Skype Job Trends

Microsoft Skype
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Skype skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 664 625 742
Rank change year-on-year -39 +117 +112
Permanent jobs citing Skype 14 35 94
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.080% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.14% 0.59% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8 30 58
10th Percentile £33,525 £32,500 £30,275
25th Percentile £36,750 £49,750 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £52,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +19.32% +6.02%
75th Percentile £40,250 £58,750 £54,000
90th Percentile - £62,375 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,000 £52,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year -50.48% +19.32% +10.00%

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 9,947 5,960 11,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.63% 13.59% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,890 3,649 9,221
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £53,500 £48,392
Median % change year-on-year -21.50% +10.56% -7.83%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +16.28% -4.44%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Skype relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Skype job vacancy trend in the UK

Skype
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Skype.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Skype

Skype
Top 8 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 11 March 2026. 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 -50 13 £38,500 -26.67% 3
London +17 7 £38,500 -51.88%
UK excluding London -44 6 £26,000 -50.48% 3
Midlands -16 2 - - 1
East of England -18 2 £26,000 -54.78% 2
East Midlands -32 2 - -
South West - 2 - -
Work from Home +16 1 £26,000 -50.48% 2

Skype
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (71.43%) Skype for Business
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Unified Communications
1 7 (50.00%) WebEx
2 1 (7.14%) DHCP
2 1 (7.14%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) DTS
General
1 7 (50.00%) Law
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Advertising
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Analyst
2 7 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 7 (50.00%) Support Assistant
3 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Executive Assistant
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (14.29%) CMDB
2 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.14%) Android
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) ISMS
1 7 (50.00%) ITIL
1 7 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (14.29%) ITSM
2 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
2 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (14.29%) Server Management
3 1 (7.14%) AI
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (7.14%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.14%) Mathematics
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office Automation
3 1 (7.14%) Office Automation
3 1 (7.14%) Operations Management
3 1 (7.14%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (7.14%) Time Management
3 1 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) DV Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Nagios
1 2 (14.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Polycom
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) BMC
3 2 (14.29%) Citrix
3 2 (14.29%) Darktrace
3 2 (14.29%) Google
3 2 (14.29%) Proofpoint
3 2 (14.29%) Red Hat
3 2 (14.29%) SolarWinds
3 2 (14.29%) Tanium
3 2 (14.29%) Trend Micro
3 2 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (7.14%) Apple
4 1 (7.14%) HP
4 1 (7.14%) Remedy