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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 657 804 930
Rank change year-on-year +147 +126 +162
Permanent jobs citing PBX 43 98 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.099% 0.042%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.54% 0.72% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 31 89 41
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £35,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% +2.94% -30.26%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £64,200 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year +1.54% +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 7,925 13,519 15,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.53% 13.64% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,345 9,433 8,018
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -2.64%

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 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PBX in the UK

PBX
Top 12 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 10 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 +101 43 £39,000 +11.43% 21
UK excluding London +135 23 £33,000 +1.54% 20
London +103 20 £39,000 -29.09% 6
South East +102 8 £30,000 -7.69% 3
South West +109 7 £50,000 +42.86% 2
Work from Home +138 4 £60,000 +26.32% 7
Midlands +48 4 £31,000 +8.77% 4
West Midlands +34 3 £28,000 -1.75% 4
North of England +44 2 £32,500 -13.33% 2
East of England +37 2 £42,500 +30.77% 4
North West +7 2 £32,500 -48.00% 1
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 12 (27.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (18.60%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (60.47%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (44.19%) Entra ID
3 15 (34.88%) Azure
4 10 (23.26%) AWS
5 8 (18.60%) IaaS
5 8 (18.60%) PaaS
5 8 (18.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (62.79%) DNS
2 25 (58.14%) DHCP
3 24 (55.81%) VLAN
4 16 (37.21%) Firewall
4 16 (37.21%) Structured Cabling
5 13 (30.23%) SAN
6 12 (27.91%) Cisco IOS
6 12 (27.91%) FTP
6 12 (27.91%) IPv4
6 12 (27.91%) SMTP
7 10 (23.26%) MPLS
8 9 (20.93%) VPN
8 9 (20.93%) WAN
9 8 (18.60%) Network Security
9 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
9 8 (18.60%) VoIP
10 7 (16.28%) LAN
11 6 (13.95%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (13.95%) VPLS
11 6 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (4.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 15 (34.88%) Finance
3 12 (27.91%) Telecoms
4 4 (9.30%) Legal
5 2 (4.65%) Law
6 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Electronics
6 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Support Engineer
2 10 (23.26%) IT Support
3 9 (20.93%) IT Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Consultant
4 8 (18.60%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Desktop Support
4 8 (18.60%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 8 (18.60%) IT Support Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Senior
4 8 (18.60%) Senior Consultant
4 8 (18.60%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
5 7 (16.28%) Network Engineer
6 5 (11.63%) Support Technician
6 5 (11.63%) Telecoms Technician
7 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (6.98%) Service Desk Engineer
8 3 (6.98%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Private Cloud
1 8 (18.60%) Public Cloud
2 3 (6.98%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.65%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.33%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 22 (51.16%) Windows
2 21 (48.84%) Windows 10
3 13 (30.23%) Android
4 12 (27.91%) Windows Server
5 3 (6.98%) Linux
6 2 (4.65%) VMS
7 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.26%) Customer Service
1 10 (23.26%) ITIL
2 8 (18.60%) Commercial Awareness
3 7 (16.28%) Incident Management
3 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (13.95%) ITSM
5 5 (11.63%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (11.63%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 5 (11.63%) Customer-Centricity
5 5 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (11.63%) Data Protection
6 4 (9.30%) Architectural Design
6 4 (9.30%) Change Control
6 4 (9.30%) CRM
6 4 (9.30%) Migration
6 4 (9.30%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (6.98%) Antivirus Management
7 3 (6.98%) Change Management
7 3 (6.98%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.23%) PowerShell
2 8 (18.60%) Python
3 2 (4.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (46.51%) CCNA
1 20 (46.51%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (27.91%) Degree
2 12 (27.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (27.91%) Network+ Certification
3 6 (13.95%) CCNP
3 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
3 6 (13.95%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (51.16%) Active Directory
2 13 (30.23%) Hyper-V
2 13 (30.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (27.91%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (18.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (4.65%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 14 (32.56%) WSUS
2 12 (27.91%) SCCM
3 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (4.65%) cPanel
5 1 (2.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 30 (69.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (55.81%) Cisco
3 17 (39.53%) Citrix
4 14 (32.56%) VMware
5 12 (27.91%) Veeam
6 9 (20.93%) HP
7 6 (13.95%) SolarWinds
8 5 (11.63%) Draytek
8 5 (11.63%) Fortinet
8 5 (11.63%) Meraki
9 4 (9.30%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (6.98%) Avaya
10 3 (6.98%) Dell
10 3 (6.98%) WatchGuard
11 2 (4.65%) F5
11 2 (4.65%) ForeScout
11 2 (4.65%) Palo Alto
11 2 (4.65%) SevOne
12 1 (2.33%) Polycom
12 1 (2.33%) Salesforce