Social Skills Contracts in Bath

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Somerset > Bath

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Bath. 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 4 1 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 16 11 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bath 28.57% 19.64% 3.08%
As % of the General category 42.11% 37.93% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 2
10th Percentile £140 £440 £205
25th Percentile £201 £472 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £263
Median % change year-on-year - +90.48% -27.59%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £308
90th Percentile £775 - £330
Somerset median daily rate £600 £530 £422
% change year-on-year +13.21% +25.74% +14.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £12.50 -
Somerset median hourly rate £14.42 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year -42.32% - -

All General Skills
Bath

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 Bath.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 38 29 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath 67.86% 51.79% 43.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 22 27
10th Percentile £211 £396 £138
25th Percentile £452 £434 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% +26.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £675 £525 £470
90th Percentile £765 £588 £581
Somerset median daily rate £620 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +24.00% -2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £12.50 -
Somerset median hourly rate £14.42 £25.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -42.32% -37.50% -19.60%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Bath

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bath

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Bath

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Bath

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Bath

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bath

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Bath

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bath 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 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (6.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) PaaS
3 1 (6.25%) Pendo
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) BGP
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) MPLS
1 2 (12.50%) OSPF
1 2 (12.50%) SD-WAN
1 2 (12.50%) VLAN
1 2 (12.50%) VPN
1 2 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
1 1 (6.25%) Selenium
General
1 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Legal
5 2 (12.50%) Military
6 1 (6.25%) Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Law
6 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Business Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Network Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Product Owner
5 1 (6.25%) Agile Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Agile Product Owner
5 1 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Mortgage Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Product Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Product Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) QA Automation Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) QA Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (31.25%) Time Management
4 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (18.75%) Business Case
5 3 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
5 3 (18.75%) ITIL
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (12.50%) ArchiMate
6 2 (12.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 2 (12.50%) Business Strategy
6 2 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (12.50%) Financial Modelling
6 2 (12.50%) Performance Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Service Design
6 2 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) A+ Certification
5 2 (12.50%) AWS Certification
5 2 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
5 2 (12.50%) CCIE
5 2 (12.50%) CCNP
5 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (12.50%) JNCIE
5 2 (12.50%) JNCIP
5 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 2 (12.50%) MBA
6 1 (6.25%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco
2 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 2 (12.50%) Google
2 2 (12.50%) Juniper
2 2 (12.50%) Palo Alto
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) Salesforce