Social Skills Contracts in Manchester

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 301 293 387
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 19.63% 15.45% 14.87%
As % of the General category 40.62% 31.68% 33.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 195 304
10th Percentile £214 £280 £213
25th Percentile £350 £397 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.67% +2.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £553 £588 £563
90th Percentile £656 £638 £638
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 14
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.95 -
25th Percentile £13.31 £13.96 £14.25
Median hourly rate £14.69 £26.00 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year -43.52% +60.00% -9.72%
75th Percentile £37.24 £38.75 £19.76
90th Percentile £59.75 £68.80 £20.70
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £26.00 £23.78
% change year-on-year -38.23% +9.35% +1.31%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 741 925 1,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 48.34% 48.76% 44.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 644 891
10th Percentile £302 £304 £240
25th Percentile £381 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £656 £675
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 39 30
10th Percentile £12.27 £14.52 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.31 £19.63 £14.73
Median hourly rate £21.73 £25.00 £17.91
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% +39.63% -22.94%
75th Percentile £31.50 £37.30 £20.10
90th Percentile £59.75 £45.05 £25.20
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -11.11%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Manchester

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Manchester

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Manchester

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Manchester

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Manchester

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Bolton +3 6 £503 +5.79% 26
Salford -2 6 £255 -57.50% 25
Stockport +3 5 £450 -12.20% 25
Sale +1 1 £145 -27.50% 7
Cheadle 0 1 - - 9
Rochdale -1 1 - - 6
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £150 - 1
Social Skills
North West

