PSTN Contracts with Work from Home Options

Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for PSTN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PSTN over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 465 615
Rank change year-on-year +129 +150 -144
Contract jobs citing PSTN 8 6 8
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.052% 0.023% 0.018%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.51% 0.20% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 8
10th Percentile £392 £405 £371
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £448
Median % change year-on-year - +0.56% -7.54%
75th Percentile £607 £481 £500
90th Percentile - £485 £540
UK median daily rate £450 £305 £450
% change year-on-year +47.54% -32.22% -7.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £13.88 £36.75 -
90th Percentile £13.95 £50.70 -
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £13.00 -
% change year-on-year +98.19% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

PSTN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,580 2,950 4,339
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.36% 11.49% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,954 2,942
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £600
90th Percentile £713 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 101 103
10th Percentile £12.75 £24.50 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £25.88
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +23.51% +14.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £63.13
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% -3.51%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PSTN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PSTN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PSTN.

PSTN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PSTN over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

PSTN daily rate histogram 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 a work from home option citing PSTN.

PSTN 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) ADSL
2 4 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (37.50%) Ethernet
3 3 (37.50%) Internet
3 3 (37.50%) MPLS
3 3 (37.50%) VoIP
3 3 (37.50%) WAN
4 2 (25.00%) LAN
4 2 (25.00%) PBX
4 2 (25.00%) Wireless
4 2 (25.00%) WLAN
5 1 (12.50%) GSM
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
1 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Coordinator
1 3 (37.50%) Project Coordinator
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Voice Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
1 3 (37.50%) Change Control
1 3 (37.50%) Change Management
1 3 (37.50%) CRM
1 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
1 3 (37.50%) Data Entry
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
1 3 (37.50%) Order Management
1 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
1 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery Management
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (37.50%) Supplier Relationship Management
1 3 (37.50%) Workflow
2 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Server Building
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) BC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) SLA
2 3 (37.50%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) BT
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Openreach
3 2 (25.00%) Aruba
3 2 (25.00%) Blue Coat
3 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (25.00%) Infoblox
3 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
5 PSTN jobs Nationwide