Social Skills Contracts in Northern Ireland

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 4 1
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 39 32 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 26.35% 15.84% 30.48%
As % of the General category 51.32% 26.02% 51.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 36
10th Percentile £142 £201 £145
25th Percentile £322 £227 £147
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £375 £343
Median % change year-on-year +11.33% +9.49% -14.38%
75th Percentile £508 £438 £488
90th Percentile £554 £475 £513
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £524
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.18% +10.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 13
10th Percentile - £14.05 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £14.50 £10.29
Median hourly rate £12.99 £15.50 £13.89
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +11.59% -12.42%
75th Percentile £23.27 £18.50 £21.00
90th Percentile £25.20 £20.15 -
UK median hourly rate £18.33 £25.52 £19.00
% change year-on-year -28.19% +34.32% +5.56%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 76 123 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 51.35% 60.89% 59.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 62 66
10th Percentile £194 £174 £145
25th Percentile £270 £278 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £413
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% - -
75th Percentile £538 £497 £489
90th Percentile £650 £579 £513
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 15
10th Percentile - £13.88 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £10.52
Median hourly rate £14.66 £15.50 £13.89
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +11.59% +11.12%
75th Percentile £22.50 £16.88 £21.00
90th Percentile £23.54 £18.16 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +62.79% -4.44%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Northern Ireland

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Northern Ireland

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Northern Ireland

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Northern Ireland

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Northern Ireland

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 28 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
County Antrim +3 29 £418 +48.44% 89
County Down 0 6 - - 5
County Londonderry 0 3 - - 3
Social Skills
UK

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) ArcGIS
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (5.13%) Adobe XD
4 2 (5.13%) InVision
4 2 (5.13%) Sketch
5 1 (2.56%) InfoPath
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (2.56%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) Figma
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
2 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) BIG-IP
1 3 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 3 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 3 (7.69%) Internet
2 1 (2.56%) FTP
2 1 (2.56%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Tableau
2 1 (2.56%) GIS
2 1 (2.56%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) Spatial Data
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (33.33%) Finance
2 10 (25.64%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (17.95%) Legal
5 6 (15.38%) Banking
5 6 (15.38%) Manufacturing
6 4 (10.26%) Marketing
7 3 (7.69%) Electronics
7 3 (7.69%) Games
7 3 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (7.69%) Law
8 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
8 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (15.38%) Analyst
1 6 (15.38%) Information Governance Officer
1 6 (15.38%) Information Officer
2 3 (7.69%) Communications Officer
2 3 (7.69%) Deployment Assistant
2 3 (7.69%) Network Engineer
2 3 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 2 (5.13%) Banking Project Manager
3 2 (5.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (5.13%) Designer
3 2 (5.13%) Excel Analyst
3 2 (5.13%) Field Sales Executive
3 2 (5.13%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (5.13%) Sales Executive
3 2 (5.13%) Senior
3 2 (5.13%) Senior Manager
3 2 (5.13%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (5.13%) UX Designer
4 1 (2.56%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
4 1 (2.56%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) COM
1 1 (2.56%) HTML
1 1 (2.56%) HTML5
1 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Freedom of Information
1 6 (15.38%) NHS
2 4 (10.26%) Smartphone
3 3 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 3 (7.69%) Mobile App
3 3 (7.69%) Photography
3 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.13%) FPGA
4 2 (5.13%) iPhone
4 2 (5.13%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.56%) BYOD
5 1 (2.56%) iPad
5 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.56%) PDA
5 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Android
1 4 (10.26%) Apple iOS
2 2 (5.13%) Linux
2 2 (5.13%) Windows
3 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.56%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.56%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (28.21%) Risk Management
3 8 (20.51%) Project Management
4 6 (15.38%) Email Management
4 6 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
4 6 (15.38%) Information Governance
5 5 (12.82%) Customer Service
5 5 (12.82%) Prototyping
6 4 (10.26%) Agile
6 4 (10.26%) Change Management
6 4 (10.26%) Computer Science
6 4 (10.26%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (10.26%) Process Improvement
6 4 (10.26%) User Experience
6 4 (10.26%) UX Research
7 3 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (7.69%) E-Commerce
7 3 (7.69%) High Availability
7 3 (7.69%) PRINCE2
7 3 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.38%) Python
2 4 (10.26%) SQL
3 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.56%) Java
4 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) HNC
2 6 (15.38%) NVQ Level 3
3 4 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.69%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.13%) HND
6 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.56%) PMP
6 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) Data Quality
1 6 (15.38%) QA
2 2 (5.13%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Apple
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) CA
2 3 (7.69%) F5
2 3 (7.69%) Twitter
3 2 (5.13%) EMC
3 2 (5.13%) SAP
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco
4 1 (2.56%) ESRI
4 1 (2.56%) Infor
4 1 (2.56%) Intel
4 1 (2.56%) Mitel
4 1 (2.56%) Progress
4 1 (2.56%) Qualtrics