Skype for Business Contracts in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Skype for Business skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Skype for Business 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 21 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.70% - 0.47%
As % of the Application Platforms category 23.53% - 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £160
UK median daily rate £300 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -33.33% +5.88% -

All Application Platform Skills
Northern Ireland

Skype for Business is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 17 32 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 11.49% 15.76% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 15
10th Percentile £283 £345 £153
25th Percentile £398 £360 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.44% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £514 £455 £488
90th Percentile £538 £520 £536
UK median daily rate £499 £510 £518
% change year-on-year -2.21% -1.45% +8.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.12 - -
UK median hourly rate £28.01 £42.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -34.10% +93.18% -2.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Skype for Business in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype for Business within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim - 4 - -
Skype for Business
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Skype
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) HTTP
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
1 3 (75.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) MCSD
1 2 (50.00%) MCSE
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) SAP