Skype for Business Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Skype for Business skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Skype for Business 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 134 153 166
Rank change year-on-year +19 +13 -35
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 1 1 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.037% 0.032% 0.37%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.52% 0.38% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £124
25th Percentile £251 - £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £253 - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.67%
75th Percentile £254 - £272
90th Percentile - - £401
England median daily rate £300 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -29.41% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate - - £18.00
75th Percentile - - £19.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £69.05
% change year-on-year - - +104.59%

All Application Platform Skills
North West

Skype for Business is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 194 260 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 7.13% 8.20% 10.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 189 317
10th Percentile £250 £233 £172
25th Percentile £313 £367 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £523 £550 £550
90th Percentile £613 £650 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 24
10th Percentile - £15.18 £16.25
25th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £32.12 £20.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +56.66% +9.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £45.00 £26.69 £44.03
90th Percentile £46.18 £39.93 £53.39
England median hourly rate £25.50 £33.75 £20.19
% change year-on-year -24.44% +67.20% +0.93%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in the North West

Skype for Business
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Skype for Business in the North West

Skype for Business
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Skype for Business in the North West

Skype for Business
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype for Business within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 1 £253 -
Skype for Business
England

Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft