PBX Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring PBX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PBX over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 340 469
Rank change year-on-year +37 +129 +143
Contract jobs citing PBX 1 5 8
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.033% 0.031%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.096% 0.31% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - - £438
25th Percentile £713 - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £607 £850
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -28.59% +126.67%
75th Percentile £738 - £963
90th Percentile - - £1,053
UK median daily rate £528 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -15.60% +13.64% +29.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing PBX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PBX trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing PBX.

PBX daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing PBX.

PBX hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) Mitel
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens