Skype Contracts in South London

Microsoft Skype
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South London requiring Skype skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Skype over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - 39
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Skype 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 0.58% - 1.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.00% - 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £600
75th Percentile £725 - £638
90th Percentile - - £645
London median daily rate £265 £446 £475
% change year-on-year -40.62% -6.05% +11.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South London

Skype falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 50 13 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 29.24% 7.03% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 8 46
10th Percentile £187 £239 £200
25th Percentile £306 £348 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £415 £550
Median % change year-on-year +23.49% -24.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £538 £622
90th Percentile £709 £545 £675
London median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Median hourly rate - £68.75 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year - +36.35% +7.76%
London median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £36.54
% change year-on-year +5.67% -34.87% +46.42%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Skype in South London

Skype
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Daily rate trend for Skype in South London

Skype
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 16 August 2025. 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
Bromley - 1 £650 - 4
Skype
London

Skype
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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 1 (100.00%) Mattermost
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Softphone
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Messaging Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Messaging Support
1 1 (100.00%) Messaging Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Real Time Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XMPP
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk