Skype for Business Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Skype for Business skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Skype for Business over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 716 686
Rank change year-on-year +166 -30 +56
Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business 35 47 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.090% 0.066% 0.11%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.31% 0.65% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 15 32 56
10th Percentile £29,100 £29,875 £30,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £32,500 £35,250
Median % change year-on-year +61.54% -7.80% -29.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £48,750 £49,594
90th Percentile £58,250 £57,500 £59,375
UK median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +31.25% +6.67% -25.00%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 2,679 7,225 6,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.85% 10.20% 10.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,677 4,650 3,940
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,147 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.23% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +0.92%

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 15 May 2025.

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 15 May 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
North of England +63 12 £35,000 -12.50% 1
North West +7 12 £35,000 -12.50% 1
Midlands +63 11 - - 1
West Midlands +53 11 - - 1
East of England +46 8 £52,500 +90.91% 4
South East +97 4 £42,000 -11.58% 5
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 17 (48.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2013
3 8 (22.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 6 (17.14%) SharePoint
5 4 (11.43%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (5.71%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (2.86%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (2.86%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (2.86%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) Cohesity
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 31 (88.57%) Skype
2 18 (51.43%) Unified Communications
2 18 (51.43%) Wireless
3 11 (31.43%) SAN
3 11 (31.43%) SMTP
4 8 (22.86%) IMAP
5 3 (8.57%) DNS
6 2 (5.71%) DHCP
6 2 (5.71%) Firewall
6 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.86%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (51.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (11.43%) Advertising
2 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Electronics
4 2 (5.71%) Finance
4 2 (5.71%) Law
4 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.71%) Marketing
4 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (51.43%) Collaboration Specialist
2 8 (22.86%) Messaging Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Exchange Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Exchange Support
5 2 (5.71%) Incident Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (2.86%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Communications Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Lead
6 1 (2.86%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 18 (51.43%) Digital Signage
1 18 (51.43%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (22.86%) Blackberry
3 2 (5.71%) Replication
3 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.86%) Clustering
4 1 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (8.57%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (8.57%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (5.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) User Experience
2 7 (20.00%) Capacity Management
2 7 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 5 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (8.57%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (5.71%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (5.71%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (5.71%) Customer Service
6 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (5.71%) Decision-Making
6 2 (5.71%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (5.71%) Incident Management
6 2 (5.71%) Load Balancing
6 2 (5.71%) Machine Learning
6 2 (5.71%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.71%) Programme Management
6 2 (5.71%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (5.71%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (34.29%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.43%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) Degree
5 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (34.29%) Active Directory
2 7 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.71%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.71%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) SCCM
1 2 (5.71%) SCOM
1 2 (5.71%) SCOrch
1 2 (5.71%) SCSM
Vendors
1 18 (51.43%) Cisco
1 18 (51.43%) Mitel
1 18 (51.43%) Polycom
1 18 (51.43%) ShoreTel
2 17 (48.57%) Microsoft
3 10 (28.57%) VMware
4 8 (22.86%) NetApp
5 2 (5.71%) SAP