Skype for Business Contracts

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 529 551 657
Rank change year-on-year +22 +106 -164
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 57 166 198
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.38% 2.48% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 110 128
10th Percentile £197 £272 £185
25th Percentile £210 £383 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £430 £538 £488
90th Percentile £667 £638 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £461 £425
% change year-on-year -34.89% +8.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £21.40
25th Percentile - £92.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate - £95.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +171.43% -30.00%
75th Percentile - £97.50 £69.05
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £95.00 £69.05
% change year-on-year - +37.58% +17.53%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,143 6,705 11,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.49% 11.05% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,847 4,703 7,712
10th Percentile £250 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +9.47%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 150 219
10th Percentile £13.03 £15.09 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.42 £17.82 £16.24
Median hourly rate £29.50 £31.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.09% +51.19% -7.69%
75th Percentile £46.18 £66.00 £45.86
90th Percentile £67.70 £79.19 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.43 £22.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year +8.58% +21.62% -7.50%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in the UK

Skype for Business
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Skype for Business in the UK

Skype for Business
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype for Business over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype for Business in the UK

Skype for Business
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Skype for Business in the UK

Skype for Business
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 19 April 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
England +33 48 £300 -29.41% 14
London +105 34 £323 -27.49% 3
UK excluding London -29 21 £300 -34.89% 11
Work from Home +99 13 £380 -18.19% 3
South West -1 8 £600 +22.45% 3
South East -25 4 £464 +14.51%
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Scotland +32 3 - -
North of England +33 2 £267 -37.18% 1
North West +22 1 £253 -66.33% 1
Yorkshire +17 1 £282 -5.77%

Skype for Business
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 35 (61.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (36.84%) SharePoint
3 12 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2003
3 12 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2007
3 12 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (17.54%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (8.77%) CMS
6 2 (3.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (3.51%) Confluence
6 2 (3.51%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 35 (61.40%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 40 (70.18%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (21.05%) Azure
2 12 (21.05%) Entra ID
2 12 (21.05%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 56 (98.25%) Skype
2 11 (19.30%) Cisco IOS
3 6 (10.53%) DNS
3 6 (10.53%) LAN
3 6 (10.53%) VPN
3 6 (10.53%) WAN
4 5 (8.77%) Firewall
4 5 (8.77%) Unified Communications
5 3 (5.26%) DHCP
5 3 (5.26%) HTTP
5 3 (5.26%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.51%) IP Telephony
6 2 (3.51%) PBX
6 2 (3.51%) Telepresence
6 2 (3.51%) VSAN
6 2 (3.51%) Wireless
7 1 (1.75%) 4G
7 1 (1.75%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (1.75%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (1.75%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Bitbucket
General
1 25 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 18 (31.58%) Finance
3 15 (26.32%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.77%) Legal
4 5 (8.77%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (7.02%) Electronics
5 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.02%) Marketing
5 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.75%) Billing
Job Titles
1 19 (33.33%) IT Support
2 17 (29.82%) Support Engineer
3 13 (22.81%) Analyst
4 8 (14.04%) Support Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) IT Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) IT Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (10.53%) Senior
6 6 (10.53%) Support Officer
7 5 (8.77%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (8.77%) Desktop Support
7 5 (8.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Senior Technical Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) ICT Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) ICT Support
9 3 (5.26%) ICT Support Engineer
10 2 (3.51%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) CSS
1 3 (5.26%) XML
2 1 (1.75%) .NET
2 1 (1.75%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (36.84%) iPhone
2 12 (21.05%) CMDB
3 7 (12.28%) Blackberry
4 6 (10.53%) Management Information System
5 5 (8.77%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (5.26%) PKI
6 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (3.51%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (3.51%) Replication
7 2 (3.51%) Smartphone
8 1 (1.75%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 41 (71.93%) Windows
2 18 (31.58%) Windows 10
3 14 (24.56%) Windows 7
4 13 (22.81%) Apple iOS
4 13 (22.81%) Windows Server
4 13 (22.81%) Windows Server 2012
5 11 (19.30%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (17.54%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (15.79%) Android
7 9 (15.79%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (42.11%) ITIL
2 23 (40.35%) Customer Service
3 20 (35.09%) ITSM
4 13 (22.81%) Mobile Device Management
4 13 (22.81%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 13 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (21.05%) Migration
6 8 (14.04%) Service Management
7 5 (8.77%) Agile
7 5 (8.77%) Computer Science
7 5 (8.77%) Resource Management
7 5 (8.77%) Service Delivery
8 4 (7.02%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (7.02%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (7.02%) Programme Management
9 3 (5.26%) Decision-Making
9 3 (5.26%) Incident Management
9 3 (5.26%) Project Delivery
9 3 (5.26%) Time Management
9 3 (5.26%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.56%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 3 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 19 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 12 (21.05%) Degree
4 4 (7.02%) CTC Cleared
4 4 (7.02%) DV Cleared
4 4 (7.02%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (7.02%) MCSE
4 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.26%) MCP
6 2 (3.51%) CCNA
6 2 (3.51%) CCNP
6 2 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (3.51%) MCSD
7 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.26%) SLA
3 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 44 (77.19%) Active Directory
2 6 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (3.51%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (22.81%) SCCM
2 12 (21.05%) Jamf Pro
2 12 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.26%) WSUS
4 2 (3.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (3.51%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (3.51%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.75%) Ansible
5 1 (1.75%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.75%) Puppet
5 1 (1.75%) SCOM
Vendors
1 40 (70.18%) Microsoft
2 30 (52.63%) Citrix
3 23 (40.35%) Apple
4 17 (29.82%) Cisco
4 17 (29.82%) ServiceNow
5 9 (15.79%) Mitel
5 9 (15.79%) Progress
6 6 (10.53%) VMware
7 5 (8.77%) Becrypt
8 4 (7.02%) SAP
9 3 (5.26%) IronPort
9 3 (5.26%) SolarWinds
9 3 (5.26%) Veeam
10 2 (3.51%) Atlassian
10 2 (3.51%) EMC
10 2 (3.51%) Polycom
10 2 (3.51%) Splunk
10 2 (3.51%) Symantec
11 1 (1.75%) Bloomberg
11 1 (1.75%) Reuters