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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 382 400
Rank change year-on-year -77 +18 +115
Contract jobs citing VoIP 107 174 233
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.47% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.74% 3.92% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 96 150
10th Percentile £206 £218 £185
25th Percentile £263 £284 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £420 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% +5.00% +3.23%
75th Percentile £500 £569 £560
90th Percentile £575 £688 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £400 £420
% change year-on-year -3.13% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 7
10th Percentile £33.90 £69.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £61.75 £71.25 £19.75
Median hourly rate £63.50 £75.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.33% +200.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £65.25 - £35.25
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 3,907 4,442 6,548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.39% 12.12% 13.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,523 2,560 4,088
10th Percentile £206 £223 £213
25th Percentile £356 £369 £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 £470
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 164 337
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.31 £17.24
25th Percentile £20.00 £26.25 £22.50
Median hourly rate £34.50 £48.56 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% -11.71% +36.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.14 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £52.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -20.11% -7.06% +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 31 October 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 31 October 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 31 October 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
UK excluding London -46 79 £388 -3.13% 119
England -89 79 £375 -11.76% 124
London -13 21 £373 -17.22% 26
South West -15 16 £295 -29.76% 14
Work from Home -23 16 £360 -33.02% 34
South East -7 15 £410 +64.00% 43
Midlands -24 14 £350 +6.54% 16
North of England -41 14 £413 +17.86% 31
West Midlands -21 13 £388 +9.15% 5
Scotland +3 10 £445 +11.25% 6
North West -13 8 £481 -28.54% 15
Northern Ireland - 7 - -
Wales +5 3 £325 - 4
North East -11 3 £750 +134.38% 5
Yorkshire -36 3 £225 -25.00% 11
East Midlands -12 1 £165 +6.45% 11
East of England -14 1 - - 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 14 (13.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.74%) Skype for Business
3 2 (1.87%) Camunda
4 1 (0.93%) Confluence
4 1 (0.93%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (12.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.80%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.93%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 21 (19.63%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (14.02%) Azure
3 9 (8.41%) AWS
4 5 (4.67%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.80%) GCP
5 3 (2.80%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.87%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.93%) BlazeMeter
7 1 (0.93%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.93%) PaaS
7 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (22.43%) LAN
2 19 (17.76%) Firewall
2 19 (17.76%) WAN
3 14 (13.08%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (11.21%) DNS
5 10 (9.35%) MPLS
5 10 (9.35%) Wireless
6 9 (8.41%) Unified Communications
7 8 (7.48%) 5G
7 8 (7.48%) DHCP
7 8 (7.48%) TCP/IP
7 8 (7.48%) VLAN
8 7 (6.54%) LTE
8 7 (6.54%) SD-WAN
9 6 (5.61%) 4G
9 6 (5.61%) OSPF
9 6 (5.61%) VPN
9 6 (5.61%) WebEx
10 5 (4.67%) BGP
10 5 (4.67%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.74%) Power BI
2 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.93%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.93%) GitLab
2 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.93%) JMeter
2 1 (0.93%) Locust
2 1 (0.93%) Newman
2 1 (0.93%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.93%) Selenium
2 1 (0.93%) TestCafe
General
1 25 (23.36%) Social Skills
2 22 (20.56%) Telecoms
3 18 (16.82%) Public Sector
4 17 (15.89%) Finance
5 14 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.61%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.67%) Electronics
8 4 (3.74%) Legal
8 4 (3.74%) Marketing
9 2 (1.87%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (1.87%) Military
9 2 (1.87%) Police
10 1 (0.93%) Aviation
10 1 (0.93%) Local Government
10 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (12.15%) Analyst
1 13 (12.15%) Network Engineer
