PSTN Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring PSTN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PSTN 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.14% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.82% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

PSTN 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 in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 122 71 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 17.35% 14.58% 11.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 49 26
10th Percentile £343 £203 £199
25th Percentile £413 £313 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.06% -10.53% -8.57%
75th Percentile £615 £492 £518
90th Percentile £649 £615 £541
North West median daily rate £489 £450 £495
% change year-on-year +8.56% -9.09% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £18.68
25th Percentile £34.49 - £20.11
Median hourly rate £35.82 - £22.50
75th Percentile £37.16 - £24.25
90th Percentile - - £25.30
North West median hourly rate £29.16 £24.59 £38.12
% change year-on-year +18.61% -35.50% +8.90%

PSTN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PSTN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

PSTN job vacancy trend in Cheshire

PSTN
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing PSTN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing PSTN

PSTN
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PSTN within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 2026. 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
Warrington - 1 - -
PSTN
North West

PSTN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Spectrum Management