Social Skills Contracts in Birmingham

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 183 166 241
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 23.89% 18.49% 18.30%
As % of the General category 45.07% 31.20% 32.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 104 181
10th Percentile £200 £263 £175
25th Percentile £361 £380 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £492 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +9.39% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £746 £638 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £510 £475
% change year-on-year -6.86% +7.37% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 12
10th Percentile £11.11 £11.15 £12.53
25th Percentile £13.20 £12.50 £13.69
Median hourly rate £14.30 £13.00 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +9.96% -22.39% -6.94%
75th Percentile £26.98 £20.93 £18.00
90th Percentile £55.38 £89.90 £21.83
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.87 £15.65 £16.25
% change year-on-year -4.97% -3.71% -9.72%

All General Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 406 532 738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 53.00% 59.24% 56.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 359 533
10th Percentile £210 £263 £205
25th Percentile £373 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £463
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +10.81% +14.97%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £513 £510 £475
% change year-on-year +0.49% +7.37% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 28 18
10th Percentile £11.78 £11.00 £12.35
25th Percentile £13.73 £12.50 £13.81
Median hourly rate £25.33 £17.39 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +45.61% +0.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £48.75 £29.12 £17.94
90th Percentile £56.25 £74.75 £19.28
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.59 £18.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +8.83% +5.88% +2.26%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Birmingham

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Birmingham

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Birmingham over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Birmingham

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Birmingham

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Birmingham over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Birmingham

