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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 398 437
Rank change year-on-year +6 +39 +68
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 332 627 712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.64% 0.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.77% 4.60% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 230 542 512
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,050 £25,888
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,000 £39,552
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -14.04% -12.11%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £61,500 £60,000 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,533 £32,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year +0.10% -16.67% -4.88%

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 6,964 13,635 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.38% 13.84% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 9,518 8,181
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +4 320 £35,000 +6.06% 219
UK excluding London +26 269 £32,533 +0.10% 200
South East +49 79 £27,500 -15.38% 60
North of England +16 70 £28,500 -9.52% 60
Work from Home +80 69 £40,000 +6.67% 82
Midlands +51 64 £35,000 +14.75% 19
London +74 59 £43,750 -10.71% 37
West Midlands +26 37 £57,500 +64.29% 8
North West -5 33 £35,000 +2.94% 38
Yorkshire +64 31 £28,000 +1.82% 18
South West +84 28 £40,000 +6.67% 21
East Midlands +44 27 £35,000 +24.27% 9
East of England +17 20 £36,945 -11.51% 29
North East +25 6 £45,000 +66.67% 7
Wales +30 4 £47,929 +61.11% 9
Scotland +116 2 £57,000 +34.12% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 8

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 56 (16.87%) SharePoint
2 48 (14.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.31%) IIS
4 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 37 (11.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (3.01%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.51%) Exchequer
3 3 (0.90%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.60%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 173 (52.11%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (32.83%) Azure
3 44 (13.25%) Entra ID
4 31 (9.34%) OneDrive
5 13 (3.92%) AWS
6 9 (2.71%) SaaS
7 6 (1.81%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.90%) PaaS
10 2 (0.60%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.60%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.60%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.30%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.30%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 95 (28.61%) LAN
2 93 (28.01%) WAN
3 80 (24.10%) Firewall
4 62 (18.67%) VLAN
5 55 (16.57%) DNS
6 46 (13.86%) DHCP
6 46 (13.86%) VPN
7 43 (12.95%) Wi-Fi
8 35 (10.54%) TCP/IP
9 24 (7.23%) MPLS
10 22 (6.63%) Unified Communications
11 19 (5.72%) Wireless
12 17 (5.12%) Network Security
13 15 (4.52%) SD-WAN
14 13 (3.92%) SAN
15 12 (3.61%) BGP
15 12 (3.61%) OSPF
16 10 (3.01%) ADSL
16 10 (3.01%) Internet
17 9 (2.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.72%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.01%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.51%) Power BI
4 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Android Studio
1 1 (0.30%) HP UFT
1 1 (0.30%) Selenium
1 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
1 1 (0.30%) Xcode
1 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 166 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 68 (20.48%) Telecoms
3 30 (9.04%) Finance
3 30 (9.04%) Retail
4 28 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (5.42%) Legal
6 16 (4.82%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.41%) Electronics
8 8 (2.41%) Military
8 8 (2.41%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.81%) Automotive
9 6 (1.81%) Games
9 6 (1.81%) Law
9 6 (1.81%) Local Government
9 6 (1.81%) Spanish Language
10 5 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.20%) Marketing
12 3 (0.90%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 102 (30.72%) IT Support
2 79 (23.80%) Analyst
3 56 (16.87%) Support Analyst
4 51 (15.36%) Senior
5 47 (14.16%) IT Analyst
6 45 (13.55%) Support Specialist
7 39 (11.75%) IT Support Specialist
8 35 (10.54%) IT Support Analyst
9 34 (10.24%) 1st Line Support
10 26 (7.83%) Support Engineer
11 25 (7.53%) 3rd Line Support
12 23 (6.93%) Network Engineer
13 21 (6.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
14 20 (6.02%) IT Engineer
15 18 (5.42%) 2nd Line Support
