Microsoft Skype
South West > Gloucestershire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Skype skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Skype over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 58 | 44 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -14 | +7 |
| Contract jobs citing Skype | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire | - | 0.44% | 3.27% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 3.28% | 22.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £376 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £395 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £451 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +191.13% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £490 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £581 | £575 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.09% | +6.98% | +11.98% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Gloucestershire
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 Gloucestershire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 32 | 61 | 72 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire | 13.17% | 13.29% | 14.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25 | 39 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £220 | £365 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £400 | £397 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £545 | £533 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.25% | +12.21% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £625 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £627 | £660 | £770 |
| South West median daily rate | £540 | £535 | £506 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.93% | +5.68% | +7.43% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £22.95 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £15.75 | £23.63 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £16.50 | £26.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -37.74% | -47.54% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £17.25 | £56.63 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £73.65 |
| South West median hourly rate | £41.40 | £53.25 | £63.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.26% | -15.48% | +22.96% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire
Job postings citing Skype as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype in Gloucestershire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype in Gloucestershire.