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.55%) CMS
2 1 (0.55%) Confluence
2 1 (0.55%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.55%) Moodle
Applications
1 14 (7.65%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.83%) Odoo
2 6 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (2.73%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.55%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.55%) Maximo
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.55%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 26 (14.21%) Azure
2 21 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (7.65%) Power Platform
4 11 (6.01%) AWS
5 9 (4.92%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.83%) Power Automate
7 6 (3.28%) OneDrive
7 6 (3.28%) PowerApps
8 5 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.19%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.64%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.64%) Boomi
10 3 (1.64%) OCI
10 3 (1.64%) SaaS
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 1 (0.55%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.10%) WAN
2 10 (5.46%) LAN
3 9 (4.92%) Firewall
4 8 (4.37%) Network Security
5 7 (3.83%) Internet
5 7 (3.83%) VPN
6 6 (3.28%) DNS
6 6 (3.28%) Unified Communications
7 5 (2.73%) Ethernet
8 4 (2.19%) DHCP
8 4 (2.19%) MPLS
8 4 (2.19%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.64%) ADSL
9 3 (1.64%) PSTN
9 3 (1.64%) VLAN
9 3 (1.64%) VoIP
9 3 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.64%) Wireless
10 2 (1.09%) 5G
10 2 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.65%) Power BI
2 4 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (1.64%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.64%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.09%) Power Query
4 2 (1.09%) Tableau
5 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.55%) Big Data
5 1 (0.55%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.55%) MySQL
5 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.55%) Presto
5 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.28%) JIRA
2 3 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.09%) Git
3 2 (1.09%) webpack
General
1 40 (21.86%) Finance
2 38 (20.77%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (10.93%) Telecoms
4 19 (10.38%) Public Sector
5 15 (8.20%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (6.01%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.28%) German Language
8 4 (2.19%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.19%) Retail
9 3 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.64%) Local Government
10 2 (1.09%) Back Office
10 2 (1.09%) Banking
10 2 (1.09%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (1.09%) Legal
10 2 (1.09%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (1.09%) Marketing
11 1 (0.55%) Electronics
11 1 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (12.57%) Developer
2 22 (12.02%) Analyst
2 22 (12.02%) Architect
3 17 (9.29%) Project Manager
4 16 (8.74%) Lead
5 13 (7.10%) Senior
6 10 (5.46%) 2nd Line Support
6 10 (5.46%) Support Engineer
7 9 (4.92%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 9 (4.92%) Enterprise Architect
8 8 (4.37%) Consultant
9 7 (3.83%) Coordinator
10 6 (3.28%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (3.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 6 (3.28%) Business Manager
10 6 (3.28%) Java Developer
10 6 (3.28%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Engineer
10 6 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (3.28%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.46%) React
2 7 (3.83%) HTML
3 6 (3.28%) Spring
4 5 (2.73%) CSS
5 4 (2.19%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.64%) Middleware
6 3 (1.64%) XML
7 2 (1.09%) .NET
7 2 (1.09%) LDAP
7 2 (1.09%) Next.js
7 2 (1.09%) OAuth
7 2 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.09%) Regular Expression
7 2 (1.09%) RESTful
7 2 (1.09%) SAML
7 2 (1.09%) Visualforce
8 1 (0.55%) Apache Sling
8 1 (0.55%) Guice
8 1 (0.55%) Node.js
8 1 (0.55%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (4.37%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.83%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.83%) PKI
4 6 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (3.28%) Digital Signage
4 6 (3.28%) IoT
5 5 (2.73%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.73%) Taxonomies
6 4 (2.19%) Industry 4.0
6 4 (2.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.64%) CCTV
7 3 (1.64%) Clustering
7 3 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (1.64%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.64%) EPoS
7 3 (1.64%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.64%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (14.75%) Windows
2 14 (7.65%) Windows Server
3 11 (6.01%) Windows 10
3 11 (6.01%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (4.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (3.83%) Linux
6 5 (2.73%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.64%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.09%) Unix
8 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.55%) Android
9 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.55%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.55%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (27.32%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (22.95%) Agile
3 29 (15.85%) Project Management
3 29 (15.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (13.66%) Customer Service
5 23 (12.57%) ITIL
6 21 (11.48%) Roadmaps
7 19 (10.38%) Computer Science
7 19 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (10.38%) ERP
8 17 (9.29%) Decision-Making
9 16 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (7.65%) Analytics
10 14 (7.65%) Business Transformation
10 14 (7.65%) Service Delivery
11 13 (7.10%) Scrum
12 11 (6.01%) Migration
13 10 (5.46%) Analytical Thinking
13 10 (5.46%) Service Management
13 10 (5.46%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.56%) Python
2 10 (5.46%) JavaScript
2 10 (5.46%) PowerShell
2 10 (5.46%) SQL
3 8 (4.37%) Java
4 3 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.64%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.09%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.09%) Perl
5 2 (1.09%) SOQL
6 1 (0.55%) C#
6 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.55%) ProC
6 1 (0.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (12.57%) Degree
2 13 (7.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (4.92%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.37%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.83%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.28%) BC Cleared
6 6 (3.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.19%) CCIE
8 4 (2.19%) CCNP
8 4 (2.19%) ISTQB
8 4 (2.19%) PMP
9 3 (1.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 3 (1.64%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.09%) ACCA
10 2 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.09%) CIMA
10 2 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.01%) QA
2 8 (4.37%) SLA
3 5 (2.73%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.64%) PMO
5 2 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.09%) GDPR
6 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.55%) NIST
6 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (9.29%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.19%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.09%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (6.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.92%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.73%) SCCM
4 3 (1.64%) Autotask
4 3 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (1.64%) HP ALM
4 3 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.55%) Grafana
5 1 (0.55%) Kibana
5 1 (0.55%) OpenView
5 1 (0.55%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (24.59%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.01%) Oracle
3 10 (5.46%) SAP
4 7 (3.83%) VMware
5 6 (3.28%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.28%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.73%) Cisco
7 4 (2.19%) HP
8 3 (1.64%) Apple
8 3 (1.64%) BT
8 3 (1.64%) Datto
8 3 (1.64%) Openreach
9 2 (1.09%) Citrix
9 2 (1.09%) Databricks
9 2 (1.09%) Informatica
9 2 (1.09%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.09%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.09%) Splunk
9 2 (1.09%) TippingPoint
9 2 (1.09%) Trend Micro