Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Barnsley

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South Yorkshire > Barnsley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Barnsley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barnsley 68.75% - -
As % of the General category 78.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £361 - -
25th Percentile £369 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 - -
75th Percentile £399 - -
90th Percentile £462 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £463 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +7.14%

All General Skills
Barnsley

Social Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Barnsley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 14 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barnsley 87.50% - 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £340 - -
25th Percentile £368 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.43%
75th Percentile £419 - £388
90th Percentile £474 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £476 £514 £550
% change year-on-year -7.45% -6.59% +5.26%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Barnsley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barnsley.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Barnsley

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Barnsley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barnsley citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barnsley citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Barnsley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Barnsley citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Barnsley citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barnsley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (72.73%) MS Visio
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
1 1 (9.09%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Analyst
2 6 (54.55%) Business Process Analyst
2 6 (54.55%) Process Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) Business Analyst
4 3 (27.27%) Project Analyst
5 2 (18.18%) Asset Management Analyst
5 2 (18.18%) Business Manager
5 2 (18.18%) Business Project Manager
5 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
6 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) Lead
6 1 (9.09%) Lead Business Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) Lead Project Manager
6 1 (9.09%) Power BI Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Asset Management
1 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (54.55%) Business Process Analysis
2 6 (54.55%) IT Asset Management
2 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 6 (54.55%) Process Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (18.18%) Data Security
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Resource Management
3 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Data Architecture
4 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
4 1 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) ServiceNow
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft