Social Skills Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 82 135 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 29.71% 27.27% 31.14%
As % of the General category 51.25% 46.08% 50.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 68
10th Percentile £195 £174 £158
25th Percentile £409 £294 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £473 £440
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% +7.39% +3.53%
75th Percentile £581 £577 £502
90th Percentile £650 £673 £572
East of England median daily rate £479 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +6.39% +5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 83 90
10th Percentile £15.37 £14.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £18.85 - £14.75
90th Percentile £20.01 £15.60 £17.82
East of England median hourly rate £33.75 £24.59 £14.50
% change year-on-year +37.28% +69.55% +7.41%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 160 293 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 57.97% 59.19% 62.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 90 156
10th Percentile £245 £223 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £439
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -3.13% -2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £525
90th Percentile £650 £582 £594
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 154 144
10th Percentile - £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.62 - £14.04
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% +3.45% +6.15%
75th Percentile £18.85 £21.46 £20.56
90th Percentile £33.05 £52.03 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Cambridgeshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Cambridgeshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Cambridgeshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Cambridgeshire

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Cambridgeshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough -3 32 £200 -44.83% 49
Cambridge +1 27 £550 +11.11% 211
Huntingdon 0 5 £360 -38.14% 6
Wisbech - 1 £185 -
Social Skills
East of England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (31.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (23.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.22%) Simulink
4 1 (1.22%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) iTrent
1 1 (1.22%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.88%) Azure
1 4 (4.88%) GitHub
2 2 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.44%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.22%) OCI
3 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.22%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.76%) Firewall
2 4 (4.88%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (4.88%) LAN
2 4 (4.88%) Network Security
2 4 (4.88%) VPN
2 4 (4.88%) VSAN
2 4 (4.88%) WAN
2 4 (4.88%) WLAN
3 1 (1.22%) DNS
3 1 (1.22%) SNMP
3 1 (1.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (2.44%) MongoDB
1 2 (2.44%) Oracle Database
1 2 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.44%) Power BI
2 1 (1.22%) QlikView
2 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.66%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) Git
3 1 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 11 (13.41%) Organisational Skills
2 10 (12.20%) German Language
3 7 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.32%) Hungarian Language
5 5 (6.10%) Finance
5 5 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.44%) Lithuanian Language
7 1 (1.22%) Automotive
7 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.22%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Legal
7 1 (1.22%) Local Government
7 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.22%) Marketing
7 1 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.22%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.22%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 6 (7.32%) Lead
2 5 (6.10%) Project Manager
2 5 (6.10%) Support Officer
3 4 (4.88%) Analyst
3 4 (4.88%) Consultant
3 4 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (4.88%) IT Support
3 4 (4.88%) Network Engineer
3 4 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (3.66%) Business Analyst
4 3 (3.66%) Java Engineer
4 3 (3.66%) Performance Engineer
4 3 (3.66%) Senior
4 3 (3.66%) VMware Engineer
4 3 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (2.44%) Developer
5 2 (2.44%) Digital Project Manager
5 2 (2.44%) IFS Consultant
5 2 (2.44%) MongoDB DBA
5 2 (2.44%) Service Management Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.44%) RESTful
2 2 (2.44%) Web Services
3 1 (1.22%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.32%) CMDB
2 4 (4.88%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.88%) Molecular Biology
3 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.66%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.44%) FMCG
4 2 (2.44%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.44%) Replication
5 1 (1.22%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.22%) FPGA
5 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.22%) Life Science
5 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.22%) Verilog
5 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.32%) Windows
2 2 (2.44%) Linux
3 1 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.22%) Unix
3 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (42.68%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (28.05%) Incident Management
3 20 (24.39%) Service Delivery
4 19 (23.17%) Customer Service
4 19 (23.17%) Mathematics
5 18 (21.95%) Project Management
6 13 (15.85%) Change Management
7 11 (13.41%) Agile
8 10 (12.20%) ITSM
8 10 (12.20%) Service Management
9 8 (9.76%) Time Management
10 7 (8.54%) Asset Management
10 7 (8.54%) Data Management
11 6 (7.32%) Configuration Management
11 6 (7.32%) Data Entry
11 6 (7.32%) Inventory Management
11 6 (7.32%) IT Asset Management
11 6 (7.32%) ITIL
11 6 (7.32%) Waterfall
12 5 (6.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.76%) SQL
2 6 (7.32%) Python
3 4 (4.88%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.66%) Java
5 2 (2.44%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.22%) Bash
6 1 (1.22%) C-shell
6 1 (1.22%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.22%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.22%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (1.22%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 14 (17.07%) Degree
2 9 (10.98%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.76%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.66%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.66%) VCAP
5 3 (3.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.44%) CISSP
6 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.44%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.44%) PMP
7 1 (1.22%) APMG
7 1 (1.22%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.22%) GCFE
7 1 (1.22%) GCIH
7 1 (1.22%) GIAC
7 1 (1.22%) GREM
7 1 (1.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.44%) GDPR
1 2 (2.44%) PMO
2 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.22%) QA
2 1 (1.22%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (9.76%) VMware NSX
2 4 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.88%) vSphere
3 1 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.22%) Firmware
3 1 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (6.10%) Ansible
1 5 (6.10%) vCenter Server
2 4 (4.88%) FortiGate
2 4 (4.88%) PowerCLI
2 4 (4.88%) Terraform
2 4 (4.88%) VxRail
3 2 (2.44%) SCCM
4 1 (1.22%) HAProxy
4 1 (1.22%) Nagios
4 1 (1.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 31 (37.80%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.98%) Oracle
3 8 (9.76%) VMware
4 5 (6.10%) Dell
5 4 (4.88%) Cisco
6 2 (2.44%) IFS
6 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.22%) Apple
7 1 (1.22%) Google
7 1 (1.22%) HP
7 1 (1.22%) Planview
7 1 (1.22%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.22%) SAP
7 1 (1.22%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.22%) Sun
7 1 (1.22%) Xilinx