Skype Contracts in England

Microsoft Skype
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Skype skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Skype 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 504 486 597
Rank change year-on-year -18 +111 -148
Contract jobs citing Skype 46 150 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.32% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.95% 2.53% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 93 127
10th Percentile £210 £305 £153
25th Percentile £263 £393 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +5.88% -1.97%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £494
90th Percentile £686 £638 £618
UK median daily rate £380 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.76% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 10
10th Percentile - - £20.60
25th Percentile £28.25 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 - £23.00
75th Percentile £28.75 - £26.00
90th Percentile - - £40.38
UK median hourly rate £28.50 - £23.00
% change year-on-year - - +10.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Skype falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,823 5,925 8,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.86% 12.60% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,875 3,842 5,326
10th Percentile £213 £240 £228
25th Percentile £350 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £607 £645 £619
90th Percentile £690 £737 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 408 318
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.28 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £72.66 £75.00 £63.63
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Skype in England

Skype
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Skype in England

Skype
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Skype in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Skype in England

Skype
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Skype in England

Skype
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 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 +74 27 £380 -20.00% 14
South West -35 8 £575 +4.55% 8
North of England +6 5 £575 +27.78% 12
North West +7 4 £575 +27.78% 10
South East -20 4 £464 +15.94% 9
West Midlands +18 2 - - 3
Midlands +17 2 - - 3
Yorkshire +11 1 £282 -33.76% 1
Skype
UK

Skype
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 32 (69.57%) Skype for Business
2 26 (56.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (26.09%) SharePoint
4 11 (23.91%) Exchange Server 2003
4 11 (23.91%) Exchange Server 2007
4 11 (23.91%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (21.74%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (6.52%) Confluence
7 2 (4.35%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (4.35%) CMS
7 2 (4.35%) Exchange Server 5.5
8 1 (2.17%) nginx
8 1 (2.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (47.83%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 29 (63.04%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (15.22%) Azure
2 7 (15.22%) Entra ID
2 7 (15.22%) OneDrive
3 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.17%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (8.70%) Unified Communications
3 3 (6.52%) DNS
3 3 (6.52%) Firewall
3 3 (6.52%) LAN
3 3 (6.52%) VPN
3 3 (6.52%) WAN
4 2 (4.35%) Broadband
4 2 (4.35%) DHCP
4 2 (4.35%) NAS
4 2 (4.35%) SAN
4 2 (4.35%) Telepresence
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (2.17%) Network Security
5 1 (2.17%) PABX
5 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.17%) VSAN
5 1 (2.17%) WebEx
5 1 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Power BI
1 3 (6.52%) Tableau
General
1 18 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.09%) Finance
2 12 (26.09%) Public Sector
3 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Police
4 3 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Legal
6 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.17%) Electronics
6 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.17%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Military
6 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (19.57%) IT Support
2 8 (17.39%) Support Engineer
3 7 (15.22%) Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Wintel Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) Senior
5 4 (8.70%) Support Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Support Officer
6 3 (6.52%) Applications Support
6 3 (6.52%) Business Manager
6 3 (6.52%) IT Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) IT Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Desktop Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Desktop Support
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Support Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Technical Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.91%) iPhone
2 7 (15.22%) PKI
3 6 (13.04%) CMDB
4 5 (10.87%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (8.70%) Blackberry
5 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
6 3 (6.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (4.35%) Clustering
7 2 (4.35%) Fat Client
7 2 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (4.35%) Replication
7 2 (4.35%) Smartphone
7 2 (4.35%) Thin Client
8 1 (2.17%) Hedge funds
8 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (71.74%) Windows
2 15 (32.61%) Windows Server 2012
3 14 (30.43%) Windows 10
3 14 (30.43%) Windows Server
4 11 (23.91%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (19.57%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (15.22%) Apple iOS
6 7 (15.22%) Windows 7
7 5 (10.87%) Android
7 5 (10.87%) Mac OS X
8 4 (8.70%) Linux
9 3 (6.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (4.35%) CentOS
11 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) ITIL
2 12 (26.09%) Customer Service
3 11 (23.91%) Migration
4 10 (21.74%) ITSM
5 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.22%) Mobile Device Management
7 6 (13.04%) Change Management
7 6 (13.04%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 6 (13.04%) Service Management
8 4 (8.70%) Computer Science
9 3 (6.52%) Agile
9 3 (6.52%) Business Analysis
9 3 (6.52%) Business Case
9 3 (6.52%) Financial Modelling
9 3 (6.52%) Strategic Thinking
10 2 (4.35%) Critical Thinking
10 2 (4.35%) Defect Management
10 2 (4.35%) Key Management
10 2 (4.35%) Project Delivery
10 2 (4.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 17 (36.96%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (41.30%) Security Cleared
2 14 (30.43%) SC Cleared
3 11 (23.91%) Degree
4 2 (4.35%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (4.35%) MCSE
4 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.17%) CCNA
5 1 (2.17%) CCNP
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.17%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.35%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 30 (65.22%) Active Directory
2 7 (15.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.52%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.52%) vSphere
4 2 (4.35%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (21.74%) SCCM
2 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (13.04%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (6.52%) WSUS
5 2 (4.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (4.35%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (2.17%) OPNET
6 1 (2.17%) SCOM
6 1 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 15 (32.61%) Citrix
3 13 (28.26%) Apple
4 9 (19.57%) Cisco
5 8 (17.39%) ServiceNow
6 7 (15.22%) VMware
7 5 (10.87%) Mitel
7 5 (10.87%) Progress
8 3 (6.52%) SAP
9 2 (4.35%) Becrypt
9 2 (4.35%) EMC
9 2 (4.35%) IronPort
9 2 (4.35%) Polycom
9 2 (4.35%) Red Hat
9 2 (4.35%) SolarWinds
9 2 (4.35%) Symantec
10 1 (2.17%) Palo Alto
10 1 (2.17%) Proofpoint
10 1 (2.17%) Splunk
10 1 (2.17%) Veeam