PSTN Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring PSTN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 - 121
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing PSTN 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.13% - 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.05% - 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £330
25th Percentile £500 - £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - £375
75th Percentile £520 - £430
90th Percentile - - £463
South East median daily rate £510 - £388
% change year-on-year - - +84.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £17.51 - -
25th Percentile £17.53 - -
Median hourly rate £17.63 - -
75th Percentile £17.78 - -
90th Percentile £17.84 - -
South East median hourly rate £17.63 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 381 260 363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.16% 15.52% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 143 177
10th Percentile £313 £290 £300
25th Percentile £400 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +4.05%
75th Percentile £590 £538 £608
90th Percentile £638 £600 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +9.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 12 15
10th Percentile £16.31 - £36.05
25th Percentile £19.34 £14.20 £60.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £18.05 £76.99
Median % change year-on-year +80.06% -76.56% +10.91%
75th Percentile £54.38 £84.66 £87.46
90th Percentile £70.30 £89.63 -
South East median hourly rate £51.50 £54.94 £57.35
% change year-on-year -6.26% -4.21% -3.54%

PSTN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

PSTN job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

PSTN
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PSTN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PSTN

PSTN
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PSTN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PSTN

PSTN
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PSTN within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 August 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 £510 - 1
PSTN
South East

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