Skype Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Skype
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Skype skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 269 232
Rank change year-on-year +64 -37 +106
Permanent jobs citing Skype 18 18 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.32% 0.18% 0.070%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.16% 1.63% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 4
10th Percentile - - £26,175
25th Percentile - £31,250 £29,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -23.53% -22.73%
75th Percentile - £33,750 £53,750
90th Percentile - £37,500 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +33.33% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 833 1,105 1,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.89% 11.02% 19.47%
Number of salaries quoted 496 594 765
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,750 £42,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% -2.30% -11.22%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -2.91% -1.90%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Skype as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Skype in the Midlands

Skype
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Skype.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Skype

Skype
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Skype within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +50 11 - -
East Midlands +25 7 - - 2
Skype
England

Skype
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 18 (100.00%) Skype for Business
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (38.89%) AWS
2 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 7 (38.89%) Azure Sentinel
2 7 (38.89%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) Unified Communications
1 9 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (11.11%) DHCP
2 2 (11.11%) DNS
2 2 (11.11%) Firewall
2 2 (11.11%) SAN
2 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) DTS
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (38.89%) Manufacturing
2 7 (38.89%) Retail
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Collaboration Specialist
2 8 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Support
3 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 7 (38.89%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 16 (88.89%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (50.00%) Digital Signage
3 7 (38.89%) CMDB
3 7 (38.89%) Onboarding
4 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
1 9 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) User Experience
2 8 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (38.89%) Customer Service
3 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Management
3 7 (38.89%) Problem Management
3 7 (38.89%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (38.89%) Server Management
4 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (11.11%) Load Balancing
4 2 (11.11%) Machine Learning
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.56%) Project Management
5 1 (5.56%) Scrum
5 1 (5.56%) Tech Ops
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (38.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Nagios
1 7 (38.89%) ZABBIX
2 2 (11.11%) SCCM
2 2 (11.11%) SCOM
2 2 (11.11%) SCOrch
2 2 (11.11%) SCSM
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Cisco
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (50.00%) Mitel
1 9 (50.00%) Polycom
1 9 (50.00%) ShoreTel
1 9 (50.00%) VMware
2 7 (38.89%) BMC
2 7 (38.89%) Citrix
2 7 (38.89%) Darktrace
2 7 (38.89%) Google
2 7 (38.89%) Proofpoint
2 7 (38.89%) Red Hat
2 7 (38.89%) SolarWinds
2 7 (38.89%) Tanium
2 7 (38.89%) Trend Micro