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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 388 370
Rank change year-on-year -133 -18 +136
Contract jobs citing VoIP 81 142 233
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.46% 0.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.93% 3.50% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 93 140
10th Percentile £176 £223 £190
25th Percentile £213 £243 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £480
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -16.67% +12.94%
75th Percentile £545 £487 £625
90th Percentile £625 £574 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £330 £400 £445
% change year-on-year -17.50% -10.11% -2.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile £47.42 £35.45 £16.98
25th Percentile £51.27 £60.88 £21.00
Median hourly rate £59.86 £75.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.19% +206.12% +28.95%
75th Percentile £66.77 - £25.00
90th Percentile £69.61 - £91.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.86 £75.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -20.19% +219.15% +38.24%

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 4,192 4,059 5,973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.24% 13.21% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,730 2,430 3,567
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £356 £361 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 130 401
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £20.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -31.58% +143.59%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.16 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.13 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.54 £27.50 £50.91
% change year-on-year +47.42% -45.98% +156.06%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -143 68 £493 +19.39% 112
UK excluding London -124 55 £330 -17.50% 108
London -55 22 £536 +18.58% 18
Work from Home -17 18 £552 +16.11% 37
South East -37 15 £513 +22.32% 32
North of England -67 13 £225 -8.16% 31
East of England -18 8 £320 +29.29% 13
Scotland +9 7 £178 -55.63% 5
Yorkshire -68 6 £225 -4.56% 12
South West -52 5 £538 +29.13% 9
West Midlands -63 5 £425 +10.39% 6
Midlands -65 5 £425 +14.86% 12
North West -32 4 £425 +70.00% 19
North East -19 3 £750 +127.27% 1
Wales -3 2 £158 -45.22% 5

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 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.23%) IIS
2 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.99%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (17.28%) GCP
3 12 (14.81%) Azure
4 11 (13.58%) Google Workspace
5 6 (7.41%) Entra ID
6 5 (6.17%) AWS
6 5 (6.17%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.23%) BlazeMeter
8 1 (1.23%) IaaS
8 1 (1.23%) PaaS
8 1 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (19.75%) DNS
2 15 (18.52%) DHCP
2 15 (18.52%) WAN
3 13 (16.05%) LAN
3 13 (16.05%) VPN
3 13 (16.05%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (13.58%) TCP/IP
5 9 (11.11%) Firewall
6 7 (8.64%) OSPF
6 7 (8.64%) VLAN
7 6 (7.41%) BGP
7 6 (7.41%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (7.41%) CTI
8 5 (6.17%) LTE
9 4 (4.94%) 5G
9 4 (4.94%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (4.94%) EIGRP
9 4 (4.94%) H.323
9 4 (4.94%) PSTN
9 4 (4.94%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.47%) Power BI
2 2 (2.47%) Tableau
3 1 (1.23%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.23%) GitLab
1 1 (1.23%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.23%) JMeter
1 1 (1.23%) Locust
1 1 (1.23%) Newman
1 1 (1.23%) Robot Framework
1 1 (1.23%) Selenium
1 1 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (1.23%) TestCafe
General
1 29 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 20 (24.69%) Telecoms
3 12 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 10 (12.35%) Military
5 9 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (9.88%) Finance
7 4 (4.94%) Retail
8 3 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Electronics
9 1 (1.23%) Law
9 1 (1.23%) Marketing
9 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (19.75%) Analyst
2 13 (16.05%) Service Desk Analyst
3 12 (14.81%) Service Analyst
4 10 (12.35%) IT Engineer
4 10 (12.35%) Support Engineer
5 9 (11.11%) IT Support
6 8 (9.88%) Developer
6 8 (9.88%) IT Support Engineer
6 8 (9.88%) Network Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Genesys Developer
8 4 (4.94%) Lead
9 3 (3.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 3 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (3.70%) Administrator
9 3 (3.70%) Cisco Engineer
9 3 (3.70%) Commissioning Engineer
9 3 (3.70%) Deployment Specialist
9 3 (3.70%) Telecoms Engineer
9 3 (3.70%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) VML
1 4 (4.94%) XMPP
2 2 (2.47%) Node.js
2 2 (2.47%) REST
3 1 (1.23%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.23%) Express.js
3 1 (1.23%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (1.23%) Middleware
3 1 (1.23%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.58%) Smartphone
2 7 (8.64%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.41%) IVR
4 5 (6.17%) iPhone
4 5 (6.17%) Operational Technology
4 5 (6.17%) SCADA
5 4 (4.94%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (3.70%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (2.47%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.47%) IoT
7 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.47%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.23%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.23%) Clustering
8 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.23%) Handset
8 1 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.23%) IBM XIV
8 1 (1.23%) NHS
8 1 (1.23%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (41.98%) Windows
2 16 (19.75%) Mac OS
3 14 (17.28%) Android
4 12 (14.81%) Windows Server
5 11 (13.58%) Apple iOS
6 6 (7.41%) Windows 10
7 5 (6.17%) Linux
8 1 (1.23%) CentOS
8 1 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.23%) VMS
8 1 (1.23%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (34.57%) ITIL
3 21 (25.93%) Customer Service
4 14 (17.28%) Collaborative Working
4 14 (17.28%) Migration
5 9 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 8 (9.88%) ITSM
6 8 (9.88%) Roadmaps
6 8 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (7.41%) Capacity Planning
7 6 (7.41%) Change Management
7 6 (7.41%) Configuration Management
8 5 (6.17%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (6.17%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (6.17%) Load Balancing
8 5 (6.17%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (6.17%) Use Case
8 5 (6.17%) Value Proposition
9 4 (4.94%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (4.94%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.41%) PowerShell
1 6 (7.41%) Python
2 5 (6.17%) SQL
3 2 (2.47%) R
4 1 (1.23%) Bash
4 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (23.46%) Security Cleared
2 16 (19.75%) SC Cleared
3 12 (14.81%) Degree
4 11 (13.58%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (11.11%) CCNP
5 9 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (8.64%) CCIE
7 5 (6.17%) Master's Degree
8 4 (4.94%) DBS Check
9 3 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (3.70%) DV Cleared
9 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.23%) CCDA
10 1 (1.23%) CCDP
10 1 (1.23%) CCIP
10 1 (1.23%) CCNA
10 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (1.23%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.47%) NCSC
1 2 (2.47%) SLA
2 1 (1.23%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.23%) GDPR
2 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.23%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (23.46%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.47%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (8.64%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (3.70%) Ansible
2 3 (3.70%) SCCM
2 3 (3.70%) Terraform
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.23%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.23%) CASB
4 1 (1.23%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.23%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.23%) Nagios
4 1 (1.23%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.23%) SCOM
4 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.23%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (1.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (27.16%) Cisco
1 22 (27.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.58%) Google
3 8 (9.88%) Genesys
4 7 (8.64%) ServiceNow
5 6 (7.41%) Aruba
5 6 (7.41%) VMware
6 5 (6.17%) CheckPoint
6 5 (6.17%) F5
6 5 (6.17%) Meraki
7 4 (4.94%) Citrix
8 3 (3.70%) BT
8 3 (3.70%) HP
9 2 (2.47%) Avaya
9 2 (2.47%) Dell
9 2 (2.47%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.47%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.47%) Verint
10 1 (1.23%) Ribbon
10 1 (1.23%) Splunk