Social Skills Contracts in Wales

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 87 102 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 22.14% 17.59% 20.19%
As % of the General category 50.58% 37.50% 36.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 60 136
10th Percentile - £160 £161
25th Percentile £143 £203 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £425 £449
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% -5.29% +2.57%
75th Percentile £558 £550 £538
90th Percentile £625 £626 £556
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 11
10th Percentile £11.00 - £16.27
25th Percentile £11.94 - £20.08
Median hourly rate £19.00 £10.92 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.99% -51.47% +38.16%
75th Percentile £36.51 - £37.45
90th Percentile £85.90 £12.42 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £18.35 £23.15 £18.00
% change year-on-year -20.73% +28.61% -

All General Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 172 272 529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 43.77% 46.90% 55.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 191 409
10th Percentile £135 £163 £185
25th Percentile £175 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -2.06% +14.12%
75th Percentile £552 £585 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 15
10th Percentile £11.61 - £17.73
25th Percentile £12.25 £10.92 £20.12
Median hourly rate £25.18 £11.56 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +117.82% -53.76% +40.85%
75th Percentile £52.50 £21.02 £29.25
90th Percentile £85.56 £46.14 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.12% +43.56% +4.65%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Wales

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales 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
South Wales +3 73 £238 -44.12% 142
North Wales - 5 - - 31
West Wales +4 4 £338 -20.59% 16
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 10 (11.49%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.45%) SAS
3 1 (1.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (10.34%) Acrobat
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (3.45%) SPSS
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.45%) iTrent
2 2 (2.30%) SAP HCM
2 2 (2.30%) SAP HR
2 2 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 19 (21.84%) Azure
2 16 (18.39%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (4.60%) GitHub
4 2 (2.30%) AWS
4 2 (2.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.30%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.15%) GCP
5 1 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.15%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.15%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.60%) Firewall
2 2 (2.30%) LAN
2 2 (2.30%) WLAN
3 1 (1.15%) Network Security
3 1 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) Oracle Database
1 3 (3.45%) Oracle ODI
1 3 (3.45%) PowerCenter
2 2 (2.30%) Data Mining
2 2 (2.30%) MySQL
3 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.15%) Power BI
3 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (6.90%) JIRA
2 2 (2.30%) Git
3 1 (1.15%) Selenium
General
1 19 (21.84%) Telecoms
2 18 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (20.69%) Mandarin Language
3 9 (10.34%) Local Government
3 9 (10.34%) Marketing
4 8 (9.20%) Finance
5 5 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.45%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.30%) Legal
8 1 (1.15%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.15%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 13 (14.94%) Support Engineer
2 12 (13.79%) IT Engineer
3 10 (11.49%) Project Manager
4 9 (10.34%) Bid Manager
4 9 (10.34%) Data Centre Engineer
4 9 (10.34%) IT Support
4 9 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (10.34%) Senior
4 9 (10.34%) Senior Bid Manager
4 9 (10.34%) Senior Manager
5 5 (5.75%) DBA
5 5 (5.75%) Oracle DBA
6 4 (4.60%) Data Scientist
6 4 (4.60%) Developer
7 3 (3.45%) Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) Field Engineer
7 3 (3.45%) Full Stack Developer
7 3 (3.45%) Payroll Manager
8 2 (2.30%) Database Engineer
8 2 (2.30%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) Middleware
2 2 (2.30%) .NET
2 2 (2.30%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.30%) CSS
2 2 (2.30%) HTML
2 2 (2.30%) React
3 1 (1.15%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.15%) CSS3
3 1 (1.15%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.15%) HTML5
3 1 (1.15%) MobX
3 1 (1.15%) Next.js
3 1 (1.15%) Node.js
3 1 (1.15%) Redux
3 1 (1.15%) RESTful
3 1 (1.15%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.44%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.90%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.45%) Credit Risk
4 2 (2.30%) BYOD
4 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.30%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.15%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.20%) Windows
2 6 (6.90%) AIX
2 6 (6.90%) Linux
3 5 (5.75%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.30%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.30%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.15%) CentOS
5 1 (1.15%) Debian
5 1 (1.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (45.98%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (31.03%) Project Delivery
3 22 (25.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 20 (22.99%) Project Management
5 17 (19.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (14.94%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (11.49%) PRINCE2
7 10 (11.49%) Value Proposition
8 9 (10.34%) Critical Thinking
8 9 (10.34%) Risk Management
9 8 (9.20%) Agile
9 8 (9.20%) Computer Science
9 8 (9.20%) Psychology
10 7 (8.05%) Customer Service
11 6 (6.90%) Decision-Making
12 5 (5.75%) DevOps
12 5 (5.75%) E-business
12 5 (5.75%) Scrum
13 4 (4.60%) Data Analysis
13 4 (4.60%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.60%) Python
1 4 (4.60%) R
2 3 (3.45%) C#
2 3 (3.45%) Shell Script
2 3 (3.45%) SQL
3 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.15%) Java
4 1 (1.15%) PHP
4 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.15%) Ruby
4 1 (1.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (19.54%) Degree
2 14 (16.09%) Security Cleared
3 12 (13.79%) SC Cleared
4 10 (11.49%) PMI Certification
4 10 (11.49%) PMP
5 4 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.30%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.15%) CISA
7 1 (1.15%) CISM
7 1 (1.15%) CISSP
7 1 (1.15%) CRISC
7 1 (1.15%) HND
7 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (28.74%) SLA
2 2 (2.30%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.15%) GDPR
3 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.15%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.45%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.15%) Docker
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (5.75%) Data Guard
2 3 (3.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (3.45%) SCCM
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.15%) Argo
Vendors
1 20 (22.99%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.34%) Adobe
3 5 (5.75%) Oracle
4 3 (3.45%) Cisco
4 3 (3.45%) Dell
4 3 (3.45%) Informatica
4 3 (3.45%) VMware
5 2 (2.30%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.30%) Huawei
5 2 (2.30%) SAP
5 2 (2.30%) SonicWALL
5 2 (2.30%) WatchGuard
5 2 (2.30%) Xamarin
6 1 (1.15%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.15%) Citrix
6 1 (1.15%) HP
6 1 (1.15%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.15%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.15%) Splunk