Skype for Business Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 141 154
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 -25
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 8 34 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.25% 0.92% 0.51%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.67% 7.31% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 25 8
10th Percentile - £400 £233
25th Percentile £300 £456 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £490 £400
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% +22.50% -8.57%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £478
90th Percentile £845 £928 £608
England median daily rate £300 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -29.41% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Median hourly rate - £95.00 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year - +37.58% +38.10%
England median hourly rate - £95.00 £69.05
% change year-on-year - +37.58% +38.10%

All Application Platform Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 300 465 449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 9.35% 12.61% 11.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 371 304
10th Percentile £220 £213 £208
25th Percentile £363 £378 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.11% +9.89%
75th Percentile £593 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 11
10th Percentile - £17.50 £13.87
25th Percentile - £53.75 £15.87
Median hourly rate £40.00 £72.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.83% +43.56% +102.00%
75th Percentile £68.00 £80.25 £69.05
90th Percentile £74.44 £86.66 -
England median hourly rate £28.75 £26.48 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +32.40% -11.11%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Skype for Business in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype for Business in the South West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype for Business in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Skype for Business in the South West

Skype for Business
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Bristol +18 5 £300 -60.00% 1
Wiltshire -10 3 £600 +9.09% 2
Skype for Business
England

Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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
1 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
2 3 (37.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Skype
2 4 (50.00%) LAN
2 4 (50.00%) WAN
3 3 (37.50%) Firewall
4 2 (25.00%) DHCP
4 2 (25.00%) DNS
4 2 (25.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (12.50%) 3G
5 1 (12.50%) 4G
5 1 (12.50%) IP Telephony
5 1 (12.50%) PBX
5 1 (12.50%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (12.50%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Bitbucket
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Billing
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) IT Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) IT Support
1 3 (37.50%) IT Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Applications Support
2 2 (25.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
1 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (25.00%) CMDB
2 2 (25.00%) iPhone
2 2 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 5 (62.50%) ITSM
2 5 (62.50%) Service Management
3 4 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
4 3 (37.50%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Time Management
4 3 (37.50%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (25.00%) NsoIT
5 2 (25.00%) System Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
6 1 (12.50%) SIAM
6 1 (12.50%) Two-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (37.50%) MCP
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) CCNA
4 1 (12.50%) CCNP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (12.50%) MCSE
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (12.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (25.00%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (25.00%) WSUS
4 1 (12.50%) Ansible
4 1 (12.50%) Progress Chef
4 1 (12.50%) Puppet
4 1 (12.50%) SCOM
4 1 (12.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Citrix
2 5 (62.50%) VMware
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco
4 2 (25.00%) Apple
4 2 (25.00%) Atlassian
4 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 2 (25.00%) Veeam
5 1 (12.50%) SAP
5 1 (12.50%) Splunk