Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 101 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Skype for Business | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh | - | - | 0.083% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | - | - | 0.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £479 |
| Scotland median daily rate | - | - | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +5.88% |
All Application Platform Skills
Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 81 | 81 | 154 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 12.35% | 9.28% | 12.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 46 | 40 | 109 |
| 10th Percentile | £221 | £161 | £163 |
| 25th Percentile | £318 | £178 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £306 | £448 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +46.94% | -31.56% | -6.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £510 | £450 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £544 | £552 | £550 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £425 | £420 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.19% | -6.67% | -5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £30.44 | £14.51 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £36.62 | £15.80 | £57.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £48.68 | £17.00 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +186.32% | -71.67% | +242.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.47 | £17.50 | £62.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.09 | £20.17 | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £48.68 | £17.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +186.32% | -43.33% | +71.43% |
Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Skype for Business
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in Edinburgh.