Skype for Business Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 129 158
Rank change year-on-year -26 +29 -23
Contract jobs citing Skype for Business 3 32 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.091% 0.95% 0.22%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.00% 8.36% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 16 3
10th Percentile - £448 £195
25th Percentile - £498 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £550 £375
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% +46.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile - £688 £413
90th Percentile - £963 £428
England median daily rate £370 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -12.94% - +3.03%

All Application Platform Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 300 383 408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 9.10% 11.32% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 281 304
10th Percentile £220 £263 £209
25th Percentile £365 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £591 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £719 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 3
10th Percentile - £17.50 -
25th Percentile - £53.75 £13.87
Median hourly rate £40.00 £66.00 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year -39.39% +319.31% -55.03%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.00 £17.81
90th Percentile £74.44 £86.60 £17.92
England median hourly rate £30.16 £48.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -37.81% +120.45% +11.82%

Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Skype for Business in the South West

Skype for Business
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Skype for Business in the South West

Skype for Business
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Skype for Business in the South West

Skype for Business
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Bristol - 3 £300 -
Skype for Business
England

Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Skype
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Applications Support
1 2 (66.67%) Applications Support Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CMDB
1 2 (66.67%) iPhone
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Apple
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) VMware