Social Skills Contracts in Yorkshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire. 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 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 473 442 469
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 27.96% 20.16% 17.65%
As % of the General category 48.91% 33.01% 32.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 266 310
10th Percentile £185 £260 £180
25th Percentile £363 £425 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £459
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.99% +1.94%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £538
90th Percentile £645 £638 £601
England median daily rate £511 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.93% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 7 19
10th Percentile £12.67 £12.30 £12.40
25th Percentile £13.87 £13.16 £14.44
Median hourly rate £14.63 £17.72 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.47% -11.40% +16.67%
75th Percentile £15.19 £20.57 £28.75
90th Percentile £25.83 £24.57 £30.22
England median hourly rate £18.13 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -21.17% +31.43% -2.78%

All General Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 967 1,339 1,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 57.15% 61.06% 54.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 899 1,040
10th Percentile £200 £300 £213
25th Percentile £400 £425 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £564
90th Percentile £638 £700 £675
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 17 56
10th Percentile - £12.00 £11.67
25th Percentile £12.15 £13.16 £15.82
Median hourly rate £14.63 £18.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -3.74% +3.89%
75th Percentile £18.27 £22.25 £22.68
90th Percentile £34.33 £34.00 £29.00
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 Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Yorkshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Yorkshire

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +1 254 £490 -6.67% 343
South Yorkshire +8 133 £473 -5.50% 152
North Yorkshire +3 54 £400 +30.61% 90
East Yorkshire 0 9 £300 -36.84% 33
Humberside 0 3 £300 - 16
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 20 (4.23%) SAS
2 16 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (2.54%) Confluence
5 6 (1.27%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.85%) WordPress
7 1 (0.21%) CICS
7 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 32 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.85%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.85%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.63%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.63%) Blender
5 3 (0.63%) Maya
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.63%) MicroStation
5 3 (0.63%) Sketch
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 13 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.48%) SAP ERP
3 6 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.27%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.42%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.42%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 61 (12.90%) Azure
2 34 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (6.55%) AWS
4 26 (5.50%) GCP
5 24 (5.07%) GitHub
6 23 (4.86%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (4.65%) Power Platform
8 13 (2.75%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.90%) Kong
10 7 (1.48%) SaaS
11 6 (1.27%) Apigee
11 6 (1.27%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.85%) Figma
13 4 (0.85%) iPaaS
13 4 (0.85%) MailChimp
13 4 (0.85%) Slack
14 3 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
15 2 (0.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.07%) Firewall
2 17 (3.59%) VPN
3 14 (2.96%) VLAN
4 12 (2.54%) DNS
5 11 (2.33%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.33%) WAN
6 9 (1.90%) DWDM
6 9 (1.90%) HTTP
7 8 (1.69%) LAN
8 5 (1.06%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 4 (0.85%) Network Security
9 4 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (0.85%) Wireless
9 4 (0.85%) WLAN
10 3 (0.63%) BIG-IP
10 3 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.63%) SSL
11 2 (0.42%) PBX
11 2 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.17%) Power BI
2 9 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (1.90%) GIS
3 7 (1.48%) Geospatial Data
3 7 (1.48%) Tableau
4 5 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.06%) Metadata
4 5 (1.06%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.85%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.63%) Big Data
6 3 (0.63%) QGIS
6 3 (0.63%) Spatial Data
7 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.42%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.42%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.21%) Ingres
8 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 20 (4.23%) Jenkins
2 19 (4.02%) JIRA
3 12 (2.54%) Git
4 9 (1.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 9 (1.90%) CircleCI
4 9 (1.90%) GitLab
4 9 (1.90%) Travis CI
5 4 (0.85%) Selenium
5 4 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (0.85%) XCUITest
6 2 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.21%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.21%) JMeter
7 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.21%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.21%) Postman
7 1 (0.21%) TestRail
7 1 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 79 (16.70%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (8.67%) Finance
3 35 (7.40%) Public Sector
4 16 (3.38%) Banking
4 16 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (1.90%) Manufacturing
6 9 (1.90%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.27%) Health Technology
7 6 (1.27%) Law
7 6 (1.27%) Retail
8 5 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.06%) Legal
9 4 (0.85%) Local Government
10 3 (0.63%) Games
10 3 (0.63%) Marketing
11 2 (0.42%) Back Office
11 2 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 77 (16.28%) Analyst
2 39 (8.25%) Business Analyst
3 33 (6.98%) Developer
4 30 (6.34%) Lead
5 28 (5.92%) Project Manager
6 27 (5.71%) Architect
7 26 (5.50%) Consultant
8 23 (4.86%) Senior
9 19 (4.02%) Programmer
9 19 (4.02%) Systems Programmer
9 19 (4.02%) z/OS Systems Programmer
10 18 (3.81%) Service Desk Agent
11 17 (3.59%) Service Analyst
12 15 (3.17%) Service Desk Analyst
13 12 (2.54%) Data Engineer
13 12 (2.54%) IT Support
13 12 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (2.54%) Storage Engineer
14 10 (2.11%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 10 (2.11%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (6.77%) ISPF
2 18 (3.81%) YAML
3 10 (2.11%) JSON
4 9 (1.90%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (1.90%) XML
5 7 (1.48%) SailPoint
6 6 (1.27%) Web Services
7 4 (0.85%) .NET
7 4 (0.85%) CSS
7 4 (0.85%) HTML
7 4 (0.85%) LDAP
8 3 (0.63%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.63%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.63%) Playwright
8 3 (0.63%) REST
8 3 (0.63%) Unreal Engine
9 2 (0.42%) XMPP
10 1 (0.21%) RESTful
10 1 (0.21%) SAP TM
10 1 (0.21%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.98%) Mainframe
2 24 (5.07%) Management Information System
3 23 (4.86%) NHS
4 21 (4.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 20 (4.23%) Cyber Defence
5 20 (4.23%) Driving Licence
5 20 (4.23%) Replication
6 19 (4.02%) Cyber Threat
7 18 (3.81%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.33%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.33%) LPAR
9 10 (2.11%) Mobile App
9 10 (2.11%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.90%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.27%) CMDB
12 4 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.63%) BYOD
13 3 (0.63%) Lidar
13 3 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 69 (14.59%) Windows
2 42 (8.88%) zOS
3 33 (6.98%) Linux
4 27 (5.71%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.90%) Android
6 7 (1.48%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.27%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.06%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.63%) AIX
9 3 (0.63%) Solaris
9 3 (0.63%) Unix
10 2 (0.42%) Debian
10 2 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (29.60%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (18.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 84 (17.76%) Agile
4 71 (15.01%) Customer Service
4 71 (15.01%) Project Management
5 39 (8.25%) Migration
5 39 (8.25%) Risk Management
6 33 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
6 33 (6.98%) DevOps
7 31 (6.55%) Change Management
8 28 (5.92%) Mentoring
8 28 (5.92%) Service Delivery
8 28 (5.92%) Use Case
9 27 (5.71%) Incident Management
9 27 (5.71%) Waterfall
10 26 (5.50%) CRM
11 25 (5.29%) ERP
12 24 (5.07%) Information Security
13 23 (4.86%) Scrum
13 23 (4.86%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 41 (8.67%) JCL
2 39 (8.25%) REXX
3 37 (7.82%) Python
4 22 (4.65%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.81%) Bash
5 18 (3.81%) PowerShell
6 17 (3.59%) Assembly Language
7 13 (2.75%) SQL
8 11 (2.33%) CLIST
9 9 (1.90%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.27%) ABAP
10 6 (1.27%) Java
11 5 (1.06%) C#
11 5 (1.06%) C++
12 4 (0.85%) ActionScript
12 4 (0.85%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.63%) C
13 3 (0.63%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.63%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (8.46%) Degree
2 37 (7.82%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.23%) DV Cleared
4 11 (2.33%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.48%) CCNA
6 7 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.27%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (0.85%) CBAP
8 4 (0.85%) CEH
9 3 (0.63%) CREST Certified
9 3 (0.63%) GIAC
9 3 (0.63%) GPEN
9 3 (0.63%) OSCP
10 2 (0.42%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.42%) CISSP
10 2 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.19%) QA
2 19 (4.02%) NIST
2 19 (4.02%) SLA
3 16 (3.38%) NIST 800
4 10 (2.11%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.06%) PMO
7 4 (0.85%) GDPR
8 3 (0.63%) GRC
9 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.21%) HL7
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (9.73%) Active Directory
2 41 (8.67%) Time Sharing Option
3 22 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (3.38%) ACF2
4 16 (3.38%) RACF
5 11 (2.33%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 11 (2.33%) Microcode
6 9 (1.90%) Docker
6 9 (1.90%) NFS
7 5 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (0.63%) SRDF
8 3 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.42%) KVM
9 2 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 35 (7.40%) Ansible
2 24 (5.07%) Puppet
3 22 (4.65%) OMEGAMON
4 15 (3.17%) NetBackup
5 13 (2.75%) Kubernetes
6 12 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (2.33%) Terraform
8 9 (1.90%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (1.90%) Grafana
8 9 (1.90%) Kibana
8 9 (1.90%) logstash
8 9 (1.90%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.90%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.90%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.63%) EMC TimeFinder
10 3 (0.63%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 98 (20.72%) Microsoft
2 41 (8.67%) IBM
3 29 (6.13%) Splunk
4 28 (5.92%) Broadcom
5 26 (5.50%) SAP
6 21 (4.44%) ServiceNow
7 20 (4.23%) BT
7 20 (4.23%) Virgin Media
8 15 (3.17%) Veritas
9 12 (2.54%) Brocade
9 12 (2.54%) Dell
10 11 (2.33%) Brio
10 11 (2.33%) CA
10 11 (2.33%) F5
11 10 (2.11%) VMware
12 8 (1.69%) Cisco
13 7 (1.48%) CheckPoint
13 7 (1.48%) ESRI
14 6 (1.27%) Oracle
14 6 (1.27%) Salesforce