Skype Contract Job Trends in Chester

Microsoft Skype
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester 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 22 10 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Skype 6 10 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 3.92% 15.15% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.57% 62.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £225 £178 £390
% change year-on-year +26.76% -54.49% -13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 21 16 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 13.73% 24.24% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 8
10th Percentile £243 - -
25th Percentile £336 - £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £325 £200
Median % change year-on-year +29.23% +62.70% -59.03%
75th Percentile £581 - £309
90th Percentile £588 £463 £501
Cheshire median daily rate £489 £468 £475
% change year-on-year +4.49% -1.58% -13.64%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Skype job vacancy trend in Chester

Skype
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Skype

Skype
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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