Microsoft Skype
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Skype skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Skype 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 652 795 852
Rank change year-on-year +143 +57 +53
Permanent jobs citing Skype 40 101 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.10% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.57% 0.74% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 19 64 114
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,075 £30,575
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £42,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.62% +5.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £54,875 £54,688
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £66,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year +28.75% +11.11% +2.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Skype falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,964 13,635 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.38% 13.84% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 9,518 8,181
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Skype as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Skype in the UK

Skype
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Skype.

Salary trend for Skype in the UK

Skype
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Skype over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Skype in the UK

Skype
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 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 +111 38 £51,500 +22.62% 17
UK excluding London +192 35 £51,500 +28.75% 10
Work from Home +207 31 £52,500 +2.94% 6
North of England +83 15 £34,500 -18.10% 4
North West +40 15 £34,500 -13.75% 3
Midlands +78 12 £35,000 +7.69% 1
West Midlands +47 11 - - 1
East of England +61 8 £52,500 +90.91%
London +63 2 £80,000 +60.00% 7
East Midlands +49 1 £35,000 -

Skype
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:

Application Platforms
1 36 (90.00%) Skype for Business
2 16 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (22.50%) SharePoint
4 8 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 8 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (7.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.00%) Cohesity
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.50%) Azure
2 3 (7.50%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (5.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (47.50%) Unified Communications
1 19 (47.50%) Wireless
2 11 (27.50%) SMTP
3 10 (25.00%) SAN
4 8 (20.00%) IMAP
5 3 (7.50%) VPN
6 2 (5.00%) DHCP
6 2 (5.00%) DNS
6 2 (5.00%) Firewall
6 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (5.00%) VoIP
7 1 (2.50%) LAN
7 1 (2.50%) WebEx
7 1 (2.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
General
1 19 (47.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Advertising
4 3 (7.50%) Banking
4 3 (7.50%) Investment Banking
4 3 (7.50%) Law
5 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (45.00%) Collaboration Specialist
2 8 (20.00%) Messaging Engineer
3 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Exchange Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Service Desk Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (2.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Lead
6 1 (2.50%) Senior
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Leader
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Support
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Unified Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (47.50%) Video Conferencing
2 18 (45.00%) Digital Signage
3 8 (20.00%) Blackberry
4 2 (5.00%) BYOD
4 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.50%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.00%) Windows
2 6 (15.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (7.50%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (45.00%) User Experience
2 8 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 7 (17.50%) Capacity Management
4 4 (10.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (7.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (7.50%) Chat Support
5 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (7.50%) ITSM
5 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (7.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (5.00%) Business Strategy
6 2 (5.00%) Identity Management
6 2 (5.00%) Line Management
6 2 (5.00%) Load Balancing
6 2 (5.00%) Machine Learning
6 2 (5.00%) Migration
6 2 (5.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (5.00%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (5.00%) DBS Check
4 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.50%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (32.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (17.50%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (5.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
2 2 (5.00%) SCCM
2 2 (5.00%) SCOM
2 2 (5.00%) SCOrch
2 2 (5.00%) SCSM
Vendors
1 21 (52.50%) Cisco
1 21 (52.50%) Microsoft
2 18 (45.00%) Mitel
2 18 (45.00%) Polycom
2 18 (45.00%) ShoreTel
3 10 (25.00%) VMware
4 8 (20.00%) NetApp
5 4 (10.00%) Citrix
6 3 (7.50%) Remedy
7 1 (2.50%) Ribbon
7 1 (2.50%) Verint
7 1 (2.50%) Yealink