Social Skills Contracts in Blackburn

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Lancashire > Blackburn

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Blackburn. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 4 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Blackburn 44.44% 40.00% 23.08%
As % of the General category 57.14% 40.00% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £453 - £266
25th Percentile £456 £413 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £288
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +47.83% -36.11%
75th Percentile £506 £438 £297
90th Percentile £518 - £299
Lancashire median daily rate £450 £425 £383
% change year-on-year +5.88% +11.11% -27.83%

All General Skills
Blackburn

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 Blackburn.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackburn 77.78% 100.00% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £453 - £274
25th Percentile £456 £413 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £338
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +25.93% -25.00%
75th Percentile £506 £478 £388
90th Percentile £518 £551 -
Lancashire median daily rate £511 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +7.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +36.11% - -
75th Percentile £26.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £47.12 £18.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +161.78% -58.14% +3.98%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Blackburn

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Blackburn

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Blackburn

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Blackburn

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Blackburn

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blackburn 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Lake
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (25.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (25.00%) Accounts Payable
4 1 (25.00%) BPR
4 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ACCA
1 1 (25.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) SAP