Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 653 | 811 | 898 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +158 | +87 | +138 |
| Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business | 39 | 85 | 91 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.075% | 0.086% | 0.088% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 0.88% | 0.79% | 0.76% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 18 | 42 | 78 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,550 | £31,025 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,250 | £31,250 | £32,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £40,000 | £39,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +31.25% | +1.27% | -21.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £56,563 | £60,000 | £53,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,500 | £75,000 | £61,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +60.00% | -7.14% | -22.22% |
All Application Platform Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 4,427 | 10,766 | 11,936 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.51% | 10.93% | 11.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,045 | 7,116 | 7,895 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,500 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £34,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | +1.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £68,563 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £110,000 | £92,500 | £96,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,628 | £42,500 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.36% | -10.53% | +5.56% |
Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Skype for Business over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Top 10 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +140 | 37 | £52,000 | +30.00% | 13 |
| UK excluding London | +198 | 34 | £52,000 | +60.00% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +223 | 30 | £52,500 | - | 2 |
| North of England | +92 | 12 | £35,000 | -12.50% | 3 |
| North West | +40 | 12 | £35,000 | -12.50% | 3 |
| Midlands | +81 | 11 | - | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | +49 | 11 | - | - | 1 |
| East of England | +61 | 8 | £52,500 | +90.91% | |
| South East | +109 | 3 | £29,000 | -38.95% | 5 |
| London | +72 | 2 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 4 |
Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: