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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 436 399
Rank change year-on-year -143 -37 +71
Contract jobs citing VoIP 81 115 168
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.35% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.61% 2.94% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 77 90
10th Percentile £263 £203 £193
25th Percentile £305 £250 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £473
Median % change year-on-year - -20.72% +11.29%
75th Percentile £500 £490 £658
90th Percentile £551 £550 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £363 £450
% change year-on-year +17.24% -19.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 12
10th Percentile - £33.90 £24.26
25th Percentile - £61.75 £25.29
Median hourly rate £28.00 £63.50 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year -55.91% +146.46% -20.72%
75th Percentile £50.50 £65.25 £74.06
90th Percentile £64.00 - £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £15.33 £47.88
% change year-on-year +82.65% -67.98% +47.33%

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 5,031 3,913 4,729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.40% 11.82% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,979 2,378 2,892
10th Percentile £250 £242 £222
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.89% -5.00% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 203 315
10th Percentile £15.18 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% -5.61% -10.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.95 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £45.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -41.91% -18.00% -2.86%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -128 74 £375 - 71
UK excluding London -132 51 £425 +17.24% 63
North of England -52 27 £500 +42.86% 12
London -77 24 £310 -16.78% 17
Yorkshire -12 23 £500 +42.86% 3
Work from Home -62 16 £388 +35.96% 18
South East -64 10 £400 - 22
South West -62 8 £560 +80.48% 7
Midlands -54 4 £500 +42.86% 12
West Midlands -59 4 £500 +25.00% 7
North West -43 3 - - 7
East of England -20 2 £388 +1.64% 5
Northern Ireland -1 1 £104 -
Scotland -17 1 - - 3
North East -43 1 £363 - 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 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.23%) CMS
2 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (14.81%) Azure
3 7 (8.64%) GCP
4 6 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 6 (7.41%) Google Workspace
5 4 (4.94%) AWS
6 1 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.23%) IaaS
6 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.23%) PaaS
6 1 (1.23%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (23.46%) Firewall
2 18 (22.22%) Unified Communications
3 16 (19.75%) LAN
4 15 (18.52%) DHCP
5 14 (17.28%) DNS
6 13 (16.05%) VLAN
7 12 (14.81%) Cisco Nexus
8 11 (13.58%) WAN
9 10 (12.35%) PSTN
9 10 (12.35%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (11.11%) Network Security
10 9 (11.11%) VPN
10 9 (11.11%) Wireless
11 8 (9.88%) TCP/IP
12 7 (8.64%) BGP
12 7 (8.64%) OSPF
12 7 (8.64%) WLAN
13 6 (7.41%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (7.41%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (7.41%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 35 (43.21%) Social Skills
2 22 (27.16%) Telecoms
3 13 (16.05%) Public Sector
4 9 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (8.64%) Military
6 6 (7.41%) Police
7 5 (6.17%) Finance
8 4 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.70%) Legal
10 2 (2.47%) Front Office
11 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 14 (17.28%) Architect
1 14 (17.28%) Network Engineer
1 14 (17.28%) Senior
1 14 (17.28%) Solutions Architect
2 13 (16.05%) Analyst
3 11 (13.58%) Sales Manager
3 11 (13.58%) Telecoms Manager
4 9 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (7.41%) Telephony Analyst
7 5 (6.17%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) IT Support
7 5 (6.17%) Service Analyst
7 5 (6.17%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (6.17%) Unified Communications Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.70%) IT Support Analyst
9 3 (3.70%) Network Architect
9 3 (3.70%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.70%) Telephony Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) ODBC
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.23%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.81%) Driving Licence
2 10 (12.35%) PKI
3 9 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 9 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (8.64%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (6.17%) Handset
6 5 (6.17%) Smartphone
6 5 (6.17%) Virtual Team
7 3 (3.70%) Clustering
7 3 (3.70%) Fat Client
7 3 (3.70%) Smartcard
7 3 (3.70%) Thin Client
8 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.47%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.23%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (1.23%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (33.33%) Windows
2 14 (17.28%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.64%) Linux
4 6 (7.41%) Android
4 6 (7.41%) Apple iOS
5 5 (6.17%) Mac OS
5 5 (6.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (6.17%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (43.21%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (16.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (14.81%) Business Development
4 10 (12.35%) Data Protection
5 9 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 9 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 9 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (9.88%) ITIL
6 8 (9.88%) Migration
7 7 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (7.41%) Agile
8 6 (7.41%) Network Design
8 6 (7.41%) Runbook
9 5 (6.17%) High Availability
9 5 (6.17%) Mentoring
9 5 (6.17%) Network Architecture
9 5 (6.17%) Patch Management
9 5 (6.17%) Server Management
10 4 (4.94%) Customer Requirements
10 4 (4.94%) IT Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.47%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.47%) SQL
1 2 (2.47%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (32.10%) Security Cleared
2 20 (24.69%) SC Cleared
3 16 (19.75%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (16.05%) CCNP
5 8 (9.88%) Degree
6 6 (7.41%) DV Cleared
7 5 (6.17%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.47%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.47%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.47%) CCNA
9 2 (2.47%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.23%) CISA
10 1 (1.23%) CISM
10 1 (1.23%) CISSP
10 1 (1.23%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 14 (17.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.17%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.70%) Firmware
4 2 (2.47%) FreeRADIUS
4 2 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (13.58%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.17%) WSUS
3 3 (3.70%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (2.47%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (54.32%) Cisco
2 27 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.64%) Red Hat
4 6 (7.41%) CheckPoint
4 6 (7.41%) Google
4 6 (7.41%) ServiceNow
5 5 (6.17%) Red Box
6 4 (4.94%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.94%) VMware
7 3 (3.70%) F5
7 3 (3.70%) McAfee
7 3 (3.70%) Mitel
8 2 (2.47%) Aruba
8 2 (2.47%) Citrix
8 2 (2.47%) Huawei
9 1 (1.23%) Dell
9 1 (1.23%) Draytek
9 1 (1.23%) Remedy
9 1 (1.23%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.23%) WatchGuard