Skype Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Skype
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 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Skype 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 353 305 361
Rank change year-on-year -48 +56 -66
Contract jobs citing Skype 35 144 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.60% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.03% 4.04% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 99 110
10th Percentile £297 £309 £152
25th Percentile £441 £400 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £465 £425
Median % change year-on-year +31.86% +9.29% -
75th Percentile £674 £575 £488
90th Percentile £714 £638 £575
UK median daily rate £385 £465 £425
% change year-on-year -17.12% +9.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile - - £20.00
25th Percentile £28.25 - £22.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 - £69.05
75th Percentile £46.88 - -
90th Percentile £57.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £21.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +35.71% -8.70% +2.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Skype is in the Communications and Computer Networking 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 communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,393 3,560 4,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.44% 14.91% 13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,945 2,259 2,657
10th Percentile £203 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £545
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 323 237
10th Percentile £13.48 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.50
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.92% -31.36% +3.77%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Skype in the UK excluding London

Skype
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Skype in the UK excluding London

Skype
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Skype in the UK excluding London

Skype
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Skype in the UK excluding London

Skype
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Skype in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Skype in the UK excluding London

Skype
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 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 -11 11 £638 +15.91% 9
North of England +23 10 £600 +37.14% 6
North West +24 9 £625 +38.89% 2
South East -15 5 £464 +17.41% 2
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Scotland +33 3 - -
Midlands +32 2 - - 5
West Midlands +21 2 - - 3
Yorkshire +19 1 £282 -33.76% 2
Skype
UK

Skype
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 16 (45.71%) Skype for Business
2 13 (37.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (37.14%) SharePoint
3 4 (11.43%) Confluence
4 1 (2.86%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 16 (45.71%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (8.57%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
2 3 (8.57%) OneDrive
2 3 (8.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Stack
3 1 (2.86%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 10 (28.57%) LAN
1 10 (28.57%) WAN
2 8 (22.86%) DNS
3 6 (17.14%) Network Security
3 6 (17.14%) VoIP
4 5 (14.29%) Converged Networks
4 5 (14.29%) Firewall
4 5 (14.29%) ISDN
4 5 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 4 (11.43%) DHCP
6 3 (8.57%) HTTP
6 3 (8.57%) Unified Communications
7 2 (5.71%) Broadband
7 2 (5.71%) NAS
7 2 (5.71%) SAN
7 2 (5.71%) SMTP
7 2 (5.71%) VSAN
8 1 (2.86%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.86%) VPN
8 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Power BI
1 3 (8.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Finance
3 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Police
5 3 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Electronics
6 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.71%) Marketing
6 2 (5.71%) Military
6 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) IT Support
1 7 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (17.14%) Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) Architect
2 6 (17.14%) Support Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) Voice Architect
3 5 (14.29%) Wintel Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) IT Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Business Manager
5 3 (8.57%) IT Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Technical Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Administrator
6 2 (5.71%) Applications Support
6 2 (5.71%) Applications Support Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Customer Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Customer Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (5.71%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) CSS
1 3 (8.57%) XML
2 1 (2.86%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) PKI
1 7 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (17.14%) CMDB
2 6 (17.14%) iPhone
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.71%) Clustering
4 2 (5.71%) Fat Client
4 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.71%) Thin Client
5 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.86%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.86%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 19 (54.29%) Windows
2 12 (34.29%) Windows 10
3 9 (25.71%) Windows Server
4 6 (17.14%) Apple iOS
4 6 (17.14%) Linux
5 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (8.57%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (8.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (5.71%) Windows 7
8 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) ITIL
2 10 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 10 (28.57%) ITSM
3 7 (20.00%) Service Management
4 6 (17.14%) Change Management
5 5 (14.29%) Agile
5 5 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (14.29%) Service Design
6 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.57%) Business Analysis
7 3 (8.57%) Business Case
7 3 (8.57%) Financial Modelling
7 3 (8.57%) Incident Management
7 3 (8.57%) Strategic Thinking
8 2 (5.71%) CAFM
8 2 (5.71%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (5.71%) Facilities Management
8 2 (5.71%) Matrix Management
8 2 (5.71%) Statistical Analysis
8 2 (5.71%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) SQL
2 6 (17.14%) PowerShell
3 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) Security Cleared
2 10 (28.57%) Degree
3 9 (25.71%) SC Cleared
4 4 (11.43%) DV Cleared
5 3 (8.57%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (8.57%) MCSE
5 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (5.71%) CCNA
6 2 (5.71%) CCNP
6 2 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.71%) MCP
6 2 (5.71%) MCSD
7 1 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 10 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (8.57%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (5.71%) Docker
4 2 (5.71%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (5.71%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (5.71%) VMware NSX
4 2 (5.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (28.57%) SCCM
2 6 (17.14%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (14.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (14.29%) SCOM
4 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (5.71%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (5.71%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (5.71%) OPNET
5 2 (5.71%) vCenter Server
5 2 (5.71%) WSUS
6 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (65.71%) Microsoft
2 12 (34.29%) VMware
3 10 (28.57%) Citrix
4 8 (22.86%) ServiceNow
5 7 (20.00%) Apple
6 5 (14.29%) Cisco
7 4 (11.43%) SAP
7 4 (11.43%) SolarWinds
8 2 (5.71%) EMC
8 2 (5.71%) Remedy
8 2 (5.71%) Splunk
8 2 (5.71%) Veeam
9 1 (2.86%) Atlassian
9 1 (2.86%) Blue Coat
9 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.86%) Juniper
9 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
9 1 (2.86%) Polycom
9 1 (2.86%) Proofpoint
9 1 (2.86%) Sophos