Skype Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Skype
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 184 232
Rank change year-on-year -8 +48 -48
Contract jobs citing Skype 8 42 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.72% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.64% 4.26% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 32 24
10th Percentile £299 £305 £140
25th Percentile £353 £310 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £398 £255
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +55.88% -40.00%
75th Percentile £581 £478 £354
90th Percentile £640 £595 £585
England median daily rate £435 £461 £425
% change year-on-year -5.59% +8.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,254 987 1,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.70% 16.93% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 595 776
10th Percentile £205 £235 £189
25th Percentile £363 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £659
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 74 68
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.33 £15.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £16.81
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £46.40
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Skype as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Skype in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Skype in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Skype in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Thames Valley +5 4 - -
Berkshire -4 4 - -
Hampshire -22 3 £653 +53.53%
Kent - 1 £275 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (50.00%) Skype for Business
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) LAN
1 2 (25.00%) WAN
1 2 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) Telepresence
2 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) VSAN
General
1 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Administrator
1 4 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (12.50%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (12.50%) CCNA
4 1 (12.50%) CCNP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) Docker
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
1 4 (50.00%) SCOM
2 1 (12.50%) vCenter Server
2 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) VMware
2 4 (50.00%) Citrix
2 4 (50.00%) EMC
2 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) Apple
4 1 (12.50%) Blue Coat
4 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (12.50%) Juniper
4 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 1 (12.50%) Polycom
4 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
4 1 (12.50%) Splunk
4 1 (12.50%) Veeam