Social Skills Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 87 175 215
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 18.43% 20.83% 24.74%
As % of the General category 34.25% 33.46% 40.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 149 158
10th Percentile £174 £246 £151
25th Percentile £316 £413 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £444
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +12.68% -6.58%
75th Percentile £534 £594 £536
90th Percentile £597 £675 £625
South East median daily rate £488 £510 £475
% change year-on-year -4.41% +7.37% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 27
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.25 £9.50 £10.77
Median hourly rate £12.50 £10.00 £12.31
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -18.77% -5.16%
75th Percentile £37.63 £10.50 £13.00
90th Percentile £52.55 - £20.76
South East median hourly rate £18.35 £31.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -40.81% +77.14% -13.47%

All General Skills
Buckinghamshire

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 254 523 531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 53.81% 62.26% 61.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 415 405
10th Percentile £202 £218 £190
25th Percentile £350 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £470 £460
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +2.17% -3.16%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £550
90th Percentile £745 £662 £625
South East median daily rate £493 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.40% - +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 2 34
10th Percentile £14.75 £12.68 -
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.44 £10.77
Median hourly rate £24.43 £26.25 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +110.00% -48.96%
75th Percentile £28.75 £35.44 £14.40
90th Percentile £29.50 £40.43 £23.38
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -26.25%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Buckinghamshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Buckinghamshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Buckinghamshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Buckinghamshire

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Buckinghamshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -1 67 £450 -5.26% 113
High Wycombe +2 6 £170 -71.71% 25
Amersham - 4 - - 2
Marlow +2 1 £500 +135.29% 8
Aylesbury -1 1 £170 - 13
Buckingham - 1 £418 - 2
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 3 (3.45%) Appian
1 3 (3.45%) Confluence
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.15%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.15%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (3.45%) iTrent
2 1 (1.15%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.09%) Azure
2 6 (6.90%) AWS
3 4 (4.60%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (4.60%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (3.45%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.45%) PaaS
5 2 (2.30%) Azure API Management
5 2 (2.30%) Azure Functions
5 2 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.30%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.30%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.30%) Serverless
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.15%) Figma
6 1 (1.15%) GCP
6 1 (1.15%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.15%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.60%) VPN
2 3 (3.45%) Firewall
3 2 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.15%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (4.60%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (3.45%) BusinessObjects XI
3 2 (2.30%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.15%) Big Data
4 1 (1.15%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.15%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.15%) Power BI
4 1 (1.15%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (6.90%) JIRA
2 3 (3.45%) Postman
3 1 (1.15%) Git
3 1 (1.15%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.15%) Maven
3 1 (1.15%) MLflow
3 1 (1.15%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.15%) Subversion
General
1 18 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (13.79%) Retail
3 11 (12.64%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (10.34%) Marketing
5 8 (9.20%) Finance
6 7 (8.05%) Automotive
7 6 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (6.90%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.60%) Banking
9 3 (3.45%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (3.45%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.15%) Advertising
11 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (33.33%) Analyst
2 13 (14.94%) Business Analyst
3 7 (8.05%) Project Manager
3 7 (8.05%) Senior
4 6 (6.90%) Developer
5 5 (5.75%) Coordinator
6 4 (4.60%) Consultant
6 4 (4.60%) SOC Engineer
6 4 (4.60%) Support Analyst
6 4 (4.60%) Technical Coordinator
6 4 (4.60%) Technical Support
6 4 (4.60%) Test Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) Digital Business Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (3.45%) IT Support
7 3 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) Service Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.45%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) HTML
1 2 (2.30%) OpenAPI
1 2 (2.30%) Swagger
2 1 (1.15%) .NET
2 1 (1.15%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.15%) ADO
2 1 (1.15%) Ajax
2 1 (1.15%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (1.15%) CSS
2 1 (1.15%) CSS3
2 1 (1.15%) HTML5
2 1 (1.15%) jQuery
2 1 (1.15%) NumPy
2 1 (1.15%) PySpark
2 1 (1.15%) Regular Expression
2 1 (1.15%) SOAP
2 1 (1.15%) Web Services
2 1 (1.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.60%) Cloud Native
1 4 (4.60%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (4.60%) Driving Licence
2 3 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.30%) Robotics
3 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.15%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.15%) NHS
4 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.34%) Windows
2 3 (3.45%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.30%) Linux
3 2 (2.30%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.15%) Solaris
4 1 (1.15%) Unix
4 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (14.94%) Agile
3 12 (13.79%) Data Analysis
3 12 (13.79%) Migration
3 12 (13.79%) Project Management
4 10 (11.49%) Business Analysis
4 10 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (11.49%) PRINCE2
5 9 (10.34%) Decision-Making
5 9 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (10.34%) Service Delivery
6 8 (9.20%) Time Management
7 7 (8.05%) Impact Assessments
8 6 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (6.90%) Change Management
8 6 (6.90%) Customer Service
8 6 (6.90%) Data Migration
8 6 (6.90%) Project Delivery
8 6 (6.90%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (6.90%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.94%) SQL
2 3 (3.45%) C#
3 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.30%) Python
4 1 (1.15%) C
4 1 (1.15%) Java
4 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 20 (22.99%) Security Cleared
2 16 (18.39%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.05%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.75%) ISEB
5 4 (4.60%) Degree
6 2 (2.30%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.30%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.30%) PMP
7 1 (1.15%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.15%) APMP
7 1 (1.15%) CISA
7 1 (1.15%) CISM
7 1 (1.15%) CISSP
7 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) SLA
2 4 (4.60%) QA
3 1 (1.15%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.30%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.45%) SCCM
2 1 (1.15%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (18.39%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.45%) HP
2 3 (3.45%) Oracle
2 3 (3.45%) Salesforce
2 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.30%) Apple
3 2 (2.30%) McAfee
3 2 (2.30%) MobileIron
3 2 (2.30%) SAP
4 1 (1.15%) Adobe
4 1 (1.15%) Cisco
4 1 (1.15%) Computacenter
4 1 (1.15%) Databricks
4 1 (1.15%) Dell
4 1 (1.15%) LogRhythm
4 1 (1.15%) NEC
4 1 (1.15%) Snow
4 1 (1.15%) TippingPoint
4 1 (1.15%) Trend Micro
4 1 (1.15%) VMware