Skype Contracts in Central London

Microsoft Skype
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Skype skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Skype over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 130 164
Rank change year-on-year +4 +34 +25
Contract jobs citing Skype 3 3 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.15% 0.12% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.40% 1.23% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £270 -
25th Percentile £463 £300 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £238
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +68.42% -44.12%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £244
90th Percentile - £610 -
London median daily rate £413 £380 £470
% change year-on-year +8.55% -19.11% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
London median hourly rate - - £21.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 215 243 388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.77% 9.93% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 169 269
10th Percentile £263 £211 £208
25th Percentile £448 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £640 £600 £675
90th Percentile £711 £739 £750
London median daily rate £500 £500 £560
% change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - £20.46
25th Percentile - £12.75 £20.81
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.71% -46.84%
75th Percentile - £16.59 £24.64
90th Percentile - £17.99 £30.86
London median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Skype in Central London

Skype
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Skype in Central London

Skype
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Skype in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
City of London +8 2 - - 1
Skype
London

Skype
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) Skype for Business
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Messaging Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) BYOD
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (66.67%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (66.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (100.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) VMware