Microsoft Skype
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Skype skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Skype over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 810 864 918
Rank change year-on-year +54 +54 -403
Permanent jobs citing Skype 101 135 300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.13% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.74% 0.85% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 64 113 220
10th Percentile £31,075 £30,782 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £54,875 £53,750 £61,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,000 £98,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +2.86% -30.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Skype is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,593 15,966 20,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.80% 15.42% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 8,149 11,832
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,978
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.13% +2.17%

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 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Skype in the UK

Skype
Top 14 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 4 May 2024. 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 +61 101 £41,500 +3.75% 36
UK excluding London -48 52 £40,000 +11.11% 26
London +129 49 £50,000 +23.46% 10
Work from Home +63 19 £51,000 -7.27% 16
North of England +31 17 £42,125 +17.01% 6
Midlands +16 17 £32,500 -10.34% 5
West Midlands +19 15 £32,500 - 3
South West -15 11 £55,000 +83.33% 9
Yorkshire +87 9 £44,000 +22.22% 1
North West +10 7 £40,000 -17.66% 3
East of England +16 4 £27,500 -50.00% 5
South East -16 3 £47,500 +35.71% 1
East Midlands -16 2 £35,000 -34.88% 2
North East -3 1 £31,500 -8.70% 2

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 71 (70.30%) Skype for Business
2 28 (27.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (15.84%) SharePoint
4 5 (4.95%) CMS
5 3 (2.97%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (1.98%) Confluence
6 2 (1.98%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.98%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.98%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.99%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 64 (63.37%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Carpe Diem
1 5 (4.95%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (4.95%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.99%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 55 (54.46%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (7.92%) Azure
2 8 (7.92%) Mimecast
3 7 (6.93%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.95%) OCI
5 4 (3.96%) OneDrive
5 4 (3.96%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.99%) AWS
6 1 (0.99%) GCP
6 1 (0.99%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 25 (24.75%) Cisco IOS
1 25 (24.75%) Telepresence
2 17 (16.83%) VoIP
3 14 (13.86%) VPN
4 11 (10.89%) DNS
5 10 (9.90%) Firewall
5 10 (9.90%) Internet
5 10 (9.90%) MPLS
5 10 (9.90%) SAN
5 10 (9.90%) TCP/IP
6 8 (7.92%) BGP
6 8 (7.92%) LAN
6 8 (7.92%) Network Security
6 8 (7.92%) OSPF
6 8 (7.92%) Reverse Proxy
6 8 (7.92%) SD-WAN
6 8 (7.92%) SSL
6 8 (7.92%) WAN
6 8 (7.92%) Wireless
7 7 (6.93%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (0.99%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 2 (1.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 42 (41.58%) Finance
1 42 (41.58%) Social Skills
2 29 (28.71%) Law
3 27 (26.73%) Automotive
3 27 (26.73%) Telecoms
4 25 (24.75%) Pharmaceutical
5 13 (12.87%) Legal
6 5 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.96%) Military
8 2 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Electronics
9 1 (0.99%) German Language
9 1 (0.99%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.99%) Marketing
9 1 (0.99%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (32.67%) Support Engineer
2 24 (23.76%) Analyst
3 22 (21.78%) IT Support
4 15 (14.85%) Support Specialist
5 13 (12.87%) IT Support Specialist
6 10 (9.90%) Desktop Engineer
6 10 (9.90%) Desktop Support
6 10 (9.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 8 (7.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (7.92%) IT Analyst
7 8 (7.92%) Network Analyst
7 8 (7.92%) Network Security Analyst
7 8 (7.92%) Security Analyst
7 8 (7.92%) Senior
7 8 (7.92%) Support Analyst
8 7 (6.93%) Graduate
8 7 (6.93%) Graduate Support Engineer
8 7 (6.93%) IT Support Analyst
8 7 (6.93%) Wintel Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Citrix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.92%) 802.1X
1 8 (7.92%) SAML
2 5 (4.95%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (3.96%) CSS
3 4 (3.96%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (51.49%) Video Conferencing
2 14 (13.86%) Data Centre
3 13 (12.87%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (9.90%) Management Information System
5 8 (7.92%) Client/Server
6 7 (6.93%) PKI
7 4 (3.96%) Clustering
7 4 (3.96%) Fat Client
7 4 (3.96%) Smartphone
7 4 (3.96%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.98%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.98%) Smartcard
9 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.99%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 71 (70.30%) Windows
2 43 (42.57%) Windows 10
3 29 (28.71%) Windows 7
4 19 (18.81%) Android
5 18 (17.82%) Apple iOS
5 18 (17.82%) Windows Server
6 8 (7.92%) Mac OS X
7 6 (5.94%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (4.95%) Linux
9 4 (3.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (3.96%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (1.98%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (40.59%) ITIL
2 29 (28.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (17.82%) Time Management
4 15 (14.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (14.85%) Information Security
4 15 (14.85%) ITSM
5 14 (13.86%) Customer Service
5 14 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (12.87%) Inventory Management
7 11 (10.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (9.90%) Incident Management
9 9 (8.91%) Change Control
9 9 (8.91%) Service Management
10 8 (7.92%) Infrastructure Management
10 8 (7.92%) Load Balancing
11 6 (5.94%) Change Management
11 6 (5.94%) ERP
11 6 (5.94%) Root Cause Analysis
11 6 (5.94%) Security Patching
12 5 (4.95%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.89%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.94%) SQL
3 4 (3.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 36 (35.64%) Degree
2 25 (24.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 25 (24.75%) Master's Degree
2 25 (24.75%) MBA
3 5 (4.95%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.96%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.96%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.97%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.98%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.99%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) SLA
2 3 (2.97%) GDPR
2 3 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.99%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.99%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.99%) P3O
3 1 (0.99%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (36.63%) Active Directory
2 11 (10.89%) vSphere
3 7 (6.93%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.94%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (3.96%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.99%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 11 (10.89%) SCCM
2 8 (7.92%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (4.95%) AirWatch
4 4 (3.96%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.99%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.99%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.99%) OfficeScan
7 1 (0.99%) SCOM
7 1 (0.99%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 1 (0.99%) WSUS
Vendors
1 88 (87.13%) Microsoft
2 33 (32.67%) Apple
3 31 (30.69%) Cisco
4 26 (25.74%) Polycom
5 8 (7.92%) CheckPoint
5 8 (7.92%) Ribbon
6 7 (6.93%) Citrix
7 6 (5.94%) VMware
8 5 (4.95%) iManage
8 5 (4.95%) Oracle
8 5 (4.95%) Virgin Media
9 4 (3.96%) Dell
10 3 (2.97%) HP
10 3 (2.97%) Mitel
10 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.98%) Acronis
11 2 (1.98%) EqualLogic
11 2 (1.98%) Symantec
11 2 (1.98%) Synology
12 1 (0.99%) TIBCO