Hybrid/Remote Skype for Business Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Skype for Business skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 486 502
Rank change year-on-year +84 +16 +307
Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business 23 9 12
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.039% 0.048%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.53% 0.31% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile £26,800 - £42,063
25th Percentile £27,250 £52,500 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £55,000 £50,300
Median % change year-on-year -49.09% +9.34% +0.60%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £53,063
90th Percentile - - £59,375
UK median annual salary £40,000 £49,000 £38,125
% change year-on-year -18.37% +28.52% -23.75%

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 1,508 2,871 2,858
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.31% 12.34% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 1,902 2,387
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £33,265
25th Percentile £40,865 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +6.19%
75th Percentile £90,000 £116,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £147,500 £100,474
UK median annual salary £53,844 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% -1.79% +1.82%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Skype for Business.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Skype for Business

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 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (86.96%) Skype
2 18 (78.26%) Unified Communications
2 18 (78.26%) Wireless
3 2 (8.70%) DHCP
3 2 (8.70%) DNS
3 2 (8.70%) Firewall
3 2 (8.70%) SAN
3 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (78.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (78.26%) Collaboration Specialist
2 3 (13.04%) Incident Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Communications Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Lead
3 1 (4.35%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 18 (78.26%) Digital Signage
1 18 (78.26%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
1 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
1 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) User Experience
2 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
2 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
3 2 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (8.70%) Load Balancing
3 2 (8.70%) Machine Learning
3 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (4.35%) Project Delivery
4 1 (4.35%) Project Management
4 1 (4.35%) Scrum
4 1 (4.35%) Tech Ops
4 1 (4.35%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
1 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
1 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) SCCM
1 2 (8.70%) SCOM
1 2 (8.70%) SCOrch
1 2 (8.70%) SCSM
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Cisco
1 18 (78.26%) Mitel
1 18 (78.26%) Polycom
1 18 (78.26%) ShoreTel
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) VMware