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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 392 378
Rank change year-on-year -129 -14 +123
Contract jobs citing VoIP 84 138 224
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.45% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.02% 3.40% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 89 136
10th Percentile £176 £223 £198
25th Percentile £254 £243 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £400 £480
Median % change year-on-year +11.88% -16.67% +12.94%
75th Percentile £552 £480 £625
90th Percentile £625 £569 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £355 £450
% change year-on-year +19.72% -21.11% -2.70%
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% +27.27%
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% +36.23%

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 4,162 4,064 6,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.37% 13.13% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,729 2,399 3,608
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £356 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £487
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.72% -6.39%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £681 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £468 £475
% change year-on-year -3.74% -1.58% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 130 405
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £14.41
25th Percentile £18.69 £21.46 £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.88 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.14% -31.58% +143.59%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.13 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.54 £26.75 £51.89
% change year-on-year +51.55% -48.45% +161.00%

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 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 14 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 14 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 -130 71 £500 +21.21% 105
UK excluding London -108 57 £425 +19.72% 103
London -47 23 £519 +9.26% 14
Work from Home -17 19 £550 +15.49% 36
South East -33 14 £513 +53.21% 30
North of England -64 13 £225 -7.22% 33
East of England -18 8 £320 +30.61% 14
South West -41 8 £500 +21.21% 8
Scotland +8 7 £178 -55.63% 4
North West -30 5 £425 +73.47% 18
West Midlands -57 5 £425 +10.39% 3
Midlands -64 5 £425 +14.86% 9
Yorkshire -65 5 £225 -4.56% 14
North East -13 3 £750 +127.27% 2
Wales -5 2 £158 -45.22% 6

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 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.38%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.19%) Confluence
3 1 (1.19%) IIS
3 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.38%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (16.67%) GCP
3 12 (14.29%) Azure
4 11 (13.10%) Google Workspace
5 6 (7.14%) Entra ID
6 5 (5.95%) AWS
7 4 (4.76%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.57%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.19%) BlazeMeter
9 1 (1.19%) IaaS
9 1 (1.19%) PaaS
9 1 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (19.05%) DNS
2 15 (17.86%) WAN
3 14 (16.67%) DHCP
3 14 (16.67%) LAN
4 13 (15.48%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (14.29%) VPN
6 10 (11.90%) TCP/IP
7 9 (10.71%) Firewall
8 8 (9.52%) OSPF
8 8 (9.52%) VLAN
9 7 (8.33%) BGP
10 6 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (7.14%) CTI
11 5 (5.95%) 5G
11 5 (5.95%) LTE
12 4 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (4.76%) EIGRP
12 4 (4.76%) H.323
12 4 (4.76%) RTP
12 4 (4.76%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.57%) Power BI
3 2 (2.38%) Tableau
4 1 (1.19%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.19%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.19%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.19%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (1.19%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.19%) GitLab
2 1 (1.19%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.19%) JMeter
2 1 (1.19%) Locust
2 1 (1.19%) Newman
2 1 (1.19%) Robot Framework
2 1 (1.19%) Selenium
2 1 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.19%) TestCafe
General
1 28 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 20 (23.81%) Telecoms
3 15 (17.86%) Public Sector
4 10 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.90%) Military
5 8 (9.52%) Finance
6 4 (4.76%) Retail
7 2 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Electronics
8 1 (1.19%) Law
8 1 (1.19%) Marketing
8 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (20.24%) Analyst
2 13 (15.48%) Service Desk Analyst
3 12 (14.29%) Service Analyst
4 9 (10.71%) IT Engineer
4 9 (10.71%) Support Engineer
5 8 (9.52%) Developer
5 8 (9.52%) IT Support
5 8 (9.52%) Network Engineer
6 7 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.95%) Genesys Developer
7 5 (5.95%) Lead
8 4 (4.76%) Telephony Engineer
8 4 (4.76%) Test Engineer
9 3 (3.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 3 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (3.57%) Administrator
9 3 (3.57%) Cisco Engineer
9 3 (3.57%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.57%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.76%) VML
1 4 (4.76%) XMPP
2 2 (2.38%) Node.js
2 2 (2.38%) REST
3 1 (1.19%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.19%) Express.js
3 1 (1.19%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (1.19%) JFC
3 1 (1.19%) Middleware
3 1 (1.19%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.10%) Smartphone
2 7 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.14%) IVR
4 5 (5.95%) iPhone
4 5 (5.95%) Operational Technology
4 5 (5.95%) SCADA
5 4 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (3.57%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (2.38%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.38%) IoT
7 2 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.19%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.19%) IBM XIV
8 1 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 34 (40.48%) Windows
2 16 (19.05%) Mac OS
3 15 (17.86%) Android
4 13 (15.48%) Apple iOS
5 12 (14.29%) Windows Server
6 5 (5.95%) Linux
6 5 (5.95%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.19%) CentOS
7 1 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.19%) VMS
7 1 (1.19%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (33.33%) ITIL
3 21 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 14 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 14 (16.67%) Migration
5 9 (10.71%) Computer Science
6 8 (9.52%) Roadmaps
6 8 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (8.33%) ITSM
8 6 (7.14%) Capacity Planning
8 6 (7.14%) Change Management
8 6 (7.14%) Configuration Management
8 6 (7.14%) Use Case
9 5 (5.95%) Knowledge Transfer
9 5 (5.95%) Load Balancing
9 5 (5.95%) Performance Optimisation
9 5 (5.95%) Value Proposition
10 4 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (4.76%) DevOps
10 4 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 6 (7.14%) Python
1 6 (7.14%) SQL
2 2 (2.38%) R
3 1 (1.19%) Bash
3 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (20.24%) SC Cleared
3 14 (16.67%) Degree
4 11 (13.10%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (11.90%) CCNP
5 10 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (8.33%) CCIE
8 5 (5.95%) Master's Degree
9 4 (4.76%) DBS Check
9 4 (4.76%) DV Cleared
10 3 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.19%) CCDA
11 1 (1.19%) CCDP
11 1 (1.19%) CCIP
11 1 (1.19%) CCNA
11 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (1.19%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (1.19%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.38%) NCSC
1 2 (2.38%) SLA
2 1 (1.19%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.19%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.19%) GDPR
2 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.19%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (22.62%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.38%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (9.52%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (3.57%) Ansible
2 3 (3.57%) SCCM
2 3 (3.57%) Terraform
3 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.38%) SCOM
4 1 (1.19%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.19%) CASB
4 1 (1.19%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.19%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.19%) Nagios
4 1 (1.19%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.19%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (1.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (28.57%) Cisco
1 24 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.10%) Google
3 8 (9.52%) Genesys
4 7 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 6 (7.14%) Aruba
5 6 (7.14%) VMware
6 5 (5.95%) CheckPoint
6 5 (5.95%) F5
6 5 (5.95%) Meraki
7 4 (4.76%) Citrix
8 3 (3.57%) BT
8 3 (3.57%) HP
9 2 (2.38%) Avaya
9 2 (2.38%) Dell
9 2 (2.38%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.38%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.38%) Verint
10 1 (1.19%) Ribbon
10 1 (1.19%) Splunk