Skype for Business Contract Job Trends in Plymouth

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
Devon > Plymouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Plymouth requiring Skype for Business skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Plymouth 2.17% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
Devon median daily rate £490 - -

All Application Platform Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth 6.52% 11.86% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
Devon median daily rate £220 - £318
% change year-on-year - - -20.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year - +119.50% -69.09%
Devon median hourly rate - £47.50 £24.58
% change year-on-year - +93.27% -64.89%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Skype for Business relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth.

Skype for Business job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Skype for Business
Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Skype for Business.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Skype for Business

Skype for Business
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Support
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware