Voice Over IP (VoIP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring VoIP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VoIP over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 406 417 440
Rank change year-on-year +11 +23 +136
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 356 640 621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.57% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.34% 4.61% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 237 524 468
10th Percentile £25,250 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £30,977
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -18.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile £43,750 £44,438 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,100 £61,400 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £32,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -20.00% -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,649 13,889 15,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.99% 12.47% 16.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,826 9,460 7,601
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,742 £47,500 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -7.50% -2.19%
75th Percentile £61,188 £63,750 £70,083
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £44,886 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.59% -0.25% -5.26%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VoIP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VoIP.

Salary trend for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VoIP over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the UK over the 6 months to 19 June 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
England +1 342 £32,000 -1.54% 738
UK excluding London +39 304 £30,000 -6.25% 598
South East +50 104 £27,500 -15.38% 131
North of England +12 77 £28,000 -9.68% 186
Work from Home +16 71 £40,000 +6.67% 322
Midlands +60 59 £38,500 +31.46% 86
London +50 49 £42,250 -13.78% 180
North West +6 37 £32,000 -1.54% 96
Yorkshire +54 35 £28,000 -8.20% 75
South West +96 31 £40,000 +6.67% 59
West Midlands +37 31 £75,000 +122.22% 47
East Midlands +48 28 £35,000 +24.27% 38
East of England +1 22 £39,445 +2.45% 77
Wales +28 9 £25,875 -13.75% 27
North East +24 5 £45,000 +66.67% 17
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 16
Channel Islands - 1 £65,000 -

VoIP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 48 (13.48%) SharePoint
2 44 (12.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.09%) IIS
4 2 (0.56%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 35 (9.83%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.84%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.56%) Revit
Business Applications
1 11 (3.09%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.40%) Exchequer
3 3 (0.84%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 162 (45.51%) Microsoft 365
2 103 (28.93%) Azure
3 44 (12.36%) Entra ID
4 30 (8.43%) OneDrive
5 13 (3.65%) AWS
6 4 (1.12%) SaaS
7 3 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (0.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (0.56%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.28%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 91 (25.56%) Firewall
2 89 (25.00%) LAN
3 84 (23.60%) WAN
4 56 (15.73%) DNS
5 53 (14.89%) VLAN
6 48 (13.48%) VPN
7 41 (11.52%) DHCP
8 39 (10.96%) TCP/IP
9 36 (10.11%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (7.30%) ATM
11 24 (6.74%) MPLS
12 22 (6.18%) Wireless
13 21 (5.90%) Network Security
14 19 (5.34%) Unified Communications
15 18 (5.06%) Broadband
16 17 (4.78%) SAN
17 14 (3.93%) ADSL
18 13 (3.65%) SD-WAN
19 12 (3.37%) PBX
20 10 (2.81%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.43%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.81%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.28%) GitLab
1 1 (0.28%) JIRA
General
1 176 (49.44%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.63%) Telecoms
3 25 (7.02%) Finance
4 24 (6.74%) Military
5 23 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (6.18%) Manufacturing
7 20 (5.62%) Retail
8 18 (5.06%) Legal
9 16 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.53%) Spanish Language
11 8 (2.25%) Electronics
12 7 (1.97%) Marketing
13 6 (1.69%) Automotive
13 6 (1.69%) Games
13 6 (1.69%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.40%) Advertising
14 5 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.12%) Law
15 4 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 104 (29.21%) IT Support
2 85 (23.88%) Analyst
3 65 (18.26%) Support Analyst
4 48 (13.48%) IT Analyst
5 44 (12.36%) Senior
6 37 (10.39%) 1st Line Support
6 37 (10.39%) IT Support Analyst
7 36 (10.11%) Support Specialist
8 31 (8.71%) Technical Support
9 28 (7.87%) IT Support Specialist
10 25 (7.02%) 3rd Line Support
10 25 (7.02%) Support Engineer
11 23 (6.46%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 23 (6.46%) IT Engineer
11 23 (6.46%) Network Engineer
12 20 (5.62%) Field Engineer
12 20 (5.62%) Field Service Engineer
13 17 (4.78%) 2nd Line Support
14 16 (4.49%) Architect
14 16 (4.49%) Instrumentation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.84%) 802.1X
1 3 (0.84%) JSON
1 3 (0.84%) YAML
2 2 (0.56%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.28%) EDI
3 1 (0.28%) libvirt
3 1 (0.28%) Node.js
3 1 (0.28%) SAML
3 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 59 (16.57%) Driving Licence
2 45 (12.64%) CCTV
3 20 (5.62%) Video Conferencing
4 17 (4.78%) Client/Server
5 15 (4.21%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.09%) Data Centre
7 11 (3.09%) Social Media
8 8 (2.25%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.69%) IoT
10 5 (1.40%) Mobile Computing
10 5 (1.40%) Smartphone
11 4 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.12%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.12%) PKI
12 3 (0.84%) CMDB
12 3 (0.84%) FMCG
12 3 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.56%) Blog
13 2 (0.56%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 176 (49.44%) Windows
2 85 (23.88%) Windows Server
3 78 (21.91%) Windows 10
4 27 (7.58%) Linux
5 24 (6.74%) Mac OS
6 17 (4.78%) Android
7 14 (3.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (3.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (2.25%) Apple iOS
10 7 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.56%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (23.31%) Cybersecurity
3 81 (22.75%) Customer Service
4 43 (12.08%) ITIL
5 36 (10.11%) Time Management
6 27 (7.58%) Coaching
7 23 (6.46%) Disaster Recovery
8 20 (5.62%) Innovative Thinking
8 20 (5.62%) System Testing
9 19 (5.34%) Project Delivery
10 17 (4.78%) Configuration Management
10 17 (4.78%) E-Commerce
11 16 (4.49%) Mentoring
11 16 (4.49%) Requirements Management
11 16 (4.49%) Systems Engineering
12 15 (4.21%) ITSM
12 15 (4.21%) Mobile Device Management
12 15 (4.21%) Network Management
13 14 (3.93%) Kalman Filter
13 14 (3.93%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.24%) SQL
2 35 (9.83%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.40%) PHP
4 2 (0.56%) Python
5 1 (0.28%) Bash
5 1 (0.28%) Perl
5 1 (0.28%) Scala
5 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 87 (24.44%) Degree
2 36 (10.11%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.62%) Chartered Engineer
5 19 (5.34%) Network+ Certification
6 18 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (4.78%) A+ Certification
8 16 (4.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (3.93%) DBS Check
10 11 (3.09%) CCNA
11 9 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.69%) CCNP
12 6 (1.69%) MCP
13 4 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.84%) MCSA
14 3 (0.84%) MCSE
15 2 (0.56%) Azure Certification
15 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.06%) QA
2 12 (3.37%) SLA
3 7 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.69%) GDPR
5 5 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.12%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 144 (40.45%) Active Directory
2 30 (8.43%) Hyper-V
3 29 (8.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.53%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.56%) vSphere
9 1 (0.28%) Corosync
9 1 (0.28%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.28%) KVM
9 1 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 47 (13.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.81%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (2.53%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (2.25%) SmoothWall
5 6 (1.69%) PaperCut
5 6 (1.69%) SCCM
6 4 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.56%) Ansible
7 2 (0.56%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.28%) CASB
8 1 (0.28%) Grafana
8 1 (0.28%) Icinga
8 1 (0.28%) Nessus
8 1 (0.28%) Pacemaker
8 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.28%) WMI
8 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 218 (61.24%) Microsoft
2 75 (21.07%) Cisco
3 34 (9.55%) VMware
4 29 (8.15%) Meraki
5 22 (6.18%) Veeam
6 16 (4.49%) Siemens
7 15 (4.21%) Sage
8 14 (3.93%) Fortinet
9 13 (3.65%) Apple
9 13 (3.65%) HP
9 13 (3.65%) Juniper
10 11 (3.09%) Sophos
11 9 (2.53%) Aruba
11 9 (2.53%) Citrix
12 8 (2.25%) Google
12 8 (2.25%) SonicWALL
13 6 (1.69%) ServiceNow
14 5 (1.40%) Dell KACE
14 5 (1.40%) Ruckus Wireless
15 4 (1.12%) LexisNexis