VoIP Job Trends in the North West

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring VoIP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 186 132
Rank change year-on-year +37 -54 +71
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 32 21 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.52% 0.40% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.67% 3.87% 9.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 42
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,875 £23,111
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £33,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.45% - -4.29%
75th Percentile £86,875 £43,125 £42,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £53,125 £72,000
England median annual salary £33,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -25.56% +12.50% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,915 542 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.07% 10.42% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 356 323 444
10th Percentile - £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £47,313 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,698 £77,500 £77,715
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

VoIP job vacancy trend in the North West

VoIP
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VoIP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VoIP

VoIP
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing VoIP in the North West over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for VoIP in the North West

VoIP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +40 20 £37,000 +13.85% 16
Merseyside -8 4 £120,000 +166.67% 7
Cumbria - 4 £32,000 -
Cheshire -14 3 £27,500 -17.91% 7
Lancashire +16 1 £30,000 - 8
VoIP
England

VoIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Azure
2 5 (15.63%) IaaS
2 5 (15.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 4 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (43.75%) Telepresence
1 14 (43.75%) Unified Communications
1 14 (43.75%) WebEx
2 6 (18.75%) VLAN
3 5 (15.63%) DMZ
3 5 (15.63%) STUN
3 5 (15.63%) VPN
4 2 (6.25%) Firewall
5 1 (3.13%) ISDN
5 1 (3.13%) LAN
5 1 (3.13%) PSTN
5 1 (3.13%) WAN
5 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 4 (12.50%) Power BI
2 4 (12.50%) Tableau
General
1 21 (65.63%) Telecoms
2 14 (43.75%) Finance
3 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
4 7 (21.88%) Marketing
5 5 (15.63%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (9.38%) Military
7 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (62.50%) Support Engineer
2 14 (43.75%) Voice Engineer
2 14 (43.75%) Voice Support Engineer
3 6 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Applications Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Applications Support
4 5 (15.63%) Applications Support Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Support
4 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Chief Technology Officer
6 3 (9.38%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Telesales Executive
7 1 (3.13%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (3.13%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) IT Support
7 1 (3.13%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Technical Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.63%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Driving Licence
2 3 (9.38%) Acoustics
2 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Windows
1 7 (21.88%) Windows Server
2 5 (15.63%) Debian
2 5 (15.63%) Linux
3 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (56.25%) AI
2 17 (53.13%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (43.75%) Network Management
3 14 (43.75%) Root Cause Analysis
4 8 (25.00%) CRM
4 8 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (18.75%) High Availability
5 6 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
6 5 (15.63%) DevOps
6 5 (15.63%) Software Licensing
6 5 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (12.50%) Analytics
7 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (12.50%) Conversational UI
7 4 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (12.50%) Data Analytics
7 4 (12.50%) Marketing Automation
7 4 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (12.50%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
2 3 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (9.38%) CCNA
2 3 (9.38%) Chartered Engineer
2 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (9.38%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.25%) CCIE
3 2 (6.25%) CCNP
4 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.13%) MCSA
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (15.63%) ISO 9001
1 5 (15.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Kamailio
2 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (43.75%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (50.00%) Cisco
2 14 (43.75%) Oracle
3 5 (15.63%) Salesforce
4 4 (12.50%) HubSpot
5 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.25%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (3.13%) Apple
6 1 (3.13%) ConnectWise
6 1 (3.13%) Datto
6 1 (3.13%) ESET
6 1 (3.13%) Meraki
6 1 (3.13%) Sophos
6 1 (3.13%) Veeam