Social Skills Contracts with Work from Home Options

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). 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 2 3 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 3,045 4,747 7,915
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 20.80% 19.70% 17.93%
As % of the General category 35.35% 33.60% 32.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,046 3,323 5,583
10th Percentile £296 £315 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £640 £625
90th Percentile £724 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 131 129
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.00 £12.70
25th Percentile £16.32 £22.53 £15.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +132.56% +36.16%
75th Percentile £38.75 £67.13 £46.50
90th Percentile £51.50 £80.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £18.35 £23.15 £18.00
% change year-on-year -20.73% +28.61% -

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,613 14,127 24,222
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.84% 58.62% 54.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,648 9,975 17,680
10th Percentile £329 £363 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.11%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 461 320 333
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.63 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.50 £33.90
Median % change year-on-year -22.99% +46.02% +50.67%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.79 £65.29
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.12% +43.56% +4.65%

Social Skills
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Social Skills trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills.

Social Skills daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Skills over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Social Skills daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Skills.

Social Skills hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Skills over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Social Skills hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 107 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 82 (2.69%) Confluence
3 63 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (0.92%) CMS
5 18 (0.59%) SAS
6 15 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
7 13 (0.43%) Apache Spark
8 12 (0.39%) Apache
8 12 (0.39%) ArcGIS
9 11 (0.36%) OpenStack
10 9 (0.30%) nginx
10 9 (0.30%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.26%) IIS
12 7 (0.23%) Appian
12 7 (0.23%) WordPress
13 6 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 6 (0.20%) Apache Solr
13 6 (0.20%) JBoss
13 6 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
14 5 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 146 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 76 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
5 35 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 26 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
7 14 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 13 (0.43%) Sketch
9 12 (0.39%) Photoshop
10 10 (0.33%) Adobe XD
10 10 (0.33%) Chatbot
11 7 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 6 (0.20%) InDesign
13 5 (0.16%) Acrobat
14 4 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
14 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
14 4 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
14 4 (0.13%) Trello
14 4 (0.13%) UserZoom
15 3 (0.099%) Maya
Business Applications
1 81 (2.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 26 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
4 23 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
5 16 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
6 15 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
7 14 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
7 14 (0.46%) SAP SD
8 13 (0.43%) NetSuite
8 13 (0.43%) SAP ERP
9 12 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 10 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
10 10 (0.33%) SAP HCM
10 10 (0.33%) SAP HR
11 9 (0.30%) SAP FI
12 8 (0.26%) Endur
12 8 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
12 8 (0.26%) SAP CO
12 8 (0.26%) SAP EWM
13 7 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 533 (17.50%) Azure
2 271 (8.90%) AWS
3 207 (6.80%) Power Platform
4 170 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
5 115 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
6 111 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
7 103 (3.38%) GCP
8 67 (2.20%) PowerApps
9 65 (2.13%) Entra ID
10 57 (1.87%) Power Automate
11 51 (1.67%) GitHub
12 49 (1.61%) SaaS
13 42 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
