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 in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 3 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -1
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Social Skills 102 76 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 31.88% 20.16% 22.96%
As % of the General category 51.52% 32.90% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 50 148
10th Percentile £185 £234 £246
25th Percentile £321 £366 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £528 £540 £585
90th Percentile £554 £603 £741
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 3
10th Percentile £13.25 £17.26 £13.25
25th Percentile - £20.31 £13.37
Median hourly rate £14.20 £26.18 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -45.75% +92.91% +4.38%
75th Percentile £14.69 £31.85 -
90th Percentile £18.00 £34.79 -
South East median hourly rate £17.00 £42.50 £33.41
% change year-on-year -60.00% +27.21% +96.53%

All General Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 198 231 496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 61.88% 61.27% 61.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 143 368
10th Percentile £206 £213 £247
25th Percentile £331 £343 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £536 £550 £600
90th Percentile £645 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 4
10th Percentile £13.54 £16.68 £13.29
25th Percentile - £22.50 £13.47
Median hourly rate £14.20 £27.50 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -48.36% +102.65% +4.38%
75th Percentile £16.31 £28.75 £16.12
90th Percentile £43.78 £35.40 £20.70
South East median hourly rate £18.85 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.14% +14.70% +134.74%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Buckinghamshire

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Social Skills
DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes +4 77 £413 -10.81% 115
Bletchley 0 7 £163 - 15
Iver - 5 £508 - 1
Marlow 0 4 - - 6
Newport Pagnell - 1 - - 6
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 2 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (1.96%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (1.96%) CMS
1 2 (1.96%) Confluence
1 2 (1.96%) IBM Domino
1 2 (1.96%) IIS
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (12.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (12.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.96%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.98%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.98%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Avolution ABACUS
2 1 (0.98%) Oracle ASCP
2 1 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.98%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.98%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 18 (17.65%) Azure
2 10 (9.80%) AWS
3 6 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.90%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.90%) Figma
4 5 (4.90%) Google Workspace
5 3 (2.94%) GCP
5 3 (2.94%) GitHub
6 2 (1.96%) Alation
6 2 (1.96%) Collibra
6 2 (1.96%) dbt
6 2 (1.96%) Fivetran
6 2 (1.96%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.96%) PaaS
6 2 (1.96%) SaaS
6 2 (1.96%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.98%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.98%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.76%) Firewall
2 6 (5.88%) Internet
2 6 (5.88%) VLAN
2 6 (5.88%) Wireless
3 5 (4.90%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.96%) HTTP
5 1 (0.98%) NAS
5 1 (0.98%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.92%) Big Data
2 4 (3.92%) Metadata
3 3 (2.94%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.94%) MS Access
3 3 (2.94%) MySQL
3 3 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.96%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.98%) Power BI
5 1 (0.98%) Power Query
5 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (6.86%) JIRA
2 3 (2.94%) Git
2 3 (2.94%) GitLab
3 2 (1.96%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (1.96%) UI Automator
General
1 26 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (18.63%) Finance
3 6 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (4.90%) Financial Institution
5 4 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.92%) General Ledger
5 4 (3.92%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.94%) Banking
6 3 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.94%) Retail
7 2 (1.96%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.96%) Automotive
7 2 (1.96%) Electronics
7 2 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.96%) Marketing
8 1 (0.98%) Billing
8 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (21.57%) Analyst
2 17 (16.67%) Lead
3 12 (11.76%) Developer
4 11 (10.78%) Help Desk Support
5 8 (7.84%) IT Support
5 8 (7.84%) Test Analyst
6 7 (6.86%) Salesforce Developer
6 7 (6.86%) Senior
6 7 (6.86%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (5.88%) Help Desk Agent
8 5 (4.90%) Architect
8 5 (4.90%) Service Analyst
9 4 (3.92%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.92%) Integration Analyst
9 4 (3.92%) Integration Test Analyst
9 4 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.92%) Support Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Python Developer
10 3 (2.94%) Service Design Analyst
10 3 (2.94%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.84%) React
2 7 (6.86%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (4.90%) HTML
4 4 (3.92%) AngularJS
4 4 (3.92%) RESTful
4 4 (3.92%) WebdriverIO
5 3 (2.94%) .NET
5 3 (2.94%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.94%) CSS
5 3 (2.94%) Django
5 3 (2.94%) FastAPI
5 3 (2.94%) Flask
5 3 (2.94%) Middleware
5 3 (2.94%) Web Services
6 2 (1.96%) Ajax
6 2 (1.96%) JSON
6 2 (1.96%) Semantic HTML
6 2 (1.96%) Vue
6 2 (1.96%) XML
7 1 (0.98%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.88%) EPoS
2 5 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.96%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.96%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.96%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.98%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.98%) CSOC
5 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.98%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (29.41%) Windows
2 5 (4.90%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.94%) Unix
4 2 (1.96%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (13.73%) Time Management
3 12 (11.76%) Migration
3 12 (11.76%) Waterfall
4 11 (10.78%) Logistics
4 11 (10.78%) Microservices
5 10 (9.80%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (9.80%) ITIL
5 10 (9.80%) Roadmaps
5 10 (9.80%) Service Delivery
6 9 (8.82%) Agile
6 9 (8.82%) Customer Service
6 9 (8.82%) Integration Testing
6 9 (8.82%) System Integration Testing
6 9 (8.82%) Workflow
7 8 (7.84%) Service Management
7 8 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (7.84%) Test Automation
7 8 (7.84%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.88%) C#
1 6 (5.88%) SQL
2 5 (4.90%) Apex Code
2 5 (4.90%) Java
3 4 (3.92%) JavaScript
3 4 (3.92%) VB
4 3 (2.94%) Python
5 2 (1.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (21.57%) Security Cleared
2 15 (14.71%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.88%) Degree
4 5 (4.90%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.98%) CEH
6 1 (0.98%) CISSP
6 1 (0.98%) GCIH
6 1 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.98%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.98%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.84%) QA
2 7 (6.86%) SLA
3 4 (3.92%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.92%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.96%) ARP4754
4 2 (1.96%) GDPR
4 2 (1.96%) WCAG
5 1 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.98%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.98%) Docker
2 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) SCOM
2 1 (0.98%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (28.43%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.75%) Salesforce
3 9 (8.82%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.86%) Google
5 5 (4.90%) MuleSoft
5 5 (4.90%) Remedy
6 3 (2.94%) Citrix
6 3 (2.94%) Oracle
7 2 (1.96%) Adobe
7 2 (1.96%) Databricks
7 2 (1.96%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.96%) Hotjar
7 2 (1.96%) IBM
7 2 (1.96%) Informatica
7 2 (1.96%) JDA
8 1 (0.98%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.98%) BMC
8 1 (0.98%) Dell
8 1 (0.98%) HP
8 1 (0.98%) NetApp