Social Skills Contracts in the West Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 453 593 784
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.53% 24.92% 22.05%
As % of the General category 41.56% 42.85% 39.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 410 581
10th Percentile £213 £227 £220
25th Percentile £355 £411 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +7.37% +18.75%
75th Percentile £611 £595 £550
90th Percentile £738 £676 £650
England median daily rate £515 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 16 30
10th Percentile £10.73 £11.75 £11.87
25th Percentile £13.00 £12.50 £12.98
Median hourly rate £14.87 £15.65 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% -3.71% -9.72%
75th Percentile £19.50 £27.97 £19.13
90th Percentile £45.25 £77.50 £20.00
England median hourly rate £18.13 £25.26 £18.00
% change year-on-year -28.23% +40.33% -

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,090 1,384 1,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.62% 58.15% 56.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 747 972 1,508
10th Percentile £263 £228 £250
25th Percentile £395 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% +7.37% +17.28%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 41 53
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £13.90 £12.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £19.59 £18.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.83% +5.88% +2.26%
75th Percentile £39.34 £27.13 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.25 £57.50 £23.45
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the West Midlands

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
Birmingham +1 183 £463 -6.04% 261
Warwickshire 0 106 £525 -2.33% 102
Coventry 0 29 £525 +5.00% 66
Staffordshire 0 26 £375 -17.13% 142
Worcestershire +4 21 £590 +31.11% 58
Solihull -7 17 £275 -38.92% 27
Shropshire -3 16 £260 -51.85% 44
Herefordshire -9 9 £538 -17.23% 11
Walsall +4 2 £325 +261.11% 14
West Bromwich - 2 - - 4
Dudley -2 1 £313 +119.30% 11
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 18 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.32%) CMS
4 3 (0.66%) Confluence
4 3 (0.66%) Drupal
5 2 (0.44%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.22%) CICS
6 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Moodle
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.44%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.44%) Trello
7 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.22%) InDesign
7 1 (0.22%) Simulink
7 1 (0.22%) Sketch
7 1 (0.22%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 14 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.77%) Odoo
3 7 (1.55%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.44%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.44%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.44%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.44%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.22%) Maximo
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.22%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 56 (12.36%) Azure
2 44 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (5.96%) Power Platform
4 14 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (3.09%) Entra ID
4 14 (3.09%) Power Automate
5 13 (2.87%) OneDrive
6 12 (2.65%) AWS
7 11 (2.43%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.77%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (1.32%) Azure App Service
10 5 (1.10%) Azure AKS
10 5 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.10%) SaaS
11 4 (0.88%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (0.88%) IaaS
11 4 (0.88%) PaaS
12 3 (0.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.64%) WAN
2 18 (3.97%) LAN
3 15 (3.31%) Firewall
4 14 (3.09%) DNS
5 11 (2.43%) Network Security
5 11 (2.43%) VPN
6 10 (2.21%) DHCP
7 9 (1.99%) Internet
8 8 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (1.55%) Ethernet
9 7 (1.55%) Unified Communications
9 7 (1.55%) Wireless
10 6 (1.32%) ADSL
10 6 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (1.10%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.88%) MPLS
12 4 (0.88%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.88%) VoIP
13 3 (0.66%) PSTN
13 3 (0.66%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.86%) Power BI
2 11 (2.43%) Data Mining
3 8 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.55%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.88%) SAP BW
6 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.66%) Big Data
7 3 (0.66%) Metadata
7 3 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.66%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.44%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.44%) OLAP
8 2 (0.44%) OLTP
8 2 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.44%) Power Query
8 2 (0.44%) Tableau
9 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 19 (4.19%) JIRA
2 8 (1.77%) Git
3 4 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.44%) Appium
4 2 (0.44%) kappa
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.44%) UI Automator
4 2 (0.44%) webpack
4 2 (0.44%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.22%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.22%) JMeter
5 1 (0.22%) NUnit
5 1 (0.22%) Postman
5 1 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.22%) TestRail
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Xcode
General
1 92 (20.31%) Analytical Skills
2 72 (15.89%) Finance
3 35 (7.73%) Public Sector
4 25 (5.52%) Telecoms
5 24 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (2.65%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.21%) Automotive
8 10 (2.21%) Retail
9 9 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.77%) Marketing
11 7 (1.55%) German Language
12 5 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.88%) Law