14 40 (1.31%) Serverless
15 35 (1.15%) IaaS
16 30 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
17 28 (0.92%) Amazon S3
18 27 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
18 27 (0.89%) OCI
19 25 (0.82%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 114 (3.74%) Firewall
2 59 (1.94%) DNS
3 42 (1.38%) WAN
4 38 (1.25%) VPN
5 37 (1.22%) DHCP
6 31 (1.02%) LAN
7 30 (0.99%) Network Security
8 27 (0.89%) BGP
8 27 (0.89%) TCP/IP
8 27 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (0.76%) Internet
10 16 (0.53%) HTTP
10 16 (0.53%) Wireless
11 13 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (0.39%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.36%) SAN
13 11 (0.36%) SSL
13 11 (0.36%) VLAN
14 10 (0.33%) MPLS
14 10 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (5.58%) Power BI
2 136 (4.47%) SQL Server
3 69 (2.27%) Relational Database
4 66 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (1.71%) Data Lake
6 39 (1.28%) MySQL
6 39 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
7 34 (1.12%) Oracle Database
7 34 (1.12%) Tableau
8 32 (1.05%) MongoDB
9 30 (0.99%) NoSQL
10 29 (0.95%) Big Data
11 27 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 23 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 22 (0.72%) GIS
14 21 (0.69%) Metadata
15 20 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
16 17 (0.56%) Power Query
17 13 (0.43%) Couchbase
18 12 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 215 (7.06%) JIRA
2 92 (3.02%) Git
3 78 (2.56%) Jenkins
4 55 (1.81%) GitLab
5 33 (1.08%) Selenium
6 19 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
7 18 (0.59%) Postman
8 15 (0.49%) Cucumber
8 15 (0.49%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.49%) SonarQube
9 14 (0.46%) WebDriver
10 13 (0.43%) Visual Studio
11 12 (0.39%) Appium
11 12 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 12 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 12 (0.39%) JMeter
11 12 (0.39%) REST Assured
12 11 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
13 10 (0.33%) Maven
14 8 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
General
1 745 (24.47%) Finance
2 592 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
3 297 (9.75%) Public Sector
4 199 (6.54%) Banking
5 178 (5.85%) Presentation Skills
6 151 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
7 140 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
8 114 (3.74%) Marketing
9 97 (3.19%) Telecoms
10 95 (3.12%) Retail
11 89 (2.92%) Manufacturing
12 71 (2.33%) Legal
13 57 (1.87%) Front Office
14 54 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 42 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
16 36 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
17 34 (1.12%) General Ledger
17 34 (1.12%) Investment Banking
18 27 (0.89%) Financial Institution
19 25 (0.82%) Law
Job Titles
1 419 (13.76%) Analyst
2 372 (12.22%) Developer
3 298 (9.79%) Consultant
4 287 (9.43%) Architect
5 264 (8.67%) Senior
6 220 (7.22%) Project Manager
7 201 (6.60%) Business Analyst
8 166 (5.45%) Lead
9 114 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
10 70 (2.30%) Data Engineer
11 67 (2.20%) Data Analyst
12 66 (2.17%) Designer
13 58 (1.90%) Senior Developer
14 56 (1.84%) C# Developer
15 55 (1.81%) Senior Manager
16 51 (1.67%) Functional Consultant
17 49 (1.61%) Software Engineer
18 47 (1.54%) DevOps Engineer
19 44 (1.44%) Service Analyst
20 42 (1.38%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (3.45%) .NET
2 80 (2.63%) React
3 75 (2.46%) REST
4 74 (2.43%) HTML
5 72 (2.36%) CSS
6 71 (2.33%) AngularJS
7 64 (2.10%) Web Services
8 59 (1.94%) RESTful
9 57 (1.87%) Kafka
10 48 (1.58%) JSON
11 47 (1.54%) XML
12 45 (1.48%) Middleware
13 40 (1.31%) Node.js
14 34 (1.12%) ARM Templates
15 31 (1.02%) SOAP
16 29 (0.95%) YAML
17 28 (0.92%) Spring
18 23 (0.76%) .NET Framework
19 22 (0.72%) ASP.NET
20 21 (0.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 102 (3.35%) Management Information System
2 101 (3.32%) Product Ownership
3 93 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
4 64 (2.10%) Data Structures
5 47 (1.54%) Data Centre
6 44 (1.44%) Algorithms
7 42 (1.38%) Virtual Team
8 41 (1.35%) Onboarding
9 38 (1.25%) Mainframe
10 33 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
11 31 (1.02%) Mobile App
12 29 (0.95%) NHS
12 29 (0.95%) Public Cloud
13 28 (0.92%) PKI
14 27 (0.89%) CMDB
14 27 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
15 26 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
15 26 (0.85%) Cloud Native
16 23 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
17 21 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 237 (7.78%) Windows
2 189 (6.21%) Linux
3 61 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 49 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 32 (1.05%) Unix
