Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 94 | 102 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +8 | +32 |
| Contract jobs citing Skype for Business | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | - | 0.069% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | - | 0.97% | 2.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £251 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £253 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -27.86% | +122.22% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £254 | £375 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £190 | £253 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.75% | -27.86% | +95.80% |
All Application Platform Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 120 | 103 | 147 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 13.29% | 7.14% | 8.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 76 | 66 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £316 | £209 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £389 | £300 | £347 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £450 | £450 |
| 75th Percentile | £513 | £529 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £613 | £675 | £650 |
| North West median daily rate | £410 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.89% | -5.26% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £70.75 | £25.80 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £71.88 | £29.25 | £16.62 |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | £35.00 | £26.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +114.29% | +34.62% | -62.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.81 | £51.88 | £28.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.38 | £62.00 | £51.10 |
| North West median hourly rate | £58.56 | £33.56 | £22.27 |
| % change year-on-year | +74.51% | +50.72% | -57.59% |
Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in Manchester.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in Manchester.