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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 412 466 487
Rank change year-on-year +54 +21 +261
Permanent jobs citing Skype for Business 3 9 11
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.019% 0.045% 0.048%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.21% 0.37% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile £26,800 - £37,363
25th Percentile £27,250 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.09% +10.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile - £58,125 £50,900
90th Percentile - £58,500 £53,750
UK median annual salary £38,500 £49,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +8.89% -2.17%

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 1,396 2,416 2,636
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.64% 11.99% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 938 1,696 2,115
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +12.50% +6.19%
75th Percentile £88,500 £110,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £135,000 £142,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Skype for Business and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Skype for Business job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Skype for Business
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Skype for Business
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Communications Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft