Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Skype for Business skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Skype for Business over the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 75 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +16 |
| Contract jobs citing Skype for Business | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | - | - | 0.22% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | - | - | 2.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £400 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | - | - | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -36.00% |
All Application Platform Skills
Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 36 | 58 | 69 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 7.26% | 7.80% | 7.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 44 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £131 | £192 |
| 25th Percentile | £294 | £313 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £350 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +42.86% | -17.65% | -15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £585 | £638 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £605 | - | £643 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £453 | £400 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.25% | -15.79% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £14.31 | £12.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £56.88 | £14.94 | £13.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £58.75 | £16.00 | £15.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +267.19% | +4.92% | +10.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.63 | £35.50 | £17.06 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £47.20 | £18.08 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £34.98 | £16.00 | £15.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +118.63% | +4.92% | -7.58% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in Birmingham.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in Birmingham.