VoIP Contracts

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring VoIP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VoIP over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 504 524
Rank change year-on-year +120 +20 -22
Contract jobs citing VoIP 204 195 353
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.35% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.76% 2.75% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 123 243
10th Percentile £189 £185 £159
25th Percentile £299 £331 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £625 £573 £500
90th Percentile £700 £636 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £375
% change year-on-year -5.56% +20.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 20
10th Percentile £18.24 - £12.37
25th Percentile £23.48 £18.50 £14.69
Median hourly rate £25.00 £22.63 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% +33.12% -25.27%
75th Percentile £26.15 £43.75 £23.00
90th Percentile - £67.75 £36.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.77 £31.38 £17.00
% change year-on-year -17.88% +84.56% -25.27%

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 contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,422 7,095 9,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.41% 12.77% 11.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,210 4,570 6,438
10th Percentile £210 £244 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 445 370
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £51.28
90th Percentile £70.90 £75.00 £65.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +150.00% -11.63% -2.27%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VoIP.

Daily rate trend for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VoIP over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VoIP.

Hourly rate trend for VoIP in the UK

VoIP
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +115 177 £483 +13.53% 153
UK excluding London +2 119 £425 -5.56% 133
London +116 72 £500 +33.33% 26
Work from Home +128 48 £575 +35.29% 54
South East +10 34 £400 +1.27% 28
South West +13 33 £600 +1.05% 18
Midlands +29 22 £375 -4.46% 12
West Midlands +26 16 £400 - 9
Scotland +61 14 £600 +33.33% 7
North of England +7 14 £295 -34.44% 51
North West +14 8 £285 -40.00% 29
East Midlands +11 6 £160 -57.89% 3
Yorkshire +3 4 £500 +33.33% 14
East of England -1 3 £488 +28.29% 16
Wales -4 2 - - 6
North East - 2 £225 - 9
Northern Ireland -14 1 - -

