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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 459 384
Rank change year-on-year -99 -75 +23
Contract jobs citing VoIP 117 101 166
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.31% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.31% 2.70% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 72 91
10th Percentile £270 £225 £213
25th Percentile £309 £277 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £448 £500 £584
90th Percentile £500 £563 £689
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £420 £400
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 7
10th Percentile - £33.90 £21.91
25th Percentile £13.45 £61.75 £45.84
Median hourly rate £14.89 £63.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -76.55% -12.41% +190.00%
75th Percentile £28.00 £65.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £46.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.89 £15.33 £73.75
% change year-on-year -2.87% -79.21% +195.00%

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 5,070 3,739 4,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.23% 11.35% 12.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,931 2,386 2,599
10th Percentile £236 £213 £225
25th Percentile £390 £353 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £680 £676 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 438 188 180
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £14.52
25th Percentile £19.50 £20.13 £24.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.50 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% -28.95% -14.04%
75th Percentile £68.69 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.51 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.07 £41.72 £53.75
% change year-on-year -37.51% -22.38% -6.52%

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026.

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 13 October 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 -91 108 £368 -5.10% 128
UK excluding London -85 78 £400 -4.76% 91
North of England -36 33 £500 +3.90% 26
London -68 32 £325 -12.75% 34
Yorkshire -9 26 £500 +42.86% 11
Work from Home -60 20 £368 -13.53% 44
East of England - 14 £367 - 9
South East -69 13 £400 -2.44% 26
Midlands -44 11 £450 +28.57% 13
West Midlands -50 10 £450 +16.13% 7
South West -45 6 £461 +36.59% 11
North West -53 4 £300 -37.66% 15
North East -40 3 £363 -51.67%
Scotland -34 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland -2 1 £104 - 3
East Midlands -11 1 £250 +51.52% 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 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (8.55%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (17.09%) Azure
2 15 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (11.97%) GCP
4 11 (9.40%) AWS
5 7 (5.98%) Google Workspace
6 5 (4.27%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.56%) BlazeMeter
8 2 (1.71%) GitHub
8 2 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.85%) IaaS
9 1 (0.85%) PaaS
9 1 (0.85%) SaaS
9 1 (0.85%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 31 (26.50%) Unified Communications
2 23 (19.66%) Firewall
3 20 (17.09%) LAN
4 19 (16.24%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (14.53%) DHCP
5 17 (14.53%) WAN
6 15 (12.82%) DNS
6 15 (12.82%) VLAN
7 13 (11.11%) Network Security
8 12 (10.26%) VPN
9 11 (9.40%) Cisco Nexus
9 11 (9.40%) PSTN
10 9 (7.69%) RTP
10 9 (7.69%) TCP/IP
11 8 (6.84%) IPsec
11 8 (6.84%) Wireless
11 8 (6.84%) Wireshark
12 7 (5.98%) BGP
12 7 (5.98%) IP Telephony
12 7 (5.98%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.27%) JIRA
2 3 (2.56%) JMeter
2 3 (2.56%) Locust
2 3 (2.56%) Robot Framework
2 3 (2.56%) TestCafe
3 2 (1.71%) GitLab
3 2 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.85%) Git
4 1 (0.85%) Newman
General
1 47 (40.17%) Social Skills
2 38 (32.48%) Telecoms
3 15 (12.82%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.69%) Military
6 8 (6.84%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (6.84%) Legal
7 6 (5.13%) Finance
7 6 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.27%) Police
9 3 (2.56%) Front Office
10 2 (1.71%) Banking
11 1 (0.85%) Billing
11 1 (0.85%) Electronics
11 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.85%) Law
11 1 (0.85%) Legal Technology
11 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (16.24%) Architect
2 18 (15.38%) Analyst
2 18 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
3 16 (13.68%) Network Engineer
4 14 (11.97%) Senior
5 11 (9.40%) Sales Manager
5 11 (9.40%) Telecoms Manager
6 10 (8.55%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (7.69%) Telephony Analyst
8 8 (6.84%) IT Support
9 7 (5.98%) Service Analyst
9 7 (5.98%) Service Desk Analyst
10 6 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (4.27%) Audio Visual Engineer
11 5 (4.27%) IT Analyst
11 5 (4.27%) IT Support Analyst
11 5 (4.27%) Support Analyst
11 5 (4.27%) Telephony Support
11 5 (4.27%) Unified Communications Engineer
12 4 (3.42%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.13%) Servlets
2 5 (4.27%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.56%) Taurus
3 3 (2.56%) WebRTC
4 2 (1.71%) ODBC
5 1 (0.85%) LDAP
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.85%) Terraform
5 1 (0.85%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.97%) Driving Licence
2 11 (9.40%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.40%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (9.40%) PKI
3 9 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 8 (6.84%) Handset
5 6 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.13%) Smartphone
6 4 (3.42%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.56%) Clustering
7 3 (2.56%) Fat Client
7 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.56%) SCADA
7 3 (2.56%) Smartcard
7 3 (2.56%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.71%) Media Streaming
8 2 (1.71%) PMI
8 2 (1.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 33 (28.21%) Windows
2 12 (10.26%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.40%) Linux
4 10 (8.55%) Android
5 8 (6.84%) Apple iOS
6 7 (5.98%) macOS
6 7 (5.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.56%) CentOS
7 3 (2.56%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (40.17%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (18.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (15.38%) ITIL
4 16 (13.68%) Customer Service
5 13 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 13 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 12 (10.26%) Business Development
6 12 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (8.55%) Migration
8 9 (7.69%) Agile
8 9 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 9 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (7.69%) Validation
9 8 (6.84%) DevOps
9 8 (6.84%) Network Design
10 7 (5.98%) AI
10 7 (5.98%) Service Management
11 6 (5.13%) Network Architecture
11 6 (5.13%) Runbook
11 6 (5.13%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.13%) Java
2 4 (3.42%) Python
3 3 (2.56%) SQL
4 2 (1.71%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.71%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.85%) C
5 1 (0.85%) C++
Qualifications
1 31 (26.50%) Security Cleared
2 24 (20.51%) SC Cleared
3 18 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (11.97%) CCNP
5 13 (11.11%) Degree
6 9 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (4.27%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.42%) MOS
9 3 (2.56%) CCNA
9 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.56%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.71%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.71%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.85%) CISA
11 1 (0.85%) CISM
11 1 (0.85%) CISSP
11 1 (0.85%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.56%) QA
1 3 (2.56%) SLA
2 2 (1.71%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.85%) Def Stans
System Software
1 12 (10.26%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.42%) Docker
2 4 (3.42%) Firmware
2 4 (3.42%) FreeRADIUS
2 4 (3.42%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (10.26%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (3.42%) FortiGate
2 4 (3.42%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.42%) WSUS
3 3 (2.56%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 55 (47.01%) Cisco
2 33 (28.21%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.55%) Google
4 8 (6.84%) ServiceNow
5 7 (5.98%) CheckPoint
5 7 (5.98%) Metaswitch
6 6 (5.13%) Fortinet
6 6 (5.13%) Red Hat
7 5 (4.27%) Mitel
7 5 (4.27%) Oracle
7 5 (4.27%) Red Box
7 5 (4.27%) VMware
8 4 (3.42%) Aruba
9 3 (2.56%) Citrix
9 3 (2.56%) Dialogic
9 3 (2.56%) McAfee
10 2 (1.71%) Avaya
10 2 (1.71%) F5
10 2 (1.71%) Huawei
10 2 (1.71%) Nexthink