VoIP Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring VoIP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 164 186
Rank change year-on-year +22 +22 +40
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 29 21 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.51% 0.62% 0.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.70% 3.95% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 18 10 49
10th Percentile £31,250 £21,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £25,875 £26,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -31.58%
75th Percentile £64,063 £37,625 £42,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £46,000
South East median annual salary £33,500 £27,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +21.82% -15.38% -30.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 433 532 917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.64% 15.68% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 275 222 677
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,375 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% +5.56%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

VoIP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

VoIP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VoIP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VoIP

VoIP
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing VoIP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for VoIP in the Thames Valley

VoIP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Berkshire +19 16 £37,500 +18.11% 3
Buckinghamshire -12 8 £70,000 +143.48% 2
Oxfordshire - 5 £35,000 - 2
VoIP
South East

VoIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.69%) Azure
3 5 (17.24%) Google Workspace
4 3 (10.34%) Power Automate
4 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
5 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 21 (72.41%) Firewall
2 14 (48.28%) WAN
3 13 (44.83%) VPN
4 12 (41.38%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (37.93%) DECT
5 11 (37.93%) PBX
5 11 (37.93%) Unified Communications
6 9 (31.03%) VLAN
7 8 (27.59%) DSL
7 8 (27.59%) Wireshark
8 6 (20.69%) LAN
9 3 (10.34%) NAS
10 2 (6.90%) DHCP
10 2 (6.90%) DNS
11 1 (3.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Power BI
General
1 16 (55.17%) Telecoms
2 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
3 8 (27.59%) Marketing
4 4 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) 2nd Line Support
1 11 (37.93%) IT Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) IT Support
2 7 (24.14%) IT Support Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) VoIP Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Field Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Account Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Account Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Presales Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Technical Presales Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Unified Communications Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) VoIP Consultant
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) Web Conferencing
2 5 (17.24%) Driving Licence
3 4 (13.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (55.17%) Windows
2 10 (34.48%) Windows Server
3 5 (17.24%) Linux
4 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Presales
2 10 (34.48%) Customer Service
3 8 (27.59%) Case Management
3 8 (27.59%) Time Management
4 7 (24.14%) ITIL
5 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (13.79%) Data Protection
6 4 (13.79%) Network Management
6 4 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (10.34%) Critical Thinking
7 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.90%) Project Delivery
9 1 (3.45%) B2B
9 1 (3.45%) Collaborative Culture
9 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (3.45%) Data Privacy
9 1 (3.45%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (3.45%) Kalman Filter
9 1 (3.45%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 12 (41.38%) Degree
2 8 (27.59%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) SLA
2 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.34%) BitLocker
3 3 (10.34%) Terminal Services
4 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (17.24%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (13.79%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Cisco
2 5 (17.24%) Google
3 4 (13.79%) Meraki
3 4 (13.79%) VMware
4 3 (10.34%) Barracuda Networks
4 3 (10.34%) Sophos
5 2 (6.90%) Adobe
6 1 (3.45%) Apple
6 1 (3.45%) Datto
6 1 (3.45%) SonicWALL
6 1 (3.45%) Veeam