Skype for Business Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 379 332 404
Rank change year-on-year -47 +72 -50
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 19 123 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.092% 0.51% 0.38%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.07% 4.61% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 86 88
10th Percentile £259 £305 £152
25th Percentile £265 £383 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £461 £413
Median % change year-on-year -34.89% +11.70% -8.33%
75th Percentile £631 £538 £475
90th Percentile £659 £606 £550
UK median daily rate £300 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -33.33% +5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £19.75
25th Percentile - - £34.14
Median hourly rate - - £69.05
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,770 2,667 3,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.55% 11.14% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,186 1,917 2,679
10th Percentile £210 £203 £185
25th Percentile £322 £350 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £545
90th Percentile £650 £675 £632
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £517
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.92% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 99 138
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.85 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.50 £17.61 £14.66
Median hourly rate £23.50 £26.48 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +43.14% -2.63%
75th Percentile £46.18 £65.13 £36.27
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £45.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.11% +104.55% +0.53%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in the UK excluding London

Skype for Business
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Skype for Business in the UK excluding London

Skype for Business
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype for Business in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype for Business in the UK excluding London

Skype for Business
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Skype for Business in the UK excluding London

Skype for Business
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South West -4 7 £450 -6.74% 2
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Scotland +30 3 - -
South East -13 3 £464 +17.41%
North of England +28 2 £267 -10.63% 1
North West +19 1 £253 - 1
Yorkshire +16 1 £282 -5.77%
Skype for Business
UK

Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (57.89%) SharePoint
2 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
2 3 (15.79%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (94.74%) Skype
2 6 (31.58%) DNS
3 4 (21.05%) Firewall
3 4 (21.05%) LAN
3 4 (21.05%) WAN
4 3 (15.79%) DHCP
4 3 (15.79%) HTTP
4 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
4 3 (15.79%) Unified Communications
5 2 (10.53%) VSAN
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (5.26%) Network Security
6 1 (5.26%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (5.26%) Telepresence
6 1 (5.26%) VoIP
6 1 (5.26%) VPN
6 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Bitbucket
General
1 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 9 (47.37%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Electronics
4 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.53%) Marketing
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) IT Support
1 8 (42.11%) Support Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Support Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) IT Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) IT Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) IT Support Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Applications Support
4 2 (10.53%) Applications Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Customer Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Customer Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) SharePoint Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) SharePoint Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) CSS
1 3 (15.79%) XML
2 1 (5.26%) .NET
2 1 (5.26%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) CMDB
1 6 (31.58%) iPhone
2 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.79%) PKI
2 3 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 14 (73.68%) Windows
2 10 (52.63%) Windows 10
3 6 (31.58%) Apple iOS
4 4 (21.05%) Windows 7
5 3 (15.79%) Windows Server
5 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (5.26%) Linux
6 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) ITIL
2 11 (57.89%) Customer Service
3 9 (47.37%) ITSM
4 7 (36.84%) Service Management
5 4 (21.05%) Agile
5 4 (21.05%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.79%) Incident Management
6 3 (15.79%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (15.79%) Time Management
6 3 (15.79%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (10.53%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
7 2 (10.53%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (10.53%) NsoIT
7 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
7 2 (10.53%) System Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
1 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) MCP
3 3 (15.79%) MCSE
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (10.53%) CCNA
4 2 (10.53%) CCNP
4 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) MCSD
5 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (73.68%) Active Directory
2 6 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (10.53%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (21.05%) SCCM
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (15.79%) WSUS
4 2 (10.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (10.53%) vCenter Server
5 1 (5.26%) Ansible
5 1 (5.26%) Progress Chef
5 1 (5.26%) Puppet
5 1 (5.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (47.37%) Citrix
3 7 (36.84%) Apple
4 6 (31.58%) Cisco
4 6 (31.58%) ServiceNow
4 6 (31.58%) VMware
5 3 (15.79%) SolarWinds
5 3 (15.79%) Veeam
6 2 (10.53%) Atlassian
6 2 (10.53%) SAP
6 2 (10.53%) Splunk
7 1 (5.26%) Blue Coat
7 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
7 1 (5.26%) Juniper
7 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
7 1 (5.26%) Polycom