Skype for Business Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 323 396
Rank change year-on-year -48 +73 -46
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 17 125 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.082% 0.52% 0.37%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.96% 4.71% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 87 88
10th Percentile £258 £305 £158
25th Percentile £264 £375 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £459 £400
Median % change year-on-year -34.64% +14.75% -13.56%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £475
90th Percentile £662 £605 £550
UK median daily rate £300 £455 £425
% change year-on-year -33.99% +6.94% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £19.75
25th Percentile - - £34.14
Median hourly rate - - £69.05
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,764 2,653 3,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.55% 11.11% 12.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,185 1,902 2,678
10th Percentile £208 £203 £185
25th Percentile £319 £350 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £548
90th Percentile £650 £675 £631
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 102 139
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.01 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.25 £17.56 £15.02
Median hourly rate £23.63 £26.48 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.78% +43.14% -2.63%
75th Percentile £46.18 £65.44 £36.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -31.25% +77.78% +5.14%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in the UK excluding London

Skype for Business
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Skype for Business in the UK excluding London

Skype for Business
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype for Business in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype for Business in the UK excluding London

Skype for Business
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Skype for Business in the UK excluding London

Skype for Business
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
South West -10 5 £300 -38.78% 2
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Scotland +32 3 - -
South East -17 3 £464 +17.41%
North of England +20 2 £267 -23.71%
North West +23 1 £253 -27.86%
Yorkshire +17 1 £282 -5.77%
Skype for Business
UK

Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 9 (52.94%) SharePoint
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
2 2 (11.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (94.12%) Skype
2 5 (29.41%) DNS
3 3 (17.65%) Firewall
3 3 (17.65%) HTTP
3 3 (17.65%) LAN
3 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
3 3 (17.65%) WAN
4 2 (11.76%) DHCP
4 2 (11.76%) Unified Communications
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (5.88%) Network Security
5 1 (5.88%) Telepresence
5 1 (5.88%) VoIP
5 1 (5.88%) VPN
5 1 (5.88%) VSAN
5 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 9 (52.94%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Electronics
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Marketing
4 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) IT Support
1 7 (41.18%) Support Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Support Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) IT Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) IT Support Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) IT Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Applications Support
5 2 (11.76%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Exchange Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Support
6 1 (5.88%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) CSS
1 3 (17.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) CMDB
1 6 (35.29%) iPhone
2 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) PKI
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (5.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (70.59%) Windows
2 9 (52.94%) Windows 10
3 6 (35.29%) Apple iOS
4 3 (17.65%) Windows 7
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (5.88%) Linux
6 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Customer Service
1 10 (58.82%) ITIL
2 8 (47.06%) ITSM
3 5 (29.41%) Service Management
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) Incident Management
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
5 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.76%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (11.76%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (11.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
5 2 (11.76%) Time Management
5 2 (11.76%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 1 (5.88%) Change Management
6 1 (5.88%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (17.65%) MCSE
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) CCNA
3 2 (11.76%) CCNP
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.76%) MCP
3 2 (11.76%) MCSD
4 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (70.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (17.65%) SCCM
3 2 (11.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (11.76%) WSUS
4 1 (5.88%) SCOM
4 1 (5.88%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (94.12%) Microsoft
2 8 (47.06%) Citrix
3 7 (41.18%) Apple
4 6 (35.29%) ServiceNow
5 5 (29.41%) Cisco
6 4 (23.53%) VMware
7 2 (11.76%) SAP
7 2 (11.76%) SolarWinds
7 2 (11.76%) Veeam
8 1 (5.88%) Atlassian
8 1 (5.88%) Blue Coat
8 1 (5.88%) CheckPoint
8 1 (5.88%) Juniper
8 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
8 1 (5.88%) Polycom
8 1 (5.88%) Splunk