Social Skills Contracts in Edinburgh

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 238 274 534
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 29.42% 21.24% 27.47%
As % of the General category 39.34% 29.37% 36.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 203 397
10th Percentile £156 £181 £208
25th Percentile £282 £356 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £550 £552 £525
90th Percentile £649 £638 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 11
10th Percentile £12.96 £11.94 £20.75
25th Percentile £14.61 £14.11 £23.13
Median hourly rate £17.37 £17.72 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -62.69% +171.43%
75th Percentile £20.12 - £53.75
90th Percentile £21.77 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £17.72 £26.85
% change year-on-year +10.05% -34.00% +53.43%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 605 933 1,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 74.78% 72.33% 75.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 682 1,063
10th Percentile £183 £250 £230
25th Percentile £400 £409 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £675 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 8 16
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.55 £16.03
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.72 £19.21
Median hourly rate £35.00 £21.47 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.06% -34.95% -35.85%
75th Percentile £60.75 £47.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £67.23 £67.50 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £25.82
% change year-on-year -9.83% -17.64% -9.42%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Edinburgh

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Edinburgh

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Edinburgh

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Edinburgh

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 11 (4.62%) CMS
2 5 (2.10%) Confluence
3 4 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.26%) Apache
4 3 (1.26%) WordPress
5 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.84%) SAS
6 1 (0.42%) CICS
6 1 (0.42%) Drupal
Applications
1 26 (10.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.68%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.42%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (2.52%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.84%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 29 (12.18%) Azure
2 21 (8.82%) AWS
3 15 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.62%) IaaS
5 9 (3.78%) Amazon S3
5 9 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.78%) SaaS
6 8 (3.36%) Amazon EC2
6 8 (3.36%) AWS CodeBuild
6 8 (3.36%) AWS CodePipeline
6 8 (3.36%) Serverless
7 7 (2.94%) OCI
7 7 (2.94%) PaaS
8 6 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.52%) AWS CodeDeploy
8 6 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.10%) OpenShift
9 5 (2.10%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.68%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 4 (1.68%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.78%) LAN
2 7 (2.94%) WAN
3 5 (2.10%) Intranet
4 3 (1.26%) Internet
5 2 (0.84%) FabricPath
5 2 (0.84%) Firewall
5 2 (0.84%) NX-OS
5 2 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.84%) VPN
5 2 (0.84%) VSAN
6 1 (0.42%) Broadband
6 1 (0.42%) HTTP
6 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.42%) Wireless
6 1 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.56%) Oracle Database
2 9 (3.78%) Metadata
3 8 (3.36%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.10%) Big Data
5 5 (2.10%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.10%) Power BI
6 4 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.26%) InfluxDB
7 3 (1.26%) Informix
7 3 (1.26%) Oracle Database 10g
7 3 (1.26%) Oracle Database 11g
7 3 (1.26%) Oracle Discoverer
7 3 (1.26%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.84%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.84%) Tableau
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.42%) Looker
Development Applications
1 14 (5.88%) JIRA
1 14 (5.88%) Oracle APEX
2 6 (2.52%) Git
3 5 (2.10%) GitLab
4 4 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.68%) Selenium
5 3 (1.26%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.26%) JMeter
5 3 (1.26%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.84%) Gradle
6 2 (0.84%) JUnit
7 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.42%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.42%) Maven
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.42%) SilkCentral
7 1 (0.42%) Subversion
7 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.42%) WebDriver
General
1 107 (44.96%) Public Sector
2 53 (22.27%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (19.33%) Finance
4 28 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
5 23 (9.66%) Banking
6 18 (7.56%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.36%) Back Office
8 8 (3.36%) Mandarin Language
9 5 (2.10%) Retail
10 4 (1.68%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.26%) Billing
12 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Legal
12 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.42%) Games
13 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.42%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (19.75%) Analyst
2 27 (11.34%) Senior
3 26 (10.92%) Architect
4 20 (8.40%) Developer
5 17 (7.14%) Support Officer
6 16 (6.72%) Business Analyst
6 16 (6.72%) Project Manager
7 15 (6.30%) Designer
7 15 (6.30%) IT Support
