Social Skills Contracts in Staffordshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire. 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 1 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 26 44 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 24.76% 30.14% 15.38%
As % of the General category 41.94% 48.89% 34.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 28 16
10th Percentile £300 - £135
25th Percentile £313 £160 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £453 £250
Median % change year-on-year -17.13% +81.00% -34.43%
75th Percentile £494 £526 £450
90th Percentile £550 £543 £491
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £511 £477
% change year-on-year -7.00% +7.08% +19.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile £12.19 - £14.40
25th Percentile £14.08 - £16.88
Median hourly rate £15.90 - £19.50
75th Percentile £22.19 - £19.77
90th Percentile £32.13 - £19.86
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.87 £15.65 £16.50
% change year-on-year -4.97% -5.17% -8.33%

All General Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 62 90 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 59.05% 61.64% 45.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 67 63
10th Percentile £238 £160 £166
25th Percentile £300 £353 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -18.42% +26.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £491 £650 £494
90th Percentile £544 £710 £629
West Midlands median daily rate £510 £510 £475
% change year-on-year - +7.37% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 6
10th Percentile £13.95 £12.60 £14.40
25th Percentile £14.71 £15.83 £16.88
Median hourly rate £15.61 £20.02 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% +2.64% +30.00%
75th Percentile £16.67 £22.41 £19.77
90th Percentile £44.50 - £19.86
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.59 £17.85 £17.00
% change year-on-year +9.75% +5.00% +2.26%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Staffordshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Staffordshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Staffordshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Staffordshire

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Staffordshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-Trent -2 6 £325 -35.00% 53
Stafford +2 5 £500 +96.08% 20
Burton-upon-Trent 0 4 £500 +5.26% 10
Social Skills
West Midlands

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.85%) Simulink
1 1 (3.85%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
1 1 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
1 1 (3.85%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (19.23%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (11.54%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.69%) Electronics
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Retail
5 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.85%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Project Manager
2 6 (23.08%) Senior
3 4 (15.38%) Lead
3 4 (15.38%) Senior Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (11.54%) IT Manager
4 3 (11.54%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Network Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Junior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Project Leader
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Service Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) PMI
2 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.85%) FMCG
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) CentOS
1 1 (3.85%) Debian
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
1 1 (3.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (38.46%) Project Management
3 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
5 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.54%) Agile
6 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
7 2 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (7.69%) Data Migration
7 2 (7.69%) Incident Management
7 2 (7.69%) Migration
7 2 (7.69%) PRINCE2
7 2 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 2 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
8 1 (3.85%) CRM
8 1 (3.85%) ERP
8 1 (3.85%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) MATLAB
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
1 1 (3.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) PMI Certification
2 4 (15.38%) PMP
3 2 (7.69%) CCNA
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) QA
1 2 (7.69%) SLA
2 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) HAZOP
2 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
1 3 (11.54%) SAP
2 2 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (3.85%) IBM
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) Palantir
3 1 (3.85%) Red Hat