Social Skills Contracts in the North of England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 1,149 1,051 1,252
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 23.87% 19.26% 17.49%
As % of the General category 44.09% 34.50% 33.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 663 665 836
10th Percentile £200 £227 £180
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £473
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.82% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £653 £650 £638
England median daily rate £507 £536 £525
% change year-on-year -5.50% +2.10% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 36 81
10th Percentile £12.10 £14.48 £11.17
25th Percentile £13.87 £16.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £22.27 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.63% +11.33% +14.99%
75th Percentile £21.00 £34.36 £44.03
90th Percentile £37.18 £54.88 £55.72
England median hourly rate £18.30 £22.53 £17.56
% change year-on-year -18.77% +28.30% -2.44%

All General Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,606 3,046 3,686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.15% 55.82% 51.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,493 2,099 2,592
10th Percentile £263 £280 £213
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £478
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +4.71% +6.11%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £688 £650
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 323 97 183
10th Percentile £12.13 £13.98 £10.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £22.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% +14.32% +7.21%
75th Percentile £35.23 £35.00 £33.91
90th Percentile £48.75 £50.84 £57.50
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
North West +1 615 £475 - 1,109
Yorkshire 0 460 £480 -4.00% 647
North East +5 69 £525 +40.00% 257
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 48 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.35%) SAS
3 25 (2.18%) Confluence
4 23 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.52%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.52%) WordPress
6 5 (0.44%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.44%) CMS
7 4 (0.35%) Apache
8 3 (0.26%) IIS
9 2 (0.17%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.17%) Mule
10 1 (0.087%) CICS
10 1 (0.087%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.087%) JBoss
10 1 (0.087%) LiveLink
10 1 (0.087%) nginx
10 1 (0.087%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.087%) Tomcat
Applications
1 100 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.61%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.35%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.26%) Blender
8 3 (0.26%) Maya
8 3 (0.26%) MicroStation
8 3 (0.26%) Sketch
8 3 (0.26%) Trello
9 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.087%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.087%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.087%) Revit
Business Applications
1 44 (3.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.87%) SAP FI
3 9 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.61%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.61%) SAP EWM
5 6 (0.52%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.26%) Maximo
6 3 (0.26%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.17%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.17%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.17%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.17%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.17%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.087%) Primavera
8 1 (0.087%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.087%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.087%) SAP PS
8 1 (0.087%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 125 (10.88%) Azure
2 87 (7.57%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (7.31%) AWS
4 58 (5.05%) Power Platform
5 44 (3.83%) GCP
6 35 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
7 31 (2.70%) GitHub
8 22 (1.91%) Entra ID
9 20 (1.74%) Taleo
10 15 (1.31%) Serverless
11 14 (1.22%) SaaS
12 13 (1.13%) Snowflake
13 11 (0.96%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (0.78%) BrowserStack
15 9 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (0.78%) Kong
15 9 (0.78%) PowerApps
16 8 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
17 7 (0.61%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 47 (4.09%) Firewall
2 32 (2.79%) VPN
3 26 (2.26%) WAN
4 24 (2.09%) LAN
5 21 (1.83%) DNS
6 19 (1.65%) VLAN
7 16 (1.39%) TCP/IP
8 14 (1.22%) HTTP
8 14 (1.22%) Wireless
9 9 (0.78%) ATM
9 9 (0.78%) DWDM
10 8 (0.70%) DHCP
10 8 (0.70%) OSPF
11 7 (0.61%) Ethernet
11 7 (0.61%) HTTPS
11 7 (0.61%) VoIP
11 7 (0.61%) Wireless Security
12 6 (0.52%) Network Security
12 6 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.83%) Power BI
2 21 (1.83%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.57%) Tableau
5 15 (1.31%) MySQL
6 14 (1.22%) Data Lake
6 14 (1.22%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.04%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.87%) Big Data
8 10 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.78%) GIS
9 9 (0.78%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.70%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.70%) Metadata
10 8 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.61%) Hadoop
11 7 (0.61%) SAP BW
12 6 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 57 (4.96%) JIRA
2 27 (2.35%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.18%) Git
4 13 (1.13%) GitLab
5 12 (1.04%) Selenium
6 9 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (0.78%) CircleCI
6 9 (0.78%) Travis CI
7 7 (0.61%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.35%) XCUITest
10 3 (0.26%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.26%) JMeter
10 3 (0.26%) LSMW
10 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.26%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.17%) Gatling
11 2 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 188 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
2 165 (14.36%) Finance
3 92 (8.01%) Public Sector
4 50 (4.35%) Banking
5 43 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
5 43 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
6 42 (3.66%) Retail
7 36 (3.13%) Manufacturing
8 26 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 24 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (1.83%) Legal
11 20 (1.74%) Marketing
11 20 (1.74%) Telecoms
12 19 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (0.87%) Law
