PSTN Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring PSTN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PSTN 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.055% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £225 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 129 94 196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 7.14% 10.24% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 66 153
10th Percentile £318 £193 £250
25th Percentile £375 £359 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £444 £475
Median % change year-on-year +18.31% -6.58% -
75th Percentile £598 £500 £750
90th Percentile £650 £570 £850
North West median daily rate £483 £452 £500
% change year-on-year +6.98% -9.70% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile £12.98 - £21.20
25th Percentile £13.74 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £17.06 - £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +139.26%
75th Percentile £18.00 - £100.00
90th Percentile £18.12 - £102.40
North West median hourly rate £29.16 £47.37 £45.88
% change year-on-year -38.45% +3.25% +46.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

PSTN job vacancy trend in Manchester

PSTN
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PSTN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PSTN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PSTN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki