Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 696 812
Rank change year-on-year +148 +116 -182
Contract jobs citing PBX 50 23 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.038% 0.042%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.89% 0.31% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 19 17
10th Percentile £358 £213 £243
25th Percentile £527 £390 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +37.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £684 £666 £450
90th Percentile £775 £963 £490
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +37.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32.50
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
75th Percentile - - £37.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,616 7,369 9,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 12.32% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,796 6,383
10th Percentile £205 £231 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 481 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

PBX
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PBX in the UK

PBX
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PBX in the UK

PBX
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PBX over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PBX in the UK

PBX
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PBX in the UK

PBX
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +153 48 £625 +13.64% 16
UK excluding London +95 43 £600 +9.09% 18
South West +38 24 £600 -17.24% 5
Midlands +33 11 £750 - 7
West Midlands - 9 £750 - 4
London +98 7 £625 +42.86% 2
Work from Home +128 5 £607 -28.59% 2
South East - 3 £350 -
North of England +34 2 £474 +11.47% 2
East Midlands +19 2 £205 - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £474 -
Wales - 2 - - 2
East of England +15 1 £425 +12.58%

PBX
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 (2.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (26.00%) SaaS
2 12 (24.00%) PaaS
3 10 (20.00%) AWS
4 5 (10.00%) Azure
5 4 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (82.00%) VoIP
2 14 (28.00%) MPLS
3 12 (24.00%) LAN
3 12 (24.00%) WAN
4 11 (22.00%) Firewall
5 9 (18.00%) VPN
5 9 (18.00%) WLAN
6 8 (16.00%) SD-WAN
7 7 (14.00%) DNS
7 7 (14.00%) PSTN
8 6 (12.00%) DHCP
8 6 (12.00%) Internet
9 5 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (10.00%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (10.00%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (8.00%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (8.00%) SNMP
10 4 (8.00%) Wireshark
11 2 (4.00%) Wireless
12 1 (2.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (18.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 43 (86.00%) Telecoms
2 13 (26.00%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (14.00%) Digital Economy
4 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (6.00%) Finance
7 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Electronics
8 1 (2.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (74.00%) Architect
2 25 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (12.00%) Network Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 4 (8.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 4 (8.00%) Telephony Architect
5 4 (8.00%) Voice Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Cloud Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Cloud Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Field Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Network Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Network Field Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Senior
7 2 (4.00%) Design Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Network Design Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (4.00%) Telecoms Specialist
8 1 (2.00%) Cisco Network Design Engineer
8 1 (2.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
8 1 (2.00%) Field Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.00%) Video Conferencing
2 13 (26.00%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (22.00%) Data Centre
4 9 (18.00%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.00%) BYOD
5 1 (2.00%) iPad
5 1 (2.00%) iPhone
5 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.00%) PDA
5 1 (2.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.00%) Presales
2 15 (30.00%) ITIL
3 14 (28.00%) TOGAF
4 13 (26.00%) Data Protection
4 13 (26.00%) Value Proposition
5 10 (20.00%) Programme Management
6 9 (18.00%) Analytics
6 9 (18.00%) ArchiMate
6 9 (18.00%) Architectural Design
6 9 (18.00%) BPMN
6 9 (18.00%) Customer Requirements
6 9 (18.00%) Data Analytics
6 9 (18.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 9 (18.00%) Network Architecture
6 9 (18.00%) Performance Management
6 9 (18.00%) SOA
6 9 (18.00%) Storage Management
7 8 (16.00%) Zero Trust
8 7 (14.00%) Digital Strategy
8 7 (14.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 27 (54.00%) Security Cleared
2 26 (52.00%) DV Cleared
3 13 (26.00%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (20.00%) CCIE
5 9 (18.00%) CCIE Data Center
6 8 (16.00%) CCNP
6 8 (16.00%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (14.00%) Degree
7 7 (14.00%) HND
8 5 (10.00%) SC Cleared
9 3 (6.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (2.00%) CCNA
10 1 (2.00%) MCSE
10 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (6.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (42.00%) Cisco
2 20 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 11 (22.00%) Ribbon
4 9 (18.00%) Avaya
4 9 (18.00%) Ericsson
4 9 (18.00%) Google
4 9 (18.00%) IBM
4 9 (18.00%) Juniper
4 9 (18.00%) Nokia
5 5 (10.00%) CheckPoint
5 5 (10.00%) Infoblox
5 5 (10.00%) Palo Alto
5 5 (10.00%) Symantec
5 5 (10.00%) Zscaler
6 4 (8.00%) VMware
7 1 (2.00%) Dell
7 1 (2.00%) HP
7 1 (2.00%) Intel
7 1 (2.00%) Peregrine
7 1 (2.00%) Remedy