Skype for Business Job Trends in Cumbria

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Skype for Business skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 27 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business 4 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.86% 0.81% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 16.00% 14.29% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £33,250 -
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £37,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.33% - -
75th Percentile £33,250 £39,375 -
90th Percentile £34,300 £39,750 -
North West median annual salary £31,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -17.33% -6.25% +14.29%

All Application Platform Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 25 14 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 5.36% 5.65% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 21 8 15
10th Percentile £18,098 £34,494 £29,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £38,837 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -19.05% +50.00%
75th Percentile £42,500 £46,096 £60,375
90th Percentile £44,250 £49,750 £64,500
North West median annual salary £49,250 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.44% -5.26% -5.00%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Skype for Business job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Skype for Business
Salary Trend in Cumbria

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Skype for Business

Skype for Business
Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
Barrow-in-Furness -11 4 £31,000 -17.33% 2
Skype for Business
North West

Skype for Business
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Skype
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) VB
1 2 (50.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) BitLocker
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow