VoIP Contracts

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring VoIP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VoIP over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 434 373 475
Rank change year-on-year -61 +102 +68
Contract jobs citing VoIP 96 219 213
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.50% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.49% 4.04% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 120 132
10th Percentile £203 £190 £185
25th Percentile £256 £285 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £520 £638 £538
90th Percentile £550 £700 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 8
10th Percentile - £19.93 £18.50
25th Percentile £61.75 £24.39 £21.60
Median hourly rate £63.50 £25.77 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +146.46% -20.72% +91.18%
75th Percentile £65.25 £60.91 £45.00
90th Percentile - £74.63 £56.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £25.77 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -35.59% +135.29%

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 3,854 5,424 7,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.42% 12.50% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,324 3,203 4,615
10th Percentile £230 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.38% +1.40%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £474 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.22% +3.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 430 433
10th Percentile £14.40 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.85 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £43.50 £45.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +114.29% -27.88%
75th Percentile £61.25 £63.75 £62.55
90th Percentile £78.00 £73.30 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.08 £47.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -34.57% +115.91% -3.30%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VoIP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VoIP.

Daily rate trend for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VoIP over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VoIP.

Hourly rate trend for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Top 17 Contract 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 2 July 2025. 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 -42 86 £416 -13.05% 452
UK excluding London -22 61 £375 -16.67% 338
London -1 33 £375 -25.00% 156
South West +29 26 £310 -48.33% 40
South East +32 15 £410 +2.50% 83
Work from Home -4 14 £475 -20.83% 138
North of England -5 6 £350 +17.65% 97
Midlands -10 6 £480 +28.00% 48
West Midlands -1 5 £510 +27.50% 32
Wales +8 4 £325 - 18
North West -1 3 £285 -3.39% 52
East of England +19 2 £381 -21.79% 31
Yorkshire -4 2 £350 -30.00% 38
Northern Ireland -7 2 - - 16
East Midlands -2 1 £165 +3.13% 16
North East -2 1 - - 8
Scotland -9 1 £250 -58.33% 11

VoIP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (11.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.17%) Skype for Business
4 2 (2.08%) Camunda
4 2 (2.08%) IIS
5 1 (1.04%) CMS
5 1 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (13.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (12.50%) SaaS
3 11 (11.46%) PaaS
4 8 (8.33%) OneDrive
5 6 (6.25%) Azure
6 4 (4.17%) AWS
6 4 (4.17%) GCP
7 3 (3.13%) Google Workspace
8 2 (2.08%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.04%) IaaS
9 1 (1.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (20.83%) LAN
2 19 (19.79%) WAN
3 18 (18.75%) Firewall
4 15 (15.63%) PBX
5 14 (14.58%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (14.58%) Wireless
6 12 (12.50%) VPN
7 11 (11.46%) Unified Communications
8 10 (10.42%) DNS
8 10 (10.42%) PSTN
8 10 (10.42%) VLAN
9 9 (9.38%) 5G
9 9 (9.38%) MPLS
10 8 (8.33%) DHCP
10 8 (8.33%) Skype
11 7 (7.29%) TCP/IP
12 6 (6.25%) 4G
12 6 (6.25%) WebEx
13 5 (5.21%) MGCP
14 4 (4.17%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.13%) MySQL
3 1 (1.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.04%) JIRA
General
1 24 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 19 (19.79%) Social Skills
3 18 (18.75%) Finance
4 12 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 9 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.25%) Electronics
7 5 (5.21%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.17%) Legal
8 4 (4.17%) Marketing
9 3 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.13%) Military
10 2 (2.08%) Aviation
10 2 (2.08%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (2.08%) Police
11 1 (1.04%) Billing
11 1 (1.04%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.04%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (15.63%) Support Engineer
2 14 (14.58%) Architect
3 9 (9.38%) Network Engineer
4 8 (8.33%) Analyst
5 7 (7.29%) IT Engineer
5 7 (7.29%) Technical Support
5 7 (7.29%) Voice Engineer
6 6 (6.25%) IT Support
7 5 (5.21%) Cisco Engineer
7 5 (5.21%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.21%) Network Architect
8 4 (4.17%) Desktop Support
8 4 (4.17%) Exchange Specialist
8 4 (4.17%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
8 4 (4.17%) Service Analyst
8 4 (4.17%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (4.17%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (4.17%) Voice Architect
8 4 (4.17%) Voice Specialist
8 4 (4.17%) VoIP Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.13%) XMPP
2 1 (1.04%) CSS
2 1 (1.04%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.71%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (10.42%) Blackberry
3 8 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (5.21%) Smartphone
5 4 (4.17%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.13%) TM Forum
7 2 (2.08%) Anti-Spyware
7 2 (2.08%) CCTV
7 2 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.08%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (2.08%) Handset
7 2 (2.08%) IoT
7 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.08%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.08%) PKI
8 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.04%) NHS
8 1 (1.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (28.13%) Windows
2 14 (14.58%) Windows 10
3 8 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 7 (7.29%) Android
5 5 (5.21%) VMS
6 3 (3.13%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.13%) Linux
7 2 (2.08%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (26.04%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (22.92%) Migration
3 14 (14.58%) ITIL
4 13 (13.54%) Agile
5 12 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
5 12 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 12 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 11 (11.46%) Customer Requirements
6 11 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (11.46%) Network Design
7 10 (10.42%) Impact Assessments
7 10 (10.42%) ITSM
7 10 (10.42%) Roadmaps
7 10 (10.42%) Validation
8 9 (9.38%) Service Design
8 9 (9.38%) Thought Leadership
9 8 (8.33%) Cost Reduction
9 8 (8.33%) Product Roadmap
9 8 (8.33%) Service Delivery
10 7 (7.29%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.21%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.13%) Python
2 3 (3.13%) SQL
3 1 (1.04%) Java
3 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.04%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 34 (35.42%) Security Cleared
2 31 (32.29%) SC Cleared
3 29 (30.21%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (20.83%) CCNP
5 16 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 13 (13.54%) Degree
7 10 (10.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (8.33%) CCNA
9 4 (4.17%) CCIE
9 4 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (2.08%) A+ Certification
11 2 (2.08%) DBS Check
11 2 (2.08%) Master's Degree
11 2 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (1.04%) AWS Certification
12 1 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.04%) CESG Certified Professional
12 1 (1.04%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.63%) SLA
2 2 (2.08%) OASIS TOSCA
3 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (21.88%) Active Directory
2 18 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.13%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.13%) KVM
3 3 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.08%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (7.29%) Cisco CUCM
1 7 (7.29%) SCCM
2 5 (5.21%) Ansible
3 4 (4.17%) AirWatch
3 4 (4.17%) AppManager
4 3 (3.13%) Cisco UCCX
4 3 (3.13%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.08%) Amdocs OSS
5 2 (2.08%) CASB
5 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.08%) XenMobile
6 1 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.04%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.04%) Grafana
6 1 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.04%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 42 (43.75%) Cisco
2 22 (22.92%) Microsoft
3 18 (18.75%) VMware
4 16 (16.67%) Juniper
5 15 (15.63%) F5
5 15 (15.63%) Palo Alto
6 14 (14.58%) Ericsson
6 14 (14.58%) Nokia
7 13 (13.54%) Avaya
8 12 (12.50%) ServiceNow
9 10 (10.42%) Ribbon
10 8 (8.33%) Remedy
11 6 (6.25%) Ivanti
12 5 (5.21%) Google
13 4 (4.17%) Adobe
13 4 (4.17%) Apple
13 4 (4.17%) SAP
14 3 (3.13%) Meraki
15 2 (2.08%) Citrix
15 2 (2.08%) HP