PBX Contracts in the UK excluding London

Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PBX skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PBX over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 439 483
Rank change year-on-year +97 +44 -92
Contract jobs citing PBX 43 17 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.072% 0.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.29% 0.49% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 9
10th Percentile £300 £384 £267
25th Percentile £436 £413 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +22.22% +42.86%
75th Percentile £775 £875 -
90th Percentile - £963 -
UK median daily rate £625 £513 £425
% change year-on-year +21.95% +20.59% +21.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

PBX 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,339 3,500 4,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.27% 14.89% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,213 2,635
10th Percentile £200 £213 £185
25th Percentile £343 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £544
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 323 238
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.63
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +149.38% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

PBX
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PBX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PBX in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PBX in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PBX in the UK excluding London

PBX
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PBX in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PBX in the UK excluding London

PBX
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PBX in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PBX in the UK excluding London

PBX
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PBX within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South West +35 24 £600 -17.24% 5
Midlands +40 11 £750 +87.50% 5
West Midlands +34 9 £750 +87.50% 4
South East - 3 £350 - 2
North of England +27 2 £474 +8.29% 2
East Midlands +20 2 £205 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £474 -
Wales - 2 - - 2
East of England +3 1 £425 +12.58%
PBX
UK

PBX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.23%) SaaS
2 12 (27.91%) PaaS
3 10 (23.26%) AWS
4 1 (2.33%) Azure
4 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (81.40%) VoIP
2 12 (27.91%) LAN
2 12 (27.91%) WAN
3 10 (23.26%) MPLS
4 9 (20.93%) Firewall
4 9 (20.93%) VPN
4 9 (20.93%) WLAN
5 8 (18.60%) SD-WAN
6 7 (16.28%) DNS
7 6 (13.95%) DHCP
7 6 (13.95%) Internet
8 5 (11.63%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (11.63%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (11.63%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (9.30%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (4.65%) Wireless
11 1 (2.33%) Cisco Wireless
11 1 (2.33%) SAN
11 1 (2.33%) VLAN
11 1 (2.33%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Rational DOORS
General
1 40 (93.02%) Telecoms
2 13 (30.23%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Digital Economy
4 4 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.65%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 33 (76.74%) Architect
2 25 (58.14%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (13.95%) Network Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (6.98%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (6.98%) Cloud Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.98%) Field Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Network Architect
5 3 (6.98%) Network Field Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Design Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Network Design Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Data Centre Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Data Network Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Field Support Technician
7 1 (2.33%) IT Support
7 1 (2.33%) Senior Design Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Senior Network Design Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (30.23%) Data Protection Act
1 13 (30.23%) Video Conferencing
2 11 (25.58%) Data Centre
3 9 (20.93%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.33%) BYOD
4 1 (2.33%) iPad
4 1 (2.33%) iPhone
4 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.33%) PDA
4 1 (2.33%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Presales
2 15 (34.88%) ITIL
3 14 (32.56%) TOGAF
4 13 (30.23%) Data Protection
4 13 (30.23%) Value Proposition
5 9 (20.93%) Analytics
5 9 (20.93%) ArchiMate
5 9 (20.93%) Architectural Design
5 9 (20.93%) BPMN
5 9 (20.93%) Customer Requirements
5 9 (20.93%) Data Analytics
5 9 (20.93%) Enterprise Architecture
5 9 (20.93%) Network Architecture
5 9 (20.93%) Performance Management
5 9 (20.93%) Programme Management
5 9 (20.93%) SOA
5 9 (20.93%) Storage Management
6 8 (18.60%) Zero Trust
7 7 (16.28%) Digital Strategy
7 7 (16.28%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 26 (60.47%) Security Cleared
2 25 (58.14%) DV Cleared
3 13 (30.23%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (23.26%) CCIE
5 9 (20.93%) CCIE Data Center
6 8 (18.60%) CCNP
6 8 (18.60%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (16.28%) Degree
7 7 (16.28%) HND
8 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
9 3 (6.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (2.33%) CCNA
10 1 (2.33%) MCSE
10 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (48.84%) Cisco
2 16 (37.21%) Microsoft
3 11 (25.58%) Ribbon
4 9 (20.93%) Avaya
4 9 (20.93%) Ericsson
4 9 (20.93%) Google
4 9 (20.93%) IBM
4 9 (20.93%) Juniper
4 9 (20.93%) Nokia
5 5 (11.63%) CheckPoint
5 5 (11.63%) Infoblox
5 5 (11.63%) Palo Alto
5 5 (11.63%) Symantec
5 5 (11.63%) Zscaler
6 4 (9.30%) VMware
7 1 (2.33%) Dell
7 1 (2.33%) HP
7 1 (2.33%) Intel
7 1 (2.33%) Peregrine
7 1 (2.33%) Remedy