1 13 (12.15%) Support Engineer
2 10 (9.35%) Senior
3 9 (8.41%) IT Engineer
4 7 (6.54%) Service Analyst
5 6 (5.61%) Architect
5 6 (5.61%) Developer
5 6 (5.61%) ICT Support
5 6 (5.61%) ICT Support Technician
5 6 (5.61%) ICT Technician
5 6 (5.61%) IT Support
5 6 (5.61%) Service Desk Analyst
5 6 (5.61%) Support Technician
5 6 (5.61%) Technical Support
6 5 (4.67%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (4.67%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 5 (4.67%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (4.67%) Consultant
6 5 (4.67%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) XMPP
2 2 (1.87%) Node.js
2 2 (1.87%) REST
3 1 (0.93%) CSS
3 1 (0.93%) Express.js
3 1 (0.93%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.93%) HTML
3 1 (0.93%) JFC
3 1 (0.93%) Middleware
3 1 (0.93%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.28%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (7.48%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (7.48%) Smartphone
3 6 (5.61%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.67%) SCADA
5 4 (3.74%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.74%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.74%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (3.74%) Handset
5 4 (3.74%) IVR
6 3 (2.80%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.80%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.80%) TM Forum
7 2 (1.87%) IoT
7 2 (1.87%) iPhone
7 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.87%) NHS
7 2 (1.87%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.93%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 35 (32.71%) Windows
2 12 (11.21%) Windows 10
3 9 (8.41%) Android
4 7 (6.54%) Mac OS
5 6 (5.61%) Linux
5 6 (5.61%) Windows Server
6 4 (3.74%) Apple iOS
7 3 (2.80%) Unix
8 1 (0.93%) CentOS
8 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.93%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (16.82%) ITIL
3 15 (14.02%) Computer Science
3 15 (14.02%) Migration
4 13 (12.15%) Customer Service
5 12 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (11.21%) Roadmaps
6 11 (10.28%) ITSM
7 9 (8.41%) Change Management
8 8 (7.48%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (7.48%) DevOps
8 8 (7.48%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (7.48%) Problem Management
8 8 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (6.54%) Agile
9 7 (6.54%) Fault Analysis
9 7 (6.54%) Incident Management
9 7 (6.54%) IT Strategy
10 6 (5.61%) Service Management
10 6 (5.61%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.48%) PowerShell
1 8 (7.48%) Python
2 2 (1.87%) SQL
3 1 (0.93%) Java
3 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.93%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.93%) R
3 1 (0.93%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (24.30%) Degree
2 19 (17.76%) Security Cleared
3 18 (16.82%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (14.95%) SC Cleared
5 13 (12.15%) CCNP
6 12 (11.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (7.48%) CCIE
8 7 (6.54%) CCNA
9 5 (4.67%) DV Cleared
9 5 (4.67%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.74%) CCIE Collaboration
10 4 (3.74%) DBS Check
10 4 (3.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.87%) ISTQB
12 2 (1.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (1.87%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.93%) CompTIA CySA+
13 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.08%) SLA
2 2 (1.87%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.87%) OASIS TOSCA
3 1 (0.93%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.93%) GDPR
3 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (29.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.54%) XenApp
4 2 (1.87%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.93%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (10.28%) Cisco CUCM
2 8 (7.48%) Ansible
3 7 (6.54%) AirWatch
4 4 (3.74%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.74%) SCCM
5 2 (1.87%) Amdocs OSS
5 2 (1.87%) AppManager
5 2 (1.87%) Terraform
6 1 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.93%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.93%) Grafana
6 1 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.93%) SCOM
Vendors
1 38 (35.51%) Microsoft
2 36 (33.64%) Cisco
3 11 (10.28%) ServiceNow
4 10 (9.35%) Avaya
4 10 (9.35%) Citrix
5 9 (8.41%) VMware
6 6 (5.61%) Remedy
7 4 (3.74%) BT
7 4 (3.74%) Genesys
7 4 (3.74%) Juniper
7 4 (3.74%) SAP
8 3 (2.80%) Ericsson
8 3 (2.80%) Meraki
8 3 (2.80%) Nokia
8 3 (2.80%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.87%) Amdocs
9 2 (1.87%) CenturyLink
9 2 (1.87%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.87%) Huawei
9 2 (1.87%) NetCracker