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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 164 162
Rank change year-on-year +17 -2 +24
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 24 15 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.60% 0.43% 0.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.74% 3.11% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 19
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £37,250
25th Percentile £29,125 £46,875 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £72,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -55.17% +26.09% +43.75%
75th Percentile £35,000 £73,750 £69,375
90th Percentile £35,900 - £73,500
South East median annual salary £35,000 £38,750 £36,500
% change year-on-year -9.68% +6.16% -8.75%

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 356 482 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.93% 13.93% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 188 226 399
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £32,300
25th Percentile £32,531 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £88,750 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 +2 15 £32,500 -55.17% 4
Oxfordshire +24 9 £35,000 -46.15% 3
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 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Azure
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.83%) Entra ID
2 5 (20.83%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (83.33%) WAN
2 13 (54.17%) LAN
3 11 (45.83%) Firewall
3 11 (45.83%) VPN
4 10 (41.67%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (29.17%) DECT
5 7 (29.17%) DSL
5 7 (29.17%) PBX
5 7 (29.17%) Unified Communications
5 7 (29.17%) VLAN
5 7 (29.17%) Wireshark
6 4 (16.67%) DHCP
6 4 (16.67%) DNS
7 3 (12.50%) Network Security
7 3 (12.50%) Wireless
7 3 (12.50%) WLAN
8 2 (8.33%) 5G
8 2 (8.33%) 802.11
8 2 (8.33%) Internet
9 1 (4.17%) Ethernet
General
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 11 (45.83%) Telecoms
3 7 (29.17%) Marketing
4 5 (20.83%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Games
5 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) IT Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Support Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) IT Support
3 8 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (20.83%) Field Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Presales Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Senior
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 1 (4.17%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Web Conferencing
2 5 (20.83%) Social Media
3 4 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 2 (8.33%) BYOD
4 2 (8.33%) CCTV
4 2 (8.33%) IoT
5 1 (4.17%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 9 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 5 (20.83%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Customer Service
2 9 (37.50%) Presales
3 7 (29.17%) Case Management
3 7 (29.17%) Time Management
4 5 (20.83%) Data Protection
4 5 (20.83%) ITIL
4 5 (20.83%) Network Management
4 5 (20.83%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (16.67%) B2B
5 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.33%) AI
6 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.33%) Economics
6 2 (8.33%) Logistics
6 2 (8.33%) Machine Learning
6 2 (8.33%) Network Design
6 2 (8.33%) Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (4.17%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Degree
2 5 (20.83%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (58.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (20.83%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (20.83%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Cisco
2 5 (20.83%) Google
2 5 (20.83%) Meraki
3 4 (16.67%) Adobe
4 2 (8.33%) Ruckus Wireless