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 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 446 532 815
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.93% 23.78% 22.84%
As % of the General category 41.76% 42.32% 39.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 362 591
10th Percentile £200 £216 £250
25th Percentile £350 £389 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +22.22%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £701 £688 £675
England median daily rate £511 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.93% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 16 28
10th Percentile £10.73 - £11.96
25th Percentile £13.18 £12.50 £13.60
Median hourly rate £15.50 £17.72 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.52% +7.38% +10.00%
75th Percentile £19.95 £43.56 £19.50
90th Percentile £35.86 £77.50 £20.00
England median hourly rate £18.13 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -21.17% +31.43% -2.78%

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 1,068 1,257 2,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 54.91% 56.19% 57.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 738 879 1,531
10th Percentile £255 £250 £258
25th Percentile £375 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £493
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.58% +15.88%
75th Percentile £625 £634 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 42 47
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.05 £11.70
25th Percentile £13.96 £12.70 £12.90
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.84 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% +26.29% +8.20%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.75 £56.63 £22.25
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 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 1 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 1 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 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
Birmingham +1 176 £475 - 285
Warwickshire 0 106 £450 -20.00% 114
Staffordshire 0 29 £350 -26.32% 182
Coventry -1 24 £525 +5.00% 61
Worcestershire +2 22 £500 +11.11% 61
Solihull -3 17 £275 -21.48% 26
Shropshire -12 17 £300 -44.44% 41
Herefordshire -12 10 £538 -17.23% 14
Walsall +3 2 £325 +261.11% 17
West Bromwich - 2 - - 8
Dudley 0 1 £313 +119.30% 8
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 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.35%) CMS
3 5 (1.12%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 5 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.67%) Confluence
4 3 (0.67%) Drupal
5 2 (0.45%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.22%) CICS
6 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.45%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.45%) Maya
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.45%) Trello
6 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.22%) InDesign
6 1 (0.22%) Simulink
6 1 (0.22%) Sketch
6 1 (0.22%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.22%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 13 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.69%) NetSuite
3 7 (1.57%) Odoo
4 5 (1.12%) Oracle HRMS
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%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
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 50 (11.21%) Azure
2 48 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (7.17%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.59%) OneDrive
5 15 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (3.36%) Power Automate
6 13 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (2.69%) AWS
8 11 (2.47%) Entra ID
8 11 (2.47%) PowerApps
9 10 (2.24%) SuccessFactors
10 6 (1.35%) Azure AKS
10 6 (1.35%) Azure App Service
11 5 (1.12%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.12%) SaaS
12 4 (0.90%) IaaS
12 4 (0.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 3 (0.67%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.59%) WAN
2 15 (3.36%) DNS
2 15 (3.36%) Firewall
3 13 (2.91%) LAN
4 11 (2.47%) DHCP
5 10 (2.24%) VPN
6 9 (2.02%) Internet
7 7 (1.57%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.57%) Unified Communications
8 6 (1.35%) Network Security
8 6 (1.35%) Wireless
9 5 (1.12%) SAN
9 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.90%) MPLS
10 4 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (0.90%) VoIP
11 3 (0.67%) ADSL
11 3 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.67%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.28%) Power BI
2 10 (2.24%) Data Mining
3 7 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.12%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.12%) SAP BW
4 5 (1.12%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.90%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.67%) GIS
6 3 (0.67%) MySQL
6 3 (0.67%) Power Query
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%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.45%) Metadata
7 2 (0.45%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (3.36%) JIRA
2 7 (1.57%) Git
3 4 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.45%) CANoe
4 2 (0.45%) kappa
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%) Artifactory
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
General
1 103 (23.09%) Analytical Skills
2 76 (17.04%) Finance
3 28 (6.28%) Public Sector
4 24 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (3.36%) Telecoms
6 12 (2.69%) Automotive
7 10 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.24%) Retail
8 9 (2.02%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.02%) Marketing
