PBX Contracts in England

Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring PBX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PBX over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 494 630
Rank change year-on-year +31 +136 +127
Contract jobs citing PBX 22 48 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.13% 0.046%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.69% 0.96% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 23 19
10th Percentile £422 £358 £213
25th Percentile £505 £527 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.20% +13.64% +83.33%
75th Percentile £584 £684 £666
90th Percentile £632 £775 £963
UK median daily rate £528 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -15.60% +13.64% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

PBX
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PBX in England

PBX
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for PBX in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PBX in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PBX in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for PBX in England

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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 PBX within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +37 15 £550 -8.33% 12
London +34 3 £375 -40.00% 9
South East +45 2 £525 +50.00% 25
North of England +18 1 £725 +53.03% 17
Midlands +12 1 £500 -33.33% 22
East Midlands +9 1 £500 +143.90% 6
North West - 1 £725 - 7
PBX
UK

PBX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Acrobat
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) PaaS
1 11 (50.00%) SaaS
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (90.91%) VoIP
2 6 (27.27%) Unified Communications
3 3 (13.64%) 4G
3 3 (13.64%) 5G
3 3 (13.64%) ISDN
3 3 (13.64%) SD-WAN
3 3 (13.64%) WAN
4 2 (9.09%) IP Telephony
4 2 (9.09%) WebEx
5 1 (4.55%) Firewall
5 1 (4.55%) PSTN
5 1 (4.55%) VLAN
General
1 16 (72.73%) Telecoms
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Billing
3 3 (13.64%) Military
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Dutch Language
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Italian Language
4 1 (4.55%) Polish Language
4 1 (4.55%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (4.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Telecoms Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Voice Architect
4 1 (4.55%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.55%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Audio Visual Support
4 1 (4.55%) Communications Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (45.45%) Blackberry
3 4 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (13.64%) IVR
5 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (54.55%) Commercial Awareness
3 11 (50.00%) Migration
4 10 (45.45%) Customer Requirements
4 10 (45.45%) Impact Assessments
4 10 (45.45%) Root Cause Analysis
5 9 (40.91%) Service Design
5 9 (40.91%) Thought Leadership
5 9 (40.91%) Validation
6 8 (36.36%) Cost Reduction
6 8 (36.36%) Product Roadmap
6 8 (36.36%) Roadmaps
7 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (4.55%) Active Listening
8 1 (4.55%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (4.55%) Contract Management
8 1 (4.55%) Contract Negotiation
8 1 (4.55%) Customer Service
8 1 (4.55%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 1 (4.55%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) Security Cleared
2 15 (68.18%) SC Cleared
3 14 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (59.09%) CCNP
5 12 (54.55%) DV Cleared
6 10 (45.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (18.18%) CCNA
7 4 (18.18%) Degree
8 1 (4.55%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 18 (81.82%) Cisco
2 13 (59.09%) Ericsson
3 12 (54.55%) F5
3 12 (54.55%) Juniper
3 12 (54.55%) Nokia
3 12 (54.55%) Palo Alto
4 10 (45.45%) Avaya
4 10 (45.45%) Ribbon
4 10 (45.45%) VMware
5 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.55%) Adobe
6 1 (4.55%) Mitel
6 1 (4.55%) Siemens