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 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 433 381
Rank change year-on-year -140 -52 +115
Contract jobs citing VoIP 72 92 202
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.31% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.51% 2.49% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 64 114
10th Percentile £158 £201 £188
25th Percentile £182 £236 £292
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £406 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% -18.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £406 £538 £625
90th Percentile £508 £559 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £388 £425
% change year-on-year -48.39% -8.82% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 10
10th Percentile - - £18.24
25th Percentile £28.00 £61.75 £23.48
Median hourly rate £49.50 £63.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.05% +154.00% +10.47%
75th Percentile £71.88 £67.69 £26.15
90th Percentile £72.55 £72.08 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £49.50 £75.00 £25.77
% change year-on-year -34.00% +191.09% -17.88%

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 4,775 3,691 5,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.53% 12.48% 12.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,931 2,271 3,207
10th Percentile £263 £220 £209
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £495
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -2.02% -3.41%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £470 £485
% change year-on-year +2.13% -3.09% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 169 421
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.86
Median hourly rate £27.69 £41.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.28% +3.75% +110.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.20 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.25 £31.79 £47.50
% change year-on-year -4.84% -33.07% +150.00%

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 June 2026.

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 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Top 15 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 June 2026. 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 -127 63 £356 -15.18% 90
UK excluding London -119 50 £200 -48.39% 84
North of England -49 21 £200 -29.82% 23
London -93 21 £313 -16.67% 15
Yorkshire -32 19 £200 - 9
Work from Home -45 14 £375 -21.05% 30
South East -68 9 £420 - 31
Scotland -13 6 £178 -29.00% 4
South West -45 6 £565 +82.26% 6
East of England -26 4 £350 -8.20% 10
West Midlands -52 4 - - 4
Midlands -56 4 - - 10
North East -32 2 £249 - 2
Wales -19 1 £150 -53.85% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £104 - 1

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 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.39%) CMS
2 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (16.67%) GCP
3 10 (13.89%) Azure
3 10 (13.89%) Google Workspace
4 6 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.33%) OneDrive
5 5 (6.94%) AWS
6 2 (2.78%) IaaS
6 2 (2.78%) PaaS
6 2 (2.78%) SaaS
7 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.28%) LAN
2 10 (13.89%) DHCP
2 10 (13.89%) WAN
3 9 (12.50%) DNS
3 9 (12.50%) VLAN
3 9 (12.50%) VPN
3 9 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (11.11%) Firewall
5 7 (9.72%) TCP/IP
5 7 (9.72%) Unified Communications
6 6 (8.33%) PSTN
7 5 (6.94%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (6.94%) H.323
7 5 (6.94%) MPLS
7 5 (6.94%) Network Security
7 5 (6.94%) SD-WAN
8 4 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (5.56%) PBX
8 4 (5.56%) WebEx
8 4 (5.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 22 (30.56%) Telecoms
3 10 (13.89%) Public Sector
4 8 (11.11%) Military
5 5 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.56%) Finance
7 3 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Front Office
8 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.39%) Legal
8 1 (1.39%) Police
Job Titles
1 15 (20.83%) Analyst
2 11 (15.28%) Sales Manager
2 11 (15.28%) Telecoms Manager
3 10 (13.89%) Service Desk Analyst
4 9 (12.50%) Service Analyst
5 7 (9.72%) Architect
6 6 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (8.33%) Support Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) IT Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) IT Support
7 5 (6.94%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Network Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Unified Communications Engineer
9 3 (4.17%) Deployment Specialist
9 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (4.17%) Network Architect
9 3 (4.17%) Senior
9 3 (4.17%) Telephony Analyst
9 3 (4.17%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.17%) XMPP
2 1 (1.39%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.50%) Smartphone
2 6 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (6.94%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.56%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.39%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.39%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.39%) Handset
6 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.39%) IoT
6 1 (1.39%) iPhone
6 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.39%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 35 (48.61%) Windows
2 14 (19.44%) Mac OS
3 12 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 10 (13.89%) Android
4 10 (13.89%) Apple iOS
5 7 (9.72%) Windows 10
6 3 (4.17%) Linux
7 1 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.39%) VMS
7 1 (1.39%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (27.78%) ITIL
3 16 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 13 (18.06%) Business Development
5 12 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (15.28%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (12.50%) ITSM
8 7 (9.72%) Migration
9 6 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (8.33%) Data Protection
10 5 (6.94%) Agile
10 5 (6.94%) Asset Management
10 5 (6.94%) IT Asset Management
10 5 (6.94%) Runbook
10 5 (6.94%) Service Management
11 4 (5.56%) Computer Science
11 4 (5.56%) High Availability
11 4 (5.56%) Network Architecture
11 4 (5.56%) Workflow
12 3 (4.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.78%) Python
2 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 17 (23.61%) SC Cleared
3 11 (15.28%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (15.28%) Degree
4 9 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (11.11%) CCNP
6 4 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (4.17%) AWS Certification
7 3 (4.17%) CCNA
7 3 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.78%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.39%) CCDA
9 1 (1.39%) CCDP
9 1 (1.39%) CISA
9 1 (1.39%) CISSP
9 1 (1.39%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.39%) NCSC
1 1 (1.39%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.39%) QA
System Software
1 16 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.17%) Firmware
2 3 (4.17%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (11.11%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.78%) Terraform
4 1 (1.39%) Ansible
4 1 (1.39%) CASB
4 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 25 (34.72%) Cisco
3 11 (15.28%) ServiceNow
4 10 (13.89%) Google
5 5 (6.94%) VMware
6 4 (5.56%) Red Box
7 3 (4.17%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.17%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.78%) EMC
8 2 (2.78%) F5
8 2 (2.78%) Genesys
8 2 (2.78%) Huawei
8 2 (2.78%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.78%) Verint
9 1 (1.39%) Arista
9 1 (1.39%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (1.39%) Meraki
9 1 (1.39%) Mitel
9 1 (1.39%) WatchGuard
9 1 (1.39%) Zscaler