9 8 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.35%) German Language
10 6 (1.35%) Legal
11 5 (1.12%) Billing
11 5 (1.12%) Law
12 4 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.45%) Back Office
14 2 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 65 (14.57%) Analyst
2 47 (10.54%) Project Manager
3 42 (9.42%) Developer
4 41 (9.19%) Architect
5 34 (7.62%) Lead
6 32 (7.17%) Senior
7 31 (6.95%) Consultant
8 19 (4.26%) Support Engineer
9 17 (3.81%) 2nd Line Support
9 17 (3.81%) Support Analyst
10 12 (2.69%) Service Analyst
11 11 (2.47%) Business Manager
11 11 (2.47%) Enterprise Architect
11 11 (2.47%) Service Desk Analyst
12 10 (2.24%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 10 (2.24%) Data Architect
12 10 (2.24%) IT Manager
13 9 (2.02%) Administrator
13 9 (2.02%) IT Project Manager
13 9 (2.02%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.24%) .NET
1 10 (2.24%) HTML
1 10 (2.24%) React
2 9 (2.02%) AngularJS
2 9 (2.02%) RESTful
3 7 (1.57%) CSS
4 6 (1.35%) Spring
5 4 (0.90%) REST
5 4 (0.90%) Web Services
5 4 (0.90%) XML
6 3 (0.67%) JSON
6 3 (0.67%) Middleware
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%) ADO
7 2 (0.45%) OAuth
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.71%) Management Information System
2 20 (4.48%) Product Ownership
3 16 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 10 (2.24%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (1.79%) NHS
7 8 (1.79%) PKI
8 7 (1.57%) CCTV
8 7 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.57%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.57%) Taxonomies
9 6 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.35%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.35%) Digital Signage
10 5 (1.12%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.12%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 58 (13.00%) Windows
2 31 (6.95%) Windows 10
3 18 (4.04%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (2.69%) Linux
6 10 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.35%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.12%) Android
10 4 (0.90%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.90%) 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%) Debian
13 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (19.73%) Agile
3 68 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (15.02%) Project Management
5 61 (13.68%) Customer Service
6 41 (9.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (8.97%) Computer Science
8 37 (8.30%) Migration
9 36 (8.07%) Decision-Making
10 35 (7.85%) ITIL
11 34 (7.62%) ERP
12 31 (6.95%) Business Intelligence
13 30 (6.73%) Analytics
13 30 (6.73%) Roadmaps
14 27 (6.05%) Change Management
15 25 (5.61%) DevOps
16 23 (5.16%) Project Delivery
17 22 (4.93%) Business Transformation
17 22 (4.93%) Scrum
18 21 (4.71%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.07%) SQL
2 20 (4.48%) PowerShell
3 19 (4.26%) Python
4 14 (3.14%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.24%) Java
6 7 (1.57%) C#
6 7 (1.57%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.35%) Bicep
8 4 (0.90%) Apex Code
8 4 (0.90%) Bash
8 4 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.90%) SOQL
9 2 (0.45%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.45%) Perl
9 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.45%) Swift
10 1 (0.22%) COBOL
10 1 (0.22%) PHP
10 1 (0.22%) REXX
10 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (15.92%) Degree
2 26 (5.83%) Security Cleared
3 22 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (3.59%) PMP
4 16 (3.59%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.36%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (2.24%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.35%) BC Cleared
7 6 (1.35%) CCNA
7 6 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.12%) CCNP
9 4 (0.90%) APMG
9 4 (0.90%) CCIE
9 4 (0.90%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.83%) SLA
2 23 (5.16%) QA
3 12 (2.69%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.24%) NIST
5 8 (1.79%) PMO
6 7 (1.57%) NIST 800
7 6 (1.35%) GDPR
7 6 (1.35%) GRC
8 4 (0.90%) 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 43 (9.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.90%) Docker
3 4 (0.90%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.90%) vSphere
4 3 (0.67%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.45%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.45%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 14 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.69%) SCCM
3 10 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (1.79%) Terraform
5 4 (0.90%) Grafana
5 4 (0.90%) Kibana
6 3 (0.67%) Autotask
6 3 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.67%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.67%) OpenView
7 2 (0.45%) Ansible
7 2 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.45%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.22%) Nessus
8 1 (0.22%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.22%) Puppet
8 1 (0.22%) Rancher
8 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 95 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.62%) SAP
3 22 (4.93%) Oracle
4 17 (3.81%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.91%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.91%) VMware
6 11 (2.47%) Cisco
7 6 (1.35%) Apple
7 6 (1.35%) Informatica
8 5 (1.12%) IBM
9 4 (0.90%) Adobe
9 4 (0.90%) Citrix
9 4 (0.90%) Databricks
10 3 (0.67%) BT
10 3 (0.67%) Datto
10 3 (0.67%) Fujitsu
10 3 (0.67%) Openreach
10 3 (0.67%) Sage
11 2 (0.45%) HP
11 2 (0.45%) TippingPoint