8 13 (5.46%) Consultant
9 10 (4.20%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (4.20%) Coordinator
9 10 (4.20%) Lead
10 9 (3.78%) Administrator
10 9 (3.78%) IT Analyst
10 9 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.36%) Technical Architect
12 7 (2.94%) AWS Architect
12 7 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (2.52%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.62%) REST
2 8 (3.36%) SOAP
3 7 (2.94%) .NET
4 6 (2.52%) AWS CDK
4 6 (2.52%) Web Services
5 5 (2.10%) JSON
5 5 (2.10%) Middleware
6 4 (1.68%) J2EE
6 4 (1.68%) Kafka
6 4 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (1.68%) SailPoint
6 4 (1.68%) Spring
7 3 (1.26%) HTML
8 2 (0.84%) ISPF
8 2 (0.84%) JSP
8 2 (0.84%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.84%) React
8 2 (0.84%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.84%) XML
9 1 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.46%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.20%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.36%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (2.94%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.52%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.68%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.68%) Replication
7 3 (1.26%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.26%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.26%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.26%) N-Tier
8 2 (0.84%) Clustering
8 2 (0.84%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.84%) IBM Mainframe
8 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.84%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 1 (0.42%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.88%) Windows
2 9 (3.78%) Linux
3 5 (2.10%) Unix
4 4 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.68%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.26%) Android
6 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.84%) Solaris
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.84%) zOS
7 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.57%) Agile
2 54 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (15.13%) Migration
4 30 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (11.76%) Roadmaps
6 25 (10.50%) Project Management
7 21 (8.82%) Computer Science
8 20 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (8.40%) Scrum
8 20 (8.40%) User Research
9 18 (7.56%) Business Analysis
9 18 (7.56%) Performance Tuning
9 18 (7.56%) Project Delivery
9 18 (7.56%) Workshop Facilitation
10 17 (7.14%) Service Design
10 17 (7.14%) User Experience
11 16 (6.72%) Coaching
11 16 (6.72%) Service Management
12 15 (6.30%) CI/CD
12 15 (6.30%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.08%) SQL
2 18 (7.56%) Java
3 14 (5.88%) PL/SQL
4 7 (2.94%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.52%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.68%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.68%) Python
7 3 (1.26%) JCL
8 2 (0.84%) Assembly Language
8 2 (0.84%) C#
8 2 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.84%) Groovy
8 2 (0.84%) Perl
8 2 (0.84%) REXX
9 1 (0.42%) Bash
9 1 (0.42%) C++
9 1 (0.42%) COBOL
9 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.42%) Scala
9 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (20.17%) Degree
2 21 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.78%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.10%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.26%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.26%) ISEB
6 3 (1.26%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.84%) APMP
7 2 (0.84%) CISSP
7 2 (0.84%) RHCE
8 1 (0.42%) APMG
8 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.42%) HNC
8 1 (0.42%) IIBA
8 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.42%) MCP
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.45%) Disclosure Scotland
2 16 (6.72%) QA
3 11 (4.62%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.36%) PMO
5 7 (2.94%) SLA
6 3 (1.26%) WCAG
7 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.42%) GDPR
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 13 (5.46%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.94%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.10%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.10%) vSphere
5 3 (1.26%) Docker
5 3 (1.26%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.84%) ACF2
6 2 (0.84%) KVM
6 2 (0.84%) RACF
6 2 (0.84%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.42%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (3.36%) Terraform
2 5 (2.10%) Ansible
2 5 (2.10%) Grafana
3 4 (1.68%) SCCM
4 3 (1.26%) Data Guard
4 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 3 (1.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (1.26%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.84%) Kibana
5 2 (0.84%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.84%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.84%) VxRail
5 2 (0.84%) WSUS
6 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (17.23%) Oracle
2 40 (16.81%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.20%) VMware
4 6 (2.52%) Cadence
5 5 (2.10%) Cisco
5 5 (2.10%) Dell
5 5 (2.10%) IBM
5 5 (2.10%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.68%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.68%) Databricks
6 4 (1.68%) Google
6 4 (1.68%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.26%) Avaya
8 2 (0.84%) BMC
8 2 (0.84%) Broadcom
8 2 (0.84%) Commvault
8 2 (0.84%) Okta
8 2 (0.84%) Pega
8 2 (0.84%) SAP
8 2 (0.84%) Siemens