Social Skills Contracts in Bristol

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 156 141 170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 22.94% 13.62% 15.19%
As % of the General category 39.39% 26.60% 31.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 80 116
10th Percentile £201 £176 £238
25th Percentile £293 £393 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -3.61% +9.21%
75th Percentile £561 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £675
South West median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 35 22
10th Percentile £30.45 £28.00 £14.61
25th Percentile £31.25 £41.88 £17.39
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -22.76% +46.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £83.74 - £89.00
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -1.52% -42.61% +22.34%

All General Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 396 530 542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 58.24% 51.21% 48.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 283 367
10th Percentile £213 £260 £300
25th Percentile £335 £413 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £562 £609 £638
90th Percentile £648 £685 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% +6.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 136 57
10th Percentile £6.00 £35.00 £18.57
25th Percentile £18.13 £43.75 £51.25
Median hourly rate £31.38 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.73% +5.69% +75.71%
75th Percentile £57.72 £72.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £67.35 £79.00 £91.50
South West median hourly rate £23.50 £47.50 £56.30
% change year-on-year -50.53% -15.63% +33.25%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Bristol

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Bristol

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Bristol

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Bristol

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Bristol

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.49%) SAS
3 2 (1.28%) Confluence
3 2 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.64%) Apache
4 1 (0.64%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 15 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.64%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.64%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.64%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.64%) Simulink
6 1 (0.64%) Sketch
6 1 (0.64%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (3.21%) NEC Housing
1 5 (3.21%) Primavera
2 2 (1.28%) Oracle Payroll
2 2 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.64%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.64%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.64%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 25 (16.03%) Azure
2 19 (12.18%) AWS
3 12 (7.69%) GCP
4 10 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (4.49%) Adobe Analytics
6 6 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.56%) OCI
8 3 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 3 (1.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.28%) Azure API Management
9 2 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.28%) Figma
9 2 (1.28%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.28%) SaaS
10 1 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.64%) AWS Control Tower
10 1 (0.64%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.13%) VPN
2 6 (3.85%) 5G
3 3 (1.92%) DNS
3 3 (1.92%) Firewall
3 3 (1.92%) LAN
4 2 (1.28%) HTTP
4 2 (1.28%) NetScaler
4 2 (1.28%) VoIP
4 2 (1.28%) WAN
4 2 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.64%) ATM
5 1 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.64%) DHCP
5 1 (0.64%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.64%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.64%) Wireless
5 1 (0.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.77%) Relational Database
2 7 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.85%) Power BI
4 3 (1.92%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.28%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (1.28%) Tableau
6 1 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.64%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.64%) Metadata
6 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.77%) Git
2 8 (5.13%) JIRA
3 2 (1.28%) GitLab
3 2 (1.28%) Subversion
4 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.64%) CMake
4 1 (0.64%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.64%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.64%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.64%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.64%) webpack
General
1 39 (25.00%) Finance
2 33 (21.15%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (18.59%) Public Sector
4 21 (13.46%) Marketing
5 19 (12.18%) Telecoms
6 13 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 12 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (7.05%) Electronics
9 9 (5.77%) Banking
10 8 (5.13%) Local Government
10 8 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (4.49%) Billing
11 7 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (2.56%) Polish Language
14 3 (1.92%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.92%) Legal
15 2 (1.28%) Military
16 1 (0.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (15.38%) Analyst
