Skype Contract Job Trends in Stafford

Microsoft Skype
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stafford requiring Skype skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Skype 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stafford 25.00% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £180 - £375

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Stafford

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 Stafford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stafford 50.00% 27.27% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £226 - -
25th Percentile £295 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - £200
75th Percentile £503 - -
90th Percentile £546 - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £269 £400 £275
% change year-on-year -32.81% +45.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Median hourly rate - £26.38 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year - +14.70% -5.15%
Staffordshire median hourly rate - £24.22 £23.00
% change year-on-year - +5.30% -5.15%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Skype job vacancy trend in Stafford

Skype
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
2 1 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (50.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory