Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring PBX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PBX over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 673 820 919
Rank change year-on-year +147 +99 +187
Permanent jobs citing PBX 36 92 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.089% 0.044%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.36% 0.68% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 26 83 42
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £35,000 £33,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% +5.26% -30.91%
75th Percentile £49,688 £55,000 £47,915
90th Percentile £63,125 £65,550 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year -6.15% +4.84% -27.06%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 9,970 13,562 15,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.99% 13.13% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,374 9,412 7,743
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £26,781 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%

PBX
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PBX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PBX in the UK

PBX
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PBX.

Salary trend for PBX in the UK

PBX
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PBX over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PBX in the UK

PBX
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PBX within the UK over the 6 months to 30 May 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 +110 36 £39,000 +11.43% 27
UK excluding London +148 19 £30,500 -6.15% 27
London +112 17 £39,000 -29.09% 4
South West +103 7 £50,000 +42.86%
South East +91 7 £30,000 -7.69% 8
Work from Home +109 4 £60,000 +26.32% 9
Midlands +65 4 £31,000 +8.77% 2
West Midlands +36 3 £28,000 -1.75% 2
North of England +36 1 £30,000 -20.00% 3
North West +2 1 £30,000 -52.00%
East Midlands - 1 £42,500 -

PBX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) MS Visio
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.78%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.78%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 19 (52.78%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (38.89%) Entra ID
3 9 (25.00%) Azure
4 7 (19.44%) AWS
5 4 (11.11%) IaaS
5 4 (11.11%) PaaS
5 4 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (61.11%) DNS
2 21 (58.33%) DHCP
3 18 (50.00%) VLAN
4 15 (41.67%) Firewall
5 13 (36.11%) Structured Cabling
6 11 (30.56%) MPLS
7 10 (27.78%) VPN
8 9 (25.00%) Network Security
8 9 (25.00%) SAN
8 9 (25.00%) TCP/IP
8 9 (25.00%) VoIP
9 8 (22.22%) Cisco IOS
9 8 (22.22%) FTP
9 8 (22.22%) IPv4
9 8 (22.22%) LAN
9 8 (22.22%) SMTP
9 8 (22.22%) WAN
10 6 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (16.67%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (30.56%) Finance
3 10 (27.78%) Telecoms
4 4 (11.11%) Legal
5 2 (5.56%) Law
6 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Electronics
6 1 (2.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 10 (27.78%) IT Engineer
2 10 (27.78%) IT Support
3 9 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 9 (25.00%) Desktop Support
3 9 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 9 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (19.44%) Network Engineer
5 5 (13.89%) Support Technician
5 5 (13.89%) Telecoms Technician
6 4 (11.11%) Analyst
6 4 (11.11%) Consultant
6 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 4 (11.11%) Senior
6 4 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
7 3 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Private Cloud
1 4 (11.11%) Public Cloud
2 3 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.78%) Blog
4 1 (2.78%) Digital Signage
4 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.78%) Home Automation
4 1 (2.78%) IoT
4 1 (2.78%) IVR
4 1 (2.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (44.44%) Windows
2 14 (38.89%) Windows 10
3 10 (27.78%) Windows Server
4 9 (25.00%) Android
5 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) Customer Service
1 8 (22.22%) ITIL
2 7 (19.44%) Incident Management
2 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (13.89%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (13.89%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 5 (13.89%) Customer-Centricity
3 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (13.89%) Data Protection
4 4 (11.11%) Architectural Design
4 4 (11.11%) Change Control
4 4 (11.11%) Commercial Awareness
4 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (11.11%) ITSM
4 4 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (8.33%) Business Continuity
5 3 (8.33%) Change Management
5 3 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (8.33%) Migration
6 2 (5.56%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.78%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (44.44%) CCNA
1 16 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (25.00%) Degree
3 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (22.22%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (16.67%) CCNP
4 6 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.78%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) SLA
2 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 16 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 9 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 9 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (22.22%) SCCM
1 8 (22.22%) WSUS
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.78%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 17 (47.22%) Cisco
3 13 (36.11%) Citrix
4 9 (25.00%) VMware
5 8 (22.22%) HP
5 8 (22.22%) Veeam
6 7 (19.44%) SolarWinds
7 5 (13.89%) Fortinet
7 5 (13.89%) Meraki
8 4 (11.11%) Avaya
9 3 (8.33%) F5
9 3 (8.33%) Palo Alto
9 3 (8.33%) SevOne
9 3 (8.33%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (5.56%) Dell
10 2 (5.56%) Draytek
10 2 (5.56%) ForeScout
10 2 (5.56%) WatchGuard
11 1 (2.78%) Panasonic
11 1 (2.78%) Polycom