Skype Contract Job Trends in Devon

Microsoft Skype
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Skype 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 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.51% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
South West median daily rate £700 £588 £625
% change year-on-year +19.15% -6.00% +19.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12 21 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 6.09% 11.67% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 23
10th Percentile £173 £279 £121
25th Percentile £240 £330 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% -2.94% +13.33%
75th Percentile £484 £430 £600
90th Percentile £528 £556 -
South West median daily rate £540 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +0.47% -2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £11.91 -
South West median hourly rate £51.25 £75.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -31.67% +32.77% +476.43%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Skype job vacancy trend in Devon

Skype
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Skype

Skype
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 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
South West

Skype
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
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
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