FreeSWITCH Job Trends

FreeSWITCH
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring FreeSWITCH skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 695 706
Rank change year-on-year +52 +11 +296
Permanent jobs citing FreeSWITCH 10 4 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.007% 0.027%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.14% 0.035% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 15
10th Percentile - - £41,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £71,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.79% +20.83% +41.18%
75th Percentile £38,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile - - £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -53.79% -3.33% +76.47%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

FreeSWITCH falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,080 11,547 13,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.80% 21.58% 24.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,272 6,787 11,241
10th Percentile £35,760 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £109,875 £109,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

FreeSWITCH
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FreeSWITCH relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

FreeSWITCH job vacancy trend in the UK

FreeSWITCH
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FreeSWITCH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FreeSWITCH

FreeSWITCH
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FreeSWITCH within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +68 10 £33,500 -53.79% 10
UK excluding London +63 10 £33,500 -53.79% 10
North of England - 10 £33,500 - 3
North East - 6 £33,500 - 1
Work from Home +67 4 £37,000 -48.97% 7
North West - 4 £37,000 - 2

FreeSWITCH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) IaaS
1 4 (40.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) VoIP
2 6 (60.00%) Asterisk PBX
2 6 (60.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) PSTN
3 4 (40.00%) DMZ
3 4 (40.00%) STUN
3 4 (40.00%) VLAN
3 4 (40.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Support Specialist
2 4 (40.00%) Applications Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Applications Support
2 4 (40.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Debian
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
1 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (60.00%) Task Automation
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) DevOps
2 4 (40.00%) High Availability
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Software Licensing
2 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Bash
1 6 (60.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CCNP
1 6 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (60.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
1 6 (60.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (40.00%) ISO 9001
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Kamailio
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Cisco
2 4 (40.00%) Salesforce