Skype for Business Job Trends in England

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Skype for Business skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 669 594 764
Rank change year-on-year -75 +170 +75
Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business 13 39 72
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.016% 0.100% 0.086%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.40% 1.04% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 43
10th Percentile £34,250 £29,550 £31,050
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £52,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +31.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £40,250 £56,563 £58,750
90th Percentile - £73,800 £75,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +31.25% +6.67%

All Application Platform Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,288 3,752 8,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.09% 9.60% 10.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,426 2,646 6,560
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,942 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Skype for Business job vacancy trend in England

Skype for Business
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Skype for Business

Skype for Business
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
London -7 6 £38,500 -54.71% 1
West Midlands -31 5 - - 1
Midlands -37 5 - - 1
North West -15 2 £31,000 -11.43% 5
North of England -44 2 £31,000 -11.43% 6
Skype for Business
UK

Skype for Business
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) Skype
2 6 (46.15%) Unified Communications
2 6 (46.15%) WebEx
General
1 6 (46.15%) Law
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Analyst
1 11 (84.62%) Support Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Support Assistant
3 5 (38.46%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (38.46%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
1 7 (53.85%) Windows 10
2 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) ITIL
2 6 (46.15%) ISMS
2 6 (46.15%) Preventative Maintenance
3 5 (38.46%) Problem Management
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Disk Encryption
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) ITSM
5 1 (7.69%) Service Management
5 1 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) VB
1 1 (7.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) BitLocker
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Polycom
2 5 (38.46%) Dell
2 5 (38.46%) McAfee
2 5 (38.46%) Sophos
2 5 (38.46%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow