Skype Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Skype
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 156 166
Rank change year-on-year +35 +10 -45
Contract jobs citing Skype 16 4 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.58% 0.13% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.38% 0.95% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 6
10th Percentile £503 £415 £131
25th Percentile £538 £419 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £450 £250
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% +80.00% +10.13%
75th Percentile £652 £475 £441
90th Percentile £672 - £510
England median daily rate £435 £455 £425
% change year-on-year -4.29% +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% +2.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 365 422 530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.21% 13.21% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 299 354
10th Percentile £199 £288 £183
25th Percentile £322 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% +21.62%
75th Percentile £651 £575 £585
90th Percentile £825 £650 £638
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 13
10th Percentile - £17.92 £12.07
25th Percentile £17.72 £19.17 £16.23
Median hourly rate £26.00 £31.25 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% +68.92% -63.16%
75th Percentile £45.88 £51.45 £42.20
90th Percentile £89.18 £52.13 £63.75
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.82 £23.91
% change year-on-year +108.55% -21.29% -4.36%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Skype in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Skype in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Skype in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Cumbria - 15 £625 -
Cheshire - 1 £390 - 2
Skype
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (18.75%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Stack
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
3 1 (6.25%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) LAN
1 12 (75.00%) WAN
2 11 (68.75%) Converged Networks
2 11 (68.75%) ISDN
2 11 (68.75%) Network Security
2 11 (68.75%) VoIP
3 1 (6.25%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Power BI
1 3 (18.75%) Tableau
General
1 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
1 3 (18.75%) Police
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Architect
1 12 (75.00%) Voice Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Business Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Technical Architect
3 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Telephony Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.25%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Impact Assessments
1 11 (68.75%) Service Design
2 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
2 3 (18.75%) Business Case
2 3 (18.75%) Change Management
2 3 (18.75%) Financial Modelling
2 3 (18.75%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL
3 1 (6.25%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.25%) SCCM
1 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Proofpoint
2 1 (6.25%) Sophos
2 1 (6.25%) VMware