Skype Contracts in London

Microsoft Skype
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Skype skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Skype over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 442 548
Rank change year-on-year +91 +106 -167
Contract jobs citing Skype 35 46 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.10% 1.78% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 37
10th Percentile £198 £244 £326
25th Percentile £210 £400 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £440 £606 £575
90th Percentile £669 £638 £738
England median daily rate £380 £464 £425
% change year-on-year -18.02% +9.06% +0.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £21.00
75th Percentile - - £23.00
90th Percentile - - £33.20
England median hourly rate £28.50 £21.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +35.71% -8.70% +2.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

Skype is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,665 2,584 3,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.54% 9.97% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,812 2,526
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £618 £675 £651
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 56 82
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.11 £20.90
25th Percentile £16.56 £22.72 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.50 £43.00 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.35% +27.41% -32.03%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £47.35
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -2.41%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Skype in London

Skype
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Skype in London

Skype
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype in London

Skype
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Skype in London

Skype
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Central London +39 3 £400 +68.42% 1
South London +8 1 £675 +12.50%
Skype
England

Skype
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 31 (88.57%) Skype for Business
2 22 (62.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (31.43%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (31.43%) Exchange Server 2007
3 11 (31.43%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (25.71%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (22.86%) SharePoint
6 4 (11.43%) CMS
7 2 (5.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (5.71%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 18 (51.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (74.29%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) Entra ID
2 6 (17.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (11.43%) VPN
3 2 (5.71%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.86%) DHCP
4 1 (2.86%) DNS
4 1 (2.86%) Firewall
4 1 (2.86%) IP Telephony
4 1 (2.86%) ISDN
4 1 (2.86%) LAN
4 1 (2.86%) NAS
4 1 (2.86%) PABX
4 1 (2.86%) PBX
4 1 (2.86%) SAN
4 1 (2.86%) SMTP
4 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.86%) Telepresence
4 1 (2.86%) WAN
4 1 (2.86%) WebEx
4 1 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 11 (31.43%) Public Sector
3 9 (25.71%) Finance
4 5 (14.29%) Legal
5 1 (2.86%) Electronics
5 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.86%) Marketing
5 1 (2.86%) Military
5 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) IT Support
2 7 (20.00%) Analyst
2 7 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Senior
4 4 (11.43%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Desktop Support
4 4 (11.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Support Officer
4 4 (11.43%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) IT Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) ICT Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) ICT Support
6 2 (5.71%) ICT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Desktop Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (34.29%) iPhone
2 6 (17.14%) Blackberry
2 6 (17.14%) CMDB
3 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.57%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (5.71%) PKI
4 2 (5.71%) Replication
5 1 (2.86%) Clustering
5 1 (2.86%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.86%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.86%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.86%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 26 (74.29%) Windows
2 11 (31.43%) Windows Server
3 10 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 10 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (25.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (25.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (20.00%) Apple iOS
5 7 (20.00%) Windows 7
6 6 (17.14%) Android
6 6 (17.14%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.86%) Linux
7 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Customer Service
1 12 (34.29%) ITIL
2 11 (31.43%) ITSM
2 11 (31.43%) Migration
3 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (17.14%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 4 (11.43%) Computer Science
6 4 (11.43%) Resource Management
6 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
7 2 (5.71%) Agile
7 2 (5.71%) Project Delivery
8 1 (2.86%) Database Mirroring
8 1 (2.86%) Key Management
8 1 (2.86%) Matrix Organization
8 1 (2.86%) Office Automation
8 1 (2.86%) Performance Monitoring
8 1 (2.86%) Proactive Monitoring
8 1 (2.86%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (31.43%) SC Cleared
3 6 (17.14%) Degree
4 2 (5.71%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.86%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (77.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.86%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (22.86%) SCCM
2 6 (17.14%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.71%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (2.86%) OPNET
4 1 (2.86%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 17 (48.57%) Citrix
3 13 (37.14%) Apple
4 10 (28.57%) ServiceNow
5 7 (20.00%) Cisco
6 6 (17.14%) Mitel
6 6 (17.14%) Progress
7 4 (11.43%) Becrypt
8 2 (5.71%) EMC
8 2 (5.71%) IronPort
8 2 (5.71%) Symantec
8 2 (5.71%) VMware
9 1 (2.86%) Bloomberg
9 1 (2.86%) Polycom
9 1 (2.86%) Remedy
9 1 (2.86%) Reuters
9 1 (2.86%) SAP
9 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds