Skype for Business Job Trends in Staffordshire

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Skype for Business skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business 1 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.095% - 1.02%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.09% - 11.94%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £31,175
25th Percentile - - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £32,500
75th Percentile - - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary - - £32,500

All Application Platform Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 11 33 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 1.04% 6.52% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 7 29 57
10th Percentile - £29,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £22,500 £37,338 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £53,300 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -53.10% +64.00% +8.33%
75th Percentile £27,500 £58,194 £43,750
90th Percentile £37,975 £60,000 £52,500
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £45,931
% change year-on-year -14.29% +14.30% -0.21%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Skype for Business job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Skype for Business
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Skype for Business

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