Skype for Business Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Skype for Business skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 64 70
Rank change year-on-year +17 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 5 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.16% 0.16% 0.70%
As % of the Application Platforms category 14.29% 1.41% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile £540 - £588
25th Percentile £563 £775 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £800 £650
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +23.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile £606 £825 £825
90th Percentile £660 - £1,031
South West median daily rate £550 £800 £600
% change year-on-year -31.25% +33.33% +9.09%

All Application Platform Skills
Wiltshire

Skype for Business falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 35 71 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 8.12% 11.38% 12.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 55 99
10th Percentile £445 £425 £300
25th Percentile £525 £463 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £616
90th Percentile £695 £735 £675
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £44.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £48.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.77%
75th Percentile £23.75 - £52.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £20.36 £74.00 £73.00
% change year-on-year -72.49% +1.37% +270.37%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in Wiltshire

Skype for Business
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Skype for Business.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Skype for Business

Skype for Business
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Skype for Business.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Skype for Business

Skype for Business
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Corsham +21 5 £575 -28.13% 2
Skype for Business
South West

Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Skype
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 2 (40.00%) DHCP
3 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Bitbucket
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) MCSA
4 1 (20.00%) MCSE
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Veeam
4 1 (20.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco
4 1 (20.00%) Fujitsu
4 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds