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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 409 439
Rank change year-on-year -50 +30 +100
Contract jobs citing VoIP 109 152 216
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.39% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.87% 3.32% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 85 138
10th Percentile £205 £214 £196
25th Percentile £263 £288 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £473 £406
Median % change year-on-year -20.72% +16.43% +5.52%
75th Percentile £495 £638 £549
90th Percentile £550 £700 £629
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £413 £425
% change year-on-year -6.06% -2.94% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 6
10th Percentile £33.90 £21.91 £17.88
25th Percentile £61.75 £45.84 £19.13
Median hourly rate £63.50 £72.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% +208.51% +20.51%
75th Percentile £65.25 £75.00 £40.13
90th Percentile - - £45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.33 £73.75 £23.50
% change year-on-year -79.21% +213.83% +27.03%

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 3,796 4,572 6,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.52% 11.87% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,354 2,662 4,158
10th Percentile £225 £225 £228
25th Percentile £363 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £613
90th Percentile £679 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £453
% change year-on-year -10.00% +10.50% +0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 254 300
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.16 £16.77
25th Percentile £25.15 £21.37 £22.94
Median hourly rate £43.00 £50.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -14.85% -10.60% +34.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year -25.89% -0.26% +27.78%

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
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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Top 17 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 18 September 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 -37 84 £374 -20.98% 130
UK excluding London -6 81 £388 -6.06% 133
South West +19 24 £325 -25.76% 9
London -8 23 £343 -27.59% 18
Work from Home -10 15 £360 -33.02% 43
South East +15 13 £400 +68.78% 54
Midlands -16 13 £388 -48.33% 12
West Midlands -10 12 £425 -43.33% 7
North of England -24 12 £381 -22.39% 25
Scotland +7 10 £435 +8.07% 11
North West -17 9 £413 -34.00% 16
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 3
North East 0 2 - - 4
Wales - 2 £325 - 2
East of England +5 1 £238 -67.24% 21
East Midlands -2 1 £165 +3.13% 5
Yorkshire -24 1 £350 -28.75% 5

