Social Skills Contracts in the West Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 448 527 823
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.34% 23.84% 22.92%
As % of the General category 41.44% 42.33% 39.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 362 601
10th Percentile £200 £231 £250
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £508 £498
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +2.01% +22.84%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £693 £675
England median daily rate £507 £536 £525
% change year-on-year -5.50% +2.10% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 16 27
10th Percentile £10.78 - £11.78
25th Percentile £13.18 £12.50 £13.33
Median hourly rate £15.58 £17.72 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.09% +7.38% +11.86%
75th Percentile £19.84 £43.56 £19.50
90th Percentile £35.38 £77.50 £20.00
England median hourly rate £18.30 £22.53 £17.56
% change year-on-year -18.77% +28.30% -2.44%

All General Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,081 1,245 2,062
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.92% 56.31% 57.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 748 871 1,543
10th Percentile £254 £263 £250
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +17.02%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £575
90th Percentile £750 £703 £675
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 44 45
10th Percentile £11.13 £12.15 £11.55
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.11 £13.00
Median hourly rate £19.59 £21.69 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +27.59% +13.33%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.25 £54.88 £22.25
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West 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
Birmingham +1 177 £475 - 277
Warwickshire 0 107 £466 -18.20% 101
Staffordshire 0 29 £350 -26.32% 173
Coventry -1 24 £500 - 62
Worcestershire +2 22 £500 +11.11% 60
Shropshire -15 18 £300 -44.44% 42
Solihull -3 17 £275 -21.48% 28
Herefordshire -12 10 £538 -17.23% 17
Walsall +3 2 £325 +261.11% 10
West Bromwich - 2 - - 5
Dudley 0 1 £313 +119.30% 9
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 17 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.34%) CMS
2 6 (1.34%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 6 (1.34%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.67%) Confluence
3 3 (0.67%) Drupal
4 2 (0.45%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.22%) CICS
5 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
5 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.79%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.45%) CANalyzer
6 2 (0.45%) Maya
6 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.45%) Trello
7 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.22%) InDesign
7 1 (0.22%) Simulink
7 1 (0.22%) Sketch
7 1 (0.22%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.22%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 14 (3.13%) NetSuite
2 13 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.34%) Oracle HRMS
4 4 (0.89%) Odoo
5 3 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.67%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.45%) iTrent
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.45%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.45%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.45%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.45%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.45%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.22%) Maximo
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.22%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 51 (11.38%) Azure
2 49 (10.94%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (6.92%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.57%) OneDrive
5 15 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (3.35%) Power Automate
6 13 (2.90%) AWS
6 13 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.46%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.46%) PowerApps
7 11 (2.46%) SuccessFactors
8 6 (1.34%) Azure AKS
8 6 (1.34%) Azure App Service
9 5 (1.12%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.12%) SaaS
9 5 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 4 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.89%) IaaS
11 3 (0.67%) Boomi
11 3 (0.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.02%) WAN
2 17 (3.79%) DNS
3 15 (3.35%) LAN
4 13 (2.90%) DHCP
4 13 (2.90%) Firewall
5 10 (2.23%) VPN
6 9 (2.01%) Ethernet
7 8 (1.79%) Internet
8 7 (1.56%) Unified Communications
8 7 (1.56%) Wireless
9 5 (1.12%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (1.12%) Ethereal
9 5 (1.12%) Network Security
9 5 (1.12%) SAN
9 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.12%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.89%) MPLS
10 4 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (0.89%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.03%) Power BI
2 10 (2.23%) Data Mining
3 6 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.12%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.12%) SAP BW
4 5 (1.12%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.89%) MySQL
5 4 (0.89%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.67%) GIS
6 3 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.67%) Power Query
6 3 (0.67%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.67%) Tableau
7 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (3.35%) JIRA
2 7 (1.56%) Git
3 5 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.45%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.45%) CANoe
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.45%) webpack
5 1 (0.22%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Appium
5 1 (0.22%) JMeter
5 1 (0.22%) NUnit
5 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.22%) Postman
5 1 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.22%) TestRail
5 1 (0.22%) UI Automator
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Xcode
5 1 (0.22%) XCUITest
General
1 105 (23.44%) Analytical Skills
2 74 (16.52%) Finance
3 27 (6.03%) Public Sector
