Hybrid/Remote VoIP Job Trends

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring VoIP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 329 388
Rank change year-on-year -39 +59 +18
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 94 89 114
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.54% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.97% 4.53% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 91 71 100
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £28,636
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -12.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £55,313
90th Percentile £93,634 £76,250 £70,375
UK median annual salary £34,000 £32,500 £38,250
% change year-on-year +4.62% -15.03% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,365 1,963 3,770
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.36% 11.82% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 1,194 1,961
10th Percentile £29,058 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,625 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VoIP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

VoIP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

VoIP
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VoIP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VoIP

VoIP
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VoIP over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

VoIP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

VoIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 26 (27.66%) SharePoint
2 20 (21.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.06%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (11.70%) Chatbot
2 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.32%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 48 (51.06%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (22.34%) Entra ID
3 19 (20.21%) Azure
4 13 (13.83%) OneDrive
5 9 (9.57%) Google Workspace
6 5 (5.32%) AWS
7 4 (4.26%) SaaS
7 4 (4.26%) Serverless
8 3 (3.19%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.19%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.13%) Dropbox
10 1 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.06%) Azure Storage
10 1 (1.06%) Cloudflare
10 1 (1.06%) IaaS
10 1 (1.06%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 33 (35.11%) Firewall
2 21 (22.34%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (21.28%) LAN
4 18 (19.15%) WAN
5 17 (18.09%) TCP/IP
5 17 (18.09%) VPN
6 14 (14.89%) DNS
7 11 (11.70%) CTI
7 11 (11.70%) DHCP
8 9 (9.57%) VLAN
9 8 (8.51%) Internet
10 5 (5.32%) Network Security
11 4 (4.26%) IPsec
11 4 (4.26%) SD-WAN
11 4 (4.26%) Unified Communications
12 3 (3.19%) NAS
12 3 (3.19%) SSL
12 3 (3.19%) Wireless
12 3 (3.19%) Wireshark
12 3 (3.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.19%) Power BI
1 3 (3.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.32%) VersionOne
2 1 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 39 (41.49%) Social Skills
2 25 (26.60%) Telecoms
3 13 (13.83%) Public Sector
4 11 (11.70%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (7.45%) Finance
6 4 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.19%) Advertising
7 3 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.13%) Military
9 1 (1.06%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.06%) Law
9 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.06%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (46.81%) IT Support
2 42 (44.68%) Support Engineer
3 35 (37.23%) IT Engineer
3 35 (37.23%) IT Support Engineer
4 15 (15.96%) Lead
5 11 (11.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 11 (11.70%) 2nd Line Support
5 11 (11.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 11 (11.70%) Architect
5 11 (11.70%) Lead Architect
5 11 (11.70%) Technical Architect
5 11 (11.70%) Technical Leader
6 8 (8.51%) Network Engineer
7 7 (7.45%) IT Support Technician
7 7 (7.45%) IT Technician
7 7 (7.45%) Support Technician
8 5 (5.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.32%) Infrastructure Support
8 5 (5.32%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 4 (4.26%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.06%) FFmpeg
1 1 (1.06%) FreeSWITCH
1 1 (1.06%) GStreamer
1 1 (1.06%) HTML
1 1 (1.06%) JSON
1 1 (1.06%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (1.06%) WebRTC
1 1 (1.06%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.83%) Driving Licence
2 11 (11.70%) IVR
2 11 (11.70%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.26%) IoT
3 4 (4.26%) PMI
4 3 (3.19%) iPad
4 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Licensing
4 3 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.13%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.06%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.06%) CUDA
6 1 (1.06%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.06%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 38 (40.43%) Windows
2 22 (23.40%) Windows Server
3 11 (11.70%) Mac OS
4 10 (10.64%) Windows 10
5 4 (4.26%) Linux
5 4 (4.26%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.06%) Debian
6 1 (1.06%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (39.36%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (30.85%) Customer Service
3 25 (26.60%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (26.60%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (17.02%) Mentoring
5 14 (14.89%) Coaching
5 14 (14.89%) User Experience
6 13 (13.83%) Agile
6 13 (13.83%) High Availability
7 12 (12.77%) AI
7 12 (12.77%) Analytics
7 12 (12.77%) Roadmaps
8 11 (11.70%) Architectural Patterns
8 11 (11.70%) Architecture Governance
8 11 (11.70%) Conversational UI
8 11 (11.70%) Natural Language Processing
8 11 (11.70%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 11 (11.70%) Waterfall
8 11 (11.70%) WFM
8 11 (11.70%) Workforce Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.19%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.13%) Bash
2 2 (2.13%) Python
2 2 (2.13%) SQL
3 1 (1.06%) C#
3 1 (1.06%) C++
3 1 (1.06%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (9.57%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (8.51%) CCNP
2 8 (8.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (7.45%) Degree
4 5 (5.32%) CCNA
5 4 (4.26%) PMI Certification
6 3 (3.19%) DBS Check
6 3 (3.19%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.13%) CCIE
7 2 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.13%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.06%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.06%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.06%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.06%) MBA
8 1 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.70%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.19%) SLA
4 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.06%) NIST
4 1 (1.06%) QA
System Software
1 20 (21.28%) Active Directory
2 16 (17.02%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.19%) BitLocker
3 3 (3.19%) Terminal Services
3 3 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (10.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.13%) OpenView
3 2 (2.13%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.06%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 50 (53.19%) Microsoft
2 27 (28.72%) Cisco
3 11 (11.70%) Avaya
3 11 (11.70%) Genesys
4 9 (9.57%) Google
5 5 (5.32%) ESET
5 5 (5.32%) SAP
6 4 (4.26%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.26%) Veeam
7 3 (3.19%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (3.19%) BT
7 3 (3.19%) Huawei
7 3 (3.19%) Sophos
7 3 (3.19%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (3.19%) VMware
8 2 (2.13%) ArcSight
8 2 (2.13%) EMC
8 2 (2.13%) ExtraHop
8 2 (2.13%) HP
8 2 (2.13%) Riverbed