Skype Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Skype
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 357 303 365
Rank change year-on-year -54 +62 -75
Contract jobs citing Skype 30 136 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.59% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.92% 3.92% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 95 110
10th Percentile £283 £307 £152
25th Percentile £364 £400 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £687 £575 £488
90th Percentile £719 £638 £575
UK median daily rate £380 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile - - £20.00
25th Percentile £28.25 - £22.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 - £69.05
75th Percentile £46.88 - -
90th Percentile £57.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £21.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +35.71% -8.70% -45.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,271 3,471 4,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.14% 15.05% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,857 2,184 2,631
10th Percentile £203 £206 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 313 243
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.88
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +156.31% -16.28% -8.99%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.80 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £73.23 £59.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +6.91%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Skype in the UK excluding London

Skype
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Skype in the UK excluding London

Skype
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Skype in the UK excluding London

Skype
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Skype in the UK excluding London

Skype
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Skype in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Skype in the UK excluding London

Skype
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South West -17 11 £600 +9.09% 8
North of England +13 5 £575 +27.78% 6
South East -12 5 £464 +15.94% 1
North West +13 4 £575 +27.78% 4
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Scotland +41 3 - -
Midlands +32 2 - - 5
West Midlands +19 2 - - 4
Yorkshire +18 1 £282 -33.76% 2
Skype
UK

Skype
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 16 (53.33%) Skype for Business
2 15 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (36.67%) SharePoint
4 4 (13.33%) Confluence
5 1 (3.33%) nginx
Applications
1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.00%) Azure
2 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (10.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.33%) Azure Stack
3 1 (3.33%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 8 (26.67%) DNS
2 5 (16.67%) Firewall
2 5 (16.67%) LAN
2 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 5 (16.67%) WAN
3 4 (13.33%) DHCP
4 3 (10.00%) HTTP
4 3 (10.00%) Unified Communications
5 2 (6.67%) Broadband
5 2 (6.67%) SMTP
5 2 (6.67%) VSAN
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (3.33%) Network Security
6 1 (3.33%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (3.33%) Telepresence
6 1 (3.33%) VoIP
6 1 (3.33%) VPN
6 1 (3.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Power BI
1 3 (10.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 17 (56.67%) Social Skills
2 12 (40.00%) Finance
3 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 3 (10.00%) Police
5 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.67%) Electronics
6 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.67%) Marketing
6 2 (6.67%) Military
6 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) IT Support
1 7 (23.33%) Support Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Wintel Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) IT Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Business Manager
5 3 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Administrator
6 2 (6.67%) Applications Support
6 2 (6.67%) Applications Support Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Customer Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Customer Support Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Service Desk Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (6.67%) Technical Manager
7 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) CSS
1 3 (10.00%) XML
2 1 (3.33%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) PKI
2 6 (20.00%) CMDB
2 6 (20.00%) iPhone
3 3 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.33%) Private Cloud
5 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (3.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 19 (63.33%) Windows
2 14 (46.67%) Windows 10
3 9 (30.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 6 (20.00%) Linux
5 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (6.67%) CentOS
7 2 (6.67%) Windows 7
8 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) ITIL
2 10 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 10 (33.33%) ITSM
3 9 (30.00%) Service Management
4 8 (26.67%) Change Management
5 5 (16.67%) Agile
6 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.00%) Business Analysis
7 3 (10.00%) Business Case
7 3 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
7 3 (10.00%) Financial Modelling
7 3 (10.00%) Incident Management
7 3 (10.00%) Problem Management
7 3 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (10.00%) System Testing
8 2 (6.67%) CAFM
8 2 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (6.67%) Facilities Management
8 2 (6.67%) Matrix Management
8 2 (6.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) SQL
2 6 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) Degree
2 10 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 8 (26.67%) SC Cleared
4 5 (16.67%) MCSE
4 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (6.67%) CCNA
6 2 (6.67%) CCNP
6 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (6.67%) MCP
6 2 (6.67%) MCSD
7 1 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (10.00%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (6.67%) Docker
4 2 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (3.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) SCCM
2 6 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (16.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (16.67%) SCOM
4 4 (13.33%) WSUS
5 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (6.67%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (6.67%) OPNET
6 2 (6.67%) vCenter Server
7 1 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (76.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (33.33%) Citrix
2 10 (33.33%) VMware
3 8 (26.67%) ServiceNow
4 7 (23.33%) Apple
5 5 (16.67%) Cisco
6 4 (13.33%) SAP
6 4 (13.33%) SolarWinds
7 2 (6.67%) EMC
7 2 (6.67%) Red Hat
7 2 (6.67%) Remedy
7 2 (6.67%) Splunk
7 2 (6.67%) Veeam
8 1 (3.33%) Atlassian
8 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
8 1 (3.33%) Juniper
8 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
8 1 (3.33%) Polycom
8 1 (3.33%) Proofpoint
8 1 (3.33%) Sophos