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 19 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 712 846
Rank change year-on-year +33 +134 +25
Permanent jobs citing Skype 55 92 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.60% 0.86% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 44 55 140
10th Percentile £33,600 £30,550 £26,744
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% +17.28% +1.25%
75th Percentile £58,750 £54,073 £58,750
90th Percentile - £72,500 £81,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,050 £37,500
% change year-on-year +7.03% +30.80% +7.14%

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 9,142 10,682 14,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.25% 13.87% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,648 8,394 9,091
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -6.67% +1.94%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.28% -4.44% -

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 19 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Skype in the UK

Skype
Top 11 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 19 February 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 +30 53 £50,250 +8.65% 11
UK excluding London +59 34 £52,500 +7.03% 10
East of England +18 18 £57,500 +88.52% 1
London +14 18 £35,000 -15.66% 2
Work from Home +82 16 £52,500 -2.78% 186
North of England +34 12 £34,500 -18.10% 3
Yorkshire +40 6 - -
North West +4 6 £34,500 -13.75% 3
Midlands +9 4 £35,000 +9.38% 1
West Midlands +4 3 - -
East Midlands - 1 £35,000 - 1

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 29 (52.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (43.64%) Skype for Business
3 14 (25.45%) SharePoint
4 11 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 10 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (1.82%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.45%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (18.18%) Cohesity
3 5 (9.09%) Azure
3 5 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (3.64%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.82%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.82%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (29.09%) WebEx
2 12 (21.82%) SAN
3 11 (20.00%) SMTP
4 10 (18.18%) IMAP
5 7 (12.73%) LAN
6 6 (10.91%) WAN
7 5 (9.09%) Firewall
8 3 (5.45%) DNS
8 3 (5.45%) VPN
9 2 (3.64%) VoIP
10 1 (1.82%) DHCP
10 1 (1.82%) Unified Communications
10 1 (1.82%) Wireless
10 1 (1.82%) Wireshark
General
1 18 (32.73%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (10.91%) Local Government
4 3 (5.45%) Advertising
4 3 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.45%) Banking
4 3 (5.45%) Investment Banking
4 3 (5.45%) Law
5 1 (1.82%) Finance
5 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Messaging Engineer
2 13 (23.64%) Audio Visual Technician
3 3 (5.45%) Architect
3 3 (5.45%) ICT Manager
3 3 (5.45%) ICT Programme Manager
3 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 3 (5.45%) IT Manager
3 3 (5.45%) Programme Manager
3 3 (5.45%) Service Desk Engineer
3 3 (5.45%) Support Engineer
3 3 (5.45%) Technical Architect
3 3 (5.45%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (3.64%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 1 (1.82%) Audio Visual Support
5 1 (1.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (1.82%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (1.82%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (1.82%) Unified Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.27%) Video Conferencing
2 11 (20.00%) Blackberry
3 6 (10.91%) PKI
4 3 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.64%) BYOD
5 2 (3.64%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.64%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.82%) Replication
6 1 (1.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 21 (38.18%) Windows
2 9 (16.36%) Windows 10
3 7 (12.73%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.64%) Linux
5 1 (1.82%) Android
5 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.82%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.73%) Customer Service
2 13 (23.64%) Time Management
3 10 (18.18%) Problem Management
4 8 (14.55%) Capacity Management
5 7 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (10.91%) PRINCE2
7 5 (9.09%) Line Management
7 5 (9.09%) Migration
8 4 (7.27%) Coaching
8 4 (7.27%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (7.27%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (5.45%) Chat Support
9 3 (5.45%) Identity Access Management
9 3 (5.45%) Programme Management
9 3 (5.45%) Project Delivery
9 3 (5.45%) RBAC
9 3 (5.45%) SIEM
9 3 (5.45%) TOGAF
9 3 (5.45%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.27%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (38.18%) SC Cleared
1 21 (38.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.91%) Degree
3 3 (5.45%) DV Cleared
3 3 (5.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (3.64%) CCNA
4 2 (3.64%) CCNP
4 2 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.64%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.82%) VCAP
5 1 (1.82%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.45%) GDPR
3 2 (3.64%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 9 (16.36%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (14.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (7.27%) vSphere
6 3 (5.45%) vCloud
7 2 (3.64%) Firmware
7 2 (3.64%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.82%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 5 (9.09%) vCenter Server
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (3.64%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 2 (3.64%) SCCM
3 2 (3.64%) WSUS
4 1 (1.82%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.82%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.82%) OfficeScan
4 1 (1.82%) SCOM
4 1 (1.82%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 39 (70.91%) Microsoft
2 17 (30.91%) Cisco
3 16 (29.09%) VMware
4 13 (23.64%) NEC
5 10 (18.18%) NetApp
6 5 (9.09%) Citrix
6 5 (9.09%) Remedy
7 2 (3.64%) BMC
7 2 (3.64%) Dell
7 2 (3.64%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.64%) Veeam
8 1 (1.82%) Altiris
8 1 (1.82%) Apple
8 1 (1.82%) HP
8 1 (1.82%) McAfee
8 1 (1.82%) Ribbon
8 1 (1.82%) Sophos
8 1 (1.82%) Verint
8 1 (1.82%) Veritas
8 1 (1.82%) Yealink