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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 369 400
Rank change year-on-year -118 +31 +127
Contract jobs citing VoIP 104 173 202
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.51% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.61% 4.00% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 102 132
10th Percentile £248 £223 £207
25th Percentile £290 £243 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £538 £472 £594
90th Percentile £607 £565 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £353 £433
% change year-on-year +20.57% -18.50% -2.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 8
10th Percentile £18.28 £57.70 £19.88
25th Percentile £22.71 £71.25 £23.44
Median hourly rate £32.03 £75.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.30% +130.77% +73.33%
75th Percentile £43.27 - £56.25
90th Percentile £48.86 - £91.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.03 £75.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -57.30% +87.50% +127.14%

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 3,984 4,330 6,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.81% 12.71% 13.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,595 2,535 3,742
10th Percentile £206 £220 £210
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £584 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 152 333
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.26 £21.46 £22.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £37.25 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -33.95% +37.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.38 £75.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £37.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +13.33% -33.62% +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 20 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 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Top 16 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 20 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 -123 78 £480 +24.68% 107
UK excluding London -78 74 £425 +20.57% 108
London -24 22 £510 +12.10% 17
Work from Home -18 20 £450 +0.22% 38
North of England -55 16 £325 +32.65% 30
West Midlands -32 13 £350 -9.09% 9
Midlands -41 13 £350 -5.41% 12
South East -33 12 £493 +64.17% 36
Scotland +11 10 £445 +11.25% 2
North West -19 9 £425 +73.47% 16
South West -41 8 £500 +21.21% 12
East of England -20 7 £330 +33.33% 9
Northern Ireland - 7 - -
Yorkshire -61 4 £225 -6.25% 11
North East -8 3 £750 +127.27% 4
Wales +1 1 £165 -42.61% 7

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 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.88%) Skype for Business
3 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.96%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.88%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.38%) Azure
2 10 (9.62%) GCP
3 9 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (7.69%) Google Workspace
5 7 (6.73%) AWS
6 5 (4.81%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.81%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.96%) BlazeMeter
8 1 (0.96%) PaaS
8 1 (0.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (20.19%) LAN
2 19 (18.27%) Firewall
3 17 (16.35%) WAN
4 12 (11.54%) DNS
4 12 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (10.58%) OSPF
6 10 (9.62%) BGP
7 9 (8.65%) DHCP
8 8 (7.69%) TCP/IP
8 8 (7.69%) Unified Communications
8 8 (7.69%) Wireless
9 7 (6.73%) VLAN
9 7 (6.73%) VPN
10 6 (5.77%) 5G
10 6 (5.77%) CTI
10 6 (5.77%) MPLS
11 5 (4.81%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (4.81%) LTE
11 5 (4.81%) SD-WAN
12 4 (3.85%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.85%) Power BI
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 26 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (22.12%) Telecoms
3 18 (17.31%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.69%) Finance
6 7 (6.73%) Military
7 4 (3.85%) Retail
8 2 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.92%) Legal
8 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.96%) Aviation
9 1 (0.96%) Electronics
9 1 (0.96%) Law
9 1 (0.96%) Local Government
9 1 (0.96%) Marketing
9 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (18.27%) Network Engineer
2 18 (17.31%) Analyst
3 13 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
4 12 (11.54%) Service Analyst
5 10 (9.62%) Senior
6 8 (7.69%) Developer
6 8 (7.69%) IT Engineer
7 7 (6.73%) Lead
8 6 (5.77%) ICT Support
8 6 (5.77%) ICT Support Technician
8 6 (5.77%) ICT Technician
8 6 (5.77%) Support Technician
9 5 (4.81%) Consultant
9 5 (4.81%) Genesys Developer
9 5 (4.81%) IT Support
9 5 (4.81%) Support Engineer
10 4 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
10 4 (3.85%) Senior Consultant
10 4 (3.85%) Telephony Engineer
10 4 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.85%) VML
2 2 (1.92%) Node.js
2 2 (1.92%) REST
2 2 (1.92%) XMPP
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 15 (14.42%) Smartphone
2 8 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (6.73%) Data Centre
4 6 (5.77%) IVR
4 6 (5.77%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.81%) Operational Technology
5 5 (4.81%) SCADA
6 4 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
6 4 (3.85%) iPhone
7 3 (2.88%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.88%) IoT
7 3 (2.88%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.92%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.92%) Handset
8 2 (1.92%) NHS
9 1 (0.96%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.96%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.96%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.96%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (33.65%) Windows
2 13 (12.50%) Android
3 11 (10.58%) Apple iOS
4 10 (9.62%) Mac OS
4 10 (9.62%) Windows Server
5 7 (6.73%) Linux
6 3 (2.88%) Unix
6 3 (2.88%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.96%) CentOS
7 1 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.96%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (29.81%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (23.08%) ITIL
3 17 (16.35%) Customer Service
4 15 (14.42%) Roadmaps
5 13 (12.50%) Migration
6 11 (10.58%) Computer Science
7 10 (9.62%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (8.65%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (6.73%) Configuration Management
10 7 (6.73%) Fault Analysis
10 7 (6.73%) IT Strategy
10 7 (6.73%) Load Balancing
10 7 (6.73%) Use Case
11 6 (5.77%) Capacity Planning
11 6 (5.77%) DevOps
12 5 (4.81%) Agile
12 5 (4.81%) Performance Optimisation
12 5 (4.81%) Root Cause Analysis
12 5 (4.81%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.65%) Python
2 6 (5.77%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.77%) SQL
3 2 (1.92%) R
4 1 (0.96%) Bash
4 1 (0.96%) Java
4 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.96%) Kotlin
4 1 (0.96%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (22.12%) Degree
2 20 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (19.23%) Security Cleared
3 19 (18.27%) CCNP
4 15 (14.42%) SC Cleared
5 10 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (8.65%) CCIE
7 8 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (5.77%) CCNA
8 6 (5.77%) DV Cleared
9 5 (4.81%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.85%) CCIE Collaboration
10 4 (3.85%) DBS Check
10 4 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.92%) ISTQB
12 2 (1.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.96%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.81%) SLA
2 2 (1.92%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.92%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.96%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.96%) GDPR
3 1 (0.96%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.96%) NCSC
3 1 (0.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (22.12%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.73%) XenApp
4 3 (2.88%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.96%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (9.62%) Cisco CUCM
2 7 (6.73%) AirWatch
3 5 (4.81%) Ansible
4 3 (2.88%) SCCM
5 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.92%) SCOM
5 2 (1.92%) Terraform
6 1 (0.96%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.96%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.96%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.96%) Grafana
6 1 (0.96%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.96%) Nagios
6 1 (0.96%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.96%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (36.54%) Cisco
2 30 (28.85%) Microsoft
3 11 (10.58%) Citrix
4 10 (9.62%) Avaya
5 9 (8.65%) VMware
6 8 (7.69%) Google
7 6 (5.77%) F5
7 6 (5.77%) Genesys
8 5 (4.81%) Aruba
9 4 (3.85%) BT
9 4 (3.85%) CheckPoint
9 4 (3.85%) Juniper
9 4 (3.85%) Meraki
10 3 (2.88%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.92%) CenturyLink
11 2 (1.92%) Dell
11 2 (1.92%) HP
11 2 (1.92%) Nokia
11 2 (1.92%) Ribbon
11 2 (1.92%) Verint