2 19 (12.18%) Project Manager
2 19 (12.18%) Support Engineer
3 14 (8.97%) Desktop Support
3 14 (8.97%) Lead
4 12 (7.69%) Developer
5 11 (7.05%) Architect
6 8 (5.13%) Applications Support
6 8 (5.13%) Azure Developer
6 8 (5.13%) Desktop Engineer
7 7 (4.49%) Analytics Manager
7 7 (4.49%) Applications Developer
7 7 (4.49%) Applications Engineer
7 7 (4.49%) Applications Support Engineer
7 7 (4.49%) Data Analytics Manager
7 7 (4.49%) Data Manager
7 7 (4.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 7 (4.49%) Insight Manager
7 7 (4.49%) Security Manager
7 7 (4.49%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.69%) CSS
1 12 (7.69%) HTML
2 10 (6.41%) .NET
3 5 (3.21%) Web Services
4 4 (2.56%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.92%) React
5 3 (1.92%) RESTful
6 2 (1.28%) CSS3
6 2 (1.28%) HTML5
6 2 (1.28%) JMS
6 2 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (1.28%) SOAP
6 2 (1.28%) XML
6 2 (1.28%) XSD
7 1 (0.64%) ADO
7 1 (0.64%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.64%) Jest
7 1 (0.64%) Kafka
7 1 (0.64%) Node.js
7 1 (0.64%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 11 (7.05%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.92%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.92%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.28%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.28%) EPoS
6 2 (1.28%) FPGA
6 2 (1.28%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.28%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.28%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.28%) Social Media
6 2 (1.28%) VHDL
7 1 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.64%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.54%) Windows
2 8 (5.13%) Linux
3 4 (2.56%) Android
3 4 (2.56%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.92%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.28%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.28%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.64%) CentOS
6 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.64%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.64%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (23.72%) Agile
3 30 (19.23%) Project Management
4 27 (17.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (14.74%) Project Delivery
6 21 (13.46%) Collaborative Working
6 21 (13.46%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (12.18%) Customer Service
8 19 (12.18%) ITIL
9 18 (11.54%) Migration
9 18 (11.54%) User Experience
10 17 (10.90%) Service Delivery
11 15 (9.62%) CI/CD
11 15 (9.62%) ITSM
11 15 (9.62%) Service Management
12 14 (8.97%) Risk Management
13 13 (8.33%) PRINCE2
13 13 (8.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.33%) JavaScript
1 13 (8.33%) SQL
2 12 (7.69%) C#
2 12 (7.69%) Python
3 8 (5.13%) R
4 6 (3.85%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.92%) Tcl
5 3 (1.92%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.28%) C++
6 2 (1.28%) Java
6 2 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.28%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.64%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.64%) Bash
7 1 (0.64%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.64%) Ruby
7 1 (0.64%) SOQL
7 1 (0.64%) VBA
Qualifications
1 48 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 34 (21.79%) SC Cleared
3 20 (12.82%) Degree
4 12 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 9 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (5.13%) Azure Certification
6 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (4.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (4.49%) PMI Certification
7 7 (4.49%) PMP
8 4 (2.56%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.56%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.56%) CISSP
9 2 (1.28%) CEH
9 2 (1.28%) CISA
9 2 (1.28%) CISM
9 2 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.28%) OCA
9 2 (1.28%) OCP
9 2 (1.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.49%) SLA
3 5 (3.21%) PMO
4 4 (2.56%) QA
5 3 (1.92%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.92%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.64%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.64%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (9.62%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.28%) Docker
4 2 (1.28%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (1.28%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.64%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.85%) Amdocs OSS
3 4 (2.56%) SCCM
4 3 (1.92%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.28%) Ansible
5 2 (1.28%) Data Guard
5 2 (1.28%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (1.28%) Terraform
6 1 (0.64%) Grafana
6 1 (0.64%) Kibana
6 1 (0.64%) logstash
6 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.64%) Puppet
6 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.64%) yum
Vendors
1 30 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.54%) SAP
3 15 (9.62%) ServiceNow
4 10 (6.41%) Google
5 9 (5.77%) Adobe
5 9 (5.77%) Citrix
6 7 (4.49%) Teradata
7 6 (3.85%) Amdocs
7 6 (3.85%) Ciena
7 6 (3.85%) Ericsson
7 6 (3.85%) NetCracker
7 6 (3.85%) Nokia
7 6 (3.85%) VMware
8 5 (3.21%) NEC
8 5 (3.21%) Oracle
8 5 (3.21%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.28%) Blue Prism
9 2 (1.28%) Cisco
9 2 (1.28%) IFS
9 2 (1.28%) Red Hat