PSTN Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PSTN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 570 561
Rank change year-on-year +81 -9 +198
Permanent jobs citing PSTN 17 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.040% 0.006% 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.23% 0.041% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 4
10th Percentile £30,850 - -
25th Percentile £31,750 - £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £45,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.56% +69.81% -23.11%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £46,688
90th Percentile - - £81,675
UK median annual salary £40,000 £90,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -55.56% +125.00% +16.06%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

PSTN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,546 4,908 5,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.88% 13.68% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,806 2,444 4,367
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,625
25th Percentile £27,694 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.68% +9.50% -4.76%

PSTN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PSTN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

PSTN job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PSTN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PSTN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PSTN

PSTN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PSTN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PSTN in the UK excluding London

PSTN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PSTN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +34 7 £33,500 -25.56%
North East +9 6 £33,500 -25.56%
Northern Ireland - 5 £31,500 -
Midlands +29 4 £40,000 -
West Midlands +27 4 £40,000 -
North West - 1 £30,000 -
South East - 1 £62,500 -
PSTN
UK

PSTN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) AWS
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (70.59%) VoIP
2 10 (58.82%) Firewall
3 8 (47.06%) Broadband
4 7 (41.18%) Ethernet
5 6 (35.29%) Asterisk PBX
5 6 (35.29%) MPLS
6 4 (23.53%) DNS
6 4 (23.53%) LAN
6 4 (23.53%) WAN
7 2 (11.76%) ISDN
8 1 (5.88%) 5G
8 1 (5.88%) DHCP
8 1 (5.88%) RTP
8 1 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (5.88%) Unified Communications
8 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
General
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 11 (64.71%) Telecoms
3 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (35.29%) Finance
4 5 (29.41%) Billing
5 4 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.88%) Marketing
6 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Support Specialist
2 4 (23.53%) Coordinator
2 4 (23.53%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Account Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Field Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Field Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Network Support
4 1 (5.88%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior VoIP Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) VoIP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (23.53%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (17.65%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Agile
2 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
2 6 (35.29%) CRM
2 6 (35.29%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (35.29%) Task Automation
3 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (23.53%) B2B
4 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (23.53%) ERP
4 4 (23.53%) Time Management
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
6 2 (11.76%) Migration
6 2 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
7 1 (5.88%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (5.88%) Channel Management
7 1 (5.88%) High Availability
7 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.88%) Product Management
7 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) Bash
1 6 (35.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) Degree
2 7 (41.18%) CCNP
2 7 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (35.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (35.29%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.88%) CCNA
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Cisco
1 8 (47.06%) Fortinet
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
3 4 (23.53%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (23.53%) Palo Alto
4 2 (11.76%) Juniper
4 2 (11.76%) VMware
5 1 (5.88%) Aruba
5 1 (5.88%) Meraki
5 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds