Social Skills Contracts in West Yorkshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 258 354 307
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 26.01% 21.74% 16.03%
As % of the General category 47.34% 35.72% 31.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 201 197
10th Percentile £243 £325 £169
25th Percentile £344 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.38% -0.52%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 9
10th Percentile £13.65 £13.16 £12.03
25th Percentile £14.06 £14.18 £16.25
Median hourly rate £14.63 £17.48 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% -22.47% +2.48%
75th Percentile £15.19 £56.93 £28.75
90th Percentile - £70.00 £28.85
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.63 £17.72 £18.19
% change year-on-year -17.47% -2.60% +6.44%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 545 991 968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 54.94% 60.87% 50.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 700 680
10th Percentile £263 £350 £249
25th Percentile £380 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £483 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -8.10% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 11 32
10th Percentile - £12.00 £10.79
25th Percentile £12.15 £13.16 £14.59
Median hourly rate £13.50 £17.72 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -5.24% -23.36%
75th Percentile £15.19 £31.57 £24.49
90th Percentile £17.06 £70.00 £28.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.63 £18.69 £18.70
% change year-on-year -21.76% -0.04% -5.96%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in West Yorkshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds +1 180 £500 -4.53% 227
Wakefield +1 35 £339 +16.81% 20
Bradford +1 20 £490 -10.91% 24
Huddersfield +1 8 £250 -28.57% 13
Halifax +3 3 £330 -32.31% 9
Sowerby Bridge - 3 £330 -
Knottingley - 1 - -
Social Skills
Yorkshire

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 5 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.55%) WordPress
3 3 (1.16%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.78%) Confluence
5 1 (0.39%) SAS
5 1 (0.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.16%) Sketch
4 1 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (5.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.71%) SAP PM
3 6 (2.33%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.39%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 29 (11.24%) Azure
2 20 (7.75%) Power Platform
3 16 (6.20%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (3.88%) AWS
5 9 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.71%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.33%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.55%) Figma
8 4 (1.55%) GCP
8 4 (1.55%) iPaaS
8 4 (1.55%) MailChimp
9 3 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.16%) SaaS
10 2 (0.78%) GitHub
10 2 (0.78%) Slack
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.49%) DNS
2 8 (3.10%) DHCP
3 6 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
3 6 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.94%) LAN
4 5 (1.94%) WAN
5 4 (1.55%) VPN
5 4 (1.55%) Wireless
6 2 (0.78%) Network Security
7 1 (0.39%) Firewall
7 1 (0.39%) Skype
7 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.04%) Power BI
2 5 (1.94%) GIS
2 5 (1.94%) Tableau
3 4 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.55%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.55%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.16%) Big Data
4 3 (1.16%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.39%) Ingres
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.39%) Power Query
6 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.94%) JIRA
2 4 (1.55%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (1.55%) XCUITest
3 2 (0.78%) Git
3 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.78%) Selenium
3 2 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.39%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.39%) JMeter
4 1 (0.39%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.39%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.39%) Postman
General
1 34 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (7.75%) Public Sector
3 16 (6.20%) Finance
4 10 (3.88%) Banking
4 10 (3.88%) Manufacturing
4 10 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (3.10%) Retail
6 7 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.33%) Health Technology
8 4 (1.55%) Legal
9 2 (0.78%) Back Office
9 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Billing
10 1 (0.39%) Local Government
10 1 (0.39%) Marketing
10 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (19.38%) Analyst
2 33 (12.79%) Business Analyst
3 29 (11.24%) Developer
4 24 (9.30%) Service Desk Agent
5 21 (8.14%) Project Manager
6 18 (6.98%) Senior
7 16 (6.20%) Lead
8 11 (4.26%) Architect
8 11 (4.26%) Consultant
9 9 (3.49%) SAP Analyst
9 9 (3.49%) SAP Business Analyst
10 8 (3.10%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 8 (3.10%) Service Analyst
11 7 (2.71%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (2.71%) IT Technician
12 6 (2.33%) Change Manager
12 6 (2.33%) IT Manager
12 6 (2.33%) Senior Developer
12 6 (2.33%) Service Desk Analyst
12 6 (2.33%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.71%) SailPoint
2 6 (2.33%) Web Services
3 3 (1.16%) HTML
3 3 (1.16%) Laravel
3 3 (1.16%) LDAP
3 3 (1.16%) REST
4 2 (0.78%) .NET
4 2 (0.78%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.78%) XMPP
5 1 (0.39%) ADO
5 1 (0.39%) CSS
5 1 (0.39%) ISPF
5 1 (0.39%) Middleware
5 1 (0.39%) Node.js
5 1 (0.39%) PySpark
5 1 (0.39%) React
5 1 (0.39%) RESTful
5 1 (0.39%) SAML
5 1 (0.39%) SAP TM
5 1 (0.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.65%) NHS
2 10 (3.88%) Algorithms
2 10 (3.88%) Driving Licence
2 10 (3.88%) Mobile App
3 9 (3.49%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.33%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (1.55%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.16%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.16%) Smart Meter
7 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.78%) BYOD
7 2 (0.78%) CMDB
7 2 (0.78%) EPoS
7 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.39%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.39%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.08%) Windows
2 15 (5.81%) Windows 10
3 8 (3.10%) Windows 7
4 6 (2.33%) Linux
5 5 (1.94%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.55%) Android
6 4 (1.55%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.78%) Debian
7 2 (0.78%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.39%) Unix
8 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (42.64%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 52 (20.16%) Customer Service
4 47 (18.22%) Agile
5 46 (17.83%) Project Management
6 24 (9.30%) Migration
7 20 (7.75%) User Stories
7 20 (7.75%) Waterfall
8 18 (6.98%) Business Analysis
9 17 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (6.59%) ERP
9 17 (6.59%) Requirements Gathering
10 14 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (5.04%) Acceptance Criteria
11 13 (5.04%) Data Modelling
11 13 (5.04%) Decision-Making
11 13 (5.04%) DevOps
11 13 (5.04%) ITIL
11 13 (5.04%) Test Automation
12 12 (4.65%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.98%) JavaScript
2 12 (4.65%) SQL
3 10 (3.88%) Python
4 7 (2.71%) TypeScript
5 6 (2.33%) ABAP
6 3 (1.16%) C++
6 3 (1.16%) Java
6 3 (1.16%) Kotlin
6 3 (1.16%) PHP
6 3 (1.16%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.78%) C#
7 2 (0.78%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.78%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.78%) VBA
8 1 (0.39%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.39%) JCL
8 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.39%) REXX
8 1 (0.39%) Scala
8 1 (0.39%) Swift
Qualifications
1 24 (9.30%) Degree
2 13 (5.04%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.33%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (1.55%) CBAP
6 4 (1.55%) CCNA
6 4 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.16%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.16%) CEH
7 3 (1.16%) CREST Certified
7 3 (1.16%) GIAC
7 3 (1.16%) GPEN
7 3 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (1.16%) OSCP
8 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.69%) SLA
2 21 (8.14%) QA
3 5 (1.94%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.55%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.16%) GDPR
5 3 (1.16%) NIST
6 2 (0.78%) PMO
7 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (10.47%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.20%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.33%) KVM
4 6 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (2.33%) VMware Workstation
5 5 (1.94%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.39%) ACF2
6 1 (0.39%) RACF
6 1 (0.39%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 6 (2.33%) vCenter Server
2 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.39%) OMEGAMON
3 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.47%) SAP
3 13 (5.04%) ServiceNow
4 10 (3.88%) BT
4 10 (3.88%) Virgin Media
4 10 (3.88%) VMware
5 7 (2.71%) Brio
6 6 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.94%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.55%) ESRI
8 4 (1.55%) Hootsuite
9 2 (0.78%) Ariba
9 2 (0.78%) Citrix
9 2 (0.78%) Databricks
10 1 (0.39%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (0.39%) Broadcom
10 1 (0.39%) Concur
10 1 (0.39%) JDA
10 1 (0.39%) Splunk
10 1 (0.39%) Thycotic