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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 211 304
Rank change year-on-year -38 +93 -22
Permanent jobs citing Skype 5 11 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.040% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.54% 1.28% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 19
10th Percentile - - £31,200
25th Percentile - - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.75%
75th Percentile - - £33,750
90th Percentile - - £34,500
England median annual salary £36,250 £51,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -29.61% +24.10% +3.75%

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 925 860 1,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.38% 16.93% 11.68%
Number of salaries quoted 498 473 1,267
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,968 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.66% -5.20%
75th Percentile £58,400 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Skype job vacancy trend 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 8 June 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
West Midlands -37 5 - -
Skype
England

Skype
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 5 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 5 (100.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Dell
1 5 (100.00%) McAfee
1 5 (100.00%) Sophos
1 5 (100.00%) VMware