16 16 (4.82%) Instrumentation Engineer
16 16 (4.82%) Senior Electrical Engineer
17 15 (4.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 15 (4.52%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
18 13 (3.92%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.20%) JSON
1 4 (1.20%) YAML
2 2 (0.60%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.30%) CSS
3 1 (0.30%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.30%) Node.js
3 1 (0.30%) React
3 1 (0.30%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (0.30%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 56 (16.87%) CCTV
2 34 (10.24%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.42%) Video Conferencing
4 15 (4.52%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.92%) Client/Server
5 13 (3.92%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.41%) Social Media
8 5 (1.51%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.51%) Mobile Computing
9 4 (1.20%) IoT
9 4 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.20%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.90%) CMDB
10 3 (0.90%) FMCG
10 3 (0.90%) iPhone
10 3 (0.90%) PKI
10 3 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.90%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.60%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 173 (52.11%) Windows
2 88 (26.51%) Windows 10
3 77 (23.19%) Windows Server
4 23 (6.93%) Mac OS
5 22 (6.63%) Linux
6 17 (5.12%) Android
6 17 (5.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (3.61%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (2.71%) Apple iOS
10 5 (1.51%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.60%) SUSE
14 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (29.22%) Cybersecurity
2 82 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (22.29%) Customer Service
4 51 (15.36%) ITIL
5 28 (8.43%) Coaching
6 25 (7.53%) Time Management
7 23 (6.93%) Disaster Recovery
8 20 (6.02%) Project Delivery
9 19 (5.72%) Mentoring
10 17 (5.12%) Configuration Management
11 16 (4.82%) ITSM
11 16 (4.82%) Requirements Management
11 16 (4.82%) Systems Engineering
12 14 (4.22%) CRM
12 14 (4.22%) Service Delivery
13 13 (3.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (3.92%) Mobile Device Management
13 13 (3.92%) Project Management
14 12 (3.61%) Collaborative Working
14 12 (3.61%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 41 (12.35%) PowerShell
2 35 (10.54%) SQL
3 5 (1.51%) PHP
4 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.60%) Python
5 1 (0.30%) Scala
5 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 102 (30.72%) Degree
2 20 (6.02%) Chartered Engineer
3 18 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (5.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (4.82%) Network+ Certification
6 14 (4.22%) Security Cleared
7 12 (3.61%) A+ Certification
7 12 (3.61%) DBS Check
8 11 (3.31%) CCNA
9 10 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.41%) SC Cleared
11 6 (1.81%) CCNP
11 6 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (1.20%) MCP
13 3 (0.90%) MCSA
13 3 (0.90%) MCSE
14 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.60%) CISSP
14 2 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.12%) QA
2 10 (3.01%) SLA
3 8 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.11%) GDPR
5 6 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.20%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 157 (47.29%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.93%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.01%) Virtual Servers
4 10 (3.01%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.60%) Firmware
7 2 (0.60%) vSphere
8 1 (0.30%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 40 (12.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.01%) SCCM
3 9 (2.71%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.11%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.51%) PaperCut
5 5 (1.51%) SmoothWall
6 4 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.60%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.60%) SCOM
8 1 (0.30%) Ansible
8 1 (0.30%) CASB
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 221 (66.57%) Microsoft
2 74 (22.29%) Cisco
3 31 (9.34%) VMware
4 28 (8.43%) Meraki
5 18 (5.42%) Veeam
6 17 (5.12%) Fortinet
7 16 (4.82%) Siemens
8 15 (4.52%) Sage
9 13 (3.92%) HP
10 12 (3.61%) Apple
10 12 (3.61%) Citrix
10 12 (3.61%) Juniper
11 10 (3.01%) Aruba
12 9 (2.71%) Sophos
13 6 (1.81%) ServiceNow
13 6 (1.81%) SonicWALL
14 5 (1.51%) CheckPoint
14 5 (1.51%) Dell KACE
14 5 (1.51%) Kaseya
14 5 (1.51%) Mitel