PSTN Contracts in the Midlands

Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for PSTN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PSTN over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 163 -
Rank change year-on-year +40 - -
Contract jobs citing PSTN 8 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.29% 0.089% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.68% 0.59% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £210 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% - -
England median daily rate £607 £400 £461
% change year-on-year +51.75% -13.28% -4.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £13.25 - -
25th Percentile £13.63 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £25.77 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +98.19% - -
75th Percentile £26.15 £13.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.77 £13.00 -
% change year-on-year +98.19% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

PSTN 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 advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 475 512 558
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.46% 15.27% 11.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 335 384
10th Percentile £200 £250 £164
25th Percentile £300 £313 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £600
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 30
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.27
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.25 £14.02
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +10.43% +25.00%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.50 £21.63
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.28
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing PSTN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PSTN in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PSTN in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for PSTN in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PSTN in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for PSTN in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PSTN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PSTN in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PSTN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
East Midlands - 5 £160 -
West Midlands +23 3 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) VoIP
2 3 (37.50%) ADSL
2 3 (37.50%) Ethernet
2 3 (37.50%) Internet
2 3 (37.50%) MPLS
2 3 (37.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) PBX
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Help Desk Technician
2 3 (37.50%) Coordinator
2 3 (37.50%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (12.50%) Field Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) BYOD
1 1 (12.50%) iPad
1 1 (12.50%) iPhone
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) PDA
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (12.50%) Smartphone
1 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 4 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Measurement
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Change Control
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) Data Entry
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Order Management
2 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery Management
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Supplier Relationship Management
2 3 (37.50%) Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Inventory Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) BC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) SLA
2 3 (37.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) BT
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Openreach
3 1 (12.50%) Dell
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Intel
3 1 (12.50%) Peregrine
3 1 (12.50%) Remedy
6 PSTN jobs in England