Social Skills Contracts in the Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 640 714 1,091
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.14% 22.16% 21.66%
As % of the General category 41.24% 40.45% 39.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 500 778
10th Percentile £190 £215 £205
25th Percentile £269 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% +22.50%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £550
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
England median daily rate £507 £536 £525
% change year-on-year -5.50% +2.10% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 29 54
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.80 £9.97
25th Percentile £13.05 £12.50 £12.76
Median hourly rate £14.94 £16.94 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.81% -3.23% +34.62%
75th Percentile £19.50 £42.25 £20.25
90th Percentile £28.88 £70.00 £27.50
England median hourly rate £18.30 £22.53 £17.56
% change year-on-year -18.77% +28.30% -2.44%

All General Skills
Midlands

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,552 1,765 2,770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 53.68% 54.78% 55.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,060 1,259 2,061
10th Percentile £206 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £725 £700 £663
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 78 95
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.35 £10.68
25th Percentile £13.93 £14.52 £13.81
Median hourly rate £17.50 £22.86 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.45% +23.57% +25.42%
75th Percentile £34.73 £45.25 £27.50
90th Percentile £52.23 £52.55 £35.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £30.65 £21.99
% change year-on-year +2.78% +39.40% +4.44%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the Midlands

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
West Midlands 0 448 £475 -6.40% 871
East Midlands +2 185 £270 -38.75% 600
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 22 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.09%) CMS
4 6 (0.94%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 6 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.47%) Confluence
5 3 (0.47%) Drupal
6 2 (0.31%) SAS
6 2 (0.31%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.31%) WordPress
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.16%) Appian
7 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.16%) CICS
7 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.16%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 65 (10.16%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.56%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.78%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.47%) Maya
7 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.47%) Sketch
8 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.31%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.31%) CANalyzer
8 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.31%) Trello
8 2 (0.31%) ZBrush
9 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.16%) InDesign
9 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.19%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.94%) Oracle HRMS
4 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.63%) Odoo
5 3 (0.47%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.47%) SAP MII
6 2 (0.31%) iTrent
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.31%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.31%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.31%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.31%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.31%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.16%) Maximo
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 73 (11.41%) Azure
2 65 (10.16%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (6.09%) Power Platform
4 22 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (2.97%) AWS
6 17 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (2.66%) OneDrive
7 16 (2.50%) Power Automate
8 13 (2.03%) Entra ID
8 13 (2.03%) SuccessFactors
9 11 (1.72%) PowerApps
10 6 (0.94%) Azure AKS
10 6 (0.94%) Azure App Service
10 6 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (0.78%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.78%) IaaS
11 5 (0.78%) SaaS
11 5 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 5 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.75%) DNS
1 24 (3.75%) WAN
2 20 (3.13%) LAN
3 18 (2.81%) DHCP
4 16 (2.50%) Firewall
5 14 (2.19%) VPN
6 12 (1.88%) Wireless
7 11 (1.72%) Ethernet
8 9 (1.41%) SAN
9 8 (1.25%) Internet
9 8 (1.25%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.09%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (1.09%) Ethereal
10 7 (1.09%) Unified Communications
10 7 (1.09%) Wireshark
11 5 (0.78%) Network Security
11 5 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.63%) MPLS
12 4 (0.63%) PSTN
12 4 (0.63%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.00%) Power BI
2 10 (1.56%) Data Mining
2 10 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.41%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.09%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.94%) SAP HANA
5 6 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.78%) Big Data
6 5 (0.78%) Hadoop
6 5 (0.78%) MySQL
6 5 (0.78%) SAP BW
7 4 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.47%) GIS
8 3 (0.47%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.47%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.47%) Power Query
8 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (3.44%) JIRA
2 9 (1.41%) Git
3 8 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.47%) TestRail
5 2 (0.31%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.31%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.31%) CANoe
5 2 (0.31%) Gradle
5 2 (0.31%) Maven
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.31%) Selenium
5 2 (0.31%) webpack
6 1 (0.16%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.16%) JMeter
6 1 (0.16%) LSMW
6 1 (0.16%) NUnit
6 1 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.16%) Xcode
General
1 125 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
2 114 (17.81%) Finance
3 49 (7.66%) Public Sector
4 31 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (4.06%) Telecoms
7 21 (3.28%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (2.34%) Marketing
10 13 (2.03%) Automotive
11 12 (1.88%) Banking
11 12 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.72%) Retail
13 9 (1.41%) Billing
13 9 (1.41%) Legal
14 8 (1.25%) Games
15 6 (0.94%) Law
16 5 (0.78%) Electronics
16 5 (0.78%) German Language
17 4 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 96 (15.00%) Analyst
2 66 (10.31%) Project Manager
3 51 (7.97%) Lead
4 49 (7.66%) Developer
5 46 (7.19%) Architect
6 41 (6.41%) Consultant
7 39 (6.09%) Senior
8 33 (5.16%) Support Engineer
9 20 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support
10 16 (2.50%) Service Analyst
10 16 (2.50%) Support Analyst
11 15 (2.34%) Network Engineer
11 15 (2.34%) Service Desk Analyst
12 14 (2.19%) Administrator
12 14 (2.19%) Business Analyst
12 14 (2.19%) Coordinator
12 14 (2.19%) IT Manager
12 14 (2.19%) Test Manager
13 13 (2.03%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 13 (2.03%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.34%) HTML
2 13 (2.03%) React
3 12 (1.88%) .NET
4 10 (1.56%) CSS
5 9 (1.41%) AngularJS
5 9 (1.41%) RESTful
6 6 (0.94%) SAP PI
6 6 (0.94%) Spring
7 5 (0.78%) JSON
7 5 (0.78%) REST
7 5 (0.78%) XML
8 4 (0.63%) Middleware
8 4 (0.63%) Web Services
9 3 (0.47%) SailPoint
9 3 (0.47%) SAML
9 3 (0.47%) SAP Business Workflow
9 3 (0.47%) Visualforce
10 2 (0.31%) Next.js
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.31%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.13%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (4.53%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 16 (2.50%) Data Centre
5 15 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (1.88%) Driving Licence
7 11 (1.72%) NHS
8 10 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 8 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.25%) PKI
11 7 (1.09%) CCTV
11 7 (1.09%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.94%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.94%) Digital Signage
12 6 (0.94%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.78%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 89 (13.91%) Windows
2 46 (7.19%) Windows 10
3 24 (3.75%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.13%) Linux
5 14 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (1.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (1.41%) Mac OS
8 9 (1.41%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.94%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.78%) Android
11 4 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.63%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.47%) CentOS
12 3 (0.47%) Unix
13 2 (0.31%) AIX
13 2 (0.31%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.31%) VMS
13 2 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (30.78%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (16.56%) Agile
3 94 (14.69%) Customer Service
4 86 (13.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 85 (13.28%) Project Management
6 72 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 60 (9.38%) Migration
8 57 (8.91%) Time Management
9 53 (8.28%) Decision-Making
10 51 (7.97%) Computer Science
11 48 (7.50%) Conflict Management
12 40 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
13 38 (5.94%) ERP
13 38 (5.94%) ITIL
14 35 (5.47%) Analytics
15 34 (5.31%) DevOps
16 33 (5.16%) Roadmaps
17 32 (5.00%) Change Management
18 31 (4.84%) Project Delivery
19 27 (4.22%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 56 (8.75%) SQL
2 31 (4.84%) Python
3 25 (3.91%) PowerShell
4 21 (3.28%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.81%) Java
6 10 (1.56%) C#
7 7 (1.09%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.94%) ABAP
8 6 (0.94%) Bicep
9 5 (0.78%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.78%) Bash
9 5 (0.78%) SOQL
10 4 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.47%) Groovy
11 3 (0.47%) R
11 3 (0.47%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.31%) Perl
12 2 (0.31%) PHP
12 2 (0.31%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.31%) X++
Qualifications
1 121 (18.91%) Degree
2 56 (8.75%) Security Cleared
3 37 (5.78%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.38%) NVQ Level 3
5 27 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (3.13%) HNC
6 20 (3.13%) HND
7 17 (2.66%) PMP
8 16 (2.50%) PMI Certification
9 15 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.56%) CCNA
11 10 (1.56%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.25%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.94%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.78%) Azure Certification
15 5 (0.78%) BC Cleared
15 5 (0.78%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.47%) QA
2 32 (5.00%) SLA
3 15 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.72%) NIST
4 11 (1.72%) PMO
5 8 (1.25%) GDPR
6 7 (1.09%) NIST 800
7 6 (0.94%) GRC
8 4 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.47%) ITGC
10 2 (0.31%) HAZOP
10 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.16%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.16%) P3O
System Software
1 57 (8.91%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.25%) Docker
4 6 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.63%) vSphere
6 3 (0.47%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.47%) Firmware
6 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.47%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.31%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.31%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.16%) HDFS
8 1 (0.16%) KVM
8 1 (0.16%) Lustre
8 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
1 15 (2.34%) SCCM
2 12 (1.88%) Terraform
3 10 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.09%) OpenView
5 6 (0.94%) Ansible
6 4 (0.63%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.47%) Autotask
7 3 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.47%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.47%) SCOM
7 3 (0.47%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.47%) VxRail
8 2 (0.31%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.16%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.16%) Kibana
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.16%) Puppet
9 1 (0.16%) Rancher
Vendors
1 128 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.44%) SAP
3 29 (4.53%) Oracle
4 20 (3.13%) VMware
5 19 (2.97%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.66%) Cisco
7 16 (2.50%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.09%) Apple
8 7 (1.09%) IBM
9 6 (0.94%) Adobe
9 6 (0.94%) Citrix
9 6 (0.94%) Dell
9 6 (0.94%) Informatica
10 4 (0.63%) Computacenter
10 4 (0.63%) Databricks
10 4 (0.63%) Sage
11 3 (0.47%) Datto
11 3 (0.47%) Fujitsu
11 3 (0.47%) Google
11 3 (0.47%) Openreach