VoIP Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring VoIP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 98 98
Rank change year-on-year -20 0 +67
Contract jobs citing VoIP 11 14 18
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.59% 0.75% 0.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.64% 5.32% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 8
10th Percentile £250 £303 £238
25th Percentile £284 £322 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £355 £438
Median % change year-on-year +9.15% -18.86% +40.00%
75th Percentile £522 £374 £506
90th Percentile £550 £384 £559
England median daily rate £388 £450 £431
% change year-on-year -13.89% +4.35% +12.01%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 302 263 421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 16.10% 14.00% 20.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 153 212
10th Percentile £240 £170 £201
25th Percentile £313 £300 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -2.30%
75th Percentile £538 £613 £575
90th Percentile £620 £675 £724
England median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 20
10th Percentile £18.50 £25.38 £22.95
25th Percentile £24.75 £31.56 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +21.74% +43.75%
75th Percentile £38.94 £41.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £48.25 £52.50 £67.63
England median hourly rate £34.00 £57.38 £56.49
% change year-on-year -40.74% +1.57% +36.12%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VoIP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

VoIP job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

VoIP
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VoIP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VoIP

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VoIP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VoIP in the West Midlands

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VoIP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VoIP

VoIP
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Birmingham -8 7 £450 +26.76% 2
Staffordshire - 2 £350 - 3
Walsall - 1 - -
Wolverhampton - 1 £425 -
VoIP
England

VoIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) LAN
2 3 (27.27%) MPLS
2 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
2 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
2 3 (27.27%) WAN
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (18.18%) Unified Communications
3 2 (18.18%) Wireless
4 1 (9.09%) BGP
4 1 (9.09%) Broadband
4 1 (9.09%) DHCP
4 1 (9.09%) DNS
4 1 (9.09%) Firewall
4 1 (9.09%) IP Telephony
4 1 (9.09%) Network Security
4 1 (9.09%) OSPF
4 1 (9.09%) VLAN
4 1 (9.09%) VPN
4 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (36.36%) Legal
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
1 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Service Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Network Architect
4 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leader
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (9.09%) Educational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Handset
3 1 (9.09%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
2 3 (27.27%) ITSM
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Network Design
3 2 (18.18%) Service Management
4 1 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (9.09%) BCP
4 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
4 1 (9.09%) Change Management
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Operational Stability
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) CCIE
3 2 (18.18%) CCNA
3 2 (18.18%) CCNP
3 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
3 2 (18.18%) Meraki
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 1 (9.09%) BT
4 1 (9.09%) CenturyLink
4 1 (9.09%) Citrix
4 1 (9.09%) Dell
4 1 (9.09%) HP
4 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto