Microsoft Skype
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Skype skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 801 802 924
Rank change year-on-year +1 +122 -341
Permanent jobs citing Skype 103 117 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.094% 0.13% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.74% 0.77% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 66 99 209
10th Percentile - £31,182 £25,950
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £60,775
90th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £36,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,853 15,169 22,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.61% 16.40% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,443 7,634 11,811
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%

Skype
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Skype in the UK

Skype
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Skype.

Salary trend for Skype in the UK

Skype
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Skype over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Skype in the UK

Skype
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Skype within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +21 103 £41,500 +3.75% 49
UK excluding London -79 58 £40,000 +11.11% 33
London +110 45 £49,500 +22.22% 14
Midlands -30 24 £32,500 -18.75% 3
West Midlands +1 22 £32,500 - 3
North of England +1 16 £44,000 +22.22% 12
Work from Home +17 14 £50,500 -6.05% 24
South West -37 10 £55,000 +46.67% 8
North West -21 9 £40,000 -17.66% 10
Yorkshire +55 7 £44,000 +22.22% 1
East of England -14 4 £27,500 -50.00% 1
South East -49 4 £52,250 +49.29% 9
East Midlands -33 2 £35,000 -34.88%

Skype
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 77 (74.76%) Skype for Business
2 28 (27.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (13.59%) SharePoint
4 5 (4.85%) CMS
5 4 (3.88%) Confluence
6 3 (2.91%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.97%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.97%) nginx
Applications
1 68 (66.02%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.94%) BambooHR
1 2 (1.94%) Carpe Diem
1 2 (1.94%) iTrent
1 2 (1.94%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.97%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 51 (49.51%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (6.80%) Azure
2 7 (6.80%) Entra ID
2 7 (6.80%) Mimecast
3 4 (3.88%) OneDrive
3 4 (3.88%) WhatsApp
4 2 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.94%) OCI
4 2 (1.94%) SaaS
5 1 (0.97%) Slack
5 1 (0.97%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 25 (24.27%) Cisco IOS
1 25 (24.27%) Telepresence
2 14 (13.59%) VoIP
3 11 (10.68%) DNS
3 11 (10.68%) VPN
4 10 (9.71%) Firewall
4 10 (9.71%) Internet
4 10 (9.71%) MPLS
4 10 (9.71%) TCP/IP
5 8 (7.77%) BGP
5 8 (7.77%) LAN
5 8 (7.77%) Network Security
5 8 (7.77%) OSPF
5 8 (7.77%) Reverse Proxy
5 8 (7.77%) SD-WAN
5 8 (7.77%) SSL
5 8 (7.77%) WAN
5 8 (7.77%) WebEx
5 8 (7.77%) Wireless
6 7 (6.80%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.94%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (1.94%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.97%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 4 (3.88%) JIRA
2 2 (1.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.97%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 45 (43.69%) Social Skills
2 37 (35.92%) Finance
3 36 (34.95%) Law
4 27 (26.21%) Automotive
5 26 (25.24%) Telecoms
6 25 (24.27%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (8.74%) Legal
8 6 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.94%) Military
9 2 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.97%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (33.01%) Support Engineer
2 25 (24.27%) IT Support
3 19 (18.45%) Analyst
3 19 (18.45%) Support Specialist
4 16 (15.53%) IT Support Specialist
5 9 (8.74%) Desktop Engineer
5 9 (8.74%) Desktop Support
5 9 (8.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 8 (7.77%) Network Analyst
6 8 (7.77%) Network Security Analyst
6 8 (7.77%) Security Analyst
7 7 (6.80%) 2nd Line Support
7 7 (6.80%) Graduate
7 7 (6.80%) Graduate Support Engineer
8 6 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.83%) Wintel Engineer
9 5 (4.85%) IT Analyst
9 5 (4.85%) Support Analyst
10 4 (3.88%) IT Support Analyst
10 4 (3.88%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.77%) 802.1X
1 8 (7.77%) SAML
2 4 (3.88%) CSS
2 4 (3.88%) HTML
2 4 (3.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 60 (58.25%) Video Conferencing
2 20 (19.42%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (13.59%) Data Centre
4 10 (9.71%) Management Information System
5 8 (7.77%) Client/Server
6 6 (5.83%) PKI
7 4 (3.88%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.94%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.94%) Smartcard
9 1 (0.97%) Clustering
9 1 (0.97%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.97%) Replication
9 1 (0.97%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 72 (69.90%) Windows
2 52 (50.49%) Windows 10
3 28 (27.18%) Windows 7
4 25 (24.27%) Android
5 22 (21.36%) Apple iOS
6 15 (14.56%) Windows Server
7 7 (6.80%) Mac OS X
8 5 (4.85%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (2.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.94%) Linux
10 2 (1.94%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (43.69%) ITIL
2 36 (34.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (24.27%) Time Management
4 22 (21.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (19.42%) Inventory Management
6 15 (14.56%) Information Security
7 14 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (10.68%) ITSM
9 9 (8.74%) Change Control
9 9 (8.74%) Service Management
10 8 (7.77%) Incident Management
10 8 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (7.77%) Infrastructure Management
10 8 (7.77%) Load Balancing
11 7 (6.80%) Change Management
11 7 (6.80%) Customer Service
11 7 (6.80%) Service Delivery
12 6 (5.83%) Security Patching
13 5 (4.85%) Coaching
13 5 (4.85%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.88%) JavaScript
2 4 (3.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (37.86%) Degree
2 25 (24.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 25 (24.27%) Master's Degree
2 25 (24.27%) MBA
3 7 (6.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.85%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.91%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.91%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.94%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.94%) MCSE
7 1 (0.97%) APMP
7 1 (0.97%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.85%) GDPR
1 5 (4.85%) SLA
2 4 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.97%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.97%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.97%) P3O
3 1 (0.97%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (32.04%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.74%) vSphere
3 6 (5.83%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (4.85%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.97%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.97%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (7.77%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (6.80%) SCCM
3 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.91%) WSUS
4 2 (1.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.94%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.97%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.97%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.97%) OfficeScan
5 1 (0.97%) SCOM
5 1 (0.97%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 88 (85.44%) Microsoft
2 32 (31.07%) Apple
3 31 (30.10%) Cisco
4 27 (26.21%) Polycom
5 8 (7.77%) CheckPoint
5 8 (7.77%) Ribbon
6 4 (3.88%) Dell
6 4 (3.88%) Oracle
6 4 (3.88%) VMware
7 3 (2.91%) Citrix
7 3 (2.91%) HP
7 3 (2.91%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.94%) Acronis
8 2 (1.94%) EqualLogic
8 2 (1.94%) iManage
8 2 (1.94%) Sage
8 2 (1.94%) Symantec
8 2 (1.94%) Synology
8 2 (1.94%) Virgin Media
8 2 (1.94%) Workday