Skype Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Microsoft Skype
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Skype skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 54 60
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Skype 6 12 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.81% 2.28% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.76% 17.91% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £161 -
25th Percentile £213 £166 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £178 £390
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -54.49% -13.33%
75th Percentile £238 £186 £395
90th Percentile - £188 -
North West median daily rate £354 £328 £600
% change year-on-year +8.15% -45.42% +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 126 67 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 16.96% 12.71% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 48 24
10th Percentile £348 £280 £199
25th Percentile £417 £344 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £468 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% -1.58% -13.64%
75th Percentile £615 £509 £516
90th Percentile £646 £688 £544
North West median daily rate £489 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +8.61% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22.85
25th Percentile £17.25 - £23.38
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £24.25
75th Percentile £27.45 - £25.13
90th Percentile £33.27 - £25.65
North West median hourly rate £19.84 £47.37 £40.44
% change year-on-year -58.12% +17.14% +29.41%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Skype job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Skype
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Skype

Skype
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Skype

Skype
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 25 June 2026. 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
Chester -12 6 £225 - 1
Skype
North West

Skype
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
General
1 6 (100.00%) Banking
1 6 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) AI
1 6 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (100.00%) Generative AI
2 5 (83.33%) ITSM
2 5 (83.33%) Performance Metrics
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Citrix
2 5 (83.33%) Remedy
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow