Skype for Business Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 - 166
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% - 0.14%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.39% - 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £216 - £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £233 - £238
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.71%
75th Percentile £249 - £244
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £354 £400 £238
% change year-on-year -11.56% +68.42% -44.12%

All Application Platform Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 216 280 446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 12.38% 12.80% 12.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 209 291
10th Percentile £325 £250 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £706
90th Percentile £725 £725 £800
Central London median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -23.81% +98.11%
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.45 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -33.88% -23.81% +64.06%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in the City of London

Skype for Business
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Skype for Business in the City of London

Skype for Business
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Skype for Business in the City of London

Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Skype
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) WebEx
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Audio Visual Support
1 1 (33.33%) Messaging Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Assistant
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Blackberry
1 2 (66.67%) BYOD
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) ISMS
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (66.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (66.67%) Forefront Identity Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Polycom
2 1 (33.33%) VMware