Skype Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Skype
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 157 165
Rank change year-on-year +28 +8 -40
Contract jobs citing Skype 3 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.13% 0.35% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.18% 2.91% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 4
10th Percentile - £400 £415
25th Percentile - £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £452 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -9.60% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £472 £575
90th Percentile - £475 -
UK median daily rate £473 £465 £425
% change year-on-year +1.72% +9.29% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 254 344 310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.42% 12.09% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 217 196
10th Percentile £188 £160 £181
25th Percentile £363 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +2.78% +7.78%
75th Percentile £627 £538 £538
90th Percentile £700 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £488 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -6.11% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 21 17
10th Percentile £15.70 - £21.00
25th Percentile £17.13 - £40.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £10.63 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +144.59% -77.62% -26.36%
75th Percentile £60.38 £35.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £58.75 £56.45
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year +110.53% -32.74% +6.89%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Skype as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Skype in Scotland

Skype
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Skype in Scotland

Skype
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Skype in Scotland

Skype
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 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
Glasgow +5 3 - -
Skype
UK

Skype
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) IT Support
1 3 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) CMDB
1 3 (100.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Apple
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow