Social Skills Contracts in Reading

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 318 252 304
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 26.84% 24.37% 22.42%
As % of the General category 44.11% 39.19% 39.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 151 189
10th Percentile £205 £350 £158
25th Percentile £243 £431 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £586 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +23.37% +5.56%
75th Percentile £608 £688 £600
90th Percentile £675 £721 £638
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +7.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 1
10th Percentile £36.44 £31.75 -
25th Percentile £50.13 £46.88 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £59.84 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% +327.41% -49.09%
75th Percentile £64.55 £66.21 -
90th Percentile £67.50 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.00 £63.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -3.17% +260.00% -18.83%

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 721 643 762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 60.84% 62.19% 56.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 391 454
10th Percentile £205 £363 £250
25th Percentile £363 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% +0.53%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £588
90th Percentile £675 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £515 £475
% change year-on-year -2.91% +8.42% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 9 6
10th Percentile £42.00 £39.70 £17.63
25th Percentile £52.90 £52.50 £22.31
Median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +130.98% +1.82%
75th Percentile £76.99 £66.21 £34.38
90th Percentile £87.53 £70.80 £43.75
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £55.00 £21.03
% change year-on-year +8.18% +161.59% -2.48%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Reading

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Reading

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Reading

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Reading

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Reading

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 15 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.63%) CMS
2 2 (0.63%) Confluence
2 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 51 (16.04%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (8.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.57%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.26%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (1.26%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.63%) InDesign
6 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.31%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 16 (5.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (4.09%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (3.77%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (2.83%) Primavera
5 6 (1.89%) Maximo
6 4 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.63%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.31%) Magento
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 71 (22.33%) Azure
2 25 (7.86%) AWS
3 20 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.35%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (5.03%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (5.03%) Azure Storage
5 16 (5.03%) Entra ID
6 15 (4.72%) OCI
7 8 (2.52%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.20%) GCP
8 7 (2.20%) OpenShift
9 6 (1.89%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.94%) SaaS
11 2 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.63%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.31%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.31%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.31%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.31%) Figma
12 1 (0.31%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 34 (10.69%) DNS
1 34 (10.69%) Firewall
2 29 (9.12%) DHCP
3 19 (5.97%) LAN
4 13 (4.09%) SAN
5 12 (3.77%) Radio Access Network
6 7 (2.20%) VSAN
7 5 (1.57%) Wireshark
8 4 (1.26%) 3G
8 4 (1.26%) 4G
8 4 (1.26%) 5G
8 4 (1.26%) Diameter Protocol
8 4 (1.26%) GGSN
8 4 (1.26%) LTE
8 4 (1.26%) RANAP
8 4 (1.26%) SGSN
8 4 (1.26%) VoLTE
9 3 (0.94%) WAN
10 2 (0.63%) Broadband
10 2 (0.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.52%) Power BI
1 8 (2.52%) Tableau
2 4 (1.26%) GIS
2 4 (1.26%) Oracle Database
2 4 (1.26%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.63%) Big Data
3 2 (0.63%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.63%) Power Query
3 2 (0.63%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (8.18%) Jenkins
1 26 (8.18%) Selenium
2 25 (7.86%) Cucumber
3 24 (7.55%) REST Assured
3 24 (7.55%) SonarQube
4 18 (5.66%) JIRA
5 13 (4.09%) GitLab
6 9 (2.83%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (1.26%) Git
8 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.31%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.31%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.31%) CMake
9 1 (0.31%) Postman
9 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.31%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.31%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.31%) Xcode
General
1 75 (23.58%) Analytical Skills
2 53 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 46 (14.47%) Organisational Skills
4 26 (8.18%) Law
4 26 (8.18%) Presentation Skills
5 18 (5.66%) Finance
6 15 (4.72%) Legal
7 14 (4.40%) Marketing
8 13 (4.09%) Police
9 10 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.83%) Mandarin Language
10 9 (2.83%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.89%) Billing
11 6 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.26%) Aviation
12 4 (1.26%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.94%) Electronics
14 2 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Italian Language
14 2 (0.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (12.26%) Analyst
2 27 (8.49%) Senior
3 24 (7.55%) Consultant
4 22 (6.92%) Support Engineer
4 22 (6.92%) Windows Engineer
5 21 (6.60%) Build Engineer
5 21 (6.60%) Windows Build Engineer
6 20 (6.29%) Desktop Engineer
6 20 (6.29%) Desktop Support
6 20 (6.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 18 (5.66%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
7 18 (5.66%) Hardware Engineer
8 17 (5.35%) Java Engineer
9 16 (5.03%) Functional Consultant
10 15 (4.72%) Active Directory Support
10 15 (4.72%) Azure Specialist
11 14 (4.40%) Active Directory Specialist
11 14 (4.40%) Oracle Consultant
11 14 (4.40%) Oracle Functional Consultant
11 14 (4.40%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.81%) ARM Templates
2 26 (8.18%) REST
3 25 (7.86%) Java EE
4 6 (1.89%) HTML
5 4 (1.26%) Node.js
5 4 (1.26%) React
5 4 (1.26%) SAP Basis
5 4 (1.26%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.94%) React Native
7 2 (0.63%) .NET
7 2 (0.63%) CSS
7 2 (0.63%) Flash
7 2 (0.63%) JSON
8 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.31%) Spring
8 1 (0.31%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.31%) TensorFlow
8 1 (0.31%) Web Services
8 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.58%) Driving Licence
2 18 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.03%) PKI
4 13 (4.09%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.20%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.57%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.26%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.26%) Social Media
8 2 (0.63%) IoT
8 2 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.63%) Solar Power
9 1 (0.31%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.31%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (0.31%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.31%) NHS
9 1 (0.31%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.31%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 96 (30.19%) Windows
2 70 (22.01%) Windows 10
3 50 (15.72%) Windows Server
4 49 (15.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 49 (15.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 36 (11.32%) Windows 7
6 34 (10.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 29 (9.12%) Linux
8 21 (6.60%) Windows NT
9 13 (4.09%) Windows XP
10 3 (0.94%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.63%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (39.94%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (27.99%) ITIL
3 74 (23.27%) DevOps
4 64 (20.13%) Customer Service
5 50 (15.72%) Agile
6 44 (13.84%) Infrastructure as Code
6 44 (13.84%) Release Management
7 40 (12.58%) Service Management
8 39 (12.26%) Decision-Making
8 39 (12.26%) Technical Leadership
9 36 (11.32%) Project Management
10 32 (10.06%) CI/CD
11 30 (9.43%) Test Automation
12 28 (8.81%) Continuous Integration
12 28 (8.81%) Software Engineering
13 27 (8.49%) Collaborative Working
14 25 (7.86%) Software Architecture
15 23 (7.23%) Analytics
15 23 (7.23%) Service Delivery
16 22 (6.92%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.06%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.49%) Java
3 18 (5.66%) C#
4 16 (5.03%) VB
4 16 (5.03%) VBScript
5 15 (4.72%) Bicep
6 8 (2.52%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.89%) Python
8 5 (1.57%) SQL
9 1 (0.31%) C++
9 1 (0.31%) F#
9 1 (0.31%) PHP
9 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 129 (40.57%) Security Cleared
2 98 (30.82%) DV Cleared
3 83 (26.10%) Degree
4 58 (18.24%) SC Cleared
5 16 (5.03%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (5.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (4.09%) CCNA
6 13 (4.09%) CCNP
7 9 (2.83%) CIPD
8 7 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.89%) ISEB
10 3 (0.94%) ACCA
10 3 (0.94%) CIMA
10 3 (0.94%) CISA
11 2 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.63%) APMP
11 2 (0.63%) CCSP
11 2 (0.63%) CISM
12 1 (0.31%) CBAP
12 1 (0.31%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.89%) QA
2 8 (2.52%) PMO
3 6 (1.89%) GDPR
3 6 (1.89%) SLA
4 3 (0.94%) NIST
5 2 (0.63%) COBIT
5 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.31%) COSO
6 1 (0.31%) GRC
6 1 (0.31%) ISO 31000
6 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.31%) ITGC
6 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (16.35%) Active Directory
2 39 (12.26%) Firmware
3 21 (6.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (6.29%) Docker
5 16 (5.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (5.03%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (4.40%) Hyper-V
7 13 (4.09%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (2.20%) vCloud
8 7 (2.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 90 (28.30%) SCCM
2 50 (15.72%) WSUS
3 43 (13.52%) Kubernetes
4 29 (9.12%) SCOM
5 25 (7.86%) Ansible
6 21 (6.60%) Sysprep
6 21 (6.60%) Terraform
7 20 (6.29%) vCenter Server
8 19 (5.97%) Microsoft Intune
9 16 (5.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (4.09%) EMC NetWorker
10 13 (4.09%) NetBackup
11 12 (3.77%) Docker Swarm
11 12 (3.77%) Podman
12 7 (2.20%) Istio
12 7 (2.20%) Rancher
Vendors
1 113 (35.53%) Microsoft
2 52 (16.35%) HP
3 44 (13.84%) Oracle
4 21 (6.60%) VMware
5 14 (4.40%) Cisco
5 14 (4.40%) Juniper
5 14 (4.40%) Palo Alto
6 13 (4.09%) 3PAR
6 13 (4.09%) Dell
6 13 (4.09%) EMC
6 13 (4.09%) Extreme Networks
6 13 (4.09%) Symantec
6 13 (4.09%) Veeam
7 10 (3.14%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.52%) SAP
9 7 (2.20%) Google
10 6 (1.89%) Alteryx
11 4 (1.26%) Empirix
11 4 (1.26%) NetScout
12 3 (0.94%) Adobe