PSTN Contract Job Trends in the South East

Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring PSTN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 145 192
Rank change year-on-year -54 +47 +16
Contract jobs citing PSTN 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.068% 0.034% 0.018%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.54% 0.20% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £444 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +197.62%
75th Percentile £496 - £638
90th Percentile £511 - -
England median daily rate £348 £419 £607
% change year-on-year -16.90% -31.01% +34.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.63 - -
Median hourly rate £17.75 - -
75th Percentile £17.88 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £42.38 - £25.77
% change year-on-year - - +98.19%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 746 508 1,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.66% 17.12% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 333 591
10th Percentile £287 £206 £205
25th Percentile £410 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £484
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -1.86% +0.72%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £629 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 27 129
10th Percentile £17.63 £14.20 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £19.68 £27.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -12.82% +9.24%
75th Percentile £56.11 £60.81 £63.75
90th Percentile £60.90 £64.25 £85.65
England median hourly rate £41.94 £29.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +44.62% -27.50% +116.22%

PSTN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

PSTN job vacancy trend in the South East

PSTN
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

PSTN
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

PSTN
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 PSTN within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 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 - 4 £468 -
Thames Valley - 4 £468 -
PSTN
England

PSTN
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) ISDN
2 2 (50.00%) PBX
3 1 (25.00%) ADSL
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Voice Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Change Control
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
1 1 (25.00%) CRM
1 1 (25.00%) Data Entry
1 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Order Management
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery Management
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
1 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Avaya
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Mitel
2 1 (25.00%) BT
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Openreach