92%) NetCracker