Social Skills Contracts in Bedford

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Bedford. 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 1 3 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 10 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedford 71.43% 19.35% 9.52%
As % of the General category 76.92% 28.57% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile £317 £181 £165
25th Percentile £515 £203 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £275 £188
Median % change year-on-year +136.36% +46.67% -50.00%
75th Percentile £680 £338 £207
90th Percentile £688 £413 £216
Bedfordshire median daily rate £650 £525 £375
% change year-on-year +23.81% +40.00% -16.67%

All General Skills
Bedford

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 Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 13 21 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 92.86% 67.74% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 3
10th Percentile £375 £193 £118
25th Percentile £526 £213 £134
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £325 £160
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% +103.13% -57.33%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £191
90th Percentile £683 £756 £210
Bedfordshire median daily rate £580 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +10.48% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £31.80 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 £21.50 £90.00
% change year-on-year +179.07% -76.11% +56.52%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Bedford

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Bedford

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedford

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Bedford

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Bedford

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedford 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 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (10.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP ERP
1 3 (30.00%) SAP EWM
1 3 (30.00%) SAP GTS
1 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
1 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) IT Support
1 5 (50.00%) Support Officer
2 3 (30.00%) SAP Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Avaya Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) JTAPI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) EPoS
2 1 (10.00%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (50.00%) IT Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) Data Management
3 3 (30.00%) ERP
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (10.00%) WFM
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) ABAP
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Avaya
3 1 (10.00%) MKS
3 1 (10.00%) Verint