Skype for Business Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Skype for Business skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Skype for Business over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 703 697 728
Rank change year-on-year -6 +31 -153
Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business 46 66 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.066% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.63% 1.03% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 31 57 92
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,300 £25,075
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -22.22% +2.86%
75th Percentile £48,750 £49,594 £59,063
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £61,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £39,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -21.00% -

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

Skype for Business is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 7,268 6,399 9,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.38% 10.35% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,667 4,051 5,875
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +2.86%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in the UK excluding London

Skype for Business
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Skype for Business in the UK excluding London

Skype for Business
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Skype for Business in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Skype for Business in the UK excluding London

Skype for Business
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Wales +25 14 - -
West Midlands +26 12 £32,500 - 3
Midlands +3 12 £32,500 - 5
South West 0 7 £55,000 +83.33% 2
North of England +48 5 £40,000 -17.66% 1
East of England +10 5 £30,000 -45.45% 2
North West +9 4 £40,000 -17.66% 1
South East +9 3 £47,500 +37.68%
North East - 1 £31,500 -
Skype for Business
UK

Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (32.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (17.39%) SharePoint
3 4 (8.70%) CMS
4 3 (6.52%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (4.35%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (4.35%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (4.35%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 19 (41.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (15.22%) Azure
3 6 (13.04%) Entra ID
4 4 (8.70%) OneDrive
5 3 (6.52%) WhatsApp
6 2 (4.35%) Mimecast
7 1 (2.17%) AWS
7 1 (2.17%) GCP
7 1 (2.17%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 32 (69.57%) Skype
2 16 (34.78%) DNS
2 16 (34.78%) Firewall
3 14 (30.43%) IP Telephony
3 14 (30.43%) Wireless
4 6 (13.04%) Unified Communications
5 4 (8.70%) WebEx
6 2 (4.35%) DHCP
6 2 (4.35%) MPLS
6 2 (4.35%) SAN
6 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.35%) VLAN
6 2 (4.35%) VoIP
6 2 (4.35%) VPLS
6 2 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (4.35%) WLAN
7 1 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
General
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.09%) Law
3 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.35%) Automotive
5 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (36.96%) IT Support
2 15 (32.61%) Senior
3 14 (30.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 14 (30.43%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 14 (30.43%) Network Engineer
3 14 (30.43%) Senior Network Engineer
4 12 (26.09%) IT Support Specialist
4 12 (26.09%) Support Specialist
5 5 (10.87%) Analyst
6 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) IT Manager
6 4 (8.70%) Support Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) IT Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) IT Support Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) IT Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Service Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Support Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) CSS
1 4 (8.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (43.48%) Data Centre
2 12 (26.09%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (26.09%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (6.52%) Smartphone
4 2 (4.35%) PKI
4 2 (4.35%) Smartcard
5 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 25 (54.35%) Windows
2 16 (34.78%) Windows 10
3 13 (28.26%) Android
4 12 (26.09%) Apple iOS
5 9 (19.57%) Windows Server
6 3 (6.52%) Mac OS X
7 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.78%) Incident Management
1 16 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
1 16 (34.78%) Time Management
2 15 (32.61%) Business Continuity
3 14 (30.43%) Actionable Insight
3 14 (30.43%) Network Management
4 12 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (26.09%) Inventory Management
5 10 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.22%) Information Security
7 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (13.04%) Security Patching
8 5 (10.87%) Coaching
9 4 (8.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 4 (8.70%) Project Management
10 3 (6.52%) Chat Support
10 3 (6.52%) ITIL
10 3 (6.52%) ITSM
10 3 (6.52%) Service Management
11 2 (4.35%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (30.43%) SC Cleared
1 14 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.87%) Degree
3 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) GDPR
1 1 (2.17%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.04%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (13.04%) vSphere
3 2 (4.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (39.13%) Cisco
3 17 (36.96%) Mitel
4 14 (30.43%) Avaya
5 3 (6.52%) Apple
5 3 (6.52%) Dell
5 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.35%) Acronis
6 2 (4.35%) EqualLogic
6 2 (4.35%) Symantec
6 2 (4.35%) Synology
7 1 (2.17%) Citrix
7 1 (2.17%) Google
7 1 (2.17%) HP