Skype Contract Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Skype
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Skype skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 99 125
Rank change year-on-year -52 +26 +4
Contract jobs citing Skype 11 25 18
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.30% 1.27% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.65% 9.88% 4.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 24 11
10th Percentile £390 - £460
25th Percentile £478 £525 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -2.17% +14.71%
75th Percentile £700 £698 £681
90th Percentile £715 £725 £800
England median daily rate £450 £550 £531
% change year-on-year -18.18% +3.53% +8.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £18.33 - -
25th Percentile £19.33 - -
Median hourly rate £21.07 - -
75th Percentile £25.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.07 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 301 253 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 8.12% 12.89% 14.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 179 212
10th Percentile £210 £213 £339
25th Percentile £450 £269 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £688 £588 £613
90th Percentile £725 £654 £675
England median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 4 25
10th Percentile £12.71 £26.70 £12.05
25th Percentile £17.67 £40.07 -
Median hourly rate £26.14 £56.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.73% -13.08% +15.06%
75th Percentile £90.00 £64.63 £75.00
90th Percentile £100.00 £64.85 £81.00
England median hourly rate £38.72 £35.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +10.63% -39.13% +1.79%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Skype relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Skype job vacancy trend in the South West

Skype
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Skype.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Skype

Skype
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype in the South West over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Skype in the South West

Skype
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Skype.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Skype

Skype
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 October 2026. 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 -20 8 - -
Wiltshire -34 2 £528 -11.07% 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £650 - 2
Skype
England

Skype
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (18.18%) Skype for Business
3 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) DHCP
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
1 1 (9.09%) X.400
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Military
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) IT Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Messaging Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Virtual Team
2 1 (9.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) Windows 10
3 8 (72.73%) Android
4 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
4 1 (9.09%) Windows 7
4 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (63.64%) Break/Fix
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (54.55%) Customer Experience
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) ITSM
4 2 (18.18%) Service Management
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Change Control
5 1 (9.09%) Configuration Management
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 1 (9.09%) Disk Encryption
5 1 (9.09%) Integration Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Runbook
5 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) System Testing
5 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) VB
2 1 (9.09%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) MCSE
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) BitLocker
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
2 1 (9.09%) OPNET
2 1 (9.09%) SCOM
2 1 (9.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (72.73%) Apple
2 8 (72.73%) HP
3 1 (9.09%) Atlassian
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) VMware