Skype for Business Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Skype for Business skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.75% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - -
South East median annual salary £28,000 - £35,000
% change year-on-year - - +2.94%

All Application Platform Skills
Berkshire

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 80 135 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.01% 7.78% 13.30%
Number of salaries quoted 60 66 140
10th Percentile £32,050 £33,125 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,500 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -1.87%
75th Percentile £59,063 £73,750 £60,025
90th Percentile £61,675 £82,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +15.56% -10.00%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Skype for Business relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Skype for Business job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Skype for Business
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Skype for Business.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Skype for Business

Skype for Business
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Skype for Business within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 3 £28,000 -
Skype for Business
South East

Skype for Business
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) SAP