Skype for Business Contracts in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Skype for Business skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Skype for Business over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 515 642
Rank change year-on-year -2 +127 -125
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 33 121 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.088% 0.26% 0.21%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.89% 2.45% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 78 104
10th Percentile £196 £231 £195
25th Percentile £241 £325 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% - +3.03%
75th Percentile £410 £575 £488
90th Percentile £621 £674 £614
UK median daily rate £375 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £18.10
25th Percentile - £20.75 £19.75
Median hourly rate - £21.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year - -6.52% +21.05%
75th Percentile - £22.25 £23.25
90th Percentile - - £23.40
UK median hourly rate - £21.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year - -6.52% +2.22%

All Application Platform Skills
England

Skype for Business falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,704 4,947 8,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.88% 10.52% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,666 3,525 6,139
10th Percentile £263 £263 £263
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £625
90th Percentile £788 £765 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £511 £520
% change year-on-year -2.15% -1.73% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 129 185
10th Percentile £13.30 £16.23 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.58 £21.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.16 £48.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.81% +120.45% +12.14%
75th Percentile £49.38 £66.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £77.43
UK median hourly rate £31.71 £52.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -39.60% +128.26% +15.00%

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

Skype for Business
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 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype for Business in England

Skype for Business
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 12 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
London +80 25 £380 -24.00% 2
South East -20 3 £464 +16.67%
South West -28 3 £300 -45.45% 2
North of England +6 2 £267 +20.00% 1
North West +11 1 £253 -11.79% 1
Yorkshire +7 1 £282 +63.19%
Skype for Business
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 21 (63.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 11 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 11 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (24.24%) SharePoint
5 2 (6.06%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (6.06%) CMS
5 2 (6.06%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 18 (54.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 25 (75.76%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 6 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 6 (18.18%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (96.97%) Skype
2 7 (21.21%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (9.09%) Unified Communications
3 3 (9.09%) VPN
4 2 (6.06%) Firewall
4 2 (6.06%) LAN
4 2 (6.06%) Telepresence
4 2 (6.06%) WAN
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (3.03%) DHCP
5 1 (3.03%) DNS
5 1 (3.03%) IP Telephony
5 1 (3.03%) ISDN
5 1 (3.03%) Network Security
5 1 (3.03%) PABX
5 1 (3.03%) PBX
5 1 (3.03%) VSAN
5 1 (3.03%) WebEx
5 1 (3.03%) Wireless
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Public Sector
3 9 (27.27%) Finance
4 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.03%) Electronics
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.03%) Marketing
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) IT Support
2 7 (21.21%) Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) Support Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Senior
4 4 (12.12%) Support Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Support Officer
5 3 (9.09%) IT Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) IT Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Applications Support
6 2 (6.06%) Applications Support Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Desktop Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Support Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) iPhone
2 6 (18.18%) CMDB
3 4 (12.12%) Blackberry
3 4 (12.12%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.06%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (6.06%) Replication
5 2 (6.06%) Smartphone
6 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.03%) Hedge funds
6 1 (3.03%) PKI
6 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (78.79%) Windows
2 10 (30.30%) Windows 10
2 10 (30.30%) Windows Server
2 10 (30.30%) Windows Server 2008
2 10 (30.30%) Windows Server 2012
3 9 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (24.24%) Windows 7
5 7 (21.21%) Apple iOS
6 5 (15.15%) Android
6 5 (15.15%) Mac OS X
7 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 11 (33.33%) ITIL
1 11 (33.33%) Migration
2 9 (27.27%) ITSM
3 7 (21.21%) Mobile Device Management
3 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (18.18%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
6 3 (9.09%) Agile
6 3 (9.09%) Service Management
7 2 (6.06%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.06%) Resource Management
7 2 (6.06%) Risk Management
7 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery
8 1 (3.03%) Decision-Making
8 1 (3.03%) Defect Management
8 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (3.03%) Platform Engineering
8 1 (3.03%) Programme Management
8 1 (3.03%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 11 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (39.39%) Security Cleared
2 11 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.18%) Degree
4 2 (6.06%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.03%) CCNA
5 1 (3.03%) CCNP
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.03%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.03%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (72.73%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Jamf Pro
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (18.18%) SCCM
2 2 (6.06%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (3.03%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.03%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (57.58%) Microsoft
2 15 (45.45%) Citrix
3 13 (39.39%) Apple
4 9 (27.27%) Cisco
5 8 (24.24%) ServiceNow
6 5 (15.15%) Mitel
6 5 (15.15%) Progress
7 2 (6.06%) Becrypt
7 2 (6.06%) EMC
7 2 (6.06%) IronPort
7 2 (6.06%) Polycom
7 2 (6.06%) Symantec
7 2 (6.06%) VMware
8 1 (3.03%) Blue Coat
8 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint
8 1 (3.03%) Juniper
8 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
8 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds
8 1 (3.03%) Splunk
8 1 (3.03%) Veeam