Social Science Contracts

Social Science
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Science in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Science over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 688 824
Rank change year-on-year +104 +136 -148
Contract jobs citing Social Science 2 5 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.009% 0.028%
As % of the General category 0.008% 0.015% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 12
10th Percentile - £232 £364
25th Percentile - £239 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £221 £250 £544
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% -54.02% +27.94%
75th Percentile - £266 £592
90th Percentile - £275 £606
UK excluding London median daily rate £221 £250 £469
% change year-on-year -11.61% -46.67% +43.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £40.63
25th Percentile - - £43.06
Median hourly rate - - £50.50
75th Percentile - - £57.00
90th Percentile - - £71.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All General Skills
UK

Social Science is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,035 33,973 49,462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.06% 58.48% 56.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,784 23,569 34,307
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £769 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,939 1,040 1,416
10th Percentile £12.77 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.92 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £33.60 £21.92
Median % change year-on-year -10.24% +53.33% -2.60%
75th Percentile £52.78 £61.25 £47.23
90th Percentile £65.35 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £29.00 £18.70
% change year-on-year -1.72% +55.08% -4.10%

Social Science
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Social Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Social Science in the UK

Social Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Social Science in the UK

Social Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Science in the UK

Social Science
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Science within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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
UK excluding London +70 2 £221 -11.61% 7
Scotland - 2 £221 - 2

Social Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) SPSS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Support Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Psychology
1 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) R
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft