Skype Contracts

Microsoft Skype
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Skype skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Skype over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 528 507
Rank change year-on-year +65 -21 +119
Contract jobs citing Skype 76 62 179
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.14% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.95% 1.14% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 41 119
10th Percentile £268 £210 £304
25th Percentile £363 £266 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £390 £479
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -18.58% +12.71%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £575
90th Percentile £683 £688 £628
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £575 £470
% change year-on-year - +22.41% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.00 £28.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £28.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +89.47% +26.67% -13.46%
75th Percentile £56.00 £28.75 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.59 £28.50 -
% change year-on-year -13.74% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,890 5,433 7,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.42% 12.50% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,342 3,208 4,616
10th Percentile £230 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.19% +1.20%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -4.08% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 428 433
10th Percentile £14.54 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.81 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +114.29% -27.74%
75th Percentile £60.41 £63.75 £62.55
90th Percentile £76.50 £73.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.32 £47.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -36.17% +115.91% -2.22%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Skype as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Skype in the UK

Skype
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype.

Daily rate trend for Skype in the UK

Skype
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Skype in the UK

Skype
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype.

Hourly rate trend for Skype in the UK

Skype
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Skype over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Skype in the UK

Skype
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 July 2025. 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
England +58 56 £450 +15.38% 25
UK excluding London +49 50 £575 - 13
North of England +21 24 £465 -19.13% 8
North West +21 23 £465 -22.50% 4
South West +38 17 £575 -4.17% 1
Work from Home +23 14 £438 +9.38% 5
London +29 8 £328 -13.82% 11
East of England - 4 £450 - 1
South East +38 3 £300 -36.84% 2
Wales - 2 - -
Yorkshire +5 1 - - 2

Skype
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 34 (44.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 34 (44.74%) Skype for Business
2 14 (18.42%) SharePoint
3 9 (11.84%) Mattermost
4 5 (6.58%) Confluence
5 4 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 19 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 29 (38.16%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (10.53%) OneDrive
3 5 (6.58%) Azure
4 4 (5.26%) Cohesity
4 4 (5.26%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (3.95%) SaaS
6 1 (1.32%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (38.16%) WebEx
2 17 (22.37%) Unified Communications
3 16 (21.05%) DNS
4 13 (17.11%) DHCP
5 9 (11.84%) Softphone
6 8 (10.53%) LAN
6 8 (10.53%) VoIP
6 8 (10.53%) VPN
6 8 (10.53%) WAN
7 5 (6.58%) SMTP
7 5 (6.58%) VLAN
7 5 (6.58%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (5.26%) Firewall
8 4 (5.26%) PSTN
8 4 (5.26%) TCP/IP
9 3 (3.95%) Wireless
10 1 (1.32%) Internet
10 1 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (1.32%) IP Telephony
10 1 (1.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.95%) MySQL
3 1 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) JIRA
2 4 (5.26%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.32%) GitLab
General
1 28 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (34.21%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.89%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.26%) Finance
5 3 (3.95%) Legal
6 2 (2.63%) Banking
6 2 (2.63%) Electronics
6 2 (2.63%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.63%) Law
6 2 (2.63%) Military
6 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.32%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (19.74%) Support Engineer
2 10 (13.16%) Analyst
3 9 (11.84%) Messaging Engineer
3 9 (11.84%) Messaging Support
3 9 (11.84%) Messaging Support Engineer
4 8 (10.53%) Operations Engineer
4 8 (10.53%) Operations Support Engineer
4 8 (10.53%) Support Analyst
5 7 (9.21%) Messaging Analyst
5 7 (9.21%) Messaging Support Analyst
5 7 (9.21%) Operational Support Analyst
5 7 (9.21%) Operations Analyst
5 7 (9.21%) Operations Support Analyst
6 6 (7.89%) Senior
6 6 (7.89%) Wintel Engineer
7 5 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Collaboration Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Exchange Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Senior Wintel Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.84%) XMPP
2 1 (1.32%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.79%) PKI
2 10 (13.16%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.58%) Blackberry
4 4 (5.26%) Handset
5 3 (3.95%) Smartcard
5 3 (3.95%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (3.95%) YubiKey
6 2 (2.63%) Anti-Spyware
7 1 (1.32%) iPhone
7 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.32%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 28 (36.84%) Windows
2 17 (22.37%) Windows Server
3 15 (19.74%) Windows 10
4 12 (15.79%) Linux
5 7 (9.21%) Windows 7
6 6 (7.89%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (7.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (6.58%) Android
8 4 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (3.95%) VMS
10 1 (1.32%) Mac OS
10 1 (1.32%) Mac OS X
10 1 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (30.26%) ITIL
2 19 (25.00%) Change Management
3 17 (22.37%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 17 (22.37%) Interaction Design
3 17 (22.37%) Market Research
3 17 (22.37%) Roadmaps
3 17 (22.37%) Storyboarding
3 17 (22.37%) Technology Roadmap
3 17 (22.37%) Wireframes
4 14 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (17.11%) Problem Management
5 13 (17.11%) Service Management
6 12 (15.79%) B2B
7 10 (13.16%) Agile
8 9 (11.84%) Critical Thinking
8 9 (11.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (11.84%) ITSM
8 9 (11.84%) Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (10.53%) System Testing
10 5 (6.58%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (32.89%) PowerShell
1 25 (32.89%) SQL
2 4 (5.26%) VB
2 4 (5.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (48.68%) Degree
2 30 (39.47%) Security Cleared
3 24 (31.58%) SC Cleared
4 12 (15.79%) DV Cleared
5 9 (11.84%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (6.58%) MCSE
8 3 (3.95%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.32%) CCNP
9 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.32%) MCP
9 1 (1.32%) MCSA
9 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.32%) PMP
9 1 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.84%) SLA
2 2 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.32%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.32%) GxP
3 1 (1.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (43.42%) Active Directory
2 10 (13.16%) Hyper-V
2 10 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (7.89%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (5.26%) BitLocker
4 4 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (3.95%) KVM
6 2 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.63%) vSphere
7 1 (1.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (23.68%) SCCM
2 13 (17.11%) WSUS
3 11 (14.47%) SCOM
4 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.95%) Nessus
6 2 (2.63%) AirWatch
6 2 (2.63%) PingFederate
6 2 (2.63%) XenMobile
7 1 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.32%) Ansible
7 1 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 40 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 19 (25.00%) Polycom
3 18 (23.68%) Cisco
4 11 (14.47%) VMware
5 10 (13.16%) Red Hat
6 9 (11.84%) Splunk
7 6 (7.89%) ServiceNow
8 5 (6.58%) Veeam
9 4 (5.26%) Atlassian
9 4 (5.26%) Clearswift
9 4 (5.26%) Remedy
9 4 (5.26%) Ribbon
9 4 (5.26%) Wyse
10 3 (3.95%) Apple
10 3 (3.95%) Citrix
10 3 (3.95%) Tenable
11 2 (2.63%) Adobe
11 2 (2.63%) Ivanti
11 2 (2.63%) MobileIron
12 1 (1.32%) Fujitsu