PBX Contract Job Trends in the South East

Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring PBX skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 148 184
Rank change year-on-year -61 +36 -
Contract jobs citing PBX 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.034% 0.067% 0.055%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.27% 0.39% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £350
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £520 £538 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £530 £625
% change year-on-year -10.38% -15.20% +38.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 749 513 1,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.65% 17.11% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 337 584
10th Percentile £291 £206 £205
25th Percentile £410 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +7.63% -2.56% +0.52%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £630 £646
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 27 130
10th Percentile £17.51 £14.20 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £19.68 £28.13
Median hourly rate £45.10 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% -12.82% -0.26%
75th Percentile £56.00 £60.81 £64.69
90th Percentile £60.00 £64.25 £85.65
England median hourly rate £40.54 £29.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year +36.68% -25.85% +122.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

PBX job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PBX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PBX

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PBX.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PBX

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PBX within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Berkshire -23 2 £510 -2.86%
Thames Valley -46 2 £510 -2.86%
PBX
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (100.00%) ISDN
1 2 (100.00%) PSTN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya
1 2 (100.00%) Mitel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft