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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 408 444
Rank change year-on-year +6 +36 +79
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 350 614 710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.62% 0.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.08% 4.54% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 242 532 514
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,377 £33,500 £39,379
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% -14.93% -13.45%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £61,150 £63,750 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,250 £32,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -17.72% -6.51%

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 8,582 13,531 15,733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.57% 13.64% 15.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,313 9,431 7,998
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% -3.23%

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 12 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 12 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 -3 334 £33,500 +2.29% 319
UK excluding London +13 287 £32,250 -0.77% 296
South East +47 86 £27,500 -15.38% 86
North of England 0 75 £28,750 -10.16% 77
Work from Home +33 72 £40,000 +6.67% 99
Midlands +47 67 £35,000 +18.35% 38
London +80 57 £42,500 -15.00% 53
West Midlands +40 38 £75,000 +122.22% 21
North West -27 37 £32,750 -3.68% 43
Yorkshire +60 32 £28,000 +1.82% 22
East Midlands +41 29 £35,000 +24.27% 15
South West +83 28 £40,000 +6.67% 34
East of England +6 21 £36,945 -11.51% 45
Wales +28 7 £32,500 +9.24% 14
North East +22 6 £45,000 +66.67% 15
Scotland +95 2 £57,000 +34.12% 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 6

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 55 (15.71%) SharePoint
2 45 (12.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.14%) IIS
4 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (10.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (3.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.43%) Exchequer
3 3 (0.86%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.57%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 178 (50.86%) Microsoft 365
2 112 (32.00%) Azure
3 46 (13.14%) Entra ID
4 31 (8.86%) OneDrive
5 13 (3.71%) AWS
6 9 (2.57%) SaaS
7 6 (1.71%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.86%) PaaS
10 2 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.57%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.57%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.57%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.29%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.29%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.29%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.29%) GitHub
11 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 95 (27.14%) LAN
2 93 (26.57%) WAN
3 83 (23.71%) Firewall
4 61 (17.43%) VLAN
5 57 (16.29%) DNS
6 47 (13.43%) VPN
7 45 (12.86%) DHCP
8 43 (12.29%) Wi-Fi
9 37 (10.57%) TCP/IP
10 24 (6.86%) MPLS
11 22 (6.29%) Unified Communications
12 20 (5.71%) Wireless
13 17 (4.86%) Network Security
14 15 (4.29%) SD-WAN
15 14 (4.00%) SAN
16 12 (3.43%) BGP
16 12 (3.43%) OSPF
17 11 (3.14%) Broadband
18 10 (2.86%) ADSL
18 10 (2.86%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.43%) Power BI
4 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 176 (50.29%) Social Skills
2 73 (20.86%) Telecoms
3 31 (8.86%) Finance
4 30 (8.57%) Retail
5 28 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (5.14%) Legal
8 16 (4.57%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.71%) Military
10 9 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.29%) Electronics
11 8 (2.29%) Public Sector
12 7 (2.00%) Spanish Language
13 6 (1.71%) Automotive
13 6 (1.71%) Games
13 6 (1.71%) Local Government
14 5 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.43%) Law
15 4 (1.14%) Marketing
16 3 (0.86%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 103 (29.43%) IT Support
2 84 (24.00%) Analyst
3 60 (17.14%) Support Analyst
4 50 (14.29%) Senior
5 46 (13.14%) IT Analyst
5 46 (13.14%) Support Specialist
6 39 (11.14%) IT Support Specialist
7 37 (10.57%) 1st Line Support
8 33 (9.43%) IT Support Analyst
9 28 (8.00%) Support Engineer
10 25 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
11 23 (6.57%) Network Engineer
12 22 (6.29%) 1st Line Support Analyst
12 22 (6.29%) IT Engineer
13 19 (5.43%) 2nd Line Support