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 12 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.49%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
4 1 (0.49%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 21 (10.29%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.41%) Chatbot
3 6 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.47%) Shopify
2 2 (0.98%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 53 (25.98%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (13.24%) Azure
3 21 (10.29%) AWS
3 21 (10.29%) SaaS
4 13 (6.37%) GCP
4 13 (6.37%) PaaS
5 12 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (5.39%) Twilio
7 7 (3.43%) Google Workspace
8 6 (2.94%) Slack
9 3 (1.47%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (21.57%) PBX
2 43 (21.08%) Firewall
3 39 (19.12%) WAN
4 38 (18.63%) LAN
5 33 (16.18%) VPN
6 21 (10.29%) MPLS
7 20 (9.80%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (8.33%) DNS
9 16 (7.84%) CTI
9 16 (7.84%) VLAN
10 13 (6.37%) TCP/IP
11 11 (5.39%) SD-WAN
12 10 (4.90%) Cisco IOS
12 10 (4.90%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (4.90%) DHCP
12 10 (4.90%) Network Security
12 10 (4.90%) PSTN
12 10 (4.90%) WLAN
13 9 (4.41%) Internet
14 8 (3.92%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.98%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.49%) Power BI
2 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (4.41%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (3.92%) JIRA
3 1 (0.49%) Git
General
1 66 (32.35%) Telecoms
2 42 (20.59%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.27%) Public Sector
4 19 (9.31%) Finance
5 17 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (6.86%) Retail
8 10 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.43%) Digital Economy
10 4 (1.96%) Banking
10 4 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.47%) Legal
11 3 (1.47%) Marketing
11 3 (1.47%) Military
12 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 56 (27.45%) Architect
2 39 (19.12%) Solutions Architect
3 29 (14.22%) Network Engineer
4 22 (10.78%) Support Engineer
5 14 (6.86%) VoIP Engineer
6 12 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (5.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 11 (5.39%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 11 (5.39%) Audio Visual Technician
8 10 (4.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 10 (4.90%) Voice Engineer
9 9 (4.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 8 (3.92%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (3.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
11 7 (3.43%) Cisco Engineer
11 7 (3.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.43%) Senior
12 6 (2.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 6 (2.94%) Enterprise Architect
12 6 (2.94%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.78%) Web Services
2 11 (5.39%) Middleware
3 8 (3.92%) WebRTC
4 5 (2.45%) CSS
5 4 (1.96%) HTML
5 4 (1.96%) React
5 4 (1.96%) REST
6 3 (1.47%) SAML
6 3 (1.47%) VML
7 2 (0.98%) XMPP
8 1 (0.49%) RESTful
8 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
2 21 (10.29%) Data Centre
3 20 (9.80%) Video Editing
4 19 (9.31%) IVR
5 14 (6.86%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (6.37%) Management Information System
7 10 (4.90%) Blackberry
7 10 (4.90%) Driving Licence
8 9 (4.41%) Clustering
9 5 (2.45%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.47%) NHS
10 3 (1.47%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.98%) IPTV
11 2 (0.98%) PACS
11 2 (0.98%) Smartcard
12 1 (0.49%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.49%) IoT
12 1 (0.49%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.49%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (16.67%) Windows
2 24 (11.76%) Android
3 23 (11.27%) Windows 10
4 13 (6.37%) Apple iOS
5 12 (5.88%) Linux
5 12 (5.88%) Mac OS
5 12 (5.88%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (2.45%) CentOS
8 5 (2.45%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.96%) Unix
10 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.49%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (14.22%) Roadmaps
3 23 (11.27%) ITIL
3 23 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (10.29%) Computer Science
5 20 (9.80%) Analytics
5 20 (9.80%) Migration
6 19 (9.31%) Presales
6 19 (9.31%) Value Proposition
7 18 (8.82%) Knowledge Transfer
8 17 (8.33%) Decision-Making
9 16 (7.84%) Load Balancing
10 15 (7.35%) Customer Experience
10 15 (7.35%) Customer Requirements
10 15 (7.35%) TOGAF
11 14 (6.86%) Agile
11 14 (6.86%) Capacity Planning
11 14 (6.86%) Data Protection
11 14 (6.86%) Performance Optimisation
12 13 (6.37%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.41%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.45%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.96%) Go
3 4 (1.96%) Java
3 4 (1.96%) Python
3 4 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (29.90%) Security Cleared
2 47 (23.04%) Degree
3 36 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (17.65%) DV Cleared
4 32 (15.69%) SC Cleared
5 18 (8.82%) CCNA
6 17 (8.33%) CCNP
6 17 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (7.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (7.35%) Master's Degree
9 13 (6.37%) CCIE
10 9 (4.41%) AWS Certification
10 9 (4.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (4.41%) Azure Certification
10 9 (4.41%) CCIE Data Center
11 8 (3.92%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (3.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (3.43%) HND
13 4 (1.96%) MCSE
14 2 (0.98%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.84%) SLA
2 8 (3.92%) GDPR
2 8 (3.92%) HIPAA
2 8 (3.92%) PCI DSS
2 8 (3.92%) SOC 2
3 4 (1.96%) QA
4 3 (1.47%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.98%) PMO
6 1 (0.49%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 30 (14.71%) Active Directory
2 21 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (5.39%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.43%) Firmware
5 4 (1.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (6.37%) SCCM
2 9 (4.41%) Failover Clustering
2 9 (4.41%) Jamf Pro
2 9 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (3.43%) Autotask
4 5 (2.45%) Nagios
5 4 (1.96%) WhatsUp Gold
6 3 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.98%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.49%) Ansible
8 1 (0.49%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 82 (40.20%) Cisco
2 66 (32.35%) Microsoft
3 28 (13.73%) Avaya
4 27 (13.24%) Google
5 25 (12.25%) Apple
6 21 (10.29%) VMware
7 20 (9.80%) Genesys
8 13 (6.37%) CheckPoint
8 13 (6.37%) Juniper
8 13 (6.37%) Palo Alto
8 13 (6.37%) Polycom
9 11 (5.39%) Nokia
9 11 (5.39%) Ribbon
10 10 (4.90%) Ericsson
11 9 (4.41%) IBM
11 9 (4.41%) ServiceNow
12 7 (3.43%) Datto
12 7 (3.43%) F5
12 7 (3.43%) SolarWinds
13 6 (2.94%) Dell