Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Skype for Business skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Skype for Business over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 810 878 1062
Rank change year-on-year +68 +184 -356
Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business 86 92 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.088% 0.11%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.80% 0.76% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 43 78 138
10th Percentile £30,700 £31,250 £26,175
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -21.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £61,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,125 £82,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% -22.22% +2.86%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 10,690 12,060 21,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.90% 11.52% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7,047 7,947 11,793
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,290 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Skype for Business in the UK

Skype for Business
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Skype for Business over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Skype for Business in the UK

Skype for Business
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Skype for Business within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +95 72 £40,000 +2.56% 14
UK excluding London -6 46 £32,500 -7.14% 10
London +146 40 £75,000 +85.19% 4
Wales +25 14 - -
West Midlands +26 12 £32,500 - 3
Midlands +3 12 £32,500 - 5
South West 0 7 £55,000 +83.33% 2
North of England +48 5 £40,000 -17.66% 1
East of England +10 5 £30,000 -45.45% 2
North West +9 4 £40,000 -17.66% 1
Work from Home +73 3 £31,250 -43.18% 2
South East +9 3 £47,500 +37.68%
North East - 1 £31,500 -

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 20 (23.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (11.63%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.81%) CMS
4 3 (3.49%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (2.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (2.33%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (2.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 48 (55.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (47.67%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (9.30%) Azure
3 7 (8.14%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.81%) WhatsApp
5 4 (4.65%) Mimecast
5 4 (4.65%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.16%) AWS
6 1 (1.16%) GCP
6 1 (1.16%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 71 (82.56%) Skype
2 25 (29.07%) Cisco IOS
2 25 (29.07%) DNS
2 25 (29.07%) Telepresence
3 24 (27.91%) Firewall
4 22 (25.58%) Wireless
5 14 (16.28%) IP Telephony
6 10 (11.63%) MPLS
6 10 (11.63%) TCP/IP
6 10 (11.63%) VoIP
7 9 (10.47%) LAN
7 9 (10.47%) VPN
7 9 (10.47%) WAN
8 8 (9.30%) BGP
8 8 (9.30%) Internet
8 8 (9.30%) Network Security
8 8 (9.30%) OSPF
8 8 (9.30%) Reverse Proxy
8 8 (9.30%) SD-WAN
8 8 (9.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.16%) SQL Server
General
1 29 (33.72%) Finance
2 27 (31.40%) Automotive
3 26 (30.23%) Telecoms
4 25 (29.07%) Pharmaceutical
5 22 (25.58%) Social Skills
6 21 (24.42%) Law
7 4 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Electronics
9 1 (1.16%) German Language
9 1 (1.16%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.16%) Legal
9 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 28 (32.56%) Support Engineer
2 18 (20.93%) Senior
3 17 (19.77%) IT Support
4 14 (16.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 14 (16.28%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 14 (16.28%) Analyst
4 14 (16.28%) Network Engineer
4 14 (16.28%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (16.28%) Support Specialist
5 12 (13.95%) IT Support Specialist
6 8 (9.30%) Network Analyst
6 8 (9.30%) Network Security Analyst
6 8 (9.30%) Security Analyst
7 7 (8.14%) Graduate
7 7 (8.14%) Graduate Support Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Desktop Support
8 6 (6.98%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) Support Analyst
10 4 (4.65%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.30%) 802.1X
1 8 (9.30%) SAML
2 4 (4.65%) CSS
2 4 (4.65%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (53.49%) Video Conferencing
2 28 (32.56%) Data Centre
3 12 (13.95%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (10.47%) Management Information System
5 8 (9.30%) Client/Server
6 3 (3.49%) PKI
6 3 (3.49%) Smartphone
7 2 (2.33%) Blackberry
7 2 (2.33%) Smartcard
8 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.16%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 53 (61.63%) Windows
2 43 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 25 (29.07%) Windows 7
4 15 (17.44%) Android
5 12 (13.95%) Apple iOS
6 10 (11.63%) Windows Server
7 5 (5.81%) Mac OS X
8 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (37.21%) ITIL
2 28 (32.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (18.60%) Incident Management
3 16 (18.60%) Time Management
4 15 (17.44%) Business Continuity
4 15 (17.44%) Information Security
5 14 (16.28%) Actionable Insight
5 14 (16.28%) Network Management
6 12 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (13.95%) Inventory Management
7 10 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (9.30%) Change Control
8 8 (9.30%) Infrastructure Management
8 8 (9.30%) Load Balancing
9 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (6.98%) ITSM
9 6 (6.98%) Security Patching
10 5 (5.81%) Coaching
11 4 (4.65%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 4 (4.65%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.14%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.65%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (37.21%) Degree
2 25 (29.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 25 (29.07%) Master's Degree
2 25 (29.07%) MBA
3 14 (16.28%) SC Cleared
3 14 (16.28%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.33%) SLA
3 1 (1.16%) GDPR
3 1 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (1.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 26 (30.23%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.14%) vSphere
3 6 (6.98%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (9.30%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.49%) SCCM
3 2 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.16%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.16%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.16%) OfficeScan
4 1 (1.16%) SCOM
4 1 (1.16%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 85 (98.84%) Microsoft
2 45 (52.33%) Cisco
3 30 (34.88%) Apple
4 26 (30.23%) Polycom
5 17 (19.77%) Mitel
6 14 (16.28%) Avaya
7 8 (9.30%) CheckPoint
7 8 (9.30%) Ribbon
8 4 (4.65%) Dell
8 4 (4.65%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.33%) Acronis
9 2 (2.33%) Citrix
9 2 (2.33%) EqualLogic
9 2 (2.33%) HP
9 2 (2.33%) Symantec
9 2 (2.33%) Synology
9 2 (2.33%) VMware
10 1 (1.16%) Altiris
10 1 (1.16%) Becrypt
10 1 (1.16%) Google