VoIP Job Trends in the North of England

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring VoIP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 225 212
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 +48
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 66 41 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.52% 0.52% 0.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.46% 4.30% 7.39%
Number of salaries quoted 38 19 111
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,950 £22,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £36,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +21.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £35,250
90th Percentile £76,000 £48,731 £45,000
England median annual salary £33,500 £42,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -20.24% +25.37% -11.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

VoIP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,682 953 1,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.11% 12.13% 12.80%
Number of salaries quoted 794 550 1,360
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £43,231
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% +4.09% -2.86%
75th Percentile £50,188 £64,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.64% +10.00% -2.91%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VoIP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

VoIP job vacancy trend in the North of England

VoIP
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VoIP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VoIP

VoIP
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VoIP in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for VoIP in the North of England

VoIP
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +22 30 £47,500 +24.18% 18
Yorkshire -20 26 £30,000 -14.29% 12
North East -1 10 £33,500 -9.46% 2
VoIP
England

VoIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 10 (15.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (13.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Chatbot
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (28.79%) Azure
3 7 (10.61%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.06%) IaaS
4 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.55%) AWS
5 3 (4.55%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 20 (30.30%) VPN
2 17 (25.76%) DHCP
2 17 (25.76%) DNS
2 17 (25.76%) Firewall
3 15 (22.73%) WebEx
4 14 (21.21%) Telepresence
4 14 (21.21%) Unified Communications
5 13 (19.70%) WAN
6 12 (18.18%) LAN
7 10 (15.15%) Asterisk PBX
7 10 (15.15%) VLAN
8 7 (10.61%) PSTN
9 5 (7.58%) BGP
9 5 (7.58%) MPLS
9 5 (7.58%) SD-WAN
10 4 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (6.06%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (6.06%) TCP/IP
10 4 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (6.06%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) Power BI
1 4 (6.06%) SQL Server
1 4 (6.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) GitLab
1 4 (6.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 40 (60.61%) Telecoms
2 25 (37.88%) Social Skills
3 23 (34.85%) Finance
4 7 (10.61%) Marketing
5 6 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (6.06%) Military
6 4 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (46.97%) Support Engineer
2 14 (21.21%) Voice Engineer
2 14 (21.21%) Voice Support Engineer
3 9 (13.64%) IT Engineer
3 9 (13.64%) IT Support
3 9 (13.64%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (9.09%) Support Specialist
5 5 (7.58%) Account Manager
5 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (6.06%) Chief Technology Officer
6 4 (6.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) IT Manager
6 4 (6.06%) Principal Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Technical Support
6 4 (6.06%) Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) VoIP Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) VoIP Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.15%) FreeSWITCH
2 6 (9.09%) .NET
3 4 (6.06%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Driving Licence
2 7 (10.61%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (9.09%) iPad
4 4 (6.06%) Acoustics
4 4 (6.06%) PKI
5 3 (4.55%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.52%) PDA
6 1 (1.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (36.36%) Windows
2 20 (30.30%) Windows Server
3 12 (18.18%) Linux
4 10 (15.15%) Windows 10
5 9 (13.64%) Mac OS
6 4 (6.06%) Debian
6 4 (6.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (39.39%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (27.27%) AI
2 18 (27.27%) Network Management
2 18 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
3 17 (25.76%) CRM
4 11 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 9 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (10.61%) B2B
6 7 (10.61%) Migration
7 6 (9.09%) Agile
7 6 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 6 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
7 6 (9.09%) ITSM
7 6 (9.09%) Patch Management
7 6 (9.09%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 6 (9.09%) Service Management
7 6 (9.09%) Task Automation
8 5 (7.58%) High Availability
8 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (6.06%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.15%) Bash
1 10 (15.15%) Python
1 10 (15.15%) SQL
2 9 (13.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (16.67%) Degree
3 8 (12.12%) CCNA
3 8 (12.12%) CCNP
4 6 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (6.06%) Azure Certification
5 4 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (6.06%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.06%) Master's Degree
5 4 (6.06%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.03%) ACCA
6 2 (3.03%) CCIE
6 2 (3.03%) CIMA
7 1 (1.52%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.52%) MCSA
7 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 23 (34.85%) Active Directory
2 10 (15.15%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.06%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.06%) VMware NSX
3 4 (6.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (21.21%) Cisco CUCM
2 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (10.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (6.06%) Ansible
4 4 (6.06%) WSUS
5 1 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 26 (39.39%) Cisco
2 21 (31.82%) Microsoft
3 14 (21.21%) Oracle
4 11 (16.67%) Apple
5 6 (9.09%) Datto
5 6 (9.09%) Freshdesk
6 5 (7.58%) VMware
7 4 (6.06%) HubSpot
7 4 (6.06%) Sage
7 4 (6.06%) SonicWALL
7 4 (6.06%) Splunk
8 3 (4.55%) Google
9 2 (3.03%) Meraki
9 2 (3.03%) Xero
10 1 (1.52%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.52%) Huawei
10 1 (1.52%) Polycom
10 1 (1.52%) Ubiquiti
10 1 (1.52%) Veeam