15 6 (0.52%) Automotive
15 6 (0.52%) German Language
15 6 (0.52%) Health Technology
15 6 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 176 (15.32%) Analyst
2 89 (7.75%) Project Manager
3 72 (6.27%) Consultant
4 71 (6.18%) Senior
5 70 (6.09%) Architect
6 68 (5.92%) Developer
7 63 (5.48%) Lead
8 60 (5.22%) Business Analyst
9 44 (3.83%) Service Desk Agent
10 32 (2.79%) Data Analyst
11 30 (2.61%) IT Support
12 28 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
13 26 (2.26%) Administrator
13 26 (2.26%) Service Analyst
13 26 (2.26%) Support Engineer
14 24 (2.09%) Service Desk Analyst
15 22 (1.91%) Network Engineer
16 21 (1.83%) Data Engineer
17 20 (1.74%) Senior Analyst
17 20 (1.74%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.44%) ISPF
2 19 (1.65%) .NET
3 15 (1.31%) YAML
4 14 (1.22%) Web Services
5 13 (1.13%) JSON
5 13 (1.13%) React
6 12 (1.04%) HTML
7 11 (0.96%) CSS
7 11 (0.96%) RESTful
7 11 (0.96%) SailPoint
7 11 (0.96%) XML
8 9 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (0.78%) Middleware
8 9 (0.78%) REST
9 8 (0.70%) Kafka
10 7 (0.61%) .NET Framework
10 7 (0.61%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.61%) Node.js
11 6 (0.52%) LDAP
11 6 (0.52%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 62 (5.40%) Management Information System
2 41 (3.57%) Driving Licence
3 38 (3.31%) Virtual Team
4 31 (2.70%) NHS
5 29 (2.52%) Mainframe
6 23 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
6 23 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (1.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 20 (1.74%) Data Centre
8 20 (1.74%) Replication
9 19 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
10 18 (1.57%) CMDB
11 17 (1.48%) EPoS
11 17 (1.48%) Product Ownership
12 15 (1.31%) Mobile App
13 14 (1.22%) Algorithms
14 13 (1.13%) Life Science
15 12 (1.04%) Data Structures
16 10 (0.87%) LPAR
17 9 (0.78%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 127 (11.05%) Windows
2 55 (4.79%) Linux
3 53 (4.61%) Windows 10
4 39 (3.39%) zOS
5 23 (2.00%) Windows Server
6 13 (1.13%) Android
7 11 (0.96%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.87%) Unix
9 8 (0.70%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.44%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.44%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.35%) Debian
11 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.26%) AIX
12 3 (0.26%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.26%) Solaris
13 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.087%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (29.59%) Problem-Solving
2 198 (17.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 193 (16.80%) Agile
4 164 (14.27%) Project Management
5 150 (13.05%) Customer Service
6 77 (6.70%) Mentoring
6 77 (6.70%) Migration
7 73 (6.35%) Decision-Making
8 66 (5.74%) ITIL
9 65 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 65 (5.66%) Service Management
10 63 (5.48%) DevOps
11 60 (5.22%) Risk Management
12 57 (4.96%) Change Management
13 56 (4.87%) Cybersecurity
14 51 (4.44%) Business Intelligence
14 51 (4.44%) Scrum
15 50 (4.35%) CRM
15 50 (4.35%) Data Modelling
16 49 (4.26%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 78 (6.79%) Python
2 77 (6.70%) SQL
3 44 (3.83%) JavaScript
4 38 (3.31%) Java
5 34 (2.96%) JCL
5 34 (2.96%) PowerShell
6 33 (2.87%) REXX
7 23 (2.00%) Bash
8 20 (1.74%) C#
9 18 (1.57%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.39%) Assembly Language
11 11 (0.96%) C++
12 10 (0.87%) CLIST
13 9 (0.78%) C
13 9 (0.78%) Scala
14 8 (0.70%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.52%) ABAP
16 5 (0.44%) ActionScript
17 4 (0.35%) PHP
17 4 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 130 (11.31%) Security Cleared
2 114 (9.92%) Degree
3 81 (7.05%) SC Cleared
4 28 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (2.18%) CCNA
7 24 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.91%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.31%) DBS Check
10 14 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.04%) PMI Certification
12 11 (0.96%) PMP
13 9 (0.78%) CCNP
13 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (0.61%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.61%) OSCP
16 6 (0.52%) MCSE
17 5 (0.44%) CISSP
17 5 (0.44%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (5.92%) QA
2 66 (5.74%) SLA
3 48 (4.18%) Data Quality
4 27 (2.35%) NIST
5 21 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.74%) GDPR
7 16 (1.39%) NIST 800
8 13 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (1.04%) PMO
10 8 (0.70%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.26%) GRC
12 3 (0.26%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.087%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.087%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.087%) IEC 61508
13 1 (0.087%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.087%) NEBOSH
13 1 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 90 (7.83%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.96%) Time Sharing Option
3 31 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (1.83%) Hyper-V
6 16 (1.39%) ACF2
6 16 (1.39%) RACF
7 14 (1.22%) Docker
8 10 (0.87%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 10 (0.87%) Microcode
9 7 (0.61%) NFS
10 5 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.26%) SRDF
11 3 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.17%) KVM
12 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.17%) vSphere
13 1 (0.087%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.087%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.087%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (3.39%) Ansible
2 28 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (2.18%) Puppet
4 23 (2.00%) Terraform
5 21 (1.83%) Kubernetes
6 19 (1.65%) OMEGAMON
7 16 (1.39%) Grafana
8 15 (1.31%) NetBackup
9 10 (0.87%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.87%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
10 9 (0.78%) Kibana
10 9 (0.78%) logstash
11 8 (0.70%) SCCM
12 7 (0.61%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 4 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
14 4 (0.35%) Nagios
14 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 245 (21.32%) Microsoft
2 102 (8.88%) SAP
3 57 (4.96%) ServiceNow
4 44 (3.83%) VMware
5 38 (3.31%) IBM
6 35 (3.05%) Splunk
7 23 (2.00%) Broadcom
7 23 (2.00%) Google
7 23 (2.00%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.83%) Cisco
9 20 (1.74%) BT
9 20 (1.74%) Virgin Media
10 18 (1.57%) Oracle
11 16 (1.39%) Ariba
12 15 (1.31%) F5
12 15 (1.31%) Veritas
13 13 (1.13%) Dell
14 12 (1.04%) Citrix
15 11 (0.96%) Brio
16 10 (0.87%) Databricks