Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Blackpool

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Lancashire > Blackpool

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Blackpool. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 10 14
Rank change year-on-year +8 +4 -6
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 8 4 13
As % of all contract jobs in Blackpool 36.36% 16.00% 15.29%
As % of the General category 61.54% 66.67% 22.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 9
10th Percentile £238 - £548
25th Percentile £350 £259 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £268 £645
Median % change year-on-year +38.32% -58.53% +21.70%
75th Percentile £440 £451 £688
90th Percentile - £556 -
Lancashire median daily rate £410 £488 £645
% change year-on-year -15.90% -24.42% +24.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.27 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.04% - -
75th Percentile £23.71 £28.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -1.56% - +3.36%

All General Skills
Blackpool

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 Blackpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 13 6 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool 59.09% 24.00% 69.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 47
10th Percentile £263 - £488
25th Percentile £339 £259 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £268 £645
Median % change year-on-year +45.79% -58.53% +15.18%
75th Percentile £459 £451 £720
90th Percentile £542 £556 -
Lancashire median daily rate £455 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -9.00% -16.67% +13.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.27 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.04% - -
75th Percentile £23.71 £28.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +5.72% -6.89% +15.45%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

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

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Blackpool

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Blackpool

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Blackpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Blackpool over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Blackpool

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Blackpool

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

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

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
1 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics
1 1 (12.50%) Google Tag Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) BigQuery
1 1 (12.50%) Looker
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Project Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Junior
4 1 (12.50%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Junior Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Performance Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
1 1 (12.50%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
1 4 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Focus Group
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (12.50%) AI
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Measurement
4 1 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) User Research
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft