Social Skills Contracts in Barrow-in-Furness

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 22 50 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 14.47% 30.12% 25.00%
As % of the General category 44.90% 46.73% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 41 5
10th Percentile £479 £438 -
25th Percentile £490 £481 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £493 £463
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% +6.59% -6.57%
75th Percentile £639 £525 £575
90th Percentile £674 £670 £650
Cumbria median daily rate £513 £493 £533
% change year-on-year +3.96% -7.42% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £22.65 - -
25th Percentile £22.72 £45.22 £19.35
Median hourly rate £28.75 £50.67 £20.70
Median % change year-on-year -43.26% +144.78% -56.42%
75th Percentile £47.11 £52.78 £22.05
90th Percentile £58.36 - -
Cumbria median hourly rate £28.75 £13.00 £20.70
% change year-on-year +121.15% -37.20% -56.42%

All General Skills
Barrow-in-Furness

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 Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 49 107 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 32.24% 64.46% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 84 10
10th Percentile £386 £441 £444
25th Percentile £471 £493 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £561 £486
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +15.43% -5.17%
75th Percentile £630 £678 £575
90th Percentile £665 £725 £705
Cumbria median daily rate £525 £526 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +10.63% -3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 3
10th Percentile £22.72 - £20.28
25th Percentile £25.26 £45.22 £21.68
Median hourly rate £27.50 £48.56 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.37% +102.33% -49.47%
75th Percentile £49.94 £52.56 £39.63
90th Percentile £58.45 £52.78 £49.00
Cumbria median hourly rate £27.50 £21.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year +30.95% -46.84% -16.84%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Barrow-in-Furness

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Barrow-in-Furness

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Barrow-in-Furness

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Barrow-in-Furness

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Barrow-in-Furness

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (4.55%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Skype
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) LAN
2 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
2 1 (4.55%) WAN
2 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) Metadata
1 5 (22.73%) Tableau
General
1 2 (9.09%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Electronics
2 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Engagement Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Technical Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Commissioning Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
4 1 (4.55%) IT Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) IT Support
4 1 (4.55%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Network Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Network Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Network Technical Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Service Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) SharePoint Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Algorithms
1 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Android
1 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
2 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Project Management
3 5 (22.73%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (22.73%) Data Engineering
3 5 (22.73%) Data Management
3 5 (22.73%) Data Science
3 5 (22.73%) Decision-Making
3 5 (22.73%) Impact Analysis
3 5 (22.73%) Information Retrieval
3 5 (22.73%) Mathematics
3 5 (22.73%) Pattern Recognition
3 5 (22.73%) Statistical Modelling
3 5 (22.73%) Statistics
3 5 (22.73%) Visualisation
4 3 (13.64%) Application Security
4 3 (13.64%) Due Diligence
4 3 (13.64%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) VMware
1 3 (13.64%) Wyse
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Apple
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Nintex
3 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.55%) Siemens