Social Skills Contracts in South Wales

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 77 100 195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 22.71% 19.31% 21.62%
As % of the General category 53.10% 40.00% 38.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 60 140
10th Percentile - £157 £163
25th Percentile £143 £190 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £390 £444
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -12.11% -4.05%
75th Percentile £566 £538 £538
90th Percentile £625 £550 £550
Wales median daily rate £425 £390 £425
% change year-on-year +8.97% -8.24% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 13
10th Percentile £11.00 - £17.00
25th Percentile £11.31 - £20.24
Median hourly rate £17.59 £10.92 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +61.08% -47.37% +25.76%
75th Percentile £69.76 - £47.40
90th Percentile £86.50 £12.42 -
Wales median hourly rate £19.00 £10.92 £21.63
% change year-on-year +73.99% -49.50% +35.75%

All General Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 145 250 513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 42.77% 48.26% 56.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 179 399
10th Percentile £143 £173 £212
25th Percentile £200 £323 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £463 £485
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -4.64% +15.82%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £625 £626 £638
Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 22
10th Percentile £11.02 - £14.51
25th Percentile £12.78 - £19.93
Median hourly rate £23.93 £10.92 £21.63
Median % change year-on-year +119.14% -49.50% +21.83%
75th Percentile £62.19 £14.27 £25.56
90th Percentile £87.80 £48.11 £47.40
Wales median hourly rate £22.68 £11.56 £23.75
% change year-on-year +96.19% -51.33% +43.83%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in South Wales

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in South Wales

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in South Wales over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in South Wales

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in South Wales

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in South Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in South Wales over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in South Wales

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 29 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
Newport +17 39 £563 +2.27% 19
Cardiff -2 36 £303 -28.82% 82
Rhondda Cynon Taff 0 2 £171 -15.43% 1
Social Skills
Wales

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 10 (12.99%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.90%) SAS
3 1 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (11.69%) Acrobat
2 8 (10.39%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (3.90%) SPSS
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) SAP HCM
1 2 (2.60%) SAP HR
1 2 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 19 (24.68%) Azure
2 14 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.19%) GitHub
4 2 (2.60%) AWS
4 2 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.60%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.30%) GCP
5 1 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.19%) Firewall
2 2 (2.60%) LAN
2 2 (2.60%) WLAN
3 1 (1.30%) Network Security
3 1 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) Oracle Database
1 3 (3.90%) Oracle ODI
1 3 (3.90%) PowerCenter
2 2 (2.60%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.30%) MySQL
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (11.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.30%) Selenium
General
1 17 (22.08%) Telecoms
2 16 (20.78%) Mandarin Language
3 15 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.69%) Finance
4 9 (11.69%) Local Government
4 9 (11.69%) Marketing
5 5 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Legal
9 1 (1.30%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 13 (16.88%) Project Manager
2 12 (15.58%) IT Engineer
3 11 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 10 (12.99%) IT Support
4 10 (12.99%) Senior
5 9 (11.69%) Bid Manager
5 9 (11.69%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (11.69%) Senior Bid Manager
5 9 (11.69%) Senior Manager
6 6 (7.79%) Data Centre Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) DBA
7 5 (6.49%) Oracle DBA
8 3 (3.90%) Agile Project Manager
8 3 (3.90%) Data Scientist
8 3 (3.90%) Field Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Software Project Manager
9 2 (2.60%) IT Project Manager
9 2 (2.60%) SAP Architect
9 2 (2.60%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.60%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) Middleware
2 1 (1.30%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 21 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.49%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.19%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.90%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.60%) NHS
5 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.79%) AIX
1 6 (7.79%) Windows
2 5 (6.49%) Linux
3 4 (5.19%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.60%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.60%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (48.05%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (32.47%) Project Delivery
3 21 (27.27%) Project Management
4 20 (25.97%) Root Cause Analysis
5 16 (20.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (16.88%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (14.29%) PRINCE2
8 10 (12.99%) Value Proposition
9 9 (11.69%) Agile
9 9 (11.69%) Critical Thinking
10 8 (10.39%) Psychology
10 8 (10.39%) Risk Management
11 7 (9.09%) Scrum
12 6 (7.79%) Decision-Making
12 6 (7.79%) Project Governance
13 5 (6.49%) Customer Service
13 5 (6.49%) DevOps
13 5 (6.49%) E-business
13 5 (6.49%) SDLC
14 4 (5.19%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.90%) Python
1 3 (3.90%) R
1 3 (3.90%) Shell Script
2 1 (1.30%) C#
2 1 (1.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (24.68%) Degree
2 12 (15.58%) Security Cleared
3 11 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 10 (12.99%) PMI Certification
4 10 (12.99%) PMP
5 3 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.60%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (29.87%) SLA
2 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.30%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.90%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (2.60%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.49%) Data Guard
2 3 (3.90%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.60%) SCCM
4 1 (1.30%) Argo
4 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (23.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.69%) Adobe
3 5 (6.49%) Atlassian
3 5 (6.49%) Oracle
4 3 (3.90%) Cisco
4 3 (3.90%) Dell
4 3 (3.90%) Informatica
5 2 (2.60%) Citrix
5 2 (2.60%) Huawei
5 2 (2.60%) SAP
5 2 (2.60%) SonicWALL
5 2 (2.60%) VMware
5 2 (2.60%) WatchGuard
6 1 (1.30%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.30%) HP
6 1 (1.30%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.30%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.30%) Splunk