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 15 (13.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.42%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.59%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.83%) Camunda
4 2 (1.83%) Confluence
4 2 (1.83%) IIS
5 1 (0.92%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (16.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.92%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 21 (19.27%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (11.93%) Azure
3 9 (8.26%) AWS
4 6 (5.50%) OneDrive
4 6 (5.50%) SaaS
5 5 (4.59%) GCP
5 5 (4.59%) PaaS
6 4 (3.67%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.75%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.92%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.92%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (20.18%) LAN
2 20 (18.35%) Firewall
3 17 (15.60%) WAN
4 14 (12.84%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (11.93%) DNS
6 12 (11.01%) VLAN
7 10 (9.17%) MPLS
7 10 (9.17%) Wireless
8 9 (8.26%) Unified Communications
8 9 (8.26%) VPN
9 8 (7.34%) 5G
9 8 (7.34%) DHCP
10 7 (6.42%) BGP
10 7 (6.42%) Skype
11 6 (5.50%) 4G
11 6 (5.50%) OSPF
11 6 (5.50%) SD-WAN
11 6 (5.50%) TCP/IP
11 6 (5.50%) WebEx
12 5 (4.59%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.75%) Power BI
3 2 (1.83%) MySQL
4 1 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (5.50%) JIRA
2 2 (1.83%) Bitbucket
General
1 26 (23.85%) Social Skills
2 22 (20.18%) Telecoms
3 21 (19.27%) Public Sector
4 17 (15.60%) Finance
5 12 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.50%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.59%) Electronics
8 4 (3.67%) Legal
8 4 (3.67%) Marketing
8 4 (3.67%) Military
9 2 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (1.83%) Police
10 1 (0.92%) Aviation
10 1 (0.92%) Billing
10 1 (0.92%) Local Government
10 1 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (14.68%) Analyst
2 14 (12.84%) Support Engineer
3 11 (10.09%) Network Engineer
4 9 (8.26%) Senior
5 8 (7.34%) Architect
5 8 (7.34%) IT Engineer
5 8 (7.34%) Service Analyst
6 7 (6.42%) Service Desk Analyst
6 7 (6.42%) Technical Support
7 6 (5.50%) Cisco Engineer
7 6 (5.50%) ICT Support
7 6 (5.50%) ICT Support Technician
7 6 (5.50%) ICT Technician
7 6 (5.50%) IT Support
7 6 (5.50%) Support Technician
8 5 (4.59%) Consultant
8 5 (4.59%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (4.59%) Telephony Engineer
9 4 (3.67%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (3.67%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.67%) XMPP
2 1 (0.92%) CSS
2 1 (0.92%) HTML
2 1 (0.92%) JFC
2 1 (0.92%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.84%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (9.17%) Smartphone
3 8 (7.34%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (5.50%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.59%) Blackberry
6 4 (3.67%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.75%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.75%) Handset
7 3 (2.75%) TM Forum
8 2 (1.83%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.83%) NHS
8 2 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.83%) PKI
9 1 (0.92%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.92%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.92%) IBM XIV
9 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 38 (34.86%) Windows
2 13 (11.93%) Windows 10
3 10 (9.17%) Mac OS
4 9 (8.26%) Android
5 6 (5.50%) Apple iOS
6 5 (4.59%) Linux
7 4 (3.67%) Windows Server
8 3 (2.75%) Unix
8 3 (2.75%) VMS
9 1 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (18.35%) ITIL
3 16 (14.68%) Customer Service
3 16 (14.68%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (12.84%) Migration
5 13 (11.93%) ITSM
6 12 (11.01%) Roadmaps
7 10 (9.17%) Agile
7 10 (9.17%) Computer Science
8 9 (8.26%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (7.34%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (7.34%) Service Management
10 7 (6.42%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (6.42%) Change Management
10 7 (6.42%) Customer Requirements
10 7 (6.42%) Data Loss Prevention
10 7 (6.42%) Fault Analysis
10 7 (6.42%) IT Strategy
10 7 (6.42%) Problem Management
10 7 (6.42%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.50%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.59%) Python
3 3 (2.75%) SQL
4 1 (0.92%) Java
4 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.92%) Kotlin
4 1 (0.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (25.69%) Security Cleared
2 24 (22.02%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (22.02%) SC Cleared
3 21 (19.27%) Degree
4 19 (17.43%) CCNP
5 12 (11.01%) DV Cleared
6 9 (8.26%) CCNA
7 7 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (5.50%) CCIE
9 5 (4.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (3.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (2.75%) CCIE Collaboration
11 3 (2.75%) DBS Check
11 3 (2.75%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.83%) ISTQB
12 2 (1.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (1.83%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.83%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.92%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.92%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.68%) SLA
2 2 (1.83%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.83%) OASIS TOSCA
3 1 (0.92%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (28.44%) Active Directory
2 18 (16.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.42%) XenApp
4 4 (3.67%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.83%) KVM
5 2 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.92%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (9.17%) Cisco CUCM
2 8 (7.34%) Ansible
3 7 (6.42%) AirWatch
4 6 (5.50%) SCCM
5 4 (3.67%) AppManager
5 4 (3.67%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.83%) Amdocs OSS
6 2 (1.83%) CASB
7 1 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.92%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.92%) Grafana
7 1 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.92%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.92%) SCOM
7 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (41.28%) Cisco
2 42 (38.53%) Microsoft
3 18 (16.51%) VMware
4 12 (11.01%) Avaya
5 11 (10.09%) ServiceNow
6 10 (9.17%) Citrix
7 8 (7.34%) Juniper
8 7 (6.42%) Ericsson
8 7 (6.42%) Nokia
8 7 (6.42%) Palo Alto
9 6 (5.50%) Remedy
10 5 (4.59%) F5
10 5 (4.59%) Google
10 5 (4.59%) Ribbon
11 4 (3.67%) Ivanti
11 4 (3.67%) SAP
12 3 (2.75%) Apple
12 3 (2.75%) BT
12 3 (2.75%) HP
12 3 (2.75%) Meraki