Skype for Business Contracts

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 529 643
Rank change year-on-year -2 +114 -95
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 44 154 195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.03% 2.53% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 110 136
10th Percentile £201 £298 £189
25th Percentile £210 £383 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £464 £425
Median % change year-on-year -27.72% +9.06% -
75th Percentile £410 £575 £488
90th Percentile £545 £638 £589
UK excluding London median daily rate £282 £459 £425
% change year-on-year -38.67% +8.00% -8.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £19.75
25th Percentile - £20.75 £22.50
Median hourly rate - £21.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year - -6.52% +10.84%
75th Percentile - £22.25 £34.00
90th Percentile - - £53.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £21.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year - -6.52% -48.89%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,252 6,095 10,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.88% 10.87% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,959 4,271 7,550
10th Percentile £258 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 148 208
10th Percentile £13.28 £16.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.08 £51.25 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.31% +125.27% +10.98%
75th Percentile £50.47 £66.00 £54.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% +116.22% -2.63%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in the UK

Skype for Business
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Skype for Business in the UK

Skype for Business
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype for Business over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype for Business in the UK

Skype for Business
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Skype for Business in the UK

Skype for Business
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England -2 37 £335 -21.18% 7
London +92 29 £380 -30.91% 3
UK excluding London -66 13 £282 -38.67% 4
Work from Home +87 12 £380 -18.19% 1
Scotland +32 3 - -
South East -22 3 £464 +16.67%
South West -27 3 £300 -42.86% 2
North of England +13 2 £267 +2.20% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North West +18 1 £253 -27.86% 1
Yorkshire +11 1 £282 +63.19%

Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (56.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
2 12 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2007
2 12 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2010
2 12 (27.27%) SharePoint
3 10 (22.73%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (9.09%) CMS
5 2 (4.55%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (4.55%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 26 (59.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 32 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (15.91%) Azure
2 7 (15.91%) Entra ID
2 7 (15.91%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 43 (97.73%) Skype
2 8 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (11.36%) VPN
4 3 (6.82%) Unified Communications
5 2 (4.55%) DNS
5 2 (4.55%) Firewall
5 2 (4.55%) LAN
5 2 (4.55%) Telepresence
5 2 (4.55%) WAN
6 1 (2.27%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (2.27%) DHCP
6 1 (2.27%) HTTP
6 1 (2.27%) IP Telephony
6 1 (2.27%) ISDN
6 1 (2.27%) Network Security
6 1 (2.27%) PBX
6 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.27%) VoIP
6 1 (2.27%) WebEx
6 1 (2.27%) Wireless
General
1 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.82%) Finance
3 10 (22.73%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.09%) Legal
5 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.27%) Electronics
6 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.27%) Marketing
6 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (31.82%) IT Support
2 12 (27.27%) Analyst
3 10 (22.73%) Support Engineer
4 8 (18.18%) Support Analyst
5 7 (15.91%) IT Analyst
6 6 (13.64%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (11.36%) Senior
7 5 (11.36%) Support Officer
8 4 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) Desktop Support
8 4 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 3 (6.82%) IT Engineer
9 3 (6.82%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (6.82%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (6.82%) Senior Technical Analyst
9 3 (6.82%) Technical Analyst
10 2 (4.55%) Applications Support Analyst
10 2 (4.55%) ICT Engineer
10 2 (4.55%) ICT Support
10 2 (4.55%) ICT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) CSS
1 1 (2.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (38.64%) iPhone
2 11 (25.00%) CMDB
3 6 (13.64%) Blackberry
4 4 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
6 2 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (4.55%) Replication
6 2 (4.55%) Smartphone
7 1 (2.27%) Hedge funds
7 1 (2.27%) PKI
7 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (75.00%) Windows
2 15 (34.09%) Windows 10
3 12 (27.27%) Apple iOS
4 11 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 11 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 10 (22.73%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (20.45%) Windows 7
7 6 (13.64%) Android
7 6 (13.64%) Mac OS X
8 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (43.18%) Customer Service
2 18 (40.91%) ITIL
3 16 (36.36%) ITSM
4 12 (27.27%) Migration
5 8 (18.18%) Mobile Device Management
5 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.91%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 5 (11.36%) Computer Science
8 4 (9.09%) Resource Management
8 4 (9.09%) Service Delivery
9 3 (6.82%) Agile
9 3 (6.82%) Service Management
10 2 (4.55%) Data Protection
10 2 (4.55%) Project Delivery
10 2 (4.55%) Risk Management
11 1 (2.27%) Decision-Making
11 1 (2.27%) High Availability
11 1 (2.27%) Platform Engineering
11 1 (2.27%) Roadmaps
11 1 (2.27%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (34.09%) Security Cleared
2 13 (29.55%) SC Cleared
3 7 (15.91%) Degree
4 3 (6.82%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.55%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.27%) CCNA
6 1 (2.27%) CCNP
6 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.27%) MCP
6 1 (2.27%) MCSE
6 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.27%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (25.00%) Jamf Pro
2 7 (15.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (15.91%) SCCM
3 2 (4.55%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (2.27%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (65.91%) Microsoft
2 23 (52.27%) Citrix
3 19 (43.18%) Apple
4 15 (34.09%) ServiceNow
5 10 (22.73%) Cisco
6 6 (13.64%) Mitel
6 6 (13.64%) Progress
7 4 (9.09%) Becrypt
8 3 (6.82%) IronPort
9 2 (4.55%) EMC
9 2 (4.55%) Polycom
9 2 (4.55%) Symantec
9 2 (4.55%) VMware
10 1 (2.27%) Bloomberg
10 1 (2.27%) Blue Coat
10 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
10 1 (2.27%) Juniper
10 1 (2.27%) Reuters
10 1 (2.27%) SAP
10 1 (2.27%) Veeam