Asterisk PBX Job Trends

Digium Asterisk
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Asterisk PBX skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 640 706 707
Rank change year-on-year +66 +1 +299
Permanent jobs citing Asterisk PBX 7 8 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.014% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.073% 0.11% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £31,050 - £35,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £71,250 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £72,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.79% +72.62% -1.18%
75th Percentile £35,250 £73,750 £43,000
90th Percentile £37,150 £79,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £72,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -53.79% +107.14% -17.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Asterisk PBX 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,654 7,299 7,614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.28% 13.21% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,969 3,826 6,172
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £84,056
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -

Asterisk PBX
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Asterisk PBX relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Asterisk PBX job vacancy trend in the UK

Asterisk PBX
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Asterisk PBX.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Asterisk PBX

Asterisk PBX
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Asterisk PBX within the UK over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
England +68 7 £33,500 -53.79% 59
UK excluding London +55 7 £33,500 -53.79% 60
North of England - 6 £33,500 - 19
North East - 6 £33,500 - 1
South East +28 1 £35,000 -51.72% 12

Asterisk PBX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
1 6 (85.71%) PSTN
1 6 (85.71%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Support Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Systems Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Systems Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Project Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) XMPP
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Debian
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Task Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Bash
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) CCNP
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) CompTIA Security+
2 6 (85.71%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco