Skype Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Skype
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Skype skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 77 75
Rank change year-on-year +15 -2 +22
Contract jobs citing Skype 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.68% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.67% 1.53% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £480 - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £800 £225
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +255.56% -51.35%
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £513
% change year-on-year -4.35% +12.20% -2.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 75 131 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 10.27% 14.24% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 69 70
10th Percentile £235 £207 £232
25th Percentile £250 £413 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £529
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -5.44% +8.46%
75th Percentile £475 £588 £636
90th Percentile £575 £675 £678
South West median daily rate £485 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.62% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 24 6
10th Percentile £27.23 £11.75 £61.88
25th Percentile £41.40 £64.69 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year - -5.45% +5.77%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £79.06
90th Percentile - £82.00 £83.13
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -11.54% +15.06% -8.32%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Skype as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Skype in Bristol

Skype
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Skype

Skype
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) Skype for Business
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) DHCP
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
1 4 (80.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Critical Thinking
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
1 4 (80.00%) System Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) CCNA
2 4 (80.00%) CCNP
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (80.00%) MCSE
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 4 (80.00%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
1 4 (80.00%) WSUS
2 1 (20.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) SolarWinds
2 4 (80.00%) Splunk
2 4 (80.00%) Veeam
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow