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 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 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 1,153 1,065 1,244
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 24.32% 19.33% 17.44%
As % of the General category 44.40% 34.78% 34.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 663 673 829
10th Percentile £200 £230 £179
25th Percentile £367 £375 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% +2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £653 £650 £633
England median daily rate £511 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.93% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 35 79
10th Percentile £12.10 £14.37 £11.20
25th Percentile £13.87 £16.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £22.53 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.42% +12.65% +14.99%
75th Percentile £21.00 £35.82 £44.36
90th Percentile £37.18 £55.18 £56.33
England median hourly rate £18.13 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -21.17% +31.43% -2.78%

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 2,597 3,062 3,657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.78% 55.57% 51.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 2,103 2,581
10th Percentile £263 £283 £208
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £575
90th Percentile £656 £688 £650
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 96 179
10th Percentile £12.13 £13.98 £11.09
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.59 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £22.52 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.69% +17.02% +7.21%
75th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £33.91
90th Percentile £48.75 £51.19 £58.11
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 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 1 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 1 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 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
North West +1 615 £475 - 1,081
Yorkshire 0 473 £475 -5.00% 632
North East +4 61 £533 +63.85% 275
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 46 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.52%) SAS
3 23 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.91%) Confluence
5 6 (0.52%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.52%) ArcGIS
5 6 (0.52%) CMS
5 6 (0.52%) WordPress
6 4 (0.35%) Apache
7 3 (0.26%) IIS
8 2 (0.17%) IBM Notes
8 2 (0.17%) Mule
9 1 (0.087%) CICS
9 1 (0.087%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.087%) JBoss
9 1 (0.087%) LiveLink
9 1 (0.087%) nginx
9 1 (0.087%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.087%) Tomcat
Applications
1 101 (8.76%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (5.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.69%) 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
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 47 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.78%) SAP ERP
3 9 (0.78%) SAP FI
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 MDG
7 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.17%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.087%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.087%) Primavera
8 1 (0.087%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.087%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.087%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.087%) SAP PS
8 1 (0.087%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 125 (10.84%) Azure
2 86 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (7.11%) AWS
4 58 (5.03%) Power Platform
5 43 (3.73%) GCP
6 35 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
7 33 (2.86%) GitHub
8 22 (1.91%) Entra ID
9 20 (1.73%) Taleo
10 13 (1.13%) SaaS
10 13 (1.13%) Serverless
10 13 (1.13%) Snowflake
11 11 (0.95%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.78%) Kong
12 9 (0.78%) PowerApps
13 8 (0.69%) BrowserStack
13 8 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (0.61%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.82%) Firewall
2 30 (2.60%) VPN
3 25 (2.17%) WAN
4 23 (1.99%) LAN
5 21 (1.82%) DNS
6 18 (1.56%) VLAN
7 16 (1.39%) TCP/IP
8 14 (1.21%) Wireless
9 13 (1.13%) HTTP
10 9 (0.78%) ATM
10 9 (0.78%) DWDM
11 8 (0.69%) DHCP
11 8 (0.69%) OSPF
12 7 (0.61%) Ethernet
12 7 (0.61%) Wireless Security
13 6 (0.52%) HTTPS
13 6 (0.52%) Network Security
13 6 (0.52%) VoIP
13 6 (0.52%) WLAN
14 5 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.82%) Power BI
2 21 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (1.82%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.56%) Tableau
4 14 (1.21%) Data Lake
4 14 (1.21%) MySQL
5 13 (1.13%) MongoDB
6 12 (1.04%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.87%) Big Data
7 10 (0.87%) GIS
8 9 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.69%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.69%) Metadata
9 8 (0.69%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (0.61%) Hadoop
10 7 (0.61%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 54 (4.68%) JIRA
2 29 (2.52%) Jenkins
3 23 (1.99%) Git
4 13 (1.13%) GitLab
5 10 (0.87%) Selenium
6 9 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (0.78%) CircleCI
6 9 (0.78%) Travis CI
7 6 (0.52%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.35%) XCUITest
9 3 (0.26%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.26%) JMeter
9 3 (0.26%) LSMW
9 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.26%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.17%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.17%) Log4j
General
1 184 (15.96%) Analytical Skills
2 162 (14.05%) Finance
3 92 (7.98%) Public Sector
4 50 (4.34%) Banking
5 43 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
5 43 (3.73%) Retail
6 41 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (3.04%) Manufacturing
8 28 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
9 23 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (1.82%) Telecoms
11 19 (1.65%) Legal
12 18 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (1.56%) Marketing
13 11 (0.95%) 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
1 171 (14.83%) Analyst
2 88 (7.63%) Project Manager
3 70 (6.07%) Consultant
4 69 (5.98%) Architect
5 68 (5.90%) Senior
6 66 (5.72%) Developer
7 60 (5.20%) Business Analyst
8 58 (5.03%) Lead
9 45 (3.90%) Service Desk Agent
10 31 (2.69%) Data Analyst
10 31 (2.69%) IT Support
11 28 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
12 26 (2.25%) Administrator
12 26 (2.25%) Service Analyst
12 26 (2.25%) Support Engineer
13 24 (2.08%) Service Desk Analyst
14 22 (1.91%) Network Engineer
15 21 (1.82%) Data Engineer
16 19 (1.65%) Programmer
16 19 (1.65%) z/OS Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.78%) ISPF
2 19 (1.65%) .NET
3 18 (1.56%) YAML
4 14 (1.21%) Web Services
5 13 (1.13%) JSON
6 12 (1.04%) HTML
7 11 (0.95%) CSS
7 11 (0.95%) React
7 11 (0.95%) SailPoint
7 11 (0.95%) XML
8 10 (0.87%) RESTful
9 9 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (0.78%) REST
10 7 (0.61%) .NET Framework
10 7 (0.61%) Kafka
10 7 (0.61%) Middleware
10 7 (0.61%) Node.js
11 6 (0.52%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.52%) LDAP
12 5 (0.43%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 62 (5.38%) Management Information System
2 40 (3.47%) Driving Licence
3 38 (3.30%) Virtual Team
4 33 (2.86%) Mainframe
5 31 (2.69%) NHS
6 23 (1.99%) Cyber Defence
7 22 (1.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 22 (1.91%) Data Centre
7 22 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (1.73%) CMDB
8 20 (1.73%) Replication
9 19 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
10 18 (1.56%) EPoS
11 16 (1.39%) Product Ownership
12 15 (1.30%) Mobile App
13 14 (1.21%) Algorithms
14 13 (1.13%) Life Science
15 12 (1.04%) Data Structures
16 11 (0.95%) LPAR
17 9 (0.78%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 128 (11.10%) Windows
2 58 (5.03%) Linux
3 53 (4.60%) Windows 10
4 46 (3.99%) zOS
5 23 (1.99%) Windows Server
6 13 (1.13%) Android
7 12 (1.04%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.95%) Unix
9 8 (0.69%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.43%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.43%) 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
14 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.087%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (28.79%) Problem-Solving
2 200 (17.35%) Stakeholder Management
3 187 (16.22%) Agile
4 159 (13.79%) Project Management
5 151 (13.10%) Customer Service
6 79 (6.85%) Migration
7 77 (6.68%) Mentoring
8 72 (6.24%) ITIL
9 69 (5.98%) Decision-Making
10 67 (5.81%) Service Management
11 61 (5.29%) Risk Management
12 60 (5.20%) DevOps
13 59 (5.12%) Continuous Improvement
14 57 (4.94%) Change Management
15 54 (4.68%) Cybersecurity
16 52 (4.51%) Business Intelligence
16 52 (4.51%) CRM
17 50 (4.34%) Data Modelling
17 50 (4.34%) Waterfall
18 49 (4.25%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 81 (7.03%) Python
2 74 (6.42%) SQL
3 43 (3.73%) JavaScript
4 41 (3.56%) JCL
5 39 (3.38%) REXX
6 34 (2.95%) Java
7 33 (2.86%) PowerShell
8 23 (1.99%) Bash
9 20 (1.73%) C#
10 17 (1.47%) Assembly Language
10 17 (1.47%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.95%) C++
11 11 (0.95%) CLIST
12 9 (0.78%) C
13 8 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.61%) Scala
15 6 (0.52%) ABAP
16 4 (0.35%) ActionScript
16 4 (0.35%) PHP
16 4 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 131 (11.36%) Security Cleared
2 111 (9.63%) Degree
3 82 (7.11%) SC Cleared
4 27 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (2.17%) CCNA
7 23 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (1.99%) DV Cleared
8 19 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
9 15 (1.30%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.04%) PMI Certification
11 11 (0.95%) PMP
12 9 (0.78%) CCNP
12 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (0.61%) OSCP
15 6 (0.52%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.52%) MCSE
16 5 (0.43%) CISSP
16 5 (0.43%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (6.07%) SLA
2 64 (5.55%) QA
3 48 (4.16%) Data Quality
4 26 (2.25%) NIST
5 20 (1.73%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.73%) GDPR
6 16 (1.39%) NIST 800
7 12 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.95%) PMO
9 7 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.26%) GRC
10 3 (0.26%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.087%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.087%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.087%) HL7
11 1 (0.087%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.087%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.087%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 90 (7.81%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.56%) Time Sharing Option
3 30 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.73%) Hyper-V
6 16 (1.39%) ACF2
6 16 (1.39%) RACF
7 13 (1.13%) Docker
8 11 (0.95%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 11 (0.95%) Microcode
9 10 (0.87%) NFS
10 5 (0.43%) 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 41 (3.56%) Ansible
2 27 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (2.08%) Puppet
4 23 (1.99%) Terraform
5 22 (1.91%) OMEGAMON
6 20 (1.73%) Kubernetes
7 16 (1.39%) NetBackup
8 14 (1.21%) Grafana
9 9 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (0.78%) Kibana
9 9 (0.78%) logstash
9 9 (0.78%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.78%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 8 (0.69%) SCCM
11 7 (0.61%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.35%) Nagios
13 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.26%) Autotask
Vendors
1 247 (21.42%) Microsoft
2 100 (8.67%) SAP
3 58 (5.03%) ServiceNow
4 45 (3.90%) IBM
4 45 (3.90%) VMware
5 36 (3.12%) Splunk
6 28 (2.43%) Broadcom
7 22 (1.91%) Google
7 22 (1.91%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.82%) Cisco
9 20 (1.73%) BT
9 20 (1.73%) Virgin Media
10 18 (1.56%) Oracle
11 16 (1.39%) Ariba
11 16 (1.39%) Dell
12 15 (1.30%) F5
12 15 (1.30%) Veritas
13 13 (1.13%) Brocade
14 12 (1.04%) Citrix
15 11 (0.95%) CA