Skype Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Skype
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Skype skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 109 102
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 +20
Contract jobs citing Skype 1 2 18
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.076% 0.13% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.45% 0.73% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £407 £62
25th Percentile £525 £433 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £483 £468
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% +3.10% -14.91%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £503
90th Percentile - £568 £573
South East median daily rate £550 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +15.79% +11.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £68.63
South East median hourly rate - - £68.63

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

Skype falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 224 275 478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.96% 17.25% 26.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 122 254
10th Percentile £238 £238 £205
25th Percentile £294 £376 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £494 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.92% +9.72% -2.17%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £600
90th Percentile £602 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 19
10th Percentile £17.08 - £17.60
25th Percentile £18.31 £56.25 £24.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £57.50 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% -21.77% +219.57%
75th Percentile £64.69 £58.75 £75.89
90th Percentile £82.13 - £83.61
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £57.75
% change year-on-year -21.43% +21.22% +28.32%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Skype relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Skype job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Skype.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Skype

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Skype.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Skype

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 November 2025. 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
Reading +23 1 £550 +13.99% 3
Skype
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Polycom