Skype Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Skype
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Skype skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Skype over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 208 219
Rank change year-on-year +37 +11 -57
Contract jobs citing Skype 18 8 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.38% 0.14% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.97% 1.17% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 13
10th Percentile £436 - £151
25th Percentile £538 £413 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% +5.88% +108.33%
75th Percentile £651 £475 £532
90th Percentile £672 £655 £568
England median daily rate £470 £455 £425
% change year-on-year +3.41% +6.94% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate - - £18.00
75th Percentile - - £19.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £28.50 £21.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +35.71% -8.70% -45.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

Skype is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 606 681 868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.66% 11.66% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 471 599
10th Percentile £200 £205 £180
25th Percentile £313 £328 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £445
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +9.55% +17.11%
75th Percentile £610 £575 £545
90th Percentile £738 £675 £638
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 48 29
10th Percentile £13.42 - £11.18
25th Percentile £17.72 £9.80 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.87 £10.63 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.96% -40.94% -10.00%
75th Percentile £45.88 £15.15 £23.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £34.13 £45.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
% change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Skype as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Skype in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Skype in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Skype in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype within the North of England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
North West +32 17 £625 +38.89% 3
Yorkshire +18 1 £282 -33.76%
Skype
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (16.67%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Stack
2 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
2 1 (5.56%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) LAN
1 13 (72.22%) WAN
2 12 (66.67%) Converged Networks
2 12 (66.67%) ISDN
2 12 (66.67%) Network Security
2 12 (66.67%) VoIP
3 1 (5.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Power BI
1 3 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Architect
1 13 (72.22%) Voice Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Business Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (5.56%) Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) IT Support
3 1 (5.56%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Support Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Telephony Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (66.67%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.56%) CMDB
3 1 (5.56%) iPhone
3 1 (5.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
1 12 (66.67%) Service Design
2 3 (16.67%) Business Analysis
2 3 (16.67%) Business Case
2 3 (16.67%) Change Management
2 3 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
2 3 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (5.56%) ITSM
4 1 (5.56%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (5.56%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.56%) SCCM
1 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Apple
2 1 (5.56%) Citrix
2 1 (5.56%) Proofpoint
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Sophos
2 1 (5.56%) VMware