Skype for Business Contract Job Trends in Devon

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
South West > Devon

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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.51% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
South West median daily rate £700 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +19.15% -2.08% +26.32%

All Application Platform Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 9 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 4.57% 4.44% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £210 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 - £318
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.48%
75th Percentile £295 - -
90th Percentile £412 - -
South West median daily rate £575 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -3.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £22.20
25th Percentile - £46.25 £23.04
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £24.58
Median % change year-on-year - +93.27% -64.89%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £26.24
90th Percentile - - £27.16
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £63.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -64.29% +57.50% -41.25%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Skype for Business job vacancy trend in Devon

Skype for Business
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Skype for Business.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Skype for Business

Skype for Business
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Skype for Business.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Skype for Business

Skype for Business
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype for Business within the Devon region over the 6 months to 25 February 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
Plymouth - 1 £490 - 2
Skype for Business
South West

Skype for Business
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Support
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware