Skype for Business Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring Skype for Business skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 31 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 9 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 7.69% 1.91% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 81.82% 21.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £550 - -
25th Percentile £598 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 - -
75th Percentile £660 - -
90th Percentile £690 - -
Cumbria median daily rate £626 - -

All Application Platform Skills
Barrow-in-Furness

Skype for Business falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 11 14 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 9.40% 8.92% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £550 £531 -
25th Percentile £598 £537 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.77% - -
75th Percentile £660 £580 -
90th Percentile £690 £614 -
Cumbria median daily rate £626 £526 £528
% change year-on-year +19.01% -0.38% +264.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £63.40 £55.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% - -
Cumbria median hourly rate £63.40 £55.25 £13.00
% change year-on-year +14.75% +325.00% -

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Skype for Business relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Skype for Business job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Skype for Business
Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Skype for Business.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Skype for Business

Skype for Business
Daily Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype for Business in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Skype for Business in Barrow-in-Furness

Skype for Business
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) DHCP
1 9 (100.00%) DNS
1 9 (100.00%) LAN
1 9 (100.00%) Skype
1 9 (100.00%) VLAN
1 9 (100.00%) VPN
1 9 (100.00%) WAN
1 9 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Architect
1 7 (77.78%) Technical Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Field Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Field Service Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) SCCM Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 9 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 9 (100.00%) ITSM
1 9 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 9 (100.00%) VB
1 9 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) DV Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) ServiceNow