Skype Contracts in Central London

Microsoft Skype
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Skype skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Skype over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 142 196
Rank change year-on-year +14 +54 -8
Contract jobs citing Skype 1 8 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.043% 0.26% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.38% 2.67% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - £236 £203
25th Percentile £221 £281 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £243 £468 £425
Median % change year-on-year -48.18% +10.12% +6.25%
75th Percentile £264 £500 £438
90th Percentile - - £468
London median daily rate £220 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -56.00% +17.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £22.00
25th Percentile - £21.25 £23.50
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.46% -
75th Percentile - £23.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate - £23.75 £26.00
% change year-on-year - -8.65% +51.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

Skype falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 265 300 459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 11.34% 9.93% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 189 336
10th Percentile £321 £223 £250
25th Percentile £431 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £534
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -2.58% +4.15%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £694 £738
London median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 13
10th Percentile - £19.39 £18.51
25th Percentile £31.25 £20.09 £18.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £33.75 £50.63 £41.50
90th Percentile - £66.75 £56.90
London median hourly rate £39.50 £26.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year +49.06% +10.42% +7.87%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Skype as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Skype in Central London

Skype
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Skype in Central London

Skype
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Skype in Central London

Skype
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +21 1 £243 -15.65% 1
Skype
London

Skype
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Audio Visual Support
1 1 (100.00%) Support Assistant
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Polycom