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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 548 407 388
Rank change year-on-year -141 -19 +140
Contract jobs citing VoIP 75 111 207
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.38% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.67% 2.93% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 76 117
10th Percentile £174 £223 £200
25th Percentile £191 £241 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.58% -17.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £528 £488 £607
90th Percentile £625 £575 £672
UK excluding London median daily rate £281 £250 £450
% change year-on-year +12.40% -44.44% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 11
10th Percentile £31.37 £35.45 £23.25
25th Percentile £36.43 £60.88 £24.63
Median hourly rate £48.72 £75.00 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year -35.04% +191.09% +13.85%
75th Percentile £62.04 - £26.15
90th Percentile £67.72 - £90.00
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 4,488 3,783 5,741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.79% 12.91% 13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,819 2,340 3,443
10th Percentile £233 £213 £205
25th Percentile £394 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £488 £486
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% +0.31% -5.81%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £469 £475
% change year-on-year +1.28% -1.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 169 421
10th Percentile £15.85 £14.99 £13.85
25th Percentile £20.63 £21.46 £17.69
Median hourly rate £45.00 £39.32 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.45% +2.13% +102.63%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.25 £61.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £28.00 £45.44
% change year-on-year +96.43% -38.38% +145.62%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -162 62 £396 -3.94% 79
UK excluding London -116 49 £281 +12.40% 69
London -70 21 £553 +30.12% 14
Work from Home -22 17 £502 +5.30% 21
North of England -70 13 £225 -6.25% 25
South East -54 10 £505 +1.92% 21
East of England -26 8 £320 +30.61% 9
Yorkshire -54 8 £225 -2.81% 14
Scotland +10 6 £178 -29.00% 3
South West -52 6 £533 +29.09% 4
West Midlands -59 4 £371 -15.20% 3
Midlands -62 4 £371 -15.20% 8
North West -43 3 £300 +22.45% 8
Wales -13 2 £158 -45.22% 2
North East -18 2 £443 - 5

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 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (20.00%) GCP
3 14 (18.67%) Google Workspace
4 10 (13.33%) Azure
5 7 (9.33%) Entra ID
6 6 (8.00%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.67%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.33%) AWS
8 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.33%) BlazeMeter
8 1 (1.33%) IaaS
8 1 (1.33%) PaaS
8 1 (1.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (21.33%) DNS
1 16 (21.33%) WAN
2 15 (20.00%) DHCP
3 14 (18.67%) LAN
4 13 (17.33%) VPN
5 12 (16.00%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (14.67%) Firewall
7 10 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
7 10 (13.33%) TCP/IP
8 8 (10.67%) OSPF
9 7 (9.33%) BGP
10 6 (8.00%) VLAN
11 5 (6.67%) CTI
11 5 (6.67%) MPLS
11 5 (6.67%) PSTN
12 4 (5.33%) EIGRP
12 4 (5.33%) H.323
12 4 (5.33%) ISDN
12 4 (5.33%) RTP
12 4 (5.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) Power BI
1 2 (2.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (2.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) GitLab
1 1 (1.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.33%) JMeter
1 1 (1.33%) Locust
1 1 (1.33%) Newman
1 1 (1.33%) Robot Framework
1 1 (1.33%) Selenium
1 1 (1.33%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (1.33%) TestCafe
General
1 28 (37.33%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.33%) Telecoms
3 14 (18.67%) Public Sector
4 11 (14.67%) Military
5 6 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.33%) Retail
7 3 (4.00%) Finance
7 3 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.33%) Law
8 1 (1.33%) Marketing
8 1 (1.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 15 (20.00%) Analyst
2 14 (18.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 13 (17.33%) Service Analyst
4 10 (13.33%) IT Engineer
4 10 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 9 (12.00%) IT Support
5 9 (12.00%) Network Engineer
6 8 (10.67%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (8.00%) Developer
8 5 (6.67%) Genesys Developer
9 4 (5.33%) Lead
10 3 (4.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 3 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 3 (4.00%) Administrator
10 3 (4.00%) Deployment Specialist
10 3 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (4.00%) Network Architect
10 3 (4.00%) Senior
10 3 (4.00%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.33%) VML
2 2 (2.67%) XMPP
3 1 (1.33%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.33%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.33%) Smartphone
2 8 (10.67%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.00%) IVR
4 5 (6.67%) iPhone
5 4 (5.33%) Operational Technology
5 4 (5.33%) SCADA
6 2 (2.67%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.67%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.67%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (2.67%) IoT
6 2 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.67%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.33%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.33%) Handset
7 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 39 (52.00%) Windows
2 18 (24.00%) Mac OS
3 16 (21.33%) Android
4 14 (18.67%) Windows Server
5 13 (17.33%) Apple iOS
6 7 (9.33%) Windows 10
7 4 (5.33%) Linux
8 1 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.33%) VMS
8 1 (1.33%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (49.33%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (38.67%) ITIL
3 22 (29.33%) Customer Service
4 16 (21.33%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (16.00%) Migration
6 8 (10.67%) ITSM
6 8 (10.67%) Roadmaps
6 8 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (8.00%) Configuration Management
7 6 (8.00%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (6.67%) Capacity Planning
8 5 (6.67%) Computer Science
8 5 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (6.67%) Load Balancing
8 5 (6.67%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (6.67%) Use Case
8 5 (6.67%) Value Proposition
9 4 (5.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (5.33%) Network Management
10 3 (4.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 5 (6.67%) Python
1 5 (6.67%) SQL
2 2 (2.67%) R
3 1 (1.33%) Bash
3 1 (1.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (30.67%) Security Cleared
2 19 (25.33%) SC Cleared
3 13 (17.33%) ITIL Certification
4 9 (12.00%) Degree
5 8 (10.67%) CCNP
5 8 (10.67%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (8.00%) CCIE
7 5 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (6.67%) Master's Degree
8 4 (5.33%) DV Cleared
9 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.33%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.33%) CHECK Team Leader
11 1 (1.33%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (1.33%) CREST Certified
11 1 (1.33%) Cyber Scheme
11 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.33%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.67%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.67%) NCSC
2 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.33%) JSP 440
System Software
1 18 (24.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.33%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.33%) Firmware
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.33%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (6.67%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.67%) Ansible
3 2 (2.67%) SCCM
3 2 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.67%) Terraform
3 2 (2.67%) WSUS
4 1 (1.33%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.33%) CASB
4 1 (1.33%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.33%) Nagios
4 1 (1.33%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.33%) SCOM
4 1 (1.33%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 20 (26.67%) Cisco
2 19 (25.33%) Microsoft
3 14 (18.67%) Google
4 8 (10.67%) ServiceNow
5 7 (9.33%) F5
5 7 (9.33%) Genesys
6 6 (8.00%) Aruba
7 5 (6.67%) CheckPoint
7 5 (6.67%) Meraki
8 4 (5.33%) VMware
9 2 (2.67%) BT
9 2 (2.67%) Citrix
9 2 (2.67%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.67%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.67%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.67%) Verint
10 1 (1.33%) Acronis
10 1 (1.33%) Avaya
10 1 (1.33%) Ribbon
10 1 (1.33%) Splunk