Skype Job Trends in Cumbria

Microsoft Skype
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Skype skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Permanent jobs citing Skype 6 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 1.32% 0.80% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.53% 3.92% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - £33,250 -
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £37,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% - -
75th Percentile £38,000 £39,375 -
90th Percentile - £39,750 -
North West median annual salary £36,000 £37,500 £58,125
% change year-on-year -4.00% -35.48% +9.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

Skype falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 57 51 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 12.53% 20.40% 13.73%
Number of salaries quoted 41 32 16
10th Percentile £28,500 £23,504 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 - £28,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £25,087 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.51% -25.11% +21.82%
75th Percentile - £34,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £42,215 £46,750 -
North West median annual salary £41,000 £33,000 £47,250
% change year-on-year +24.24% -30.16% -7.35%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Skype job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Skype
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Skype.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Skype

Skype
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 within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 3 August 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 -8 6 £34,000 -9.33% 5
Skype
North West

Skype
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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IMAC Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) User Experience
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 4 (66.67%) VB
1 4 (66.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) BitLocker
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow