IP Telephony
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring IP Telephony skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 684 625 824
Rank change year-on-year -59 +199 +82
Permanent jobs citing IP Telephony 32 22 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.053% 0.043%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.31% 0.39% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 31 19 31
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £28,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -16.67% +10.53%
75th Percentile £52,625 £45,188 £49,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £57,592 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £33,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -13.43% -4.29% +2.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

IP Telephony 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,404 5,631 13,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.97% 13.49% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,080 3,763 9,547
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +5.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £77,729
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -14.44% +3.45% -3.33%

IP Telephony
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IP Telephony job vacancy trend in the UK

IP Telephony
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IP Telephony.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IP Telephony

IP Telephony
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IP Telephony over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for IP Telephony in the UK

IP Telephony
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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 -49 32 £30,000 -16.08% 11
UK excluding London -51 24 £29,000 -13.43% 10
Midlands -31 10 £27,250 -7.63% 1
East Midlands -48 10 £27,250 -7.63%
North of England -54 9 £29,000 -17.14% 2
Work from Home +2 8 £30,000 -60.00% 3
London 0 8 £77,500 +70.80% 2
North West - 6 £29,000 - 2
South East -49 5 £26,000 -30.67% 4
Yorkshire -49 3 £32,500 -7.14%

IP Telephony
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (65.63%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (21.88%) Azure
3 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 4 (12.50%) AWS
5 2 (6.25%) SaaS
6 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) Wireless
2 6 (18.75%) VPN
3 4 (12.50%) Firewall
3 4 (12.50%) PSTN
3 4 (12.50%) VoIP
4 3 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (6.25%) BGP
5 2 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (6.25%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (6.25%) LAN
5 2 (6.25%) MPLS
5 2 (6.25%) Network Security
5 2 (6.25%) OSPF
5 2 (6.25%) PBX
5 2 (6.25%) SD-WAN
5 2 (6.25%) WAN
5 2 (6.25%) WebEx
6 1 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
General
1 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 7 (21.88%) Retail
4 6 (18.75%) Finance
5 5 (15.63%) Local Government
5 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
6 3 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (6.25%) Financial Institution
8 1 (3.13%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) IT Support
2 11 (34.38%) Support Technician
3 10 (31.25%) Support Engineer
4 8 (25.00%) IT Engineer
4 8 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) ICT Support
5 5 (15.63%) ICT Support Technician
5 5 (15.63%) ICT Technician
5 5 (15.63%) Senior
6 3 (9.38%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 3 (9.38%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
6 3 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (9.38%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 3 (9.38%) Coordinator
6 3 (9.38%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (9.38%) IT Technician
7 2 (6.25%) Network Manager
7 2 (6.25%) Network Operations Manager
7 2 (6.25%) Operations Manager
8 1 (3.13%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.63%) REST
1 5 (15.63%) Web Services
2 4 (12.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Driving Licence
2 5 (15.63%) CCTV
3 4 (12.50%) IVR
4 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.25%) Blackberry
5 2 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (6.25%) Hedge funds
5 2 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (3.13%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 17 (53.13%) Windows
2 10 (31.25%) Windows Server
3 6 (18.75%) Apple iOS
3 6 (18.75%) Linux
4 3 (9.38%) Android
5 2 (6.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) ITIL
2 11 (34.38%) Customer Service
3 8 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (18.75%) ERP
6 5 (15.63%) Collaborative Culture
6 5 (15.63%) ITSM
6 5 (15.63%) Server Monitoring
7 4 (12.50%) CRM
7 4 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (12.50%) Customer Experience
7 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (12.50%) Technical Discovery
8 3 (9.38%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (9.38%) Data Entry
8 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2
8 3 (9.38%) Project Management
8 3 (9.38%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) CCNA
1 4 (12.50%) CCNP
1 4 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (12.50%) MCSA
1 4 (12.50%) MCSE
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) SLA
2 4 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.13%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 5 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 2 (6.25%) vSphere
4 2 (6.25%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (65.63%) Microsoft
2 9 (28.13%) VMware
3 8 (25.00%) Cisco
4 7 (21.88%) Mitel
5 5 (15.63%) Apple
5 5 (15.63%) Genesys
6 4 (12.50%) Avaya
6 4 (12.50%) Draytek
6 4 (12.50%) Salesforce
6 4 (12.50%) WatchGuard
7 2 (6.25%) Bloomberg
7 2 (6.25%) CheckPoint
7 2 (6.25%) Citrix
7 2 (6.25%) Meraki
7 2 (6.25%) Palo Alto
7 2 (6.25%) Reuters
7 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
7 2 (6.25%) SolarWinds
8 1 (3.13%) Freshdesk