Skype for Business Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 563 591
Rank change year-on-year +112 +28 +253
Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business 24 4 19
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.012% 0.054%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.23% 0.098% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 17
10th Percentile £26,950 - £36,875
25th Percentile £27,625 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -49.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £31,750 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £38,500 - £66,750
UK median annual salary £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -20.00%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,955 4,098 3,974
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.29% 12.43% 11.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 3,014 3,197
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,288 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £142,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% -

Skype for Business
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Skype for Business trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Skype for Business
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Skype for Business.

Skype for Business salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Skype for Business
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Skype for Business over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Skype for Business salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (87.50%) Skype
2 19 (79.17%) Unified Communications
3 18 (75.00%) Wireless
4 2 (8.33%) DHCP
4 2 (8.33%) DNS
4 2 (8.33%) Firewall
4 2 (8.33%) SAN
4 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.17%) LAN
5 1 (4.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (75.00%) Collaboration Specialist
2 3 (12.50%) Incident Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Communications Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Lead
3 1 (4.17%) Support Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Technical Leader
3 1 (4.17%) Unified Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (75.00%) Digital Signage
1 18 (75.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
1 2 (8.33%) Windows Server
1 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) User Experience
2 3 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (12.50%) Incident Management
2 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (8.33%) Load Balancing
3 2 (8.33%) Machine Learning
4 1 (4.17%) Analytics
4 1 (4.17%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (4.17%) ITIL
4 1 (4.17%) Log Analytics
4 1 (4.17%) Problem Management
4 1 (4.17%) Project Delivery
4 1 (4.17%) Project Management
4 1 (4.17%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (4.17%) Scrum
4 1 (4.17%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Hyper-V
2 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) SCCM
1 2 (8.33%) SCOM
1 2 (8.33%) SCOrch
1 2 (8.33%) SCSM
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Cisco
1 18 (75.00%) Mitel
1 18 (75.00%) Polycom
1 18 (75.00%) ShoreTel
2 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.33%) VMware
4 1 (4.17%) Ribbon
4 1 (4.17%) Verint
4 1 (4.17%) Yealink