PBX Contract Job Trends in England

Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring PBX skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 500 571
Rank change year-on-year -19 +71 +186
Contract jobs citing PBX 5 28 21
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.018% 0.088% 0.052%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% 0.72% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 15
10th Percentile £295 £456 £263
25th Percentile £344 £488 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -6.71%
75th Percentile £483 £638 -
90th Percentile £487 £685 £458
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -6.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +150.00% -
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +150.00% -

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 3,271 3,889 5,577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.63% 12.17% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,092 2,237 3,514
10th Percentile £214 £240 £220
25th Percentile £357 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £613
90th Percentile £688 £688 £701
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 147 306
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.87 £17.28
25th Percentile £20.32 £26.25 £23.02
Median hourly rate £34.00 £57.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -40.87% +1.79% +35.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.26 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -29.98% -14.04% +37.73%

PBX
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

PBX job vacancy trend in England

PBX
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PBX

PBX
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PBX in England over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PBX in England

PBX
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PBX

PBX
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 14 October 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
Midlands - 2 £363 - 3
London +26 1 - - 1
South West +2 1 £490 -7.15%
West Midlands - 1 £275 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £450 - 2
PBX
UK

PBX
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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Acrobat
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (20.00%) PaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
1 1 (20.00%) WebEx
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Dutch Language
2 1 (20.00%) Italian Language
2 1 (20.00%) Polish Language
2 1 (20.00%) Portuguese Language
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Field Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Telephony Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Communications Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Active Listening
2 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Avaya
2 1 (20.00%) Ericsson
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) Nokia
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) Ribbon
2 1 (20.00%) VMware