Microsoft Skype
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 518 518 610
Rank change year-on-year 0 +92 -172
Contract jobs citing Skype 73 203 249
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.34% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.32% 2.77% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 133 161
10th Percentile £209 £305 £160
25th Percentile £263 £400 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £465 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +9.29% -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £488
90th Percentile £713 £638 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £613 £465 £425
% change year-on-year +31.86% +9.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 15
10th Percentile - - £21.00
25th Percentile £28.25 - £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £21.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £46.88 - £56.40
90th Percentile £57.75 - £69.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 - £69.05
% change year-on-year - - +10.48%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,522 7,324 9,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 12.38% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,303 4,766 6,317
10th Percentile £205 £242 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 475 360
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.87
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Skype in the UK

Skype
Top 13 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 4 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
England +9 63 £385 -14.44% 37
London +85 35 £380 -20.00% 10
UK excluding London -39 35 £613 +31.86% 27
Work from Home +91 18 £390 -14.71% 16
South West -12 11 £638 +21.43% 9
North of England +26 10 £600 +33.33% 6
North West +21 9 £625 +38.89% 3
South East -14 5 £464 +17.41% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Scotland +34 3 - -
Midlands +30 2 - - 5
West Midlands +26 2 - - 3
Yorkshire +19 1 £282 -33.76% 1

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 49 (67.12%) Skype for Business
2 37 (50.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (31.51%) SharePoint
4 12 (16.44%) Exchange Server 2003
4 12 (16.44%) Exchange Server 2007
4 12 (16.44%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (13.70%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (5.48%) CMS
6 4 (5.48%) Confluence
7 2 (2.74%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (2.74%) Exchange Server 5.5
8 1 (1.37%) nginx
Applications
1 32 (43.84%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 44 (60.27%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (13.70%) Azure
2 10 (13.70%) Entra ID
2 10 (13.70%) OneDrive
3 3 (4.11%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.37%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.37%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.07%) LAN
1 11 (15.07%) WAN
2 9 (12.33%) Cisco IOS
2 9 (12.33%) DNS
3 6 (8.22%) Firewall
3 6 (8.22%) ISDN
3 6 (8.22%) Network Security
3 6 (8.22%) TCP/IP
3 6 (8.22%) Unified Communications
3 6 (8.22%) VoIP
4 5 (6.85%) Converged Networks
4 5 (6.85%) DHCP
4 5 (6.85%) VPN
5 3 (4.11%) HTTP
5 3 (4.11%) NAS
5 3 (4.11%) SAN
5 3 (4.11%) SMTP
6 2 (2.74%) Broadband
6 2 (2.74%) Telepresence
6 2 (2.74%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.11%) Power BI
1 3 (4.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 29 (39.73%) Social Skills
2 21 (28.77%) Finance
3 16 (21.92%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.85%) Legal
5 4 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.11%) Electronics
6 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.11%) Marketing
6 3 (4.11%) Military
6 3 (4.11%) Police
7 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.37%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (21.92%) IT Support
2 14 (19.18%) Support Engineer
3 13 (17.81%) Analyst
4 8 (10.96%) Support Analyst
5 7 (9.59%) Architect
5 7 (9.59%) IT Analyst
5 7 (9.59%) Senior
5 7 (9.59%) Wintel Engineer
6 6 (8.22%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (6.85%) IT Engineer
7 5 (6.85%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (6.85%) Support Officer
7 5 (6.85%) Voice Architect
8 4 (5.48%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) Desktop Support
8 4 (5.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (5.48%) Senior Technical Analyst
8 4 (5.48%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (4.11%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) CSS
1 3 (4.11%) XML
2 1 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 19 (26.03%) iPhone
2 12 (16.44%) CMDB
3 10 (13.70%) Video Conferencing
4 9 (12.33%) PKI
5 6 (8.22%) Blackberry
6 5 (6.85%) Management Information System
7 3 (4.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (4.11%) Clustering
7 3 (4.11%) Fat Client
7 3 (4.11%) Thin Client
8 2 (2.74%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (2.74%) Replication
8 2 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.74%) Smartphone
9 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.37%) Hedge funds
9 1 (1.37%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 47 (64.38%) Windows
2 22 (30.14%) Windows 10
3 21 (28.77%) Windows Server
4 16 (21.92%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (17.81%) Apple iOS
5 13 (17.81%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (13.70%) Windows 7
6 10 (13.70%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (9.59%) Android
7 7 (9.59%) Linux
7 7 (9.59%) Mac OS X
8 4 (5.48%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (34.25%) ITIL
2 22 (30.14%) Customer Service
3 21 (28.77%) ITSM
4 13 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (16.44%) Migration
6 10 (13.70%) Mobile Device Management
7 9 (12.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 8 (10.96%) Service Management
9 7 (9.59%) Agile
9 7 (9.59%) Change Management
10 5 (6.85%) Computer Science
10 5 (6.85%) Impact Assessments
10 5 (6.85%) Service Design
11 4 (5.48%) Incident Management
11 4 (5.48%) Resource Management
11 4 (5.48%) Service Delivery
12 3 (4.11%) Business Analysis
12 3 (4.11%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (4.11%) Programme Management
12 3 (4.11%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (26.03%) PowerShell
2 9 (12.33%) SQL
3 3 (4.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (38.36%) Security Cleared
2 22 (30.14%) SC Cleared
3 17 (23.29%) Degree
4 6 (8.22%) DV Cleared
5 4 (5.48%) MCSE
5 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (4.11%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (4.11%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.74%) CCNA
7 2 (2.74%) CCNP
7 2 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.74%) MCP
7 2 (2.74%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) SLA
2 4 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.37%) QA
System Software
1 49 (67.12%) Active Directory
2 12 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (5.48%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (4.11%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (4.11%) VMware NSX
4 3 (4.11%) vSphere
5 2 (2.74%) Docker
5 2 (2.74%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (26.03%) SCCM
2 12 (16.44%) Jamf Pro
3 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (8.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (8.22%) SCOM
5 3 (4.11%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (4.11%) OPNET
6 2 (2.74%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (2.74%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 2 (2.74%) vCenter Server
6 2 (2.74%) WSUS
7 1 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (61.64%) Microsoft
2 28 (38.36%) Citrix
3 21 (28.77%) Apple
4 18 (24.66%) ServiceNow
5 14 (19.18%) Cisco
5 14 (19.18%) VMware
6 7 (9.59%) Mitel
6 7 (9.59%) Progress
7 5 (6.85%) SAP
7 5 (6.85%) SolarWinds
8 4 (5.48%) Becrypt
8 4 (5.48%) EMC
9 3 (4.11%) IronPort
9 3 (4.11%) Remedy
10 2 (2.74%) Polycom
10 2 (2.74%) Splunk
10 2 (2.74%) Symantec
10 2 (2.74%) Veeam
11 1 (1.37%) Reuters
11 1 (1.37%) Sophos