13 4 (0.88%) Legal
14 3 (0.66%) Billing
14 3 (0.66%) Electronics
14 3 (0.66%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 62 (13.69%) Analyst
2 48 (10.60%) Architect
3 44 (9.71%) Project Manager
4 40 (8.83%) Developer
5 38 (8.39%) Lead
6 33 (7.28%) Senior
7 27 (5.96%) Consultant
8 18 (3.97%) Support Engineer
9 15 (3.31%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (3.09%) Support Analyst
11 13 (2.87%) Data Architect
11 13 (2.87%) Enterprise Architect
12 10 (2.21%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 10 (2.21%) Business Analyst
12 10 (2.21%) IT Manager
12 10 (2.21%) Senior Manager
12 10 (2.21%) Service Analyst
12 10 (2.21%) Test Manager
13 9 (1.99%) Network Engineer
13 9 (1.99%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.43%) React
2 10 (2.21%) .NET
3 9 (1.99%) AngularJS
4 8 (1.77%) RESTful
5 7 (1.55%) HTML
6 6 (1.32%) Spring
7 5 (1.10%) CSS
8 4 (0.88%) REST
9 3 (0.66%) JSON
9 3 (0.66%) LDAP
9 3 (0.66%) Middleware
9 3 (0.66%) PySpark
9 3 (0.66%) SAML
9 3 (0.66%) SAP Business Workflow
9 3 (0.66%) Visualforce
9 3 (0.66%) XML
10 2 (0.44%) ADO
10 2 (0.44%) OAuth
10 2 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.64%) Management Information System
2 20 (4.42%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.21%) Data Centre
7 9 (1.99%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.99%) IoT
8 8 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (1.77%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.77%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.55%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.55%) CCTV
9 7 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.55%) NHS
9 7 (1.55%) PKI
9 7 (1.55%) Taxonomies
10 6 (1.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 57 (12.58%) Windows
2 26 (5.74%) Windows 10
3 20 (4.42%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.43%) Linux
4 11 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.32%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.10%) Android
8 3 (0.66%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.44%) Unix
9 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.44%) zOS
10 1 (0.22%) CentOS
10 1 (0.22%) Debian
10 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (29.36%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (19.65%) Agile
3 76 (16.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 72 (15.89%) Project Management
5 62 (13.69%) Customer Service
6 46 (10.15%) Computer Science
7 41 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (8.83%) ITIL
9 37 (8.17%) Decision-Making
10 34 (7.51%) Migration
11 32 (7.06%) Roadmaps
12 30 (6.62%) Analytics
12 30 (6.62%) ERP
13 27 (5.96%) Cybersecurity
13 27 (5.96%) Project Delivery
14 26 (5.74%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (5.74%) DevOps
15 22 (4.86%) Scrum
15 22 (4.86%) Service Management
16 20 (4.42%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.74%) SQL
2 22 (4.86%) Python
3 16 (3.53%) PowerShell
4 11 (2.43%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.99%) Java
6 8 (1.77%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.55%) C#
8 5 (1.10%) Bicep
9 3 (0.66%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.66%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.66%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.66%) Swift
10 2 (0.44%) C++
10 2 (0.44%) Perl
10 2 (0.44%) SOQL
11 1 (0.22%) COBOL
11 1 (0.22%) PHP
11 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (15.45%) Degree
2 33 (7.28%) Security Cleared
3 26 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (5.30%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.09%) PMP
6 13 (2.87%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.99%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (1.32%) BC Cleared
11 6 (1.32%) CCNA
11 6 (1.32%) CCNP
11 6 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (1.32%) ISTQB
12 5 (1.10%) CISSP
13 4 (0.88%) CCIE
13 4 (0.88%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.96%) QA
2 24 (5.30%) SLA
3 12 (2.65%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.43%) NIST
5 9 (1.99%) PMO
6 8 (1.77%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.10%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.88%) GRC
9 3 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.66%) ITGC
10 2 (0.44%) GDPR
10 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.22%) HAZOP
11 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.22%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 39 (8.61%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.77%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.66%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.66%) Docker
4 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.44%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.43%) SCCM
3 10 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.32%) Terraform
5 4 (0.88%) Grafana
5 4 (0.88%) Kibana
6 3 (0.66%) Autotask
6 3 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.66%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.66%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.66%) OpenView
7 2 (0.44%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.22%) Ansible
8 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.22%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 84 (18.54%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.73%) SAP
3 18 (3.97%) Cisco
4 16 (3.53%) Oracle
5 15 (3.31%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.87%) VMware
7 11 (2.43%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.55%) Informatica
9 6 (1.32%) Databricks
9 6 (1.32%) Splunk
10 5 (1.10%) Apple
10 5 (1.10%) HP
10 5 (1.10%) IBM
11 4 (0.88%) Citrix
12 3 (0.66%) Adobe
12 3 (0.66%) BT
12 3 (0.66%) Fujitsu
12 3 (0.66%) Instagram
12 3 (0.66%) Openreach
12 3 (0.66%) Sage