Asterisk PBX Contract Job Trends in England

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UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Asterisk PBX skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 638 522 520
Rank change year-on-year -116 -2 +71
Contract jobs citing Asterisk PBX 7 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.015% 0.004% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.16% 0.031% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £342 - £425
25th Percentile £367 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.40% - +21.95%
75th Percentile £700 - £525
90th Percentile £730 - -
UK median daily rate £368 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -26.40% +8.11% +12.80%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Asterisk PBX 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,344 3,271 3,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.28% 11.63% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,554 2,092 2,237
10th Percentile £261 £214 £240
25th Percentile £400 £357 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 397 170 147
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £17.87
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.32 £26.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £34.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.88% -40.87% +1.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £67.26
90th Percentile £95.40 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £48.56
% change year-on-year -4.41% -29.98% -14.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Asterisk PBX relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Asterisk PBX job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Asterisk PBX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Asterisk PBX

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Asterisk PBX in England over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Asterisk PBX in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Asterisk PBX.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Asterisk PBX

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Asterisk PBX within the England region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
East of England - 4 £368 - 1
South West - 2 £725 - 4
London - 1 £350 - 1
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) AWS
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) GCP
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) RTCP
1 5 (71.43%) RTP
1 5 (71.43%) VoIP
2 4 (57.14%) Wireshark
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (28.57%) DHCP
3 2 (28.57%) DNS
3 2 (28.57%) Firewall
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) NX-OS
3 2 (28.57%) PABX
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
General
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Java Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Voice Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer/Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Engineering Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) FreeSWITCH
1 5 (71.43%) Servlets
2 3 (42.86%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) AI
2 3 (42.86%) Conversational AI
2 3 (42.86%) Conversational UI
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Multithreading
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Operations
3 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
3 2 (28.57%) Natural Language Processing
3 2 (28.57%) Open Source
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Docker
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Metaswitch
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Google
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft