Skype Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Skype
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Skype skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 355 371
Rank change year-on-year -21 +16 +117
Contract jobs citing Skype 13 14 34
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.091% 0.092% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.01% 0.92% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 18
10th Percentile £160 £186 £206
25th Percentile £233 £220 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £243 £299
Median % change year-on-year +75.26% -18.83% -29.71%
75th Percentile £438 £475 £603
90th Percentile - £483 £650
England median daily rate £550 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +8.64% -3.57% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.63
25th Percentile - - £22.19
Median hourly rate - - £23.75
75th Percentile - - £24.69
90th Percentile - - £24.88
England median hourly rate - - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +209.52%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,286 1,517 2,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.02% 10.01% 10.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 933 1,359
10th Percentile £311 £256 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
England median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 13 56
10th Percentile £20.76 £23.87 £18.93
25th Percentile - £28.41 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +35.92% +3.00%
75th Percentile £33.19 £43.75 £60.44
90th Percentile £62.35 £76.91 £76.88
England median hourly rate £34.50 £41.00 £56.45
% change year-on-year -15.85% -27.36% +26.28%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Skype job vacancy trend in London

Skype
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Skype

Skype
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype in London over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Skype in London

Skype
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Skype.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Skype

Skype
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype within the London region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
South London - 7 £425 -
Central London -1 1 £233 -35.19%
Skype
England

Skype
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 9 (69.23%) Skype for Business
2 6 (46.15%) Mattermost
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
2 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Unified Communications
2 2 (15.38%) WebEx
3 1 (7.69%) LAN
3 1 (7.69%) SAN
3 1 (7.69%) VPN
3 1 (7.69%) VXLAN
3 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Back Office
3 1 (7.69%) Law
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
1 7 (53.85%) Support Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Messaging Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Messaging Support
2 6 (46.15%) Messaging Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) IT Support
3 2 (15.38%) Support Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (7.69%) IT Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Operational Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Operations Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Support Assistant
4 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) ITIL
1 8 (61.54%) Migration
2 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (46.15%) Capacity Planning
3 6 (46.15%) Change Management
3 6 (46.15%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (7.69%) Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.69%) Fault Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) ISMS
4 1 (7.69%) ITSM
4 1 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (7.69%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
4 1 (7.69%) Project Management
4 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) PowerShell
2 6 (46.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) Firmware
2 3 (23.08%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) SCOM
2 6 (46.15%) HP SiteScope
3 3 (23.08%) SCCM
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) Splunk
3 1 (7.69%) Polycom
3 1 (7.69%) Remedy
3 1 (7.69%) Veeam
3 1 (7.69%) VMware