4 24 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (3.57%) Telecoms
6 12 (2.68%) Automotive
6 12 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.23%) Retail
8 9 (2.01%) Marketing
9 8 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.79%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.56%) Billing
11 6 (1.34%) Law
12 5 (1.12%) German Language
12 5 (1.12%) Legal
13 4 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.45%) Local Government
15 2 (0.45%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 67 (14.96%) Analyst
2 50 (11.16%) Project Manager
3 40 (8.93%) Developer
4 39 (8.71%) Architect
5 35 (7.81%) Senior
6 33 (7.37%) Lead
7 31 (6.92%) Consultant
8 22 (4.91%) Support Engineer
9 18 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support
10 15 (3.35%) Support Analyst
11 14 (3.13%) Service Analyst
12 13 (2.90%) Service Desk Analyst
13 11 (2.46%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 11 (2.46%) Business Manager
13 11 (2.46%) IT Manager
14 10 (2.23%) Administrator
14 10 (2.23%) IT Project Manager
14 10 (2.23%) Network Engineer
14 10 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (2.01%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.23%) .NET
1 10 (2.23%) HTML
1 10 (2.23%) React
2 9 (2.01%) AngularJS
2 9 (2.01%) RESTful
3 7 (1.56%) CSS
4 6 (1.34%) Spring
5 4 (0.89%) Middleware
5 4 (0.89%) REST
5 4 (0.89%) Web Services
5 4 (0.89%) XML
6 3 (0.67%) JSON
6 3 (0.67%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.67%) SAML
6 3 (0.67%) SAP Business Workflow
6 3 (0.67%) Visualforce
7 2 (0.45%) LDAP
7 2 (0.45%) OAuth
7 2 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.69%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.02%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.46%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.23%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 9 (2.01%) NHS
7 8 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (1.79%) PKI
8 7 (1.56%) CCTV
8 7 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.34%) Digital Signage
10 5 (1.12%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.12%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.12%) PMI
10 5 (1.12%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 61 (13.62%) Windows
2 32 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 18 (4.02%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.13%) Linux
5 13 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.34%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.12%) Android
10 4 (0.89%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.89%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.67%) CentOS
11 3 (0.67%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.45%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.45%) Unix
12 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.45%) zOS
13 1 (0.22%) VMS
13 1 (0.22%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (19.42%) Agile
3 69 (15.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 68 (15.18%) Project Management
5 64 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 43 (9.60%) Computer Science
7 40 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (8.71%) Migration
9 36 (8.04%) Decision-Making
10 35 (7.81%) ITIL
11 32 (7.14%) ERP
12 29 (6.47%) Business Intelligence
13 28 (6.25%) Analytics
13 28 (6.25%) Change Management
13 28 (6.25%) DevOps
13 28 (6.25%) Roadmaps
14 24 (5.36%) Project Delivery
15 22 (4.91%) Scrum
16 21 (4.69%) Business Transformation
16 21 (4.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 40 (8.93%) SQL
2 20 (4.46%) PowerShell
2 20 (4.46%) Python
3 14 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.23%) Java
5 7 (1.56%) C#
5 7 (1.56%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.34%) Bicep
7 5 (1.12%) Apex Code
7 5 (1.12%) SOQL
8 4 (0.89%) Bash
9 3 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.45%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.45%) Perl
10 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.45%) Swift
11 1 (0.22%) CLIST
11 1 (0.22%) COBOL
11 1 (0.22%) PHP
11 1 (0.22%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 74 (16.52%) Degree
2 28 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (3.57%) PMP
4 16 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.35%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.23%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.79%) CCNA
9 6 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.12%) BC Cleared
10 5 (1.12%) CCNP
11 4 (0.89%) APMG
11 4 (0.89%) CCIE
11 4 (0.89%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.03%) SLA
2 24 (5.36%) QA
3 13 (2.90%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.23%) NIST
5 8 (1.79%) PMO
6 7 (1.56%) NIST 800
7 6 (1.34%) GDPR
7 6 (1.34%) GRC
8 4 (0.89%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.67%) ITGC
10 2 (0.45%) HAZOP
10 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.22%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 44 (9.82%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.12%) Docker
4 4 (0.89%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.89%) vSphere
5 3 (0.67%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.45%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.45%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 14 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.68%) SCCM
3 10 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.01%) Terraform
5 5 (1.12%) OpenView
6 3 (0.67%) Ansible
6 3 (0.67%) Autotask
6 3 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.67%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.45%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.22%) Grafana
8 1 (0.22%) Kibana
8 1 (0.22%) Nessus
8 1 (0.22%) Puppet
8 1 (0.22%) Rancher
8 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 96 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.59%) SAP
3 24 (5.36%) Oracle
4 18 (4.02%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.13%) VMware
6 13 (2.90%) Cisco
7 6 (1.34%) Apple
7 6 (1.34%) Informatica
8 5 (1.12%) IBM
9 4 (0.89%) Adobe
9 4 (0.89%) Databricks
10 3 (0.67%) BT
10 3 (0.67%) Citrix
10 3 (0.67%) Datto
10 3 (0.67%) Fujitsu
10 3 (0.67%) Openreach
10 3 (0.67%) Sage
11 2 (0.45%) Ariba
11 2 (0.45%) Sun