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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 424 403
Rank change year-on-year -145 -21 +122
Contract jobs citing VoIP 68 100 198
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.34% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.49% 2.68% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 69 116
10th Percentile £176 £223 £190
25th Percentile £179 £243 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £425 £494
Median % change year-on-year -24.71% -13.92% +9.72%
75th Percentile £444 £538 £600
90th Percentile £573 £577 £672
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 £416 £438
% change year-on-year -25.44% -4.97% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 13
10th Percentile £31.37 £35.45 £19.45
25th Percentile £36.43 £60.88 £24.18
Median hourly rate £48.72 £75.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.04% +200.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £62.04 - £26.15
90th Percentile £67.72 - £77.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 £75.00 £25.77
% change year-on-year -35.04% +191.09% +35.61%

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 4,568 3,736 5,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.59% 12.74% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,839 2,302 3,306
10th Percentile £250 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £488 £495
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -1.52% -4.81%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 174 420
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.22 £16.72
Median hourly rate £40.54 £36.57 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.85% -8.57% +112.54%
75th Percentile £65.97 £58.39 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 £24.71 £45.88
% change year-on-year +97.17% -46.14% +148.00%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -135 58 £350 -18.84% 86
UK excluding London -119 49 £310 -25.44% 76
Work from Home -33 17 £425 -10.99% 28
London -67 16 £300 -33.33% 20
North of England -59 15 £168 -30.21% 17
Yorkshire -53 12 £168 -28.95% 8
South East -51 11 £455 -8.17% 26
East of England -31 8 £330 +34.69% 15
Scotland +5 6 £178 -29.00% 4
South West -51 6 £533 -2.70% 4
North West -45 2 £300 +22.45% 8
West Midlands -58 2 - - 3
Midlands -72 2 - - 7
Wales -18 1 £150 -47.83% 3
North East -19 1 £135 - 2

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 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.47%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.06%) GCP
1 15 (22.06%) Google Workspace
2 14 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.82%) OneDrive
4 5 (7.35%) Azure
5 4 (5.88%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.94%) AWS
7 1 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.47%) IaaS
7 1 (1.47%) PaaS
7 1 (1.47%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (19.12%) DNS
1 13 (19.12%) VPN
1 13 (19.12%) WAN
2 12 (17.65%) DHCP
2 12 (17.65%) Firewall
3 11 (16.18%) LAN
3 11 (16.18%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (14.71%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (10.29%) BGP
5 7 (10.29%) OSPF
5 7 (10.29%) TCP/IP
5 7 (10.29%) VLAN
6 5 (7.35%) H.323
6 5 (7.35%) PSTN
7 4 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (5.88%) EIGRP
7 4 (5.88%) ISDN
7 4 (5.88%) MPLS
8 3 (4.41%) Network Security
8 3 (4.41%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.47%) Power BI
2 1 (1.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 17 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 14 (20.59%) Public Sector
4 12 (17.65%) Military
5 4 (5.88%) Retail
6 3 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Finance
7 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.47%) Law
7 1 (1.47%) Legal
7 1 (1.47%) Marketing
7 1 (1.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 17 (25.00%) Analyst
2 15 (22.06%) Service Desk Analyst
3 14 (20.59%) Service Analyst
4 9 (13.24%) Network Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) IT Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) IT Support
5 6 (8.82%) Sales Manager
5 6 (8.82%) Support Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) Telecoms Manager
6 5 (7.35%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) Architect
7 3 (4.41%) Deployment Specialist
7 3 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) Lead
7 3 (4.41%) Network Architect
7 3 (4.41%) Senior
7 3 (4.41%) Telephony Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) Programme Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Project Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) VML
2 3 (4.41%) XMPP
3 1 (1.47%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.59%) Smartphone
2 7 (10.29%) Data Centre
3 5 (7.35%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.94%) IoT
4 2 (2.94%) iPhone
4 2 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.94%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.94%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.47%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 36 (52.94%) Windows
2 19 (27.94%) Mac OS
3 14 (20.59%) Android
3 14 (20.59%) Apple iOS
4 11 (16.18%) Windows Server
5 4 (5.88%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.94%) Linux
7 1 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.47%) VMS
7 1 (1.47%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (45.59%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (36.76%) ITIL
3 21 (30.88%) Customer Service
4 16 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (11.76%) ITSM
6 7 (10.29%) Business Development
6 7 (10.29%) Migration
7 6 (8.82%) Configuration Management
7 6 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (7.35%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (7.35%) Load Balancing
9 4 (5.88%) Agile
9 4 (5.88%) Network Architecture
9 4 (5.88%) Network Management
9 4 (5.88%) Service Management
10 3 (4.41%) Data Protection
10 3 (4.41%) High Availability
10 3 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 3 (4.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (4.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) SQL
2 2 (2.94%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.94%) Python
3 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.47%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 20 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 13 (19.12%) ITIL Certification
4 11 (16.18%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (14.71%) CCNP
6 6 (8.82%) Degree
7 5 (7.35%) CCIE
8 4 (5.88%) DV Cleared
9 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.47%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.47%) CCIP
11 1 (1.47%) CHECK Team Leader
11 1 (1.47%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (1.47%) CREST Certified
11 1 (1.47%) Cyber Scheme
11 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
11 1 (1.47%) PMP
11 1 (1.47%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.94%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.94%) NCSC
2 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.47%) JSP 440
System Software
1 14 (20.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.88%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.94%) Firmware
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (10.29%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.94%) SCCM
3 2 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.94%) WSUS
4 1 (1.47%) Ansible
4 1 (1.47%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.47%) CASB
4 1 (1.47%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.47%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.47%) SCOM
4 1 (1.47%) Terraform
4 1 (1.47%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 21 (30.88%) Cisco
2 20 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 15 (22.06%) Google
4 7 (10.29%) F5
4 7 (10.29%) ServiceNow
5 5 (7.35%) Aruba
5 5 (7.35%) CheckPoint
5 5 (7.35%) Meraki
5 5 (7.35%) VMware
6 3 (4.41%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.94%) Citrix
7 2 (2.94%) Genesys
7 2 (2.94%) Red Box
7 2 (2.94%) Verint
8 1 (1.47%) Acronis
8 1 (1.47%) Juniper
8 1 (1.47%) NetApp
8 1 (1.47%) Nokia
8 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.47%) Red Hat