Social Skills Contracts in Dorset

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South West > Dorset

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 7 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 23 34 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 12.78% 15.81% 20.98%
As % of the General category 27.38% 30.91% 47.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 22
10th Percentile - £209 £318
25th Percentile £175 £374 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £625 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +38.89% +24.14%
75th Percentile £769 £738 £500
90th Percentile - £745 £571
South West median daily rate £525 £538 £490
% change year-on-year -2.33% +9.69% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 19
10th Percentile £6.57 £31.23 £15.70
25th Percentile - £54.94 £44.34
Median hourly rate £11.87 £56.30 £48.76
Median % change year-on-year -78.92% +15.48% -16.20%
75th Percentile £57.33 £60.25 £55.34
90th Percentile £57.36 £72.98 £70.37
South West median hourly rate £28.25 £60.70 £48.48
% change year-on-year -53.46% +25.21% +7.73%

All General Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 84 110 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 46.67% 51.16% 43.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 50 45
10th Percentile £270 £276 £313
25th Percentile £325 £488 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £600 £493
Median % change year-on-year -27.08% +21.83% +15.88%
75th Percentile £650 £666 £575
90th Percentile £765 £726 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 34 24
10th Percentile £11.87 £14.45 £17.20
25th Percentile £13.69 £18.09 £38.21
Median hourly rate £16.81 £56.29 £48.62
Median % change year-on-year -70.14% +15.78% -11.33%
75th Percentile £50.00 £61.68 £55.83
90th Percentile £57.33 £70.06 £69.63
South West median hourly rate £45.00 £60.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +42.86% -1.18%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Dorset

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Dorset

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Dorset over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Dorset

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Dorset

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Dorset

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Dorset over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Dorset

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 2 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
Bournemouth -5 6 - - 19
Blandford Forum - 3 - - 2
Poole 0 2 £700 - 19
Shaftesbury - 2 £175 -
Social Skills
South West

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 4 (17.39%) Apache Solr
1 4 (17.39%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) GCP
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) LAN
1 5 (21.74%) WAN
2 4 (17.39%) DNS
2 4 (17.39%) HTTPS
2 4 (17.39%) IPsec
2 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.35%) 4G
3 1 (4.35%) 5G
3 1 (4.35%) Network Security
3 1 (4.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Couchbase
1 4 (17.39%) MySQL
1 4 (17.39%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Legal
3 5 (21.74%) Military
3 5 (21.74%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Law
4 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Advertising
5 2 (8.70%) Games
5 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Architect
1 5 (21.74%) Technical Architect
2 4 (17.39%) DevOps Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 3 (13.04%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) 1st/2nd Line Technical Support
3 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 3 (13.04%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Administrator
3 3 (13.04%) Coordinator
3 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Technical Support
3 3 (13.04%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) IT Technician
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) Middleware
2 4 (17.39%) JSON
2 4 (17.39%) LEMP Stack
2 4 (17.39%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (17.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Public Cloud
2 4 (17.39%) Cloud Native
2 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
2 4 (17.39%) Product Ownership
3 3 (13.04%) Housing Association
3 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Linux
2 6 (26.09%) Windows
3 4 (17.39%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Agile
1 13 (56.52%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (34.78%) TOGAF
3 7 (30.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (21.74%) Architectural Patterns
4 5 (21.74%) Business Strategy
4 5 (21.74%) IT Strategy
4 5 (21.74%) Migration
4 5 (21.74%) Technology Strategy
4 5 (21.74%) Translating Business Requirements
4 5 (21.74%) Waterfall
5 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
5 4 (17.39%) Configuration Management
5 4 (17.39%) Cost Reduction
5 4 (17.39%) Information Security
5 4 (17.39%) ITIL
5 4 (17.39%) MODAF
5 4 (17.39%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (17.39%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (17.39%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) PHP
2 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
2 3 (13.04%) Python
3 1 (4.35%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Degree
2 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) DV Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) HND
3 4 (17.39%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (39.13%) QA
2 4 (17.39%) GDPR
2 4 (17.39%) HIPAA
2 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (17.39%) NIST
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Ansible
1 4 (17.39%) Kubernetes
1 4 (17.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Google
1 4 (17.39%) Sparx
2 1 (4.35%) Databricks
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) SAP