13 19 (5.43%) Technical Support
14 16 (4.57%) 1st/2nd Line Support
14 16 (4.57%) Instrumentation Engineer
14 16 (4.57%) Senior Electrical Engineer
15 15 (4.29%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.14%) JSON
1 4 (1.14%) YAML
2 2 (0.57%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.29%) CSS
3 1 (0.29%) EDI
3 1 (0.29%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.29%) Node.js
3 1 (0.29%) React
3 1 (0.29%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 56 (16.00%) CCTV
2 42 (12.00%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.14%) Video Conferencing
4 15 (4.29%) Data Centre
4 15 (4.29%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.00%) Client/Server
6 10 (2.86%) Social Media
7 9 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.43%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.43%) Mobile Computing
9 4 (1.14%) IoT
9 4 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.14%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.86%) CMDB
10 3 (0.86%) FMCG
10 3 (0.86%) PKI
10 3 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.86%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.57%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.57%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 180 (51.43%) Windows
2 90 (25.71%) Windows 10
3 78 (22.29%) Windows Server
4 24 (6.86%) Mac OS
5 22 (6.29%) Linux
6 16 (4.57%) Android
7 14 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (3.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (2.57%) Apple iOS
9 9 (2.57%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (1.43%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.57%) SUSE
14 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (28.00%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (24.57%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (22.86%) Customer Service
4 54 (15.43%) ITIL
5 29 (8.29%) Coaching
6 28 (8.00%) Time Management
7 23 (6.57%) Disaster Recovery
8 20 (5.71%) Project Delivery
9 18 (5.14%) Mentoring
10 17 (4.86%) Configuration Management
11 16 (4.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (4.57%) CRM
11 16 (4.57%) Requirements Management
11 16 (4.57%) Systems Engineering
12 15 (4.29%) ITSM
12 15 (4.29%) Mobile Device Management
12 15 (4.29%) Service Delivery
13 14 (4.00%) Network Management
13 14 (4.00%) Project Management
14 12 (3.43%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 39 (11.14%) PowerShell
2 36 (10.29%) SQL
3 5 (1.43%) PHP
4 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.29%) Python
4 1 (0.29%) Scala
4 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 104 (29.71%) Degree
2 20 (5.71%) Chartered Engineer
2 20 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.14%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (4.86%) Network+ Certification
5 16 (4.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (4.00%) A+ Certification
6 14 (4.00%) DBS Check
6 14 (4.00%) SC Cleared
7 11 (3.14%) CCNA
7 11 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.71%) CCNP
8 6 (1.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.14%) MCP
10 3 (0.86%) MCSA
10 3 (0.86%) MCSE
11 2 (0.57%) CISM
11 2 (0.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.57%) QA
2 11 (3.14%) SLA
3 8 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.00%) GDPR
5 6 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.14%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 158 (45.14%) Active Directory
2 27 (7.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.57%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.57%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.57%) vSphere
9 1 (0.29%) Firmware
9 1 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 43 (12.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.86%) SCCM
3 9 (2.57%) Cisco CUCM
3 9 (2.57%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.00%) SmoothWall
5 5 (1.43%) PaperCut
6 4 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.57%) SCOM
8 1 (0.29%) Ansible
8 1 (0.29%) CASB
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 227 (64.86%) Microsoft
2 78 (22.29%) Cisco
3 32 (9.14%) VMware
4 30 (8.57%) Meraki
5 19 (5.43%) Veeam
6 17 (4.86%) Fortinet
7 16 (4.57%) Siemens
8 15 (4.29%) Sage
9 14 (4.00%) HP
10 12 (3.43%) Apple
10 12 (3.43%) Citrix
10 12 (3.43%) Juniper
11 10 (2.86%) Aruba
11 10 (2.86%) Sophos
12 6 (1.71%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.71%) SonicWALL
13 5 (1.43%) Avaya
13 5 (1.43%) Dell KACE
13 5 (1.43%) Genesys
13 5 (1.43%) Mitel