Social Skills Contracts in the East Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 174 172 258
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 21.43% 17.27% 18.49%
As % of the General category 41.53% 32.33% 38.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 130 167
10th Percentile £167 £200 £191
25th Percentile £208 £312 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -40.22% +2.27% +25.71%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £519
90th Percentile £638 £613 £600
England median daily rate £511 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.93% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 25
10th Percentile £12.72 - £9.65
25th Percentile £12.75 £11.80 £10.50
Median hourly rate £14.27 £15.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -22.08% +92.50%
75th Percentile £17.82 £21.58 £24.00
90th Percentile £21.35 £48.75 £28.75
England median hourly rate £18.13 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -21.17% +31.43% -2.78%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 419 532 678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 51.60% 53.41% 48.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 417 493
10th Percentile £167 £221 £201
25th Percentile £255 £350 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +17.19%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £523
90th Percentile £625 £709 £606
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 31 50
10th Percentile £12.20 £11.80 £9.74
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.69 £15.44
Median hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% -3.23% +88.07%
75th Percentile £30.31 £51.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £51.91 - -
England median hourly rate £30.44 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.65% +48.47% +2.14%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the East 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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Derbyshire +3 56 £223 -53.16% 110
Leicestershire +3 44 £265 -47.00% 129
Northamptonshire -1 35 £400 +3.23% 142
Nottinghamshire +3 29 £510 +7.37% 144
Lincolnshire +13 7 £650 +108.00% 66
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 5 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.15%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.57%) Appian
3 1 (0.57%) CMS
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.57%) SAS
3 1 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (22.41%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.72%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.15%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.15%) Adobe XD
4 2 (1.15%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.15%) Sketch
5 1 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.57%) Maya
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.57%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.57%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 3 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.15%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.57%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (12.07%) Azure
2 15 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (4.60%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.87%) AWS
6 4 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.15%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.15%) Figma
7 2 (1.15%) Serverless
8 1 (0.57%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.57%) Discord
8 1 (0.57%) GCP
8 1 (0.57%) IaaS
8 1 (0.57%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.57%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.45%) DNS
2 5 (2.87%) WAN
2 5 (2.87%) Wireless
3 4 (2.30%) DHCP
3 4 (2.30%) LAN
3 4 (2.30%) SAN
3 4 (2.30%) VPN
4 3 (1.72%) NAS
4 3 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.15%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.15%) Ethereal
5 2 (1.15%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.15%) Firewall
5 2 (1.15%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.57%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.57%) LTE
6 1 (0.57%) PBX
6 1 (0.57%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.87%) Power BI
2 4 (2.30%) Big Data
2 4 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.30%) Hadoop
3 3 (1.72%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.15%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.15%) Impala
4 2 (1.15%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.15%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.15%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.57%) Metadata
5 1 (0.57%) MySQL
5 1 (0.57%) Redash
Development Applications
1 6 (3.45%) JIRA
2 2 (1.15%) Axure RP
2 2 (1.15%) Selenium
2 2 (1.15%) TestRail
3 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (20.69%) Finance
2 21 (12.07%) Public Sector
3 14 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.75%) Manufacturing
4 10 (5.75%) Telecoms
5 8 (4.60%) Banking
6 6 (3.45%) Games
6 6 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.87%) Marketing
7 5 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.30%) Electronics
8 4 (2.30%) Legal
9 3 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.57%) Automotive
11 1 (0.57%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.57%) Publishing
11 1 (0.57%) Retail
11 1 (0.57%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 27 (15.52%) Analyst
2 16 (9.20%) Project Manager
3 14 (8.05%) Lead
4 12 (6.90%) Test Engineer
5 11 (6.32%) Support Engineer
6 8 (4.60%) Developer
7 7 (4.02%) Architect
7 7 (4.02%) Team Leader
7 7 (4.02%) Test Manager
8 6 (3.45%) Consultant
8 6 (3.45%) Coordinator
8 6 (3.45%) Project Coordinator
9 5 (2.87%) Network Engineer
9 5 (2.87%) Production Manager
9 5 (2.87%) Quality Inspector
10 4 (2.30%) 1st Line Support
10 4 (2.30%) Administrator
10 4 (2.30%) Business Analyst
10 4 (2.30%) Data Analyst
10 4 (2.30%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.87%) HTML
2 4 (2.30%) SAP PI
3 3 (1.72%) CSS
3 3 (1.72%) React
4 2 (1.15%) .NET
4 2 (1.15%) JSON
5 1 (0.57%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.57%) HTML5
5 1 (0.57%) OpenMP
5 1 (0.57%) REST
5 1 (0.57%) SOAP
5 1 (0.57%) Vue
5 1 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (21.26%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.72%) iPad
4 3 (1.72%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.72%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.15%) DataPower
5 2 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.15%) NHS
5 2 (1.15%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.15%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.57%) BYOD
6 1 (0.57%) Clustering
6 1 (0.57%) CMDB
6 1 (0.57%) FMCG
6 1 (0.57%) iPhone
6 1 (0.57%) PDA
6 1 (0.57%) Robotics
6 1 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (14.94%) Windows
2 13 (7.47%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.87%) Windows 7
4 4 (2.30%) Linux
4 4 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.15%) AIX
6 2 (1.15%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.57%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.57%) Unix
7 1 (0.57%) VMS
7 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.57%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (28.16%) Problem-Solving
1 49 (28.16%) Time Management
2 47 (27.01%) Conflict Management
3 28 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (15.52%) Customer Service
5 18 (10.34%) Migration
6 17 (9.77%) Agile
6 17 (9.77%) Asset Management
6 17 (9.77%) Critical Thinking
6 17 (9.77%) Decision-Making
7 16 (9.20%) People Management
7 16 (9.20%) Project Management
8 14 (8.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (6.32%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (5.17%) Business Strategy
11 8 (4.60%) Computer Science
12 7 (4.02%) Information Security
12 7 (4.02%) PRINCE2
12 7 (4.02%) Technical Leadership
12 7 (4.02%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.62%) SQL
2 9 (5.17%) Python
3 7 (4.02%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.87%) Java
5 4 (2.30%) ABAP
5 4 (2.30%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.72%) C#
7 2 (1.15%) R
7 2 (1.15%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.15%) X++
8 1 (0.57%) Bash
8 1 (0.57%) C
8 1 (0.57%) C++
8 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.57%) PHP
8 1 (0.57%) Rust
8 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (27.01%) Degree
2 29 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 28 (16.09%) NVQ Level 3
4 22 (12.64%) SC Cleared
5 19 (10.92%) HNC
5 19 (10.92%) HND
6 6 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.30%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.15%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.15%) CCNA
8 2 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.15%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.57%) CBAP
9 1 (0.57%) ISEB
9 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.57%) PMP
9 1 (0.57%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.32%) QA
2 6 (3.45%) SLA
3 4 (2.30%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.72%) PMO
5 2 (1.15%) GDPR
5 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.57%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (6.32%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.72%) Firmware
3 2 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.57%) Docker
4 1 (0.57%) HDFS
4 1 (0.57%) KVM
4 1 (0.57%) Lustre
4 1 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 3 (1.72%) SCCM
2 2 (1.15%) OpenView
2 2 (1.15%) SCOM
2 2 (1.15%) VxRail
3 1 (0.57%) Ansible
3 1 (0.57%) Hadoop YARN
3 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.57%) PowerBroker
3 1 (0.57%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.20%) SAP
3 5 (2.87%) Oracle
4 4 (2.30%) Cisco
4 4 (2.30%) Computacenter
4 4 (2.30%) VMware
5 3 (1.72%) Dell
6 2 (1.15%) Adobe
6 2 (1.15%) Broadcom
6 2 (1.15%) Brocade
6 2 (1.15%) Citrix
6 2 (1.15%) IBM
6 2 (1.15%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.15%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.57%) Google
7 1 (0.57%) Infor
7 1 (0.57%) Intel
7 1 (0.57%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.57%) Remedy
7 1 (0.57%) Workday