PSTN Contracts in England

Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PSTN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PSTN over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 613 748
Rank change year-on-year +96 +135 -140
Contract jobs citing PSTN 22 32 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.060% 0.065% 0.024%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.45% 0.54% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 16
10th Percentile £235 - £362
25th Percentile £375 £205 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £607 £450 £461
Median % change year-on-year +34.89% -2.44% -4.70%
75th Percentile £638 £531 £525
90th Percentile - £575 £541
UK median daily rate £607 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +34.89% - -7.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £13.25 - -
25th Percentile £13.63 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £25.77 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +98.19% - -
75th Percentile £26.15 £13.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £13.00 -
% change year-on-year +98.19% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

PSTN 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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,859 5,973 7,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.22% 12.22% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,932 3,903 5,124
10th Percentile £208 £232 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £517 £500
% change year-on-year -4.16% +3.30% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 392 430 302
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.83
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.14 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.24
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.88
% change year-on-year +116.22% -33.63% -0.45%

PSTN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PSTN in England

PSTN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for PSTN in England

PSTN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PSTN in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PSTN in England

PSTN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for PSTN in England

PSTN
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PSTN in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PSTN 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 PSTN within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
London +101 10 £607 +31.24% 1
Midlands +34 8 £160 -23.81%
East Midlands - 5 £160 -
West Midlands +17 3 - -
North of England +23 1 £200 -55.56% 2
South East +12 1 £625 +197.62% 1
South West +10 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £200 - 1
PSTN
UK

PSTN
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:

Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (18.18%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (45.45%) VoIP
2 7 (31.82%) ADSL
2 7 (31.82%) MPLS
2 7 (31.82%) PBX
3 6 (27.27%) Firewall
4 5 (22.73%) LAN
4 5 (22.73%) Wireless
5 4 (18.18%) SNMP
5 4 (18.18%) WAN
5 4 (18.18%) Wireshark
5 4 (18.18%) WLAN
6 3 (13.64%) Ethernet
6 3 (13.64%) Internet
7 2 (9.09%) ISDN
8 1 (4.55%) Broadband
8 1 (4.55%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (40.91%) Telecoms
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Finance
4 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Architect
1 4 (18.18%) Help Desk Technician
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365 Architect
1 4 (18.18%) Network Engineer
1 4 (18.18%) Telephony Architect
1 4 (18.18%) Voice Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Coordinator
2 3 (13.64%) Project Coordinator
2 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Field Support Technician
4 1 (4.55%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) BYOD
1 1 (4.55%) iPad
1 1 (4.55%) iPhone
1 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.55%) PDA
1 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (4.55%) Smartphone
1 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
1 1 (4.55%) Windows 7
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (4.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Service Delivery
2 4 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (18.18%) Customer Service
2 4 (18.18%) DevSecOps
2 4 (18.18%) Integration Testing
2 4 (18.18%) ITIL
2 4 (18.18%) Load Balancing
2 4 (18.18%) Migration
2 4 (18.18%) Performance Measurement
2 4 (18.18%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (18.18%) Preventative Maintenance
2 4 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (13.64%) Change Control
3 3 (13.64%) CRM
3 3 (13.64%) Order Management
3 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
3 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery Management
3 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 3 (13.64%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
1 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) BC Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.55%) CCNA
3 1 (4.55%) CCNP
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (50.00%) SLA
2 3 (13.64%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) BT
2 5 (22.73%) Openreach
3 4 (18.18%) Aruba
3 4 (18.18%) Blue Coat
3 4 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 4 (18.18%) Fortinet
3 4 (18.18%) Infoblox
3 4 (18.18%) Palo Alto
4 3 (13.64%) Cisco
5 1 (4.55%) Dell
5 1 (4.55%) HP
5 1 (4.55%) Intel
5 1 (4.55%) Peregrine
5 1 (4.55%) Remedy