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 8 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.33%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.33%) LiveLink
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.33%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.66%) Primavera
3 2 (0.66%) ResourceLink
3 2 (0.66%) SAP PS
3 2 (0.66%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.33%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.33%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 46 (15.28%) AWS
2 44 (14.62%) Azure
3 18 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.32%) GCP
5 11 (3.65%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.33%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.33%) SaaS
7 7 (2.33%) Serverless
8 6 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.66%) GitHub
9 5 (1.66%) IaaS
9 5 (1.66%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.33%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.33%) Google Analytics
11 3 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.00%) BrowserStack
11 3 (1.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.65%) WAN
2 13 (4.32%) LAN
2 13 (4.32%) VPN
3 9 (2.99%) ATM
3 9 (2.99%) OSPF
4 8 (2.66%) Firewall
4 8 (2.66%) Wireless
5 7 (2.33%) Ethernet
5 7 (2.33%) Wireless Security
6 4 (1.33%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.00%) 3G
7 3 (1.00%) 4G
7 3 (1.00%) 5G
7 3 (1.00%) DHCP
7 3 (1.00%) DNS
7 3 (1.00%) VLAN
7 3 (1.00%) VoIP
7 3 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.66%) Power BI
3 7 (2.33%) MySQL
4 6 (1.99%) BigQuery
4 6 (1.99%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.66%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.66%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.33%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.33%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.33%) Tableau
7 3 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.00%) Big Data
7 3 (1.00%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.00%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.00%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.00%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.00%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.66%) HBase
Development Applications
1 18 (5.98%) JIRA
2 8 (2.66%) Git
3 7 (2.33%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.99%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.66%) Selenium
6 4 (1.33%) Gatling
7 3 (1.00%) Burp Suite
7 3 (1.00%) LSMW
7 3 (1.00%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.66%) Appium
8 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.66%) GitLab
8 2 (0.66%) JMeter
8 2 (0.66%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.33%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 52 (17.28%) Finance
2 51 (16.94%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (5.98%) Public Sector
3 18 (5.98%) Telecoms
4 16 (5.32%) Retail
5 12 (3.99%) Banking
6 7 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (1.99%) Law
7 6 (1.99%) Legal
8 5 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.33%) Marketing
9 4 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.00%) Back Office
10 3 (1.00%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.33%) Advertising
12 1 (0.33%) Military
12 1 (0.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 55 (18.27%) Analyst
2 29 (9.63%) Service Desk Agent
3 21 (6.98%) Developer
3 21 (6.98%) Senior
4 20 (6.64%) Architect
4 20 (6.64%) Project Manager
5 18 (5.98%) Business Analyst
5 18 (5.98%) Network Engineer
6 13 (4.32%) Lead
7 12 (3.99%) Data Analyst
8 10 (3.32%) Administrator
8 10 (3.32%) Consultant
8 10 (3.32%) IT Technician
9 9 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.66%) Support Engineer
11 7 (2.33%) Data Engineer
12 6 (1.99%) Data Architect
12 6 (1.99%) HR Manager
12 6 (1.99%) React Developer
12 6 (1.99%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.66%) React
2 7 (2.33%) RESTful
2 7 (2.33%) Web Services
3 5 (1.66%) Kafka
3 5 (1.66%) OAuth
3 5 (1.66%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.66%) OpenID
4 4 (1.33%) .NET
4 4 (1.33%) Node.js
4 4 (1.33%) SailPoint
5 3 (1.00%) BAPI
5 3 (1.00%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (1.00%) Middleware
6 2 (0.66%) ActiveMQ
6 2 (0.66%) HTML
6 2 (0.66%) Playwright
6 2 (0.66%) pytest
6 2 (0.66%) SOAP
6 2 (0.66%) Spring
6 2 (0.66%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.32%) Driving Licence
1 13 (4.32%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.32%) EPoS
4 9 (2.99%) Smartphone
5 7 (2.33%) CMDB
6 6 (1.99%) NHS
7 4 (1.33%) Clustering
7 4 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.00%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.00%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.00%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.00%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.00%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.66%) Derivative
9 2 (0.66%) Life Science
9 2 (0.66%) Tandem
9 2 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.97%) Windows
2 18 (5.98%) Linux
3 10 (3.32%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.99%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.66%) Unix
7 3 (1.00%) Kali Linux
7 3 (1.00%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.66%) Android
8 2 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.66%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.66%) zOS
9 1 (0.33%) Debian
9 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (33.22%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (18.94%) Agile
3 49 (16.28%) Customer Service
4 32 (10.63%) Project Management
4 32 (10.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (7.97%) ITIL
6 21 (6.98%) DevOps
7 20 (6.64%) Scrum
8 17 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (5.32%) Analytics
9 16 (5.32%) Data Modelling
9 16 (5.32%) ETL
9 16 (5.32%) Migration
10 15 (4.98%) Decision-Making
10 15 (4.98%) Service Management
11 14 (4.65%) ITSM
12 12 (3.99%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (3.99%) Use Case
13 11 (3.65%) Break/Fix
13 11 (3.65%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.31%) Python
2 23 (7.64%) SQL
3 17 (5.65%) Java
4 8 (2.66%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.33%) Scala
5 7 (2.33%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.99%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.33%) PHP
8 3 (1.00%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.00%) Bash
8 3 (1.00%) C#
8 3 (1.00%) Go
9 2 (0.66%) C
9 2 (0.66%) Groovy
9 2 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.66%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.33%) Perl
10 1 (0.33%) X++
Qualifications
1 34 (11.30%) Security Cleared
2 27 (8.97%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.64%) Degree
4 15 (4.98%) CCNA
4 15 (4.98%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.66%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (1.66%) CCNP
7 4 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.33%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.00%) OSCP
8 3 (1.00%) PMP
9 2 (0.66%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.66%) CISM
9 2 (0.66%) CISSP
9 2 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.66%) MCSE
9 2 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.96%) SLA
2 23 (7.64%) Data Quality
3 19 (6.31%) QA
4 6 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.33%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.33%) GDPR
5 4 (1.33%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.00%) ISO 22301
6 3 (1.00%) PMO
7 2 (0.66%) NIST
8 1 (0.33%) GxP
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 19 (6.31%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.32%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.00%) Docker
4 3 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.33%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (2.99%) Terraform
2 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.66%) Ansible
4 4 (1.33%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.00%) Autotask
5 3 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.00%) HP Fortify
5 3 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.00%) SCCM
6 2 (0.66%) Nagios
6 2 (0.66%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.33%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 54 (17.94%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.31%) SAP
3 14 (4.65%) VMware
4 7 (2.33%) Cisco
4 7 (2.33%) Google
4 7 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.99%) Facebook
5 6 (1.99%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.99%) Splunk
6 5 (1.66%) Informatica
6 5 (1.66%) Pega
6 5 (1.66%) Sage
7 4 (1.33%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.33%) Oracle
8 3 (1.00%) Apple
8 3 (1.00%) Datto
8 3 (1.00%) Dell
8 3 (1.00%) Instagram
8 3 (1.00%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.66%) Perfecto Mobile