Skype for Business Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Skype for Business skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 - 265
Rank change year-on-year - - +120
Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business 3 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.029% - 0.052%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.65% - 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.94%
75th Percentile - - £37,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £38,500 £52,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +50.00% -12.50%

All Application Platform Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 465 801 883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.48% 8.63% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 369 376 632
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,750 £29,050
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +15.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £59,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,875 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Skype for Business job vacancy trend in the South East

Skype for Business
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Skype for Business.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Skype for Business

Skype for Business
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Berkshire - 3 £28,000 -
Thames Valley - 3 £28,000 -
Skype for Business
England

Skype for Business
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) SAP