Skype Contracts in London

Microsoft Skype
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 361 435
Rank change year-on-year +16 +74 +104
Contract jobs citing Skype 6 35 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.048% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.46% 2.10% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 26 24
10th Percentile £248 £198 £244
25th Percentile £301 £210 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £380 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -20.00% +6.15%
75th Percentile £434 £440 £606
90th Percentile £463 £669 £638
England median daily rate £525 £380 £463
% change year-on-year +38.16% -17.84% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
England median hourly rate £24.59 £28.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -13.74% +35.71% -8.70%

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 1,314 1,663 2,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.50% 9.51% 9.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 1,116 1,812
10th Percentile £263 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £571
Median % change year-on-year - -12.43% +3.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £718 £738 £775
England median daily rate £500 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 50 57
10th Percentile £24.21 £14.46 £19.57
25th Percentile £24.66 £16.40 £22.63
Median hourly rate £38.75 £22.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.33% -43.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £50.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.25 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% +122.22% -24.72%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Skype as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Skype in London

Skype
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype in London.

Daily rate trend for Skype in London

Skype
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Skype in London

Skype
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype in London.

Hourly rate trend for Skype in London

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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 18 May 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
Central London +2 1 £233 -41.88%
Skype
England

Skype
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) Skype for Business
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (16.67%) Confluence
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (16.67%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) MySQL
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Voice Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Audio Visual Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Audio Visual Support
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Voice Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Support Assistant
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Support Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) iPhone
1 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) VMS
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS X
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) ITSM
2 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) ISMS
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (16.67%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) APMP
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) P3O
2 1 (16.67%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) KVM
1 3 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Apple
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Mitel
3 1 (16.67%) Polycom
3 1 (16.67%) Progress