Social Skills Contracts in Bolton

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Manchester > Bolton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Bolton. 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 1 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +6
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 21 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton 65.63% 37.50% 19.35%
As % of the General category 77.78% 42.86% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 1
10th Percentile £160 £267 -
25th Percentile £170 £404 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £503 £475
Median % change year-on-year -62.19% +5.79% +106.52%
75th Percentile £200 £538 £488
90th Percentile £250 - -
Manchester median daily rate £475 £463 £488
% change year-on-year +2.70% -5.13% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile - £50.10 -
25th Percentile - £51.75 £26.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £54.50 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% +18.48% +130.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £57.25 £69.50
90th Percentile £78.00 £58.90 £75.80
Manchester median hourly rate £13.00 £14.69 £26.00
% change year-on-year -11.47% -43.52% +60.00%

All General Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 27 14 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 84.38% 87.50% 54.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 2
10th Percentile £160 £294 £294
25th Percentile £170 £429 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £490 £388
Median % change year-on-year -61.22% +26.45% +46.23%
75th Percentile £200 £528 £447
90th Percentile £250 £538 £471
Manchester median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 13
10th Percentile £54.60 £24.14 £18.68
25th Percentile - £24.19 £26.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £33.00 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -11.53% +86.50%
75th Percentile £75.00 £49.00 £45.05
90th Percentile £77.75 £55.60 £61.81
Manchester median hourly rate £19.77 £21.73 £25.00
% change year-on-year -9.02% -13.10% +38.89%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Bolton

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Bolton

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bolton

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Bolton

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bolton

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Bolton

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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 2 (9.52%) Confluence
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Primavera
1 4 (19.05%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (19.05%) GCP
3 2 (9.52%) Azure
4 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) DHCP
1 4 (19.05%) DNS
1 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
1 4 (19.05%) VPN
2 2 (9.52%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (9.52%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) French Language
3 2 (9.52%) Electronics
4 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) IT Engineer
1 5 (23.81%) IT Support
1 5 (23.81%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Project Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Project Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Project Planner
2 4 (19.05%) Service Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (9.52%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) IT Manager
3 2 (9.52%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Project Controller
3 2 (9.52%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) IT Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
1 4 (19.05%) NHS
2 2 (9.52%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.52%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (61.90%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Project Management
2 9 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (28.57%) Earned Value Management
5 5 (23.81%) Coaching
5 5 (23.81%) ITSM
5 5 (23.81%) Service Management
6 4 (19.05%) Business Performance Management
6 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
6 4 (19.05%) Critical Path Analysis
6 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (19.05%) Performance Management
6 4 (19.05%) Performance Measurement
6 4 (19.05%) Project Planning
6 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
7 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (9.52%) Agile
8 2 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (9.52%) Kanban
8 2 (9.52%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (19.05%) A+ Certification
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
3 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (9.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Google
2 4 (19.05%) SAP
3 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow