Skype for Business Contracts in England

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Skype for Business skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Skype for Business over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 497 524 624
Rank change year-on-year +27 +100 -137
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 40 127 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.15% 2.47% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 86 106
10th Percentile £201 £238 £196
25th Percentile £210 £325 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% - +2.41%
75th Percentile £410 £575 £488
90th Percentile £659 £638 £589
UK median daily rate £335 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -27.57% +8.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £20.30
25th Percentile - - £22.75
Median hourly rate - - £69.05
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -22.22%

All Application Platform Skills
England

Skype for Business is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,484 5,146 8,783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.58% 10.68% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,503 3,681 6,066
10th Percentile £255 £263 £263
25th Percentile £363 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +7.37%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £625
90th Percentile £775 £763 £723
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 132 195
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.55 £13.65
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.50 £16.12
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +63.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £46.18 £66.00 £53.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.25 £45.00 £26.17
% change year-on-year -35.00% +71.95% +17.86%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in England.

Daily rate trend for Skype for Business in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype for Business in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype for Business in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Skype for Business in England.

Hourly rate trend for Skype for Business in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype for Business within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +101 31 £375 -23.08% 3
South West -24 4 £450 -8.16% 1
South East -20 3 £464 +17.41%
North of England +19 2 £267 -23.71%
North West +16 1 £253 -27.86%
Yorkshire +10 1 £282 -5.77%
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UK

Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 25 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (27.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 11 (27.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 11 (27.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 9 (22.50%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (10.00%) CMS
6 2 (5.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (5.00%) Exchange Server 5.5
7 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 29 (72.50%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (17.50%) Azure
2 7 (17.50%) Entra ID
2 7 (17.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 39 (97.50%) Skype
2 8 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (12.50%) VPN
4 4 (10.00%) Unified Communications
5 2 (5.00%) DHCP
5 2 (5.00%) DNS
5 2 (5.00%) Firewall
5 2 (5.00%) LAN
5 2 (5.00%) Telepresence
5 2 (5.00%) WAN
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (2.50%) IP Telephony
6 1 (2.50%) ISDN
6 1 (2.50%) Network Security
6 1 (2.50%) PABX
6 1 (2.50%) PBX
6 1 (2.50%) VSAN
6 1 (2.50%) WebEx
6 1 (2.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 17 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Finance
3 11 (27.50%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.00%) Legal
5 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Electronics
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Marketing
6 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) IT Support
2 10 (25.00%) Analyst
3 9 (22.50%) Support Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Senior
5 5 (12.50%) Support Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Desktop Support
6 4 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) IT Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) IT Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Support Officer
6 4 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (7.50%) IT Support Analyst
8 2 (5.00%) Applications Support
8 2 (5.00%) Applications Support Analyst
8 2 (5.00%) Senior Support Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 15 (37.50%) iPhone
2 9 (22.50%) CMDB
3 6 (15.00%) Blackberry
4 4 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
6 2 (5.00%) PKI
6 2 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (5.00%) Replication
6 2 (5.00%) Smartphone
7 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.50%) Hedge funds
7 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (77.50%) Windows
2 14 (35.00%) Windows 10
3 11 (27.50%) Windows Server
3 11 (27.50%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 10 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 10 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (22.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (15.00%) Android
6 6 (15.00%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (42.50%) ITIL
2 16 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 14 (35.00%) ITSM
4 11 (27.50%) Migration
5 8 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (17.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 4 (10.00%) Agile
7 4 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 4 (10.00%) Resource Management
7 4 (10.00%) Service Delivery
7 4 (10.00%) Service Management
8 2 (5.00%) Project Delivery
8 2 (5.00%) Risk Management
9 1 (2.50%) Critical Thinking
9 1 (2.50%) Decision-Making
9 1 (2.50%) NsoIT
9 1 (2.50%) Platform Engineering
9 1 (2.50%) Roadmaps
9 1 (2.50%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 13 (32.50%) SC Cleared
3 7 (17.50%) Degree
4 2 (5.00%) CCNA
4 2 (5.00%) CCNP
4 2 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.00%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.50%) MCP
5 1 (2.50%) MCSE
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.50%) QA
2 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (77.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (22.50%) Jamf Pro
2 8 (20.00%) SCCM
3 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (5.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (5.00%) WSUS
5 1 (2.50%) SCOM
5 1 (2.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 21 (52.50%) Citrix
3 17 (42.50%) Apple
4 13 (32.50%) ServiceNow
5 11 (27.50%) Cisco
6 6 (15.00%) Mitel
6 6 (15.00%) Progress
7 4 (10.00%) Becrypt
8 3 (7.50%) VMware
9 2 (5.00%) EMC
9 2 (5.00%) IronPort
9 2 (5.00%) Polycom
9 2 (5.00%) SolarWinds
9 2 (5.00%) Symantec
9 2 (5.00%) Veeam
10 1 (2.50%) Bloomberg
10 1 (2.50%) CheckPoint
10 1 (2.50%) Juniper
10 1 (2.50%) Reuters
10 1 (2.50%) SAP