5 32 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 30 (0.99%) zOS
7 25 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (0.66%) Android
9 19 (0.62%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (0.33%) AIX
11 10 (0.33%) CentOS
11 10 (0.33%) Mac OS
12 9 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.26%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.23%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.16%) VMS
16 3 (0.099%) OpenVMS
17 2 (0.066%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 831 (27.29%) Problem-Solving
2 729 (23.94%) Agile
3 457 (15.01%) Project Management
4 346 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 331 (10.87%) DevOps
6 252 (8.28%) Migration
7 232 (7.62%) Analytics
8 218 (7.16%) Business Intelligence
8 218 (7.16%) Computer Science
9 215 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 199 (6.54%) CI/CD
11 195 (6.40%) Decision-Making
12 192 (6.31%) ITIL
13 176 (5.78%) Scrum
14 171 (5.62%) Roadmaps
15 164 (5.39%) Change Management
16 161 (5.29%) Service Management
17 153 (5.02%) Customer Service
18 151 (4.96%) Data Modelling
19 147 (4.83%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 364 (11.95%) SQL
2 247 (8.11%) Python
3 171 (5.62%) C#
4 165 (5.42%) Java
5 150 (4.93%) JavaScript
6 107 (3.51%) PowerShell
7 53 (1.74%) Bash
8 51 (1.67%) TypeScript
9 44 (1.44%) C++
10 41 (1.35%) Bicep
11 32 (1.05%) Go
12 29 (0.95%) Perl
12 29 (0.95%) Shell Script
13 28 (0.92%) PHP
13 28 (0.92%) REXX
14 26 (0.85%) JCL
14 26 (0.85%) PL/SQL
15 22 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 22 (0.72%) VB
16 21 (0.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 476 (15.63%) Degree
2 398 (13.07%) Security Cleared
3 291 (9.56%) SC Cleared
4 159 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 86 (2.82%) DV Cleared
6 62 (2.04%) Master's Degree
7 51 (1.67%) PMP
8 49 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 47 (1.54%) PMI Certification
10 39 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 34 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
12 30 (0.99%) CISSP
13 29 (0.95%) Azure Certification
14 23 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 21 (0.69%) ISTQB
15 21 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
16 20 (0.66%) CCNP
17 19 (0.62%) CISM
18 18 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 17 (0.56%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (5.71%) QA
2 111 (3.65%) Data Quality
3 77 (2.53%) SLA
4 61 (2.00%) PMO
5 58 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 50 (1.64%) NIST
7 46 (1.51%) GDPR
8 40 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
9 20 (0.66%) PCI DSS
10 14 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
10 14 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (0.43%) NIST 800
12 11 (0.36%) MiFID
12 11 (0.36%) SEPA
13 10 (0.33%) GRC
13 10 (0.33%) HIPAA
14 9 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
14 9 (0.30%) EMIR
15 8 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 138 (4.53%) Active Directory
2 98 (3.22%) Docker
3 42 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (0.85%) Time Sharing Option
6 25 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
7 19 (0.62%) VMware NSX
7 19 (0.62%) vSphere
8 16 (0.53%) RACF
9 14 (0.46%) Hyper-V
10 12 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 10 (0.33%) ACF2
13 7 (0.23%) Firmware
13 7 (0.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
13 7 (0.23%) Microcode
13 7 (0.23%) NFS
13 7 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
14 3 (0.099%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.099%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 143 (4.70%) Kubernetes
2 112 (3.68%) Terraform
3 88 (2.89%) Ansible
4 41 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 40 (1.31%) SCCM
6 35 (1.15%) SCOM
7 30 (0.99%) Grafana
8 27 (0.89%) Puppet
9 24 (0.79%) WSUS
10 22 (0.72%) Prometheus
11 20 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 17 (0.56%) Progress Chef
13 15 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
14 13 (0.43%) OMEGAMON
15 12 (0.39%) Consul
15 12 (0.39%) Kibana
16 11 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
17 9 (0.30%) Data Guard
17 9 (0.30%) logstash
18 8 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 570 (18.72%) Microsoft
2 205 (6.73%) SAP
3 165 (5.42%) Oracle
4 91 (2.99%) ServiceNow
5 70 (2.30%) Google
6 62 (2.04%) Databricks
7 61 (2.00%) IBM
8 56 (1.84%) Cisco
9 54 (1.77%) VMware
10 52 (1.71%) Adobe
11 49 (1.61%) Salesforce
12 35 (1.15%) Splunk
13 30 (0.99%) Atlassian
14 27 (0.89%) Dell
15 26 (0.85%) Informatica
16 25 (0.82%) Ariba
17 23 (0.76%) F5
18 20 (0.66%) Palo Alto
19 18 (0.59%) Citrix
19 18 (0.59%) Red Hat