IP Telephony Contracts

IP Telephony
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IP Telephony skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IP Telephony over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 615 770
Rank change year-on-year +59 +155 -80
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 19 67 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.12% 0.078%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.35% 0.94% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 37 35
10th Percentile £314 £210 £175
25th Percentile £315 £338 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £250
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +110.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £609 £613 £395
90th Percentile £658 £796 £465
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £538 £250
% change year-on-year -23.26% +115.00% -20.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 7
10th Percentile - £16.17 £13.54
25th Percentile - £19.25 £15.62
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -
75th Percentile - £22.45 £23.00
90th Percentile - £23.98 £35.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £19.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year - +14.71% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

IP Telephony is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,426 7,124 9,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.60% 12.71% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,234 4,603 6,376
10th Percentile £206 £240 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 443 367
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.24 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.30% -29.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.54 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -1.15%

IP Telephony
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IP Telephony in the UK

IP Telephony
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IP Telephony in the UK

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IP Telephony over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IP Telephony in the UK

IP Telephony
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IP Telephony in the UK

IP Telephony
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +51 18 £500 +5.26% 4
London +90 14 £500 +1.52% 1
UK excluding London -4 5 £413 -23.26% 5
Yorkshire +16 2 £500 +17.65%
North of England +14 2 £500 +17.65% 1
Work from Home +92 1 £625 -15.88% 1
Midlands +19 1 £650 +52.94% 1
Wales +11 1 £325 -40.91% 1
South West -1 1 £225 -68.42%
West Midlands - 1 £650 -

IP Telephony
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 1 (5.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) SaaS
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) VoIP
2 5 (26.32%) WAN
3 4 (21.05%) DWDM
4 3 (15.79%) PBX
4 3 (15.79%) Unified Communications
5 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (5.26%) Firewall
6 1 (5.26%) Internet
6 1 (5.26%) ISDN
6 1 (5.26%) LAN
6 1 (5.26%) NX-OS
6 1 (5.26%) PABX
6 1 (5.26%) Skype
6 1 (5.26%) SMS
6 1 (5.26%) VPN
General
1 12 (63.16%) Telecoms
2 3 (15.79%) Billing
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
3 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Electronics
4 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Cisco Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) Network Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Telecoms Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Lead
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Leader
4 2 (10.53%) Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Network Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Network Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Telephony Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) NHS
2 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.26%) CMDB
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Android
1 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
1 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Change Management
1 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
1 5 (26.32%) Incident Management
1 5 (26.32%) ITIL
1 5 (26.32%) Migration
1 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (26.32%) Project Management
2 4 (21.05%) Customer Experience
2 4 (21.05%) Fault Management
2 4 (21.05%) ITSM
2 4 (21.05%) Statistics
3 3 (15.79%) Capacity Management
3 3 (15.79%) Cost Management
3 3 (15.79%) Data Management
3 3 (15.79%) Network Management
3 3 (15.79%) Security Management
3 3 (15.79%) Service Migration
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) B2C
4 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) CCNA
1 5 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) CCNP
3 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) SLA
2 1 (5.26%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Cisco
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 6 (31.58%) Mitel
4 5 (26.32%) Avaya
5 3 (15.79%) Genesys
6 2 (10.53%) Siemens
7 1 (5.26%) Citrix
7 1 (5.26%) Meraki
7 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
7 1 (5.26%) SAP
7 1 (5.26%) VMware