Social Skills Contracts in Cambridge

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 2 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 27 34 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 23.68% 17.53% 21.43%
As % of the General category 36.49% 28.33% 40.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 19 37
10th Percentile £425 £169 £150
25th Percentile £519 £238 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £495 £440
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -7.37%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £525
90th Percentile £675 £688 £598
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £473 £440
% change year-on-year +0.53% +7.39% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £15.21 £33.88 -
25th Percentile £15.53 £45.08 £17.50
Median hourly rate £16.63 £67.50 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -75.37% +283.30% +0.63%
75th Percentile £17.28 £83.13 £17.72
90th Percentile £17.34 £90.25 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +7.41%

All General Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 74 120 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 64.91% 61.86% 52.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 68 89
10th Percentile £296 £219 £171
25th Percentile £405 £350 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.56% -8.89% -4.00%
75th Percentile £591 £536 £550
90th Percentile £663 £575 £650
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £425 £439
% change year-on-year +5.88% -3.13% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 12
10th Percentile £15.85 £15.50 £16.84
25th Percentile £17.13 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £17.80 £52.50 £35.11
Median % change year-on-year -66.10% +49.53% -8.81%
75th Percentile £60.00 £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile - £67.20 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.67% +3.45% +6.15%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Cambridge

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Cambridge

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Cambridge over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Cambridge

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Cambridge

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) iTrent
1 1 (3.70%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) GitHub
2 1 (3.70%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.70%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Firewall
1 2 (7.41%) Network Security
1 2 (7.41%) VSAN
2 1 (3.70%) DNS
2 1 (3.70%) SNMP
2 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
2 2 (7.41%) Git
3 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.70%) Marketing
3 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (18.52%) Project Manager
2 3 (11.11%) Consultant
2 3 (11.11%) Java Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Performance Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Coordinator
3 2 (7.41%) Digital Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) IFS Consultant
3 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
3 2 (7.41%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Senior
3 2 (7.41%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Defence Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Lead
4 1 (3.70%) PMO Specialist
4 1 (3.70%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (3.70%) Service Management Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.70%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.70%) FPGA
3 1 (3.70%) Life Science
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.70%) Verilog
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (29.63%) Project Management
3 7 (25.93%) Agile
3 7 (25.93%) Change Management
4 5 (18.52%) ITIL
5 4 (14.81%) Waterfall
6 3 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 3 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
6 3 (11.11%) Garbage Collection
6 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (11.11%) ITSM
6 3 (11.11%) Performance Engineering
6 3 (11.11%) Service Management
6 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.11%) Trend Analysis
7 2 (7.41%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 2 (7.41%) Project Delivery
7 2 (7.41%) User Experience
7 2 (7.41%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) Java
3 2 (7.41%) PL/SQL
3 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.41%) SQL
4 1 (3.70%) Bash
4 1 (3.70%) C-shell
4 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.70%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (3.70%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) CISSP
2 2 (7.41%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.41%) PMP
2 2 (7.41%) VCAP
2 2 (7.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (3.70%) APMG
3 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) GCFE
3 1 (3.70%) GCIH
3 1 (3.70%) GIAC
3 1 (3.70%) GREM
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.70%) SANS
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) PMO
2 1 (3.70%) GDPR
2 1 (3.70%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (7.41%) VMware NSX
1 2 (7.41%) vSphere
2 1 (3.70%) Firmware
2 1 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Ansible
1 3 (11.11%) vCenter Server
2 2 (7.41%) PowerCLI
2 2 (7.41%) Terraform
2 2 (7.41%) VxRail
3 1 (3.70%) HAProxy
3 1 (3.70%) Nagios
3 1 (3.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Dell
1 3 (11.11%) Oracle
2 2 (7.41%) IFS
2 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.41%) VMware
3 1 (3.70%) HP
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) Planview
3 1 (3.70%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.70%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) Sitecore
3 1 (3.70%) Sun
3 1 (3.70%) Xilinx