Skype Contracts in Reading

Microsoft Skype
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Skype skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Skype 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 93 82 95
Rank change year-on-year -11 +13 -33
Contract jobs citing Skype 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% 0.29% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.82% 1.74% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £426 £153
25th Percentile - £447 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £488 £154
Median % change year-on-year - +216.97% -61.55%
75th Percentile - £522 £154
90th Percentile - £539 £154
Berkshire median daily rate - £488 £154
% change year-on-year - +215.94% -61.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

Skype is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 243 172 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 20.37% 16.78% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 94 116
10th Percentile £205 £331 £165
25th Percentile £350 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +10.53% +26.08%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £601
90th Percentile - £721 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £490 £480 £467
% change year-on-year +2.08% +2.78% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 1
10th Percentile £77.22 - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £87.46 £66.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.52% +153.85% -45.26%
75th Percentile £87.53 £73.69 £26.50
90th Percentile - £78.30 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -50.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Skype as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Skype in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Skype in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Skype in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Administrator
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) EMC
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft