Social Skills Contracts in the South West

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 690 591 700
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 21.12% 17.69% 19.09%
As % of the General category 42.07% 36.89% 37.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 440 472
10th Percentile £200 £205 £201
25th Percentile £413 £400 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £547 £489
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +11.92% +8.61%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £600
90th Percentile £700 £713 £688
England median daily rate £503 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.51% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 44 50
10th Percentile £12.23 £17.50 £14.95
25th Percentile £14.00 £53.14 £28.90
Median hourly rate £28.00 £60.25 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -53.53% +24.28% +7.73%
75th Percentile £51.25 £65.81 £55.62
90th Percentile £57.35 £80.00 £68.32
England median hourly rate £18.30 £23.08 £17.50
% change year-on-year -20.69% +31.86% -2.78%

All General Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,640 1,602 1,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 50.20% 47.96% 51.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 984 1,173 1,329
10th Percentile £235 £275 £250
25th Percentile £413 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +9.29%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £722 £675
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 108 138
10th Percentile £12.94 £17.50 -
25th Percentile £18.15 £39.04 £15.90
Median hourly rate £45.00 £59.90 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.87% +42.62% -1.18%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £55.84
90th Percentile £73.83 £88.25 £62.66
England median hourly rate £31.00 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -2.88% +48.47% +2.14%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the South West over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the South West over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the South West

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Wiltshire +4 250 £550 - 132
Bristol 0 154 £500 -4.76% 280
Gloucestershire +5 110 £537 +12.95% 163
Somerset +9 70 £530 +24.71% 238
Devon -1 52 £425 -8.60% 126
Dorset 0 23 £700 +3.70% 77
Cornwall +5 10 £150 -68.42% 34
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 75 (10.87%) Confluence
2 54 (7.83%) SharePoint
3 32 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (4.06%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.87%) CMS
6 4 (0.58%) Apache
6 4 (0.58%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.58%) nginx
7 3 (0.43%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.43%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 76 (11.01%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (8.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (5.22%) Spreadsheet
4 34 (4.93%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (1.16%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (1.16%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.58%) Acrobat
7 4 (0.58%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.43%) PTC Creo
8 3 (0.43%) Windchill
9 1 (0.14%) CATIA
9 1 (0.14%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 17 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.72%) SAP HCM
3 5 (0.72%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.43%) Shopify
6 2 (0.29%) Primavera
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.14%) Magento
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 93 (13.48%) Azure
2 56 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (6.09%) Power Platform
4 27 (3.91%) Azure Stack
5 24 (3.48%) AWS
6 14 (2.03%) Entra ID
7 12 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.59%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.16%) PowerApps
10 6 (0.87%) GCP
10 6 (0.87%) OneDrive
10 6 (0.87%) OpenShift
11 5 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (0.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (0.58%) Amazon Cognito
12 4 (0.58%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.58%) GitHub
12 4 (0.58%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 45 (6.52%) Firewall
2 30 (4.35%) DNS
3 28 (4.06%) BGP
4 23 (3.33%) DHCP
5 20 (2.90%) LAN
6 17 (2.46%) TCP/IP
6 17 (2.46%) WAN
7 16 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.45%) SAN
9 8 (1.16%) MPLS
9 8 (1.16%) Network Security
10 7 (1.01%) Skype
11 6 (0.87%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.72%) Ethernet
12 5 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
12 5 (0.72%) VPN
12 5 (0.72%) VSAN
13 4 (0.58%) HTTP
13 4 (0.58%) HTTPS
13 4 (0.58%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.77%) Power BI
2 18 (2.61%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.72%) MySQL
3 5 (0.72%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.58%) Couchbase
4 4 (0.58%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.58%) Triplestore
5 2 (0.29%) Big Data
5 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.29%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.29%) Power Query
6 1 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.14%) OLAP
6 1 (0.14%) OLTP
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 115 (16.67%) JIRA
2 26 (3.77%) Bitbucket
3 24 (3.48%) Jenkins
4 22 (3.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 8 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (1.01%) GitLab
7 5 (0.72%) Eclipse
7 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.43%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.43%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.29%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.29%) JUnit
9 2 (0.29%) Selenium
10 1 (0.14%) Git
10 1 (0.14%) JMeter
10 1 (0.14%) MSI
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
General
1 160 (23.19%) Analytical Skills
2 114 (16.52%) Finance
3 69 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 57 (8.26%) Presentation Skills
5 42 (6.09%) Telecoms
6 37 (5.36%) Manufacturing
7 36 (5.22%) Aerospace
7 36 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (3.77%) Military
9 22 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (3.19%) Marketing
10 21 (3.04%) Legal
11 13 (1.88%) Electronics
12 12 (1.74%) Banking
12 12 (1.74%) Retail
13 8 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.16%) Police
14 7 (1.01%) Advertising
14 7 (1.01%) Law
14 7 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 100 (14.49%) Analyst
2 71 (10.29%) Lead
3 59 (8.55%) Project Manager
4 54 (7.83%) Architect
5 36 (5.22%) Developer
6 33 (4.78%) Consultant
7 30 (4.35%) Senior
8 24 (3.48%) Project Leader
9 23 (3.33%) Support Engineer
10 22 (3.19%) Author
11 21 (3.04%) Technical Author
12 20 (2.90%) Technical Architect
13 19 (2.75%) Microsoft Engineer
13 19 (2.75%) Technical Support
13 19 (2.75%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
14 18 (2.61%) Administrator
14 18 (2.61%) Cyber Threat Analyst
14 18 (2.61%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
14 18 (2.61%) IT Support
15 17 (2.46%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.62%) .NET
1 25 (3.62%) .NET Core
2 16 (2.32%) XML
3 9 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
4 6 (0.87%) Kafka
4 6 (0.87%) Middleware
5 5 (0.72%) CSS
5 5 (0.72%) HTML
5 5 (0.72%) Node.js
5 5 (0.72%) REST
5 5 (0.72%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.72%) Web Services
6 4 (0.58%) Apache Jena
6 4 (0.58%) Apache NiFi
6 4 (0.58%) Flash
6 4 (0.58%) GraphQL
6 4 (0.58%) JSON
6 4 (0.58%) LEMP Stack
6 4 (0.58%) PostGIS
6 4 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.86%) Management Information System
2 61 (8.84%) Cyber Threat
3 49 (7.10%) Cyber Defence
4 40 (5.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 31 (4.49%) Private Cloud
6 23 (3.33%) Data Centre
6 23 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.32%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.17%) Clustering
9 14 (2.03%) PKI
10 13 (1.88%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.59%) CMDB
12 10 (1.45%) Cloud Native
13 9 (1.30%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.16%) Client/Server
14 8 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
15 7 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (1.01%) Product Ownership
16 5 (0.72%) Animation
16 5 (0.72%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 130 (18.84%) Windows
2 62 (8.99%) Linux
3 26 (3.77%) Windows Server
4 25 (3.62%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.88%) Mac OS
6 11 (1.59%) Unix
6 11 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (1.16%) Windows 7
8 6 (0.87%) CentOS
9 5 (0.72%) Android
10 3 (0.43%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.29%) Rocky
11 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
2 149 (21.59%) Agile
3 117 (16.96%) Project Management
4 102 (14.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 99 (14.35%) ITIL
6 98 (14.20%) Cybersecurity
7 82 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 77 (11.16%) Project Delivery
9 75 (10.87%) SIEM
10 72 (10.43%) Service Management
11 60 (8.70%) SOAR
12 58 (8.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 58 (8.41%) Incident Management
12 58 (8.41%) Mentoring
12 58 (8.41%) PRINCE2
12 58 (8.41%) Threat Intelligence
13 55 (7.97%) ITSM
14 54 (7.83%) Incident Response
15 53 (7.68%) Decision-Making
15 53 (7.68%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.23%) PowerShell
2 40 (5.80%) Python
3 28 (4.06%) SQL
4 22 (3.19%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.17%) C#
6 9 (1.30%) Bash
6 9 (1.30%) Java
7 7 (1.01%) C++
8 5 (0.72%) C
8 5 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.72%) PHP
8 5 (0.72%) Search Processing Language
9 4 (0.58%) SPARQL
10 3 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.29%) Perl
11 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.14%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 348 (50.43%) Security Cleared
2 180 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 160 (23.19%) DV Cleared
4 80 (11.59%) Degree
5 27 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 24 (3.48%) APMP
7 20 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (2.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 14 (2.03%) MCSE
11 12 (1.74%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.59%) CISSP
13 9 (1.30%) CISM
13 9 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 9 (1.30%) MCSA
14 8 (1.16%) HNC
15 6 (0.87%) HND
15 6 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 5 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.26%) NIST
2 49 (7.10%) PMO
3 40 (5.80%) NIST 800
4 30 (4.35%) QA
5 28 (4.06%) Government Security Classifications
6 19 (2.75%) SLA
7 14 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.59%) GDPR
9 7 (1.01%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.01%) NCSC
10 5 (0.72%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.58%) GMP
11 4 (0.58%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.43%) GRC
13 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 67 (9.71%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.03%) Docker
4 13 (1.88%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (1.59%) Virtual Servers
5 11 (1.59%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.16%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (0.87%) vSphere
8 4 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.14%) Firmware
10 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 32 (4.64%) Ansible
2 29 (4.20%) SCCM
3 22 (3.19%) PowerCLI
4 21 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (2.75%) SCOM
6 16 (2.32%) Terraform
7 15 (2.17%) Kubernetes
8 9 (1.30%) vCenter Server
9 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Clustering
9 8 (1.16%) Nagios
9 8 (1.16%) NetBackup
10 7 (1.01%) Kibana
10 7 (1.01%) logstash
11 4 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.58%) Trend Micro Deep Security
12 3 (0.43%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.29%) OPNET
13 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 274 (39.71%) Microsoft
2 66 (9.57%) Atlassian
3 37 (5.36%) SAP
4 36 (5.22%) VMware
5 26 (3.77%) Dell
6 23 (3.33%) HP
7 17 (2.46%) Remedy
8 16 (2.32%) Cisco
9 14 (2.03%) Adobe
9 14 (2.03%) Splunk
10 11 (1.59%) Google
10 11 (1.59%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.45%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.30%) Hitachi
12 9 (1.30%) Tanium
13 8 (1.16%) NetApp
14 7 (1.01%) Juniper
15 6 (0.87%) F5
15 6 (0.87%) Nokia
15 6 (0.87%) Oracle