Social Skills Contracts in Cardiff

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +9
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 36 64 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 16.90% 19.05% 21.05%
As % of the General category 49.32% 40.51% 36.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 36 81
10th Percentile - £160 £175
25th Percentile £143 £190 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £303 £425 £426
Median % change year-on-year -28.82% -0.23% +3.90%
75th Percentile £520 £509 £488
90th Percentile £575 £625 £588
South Wales median daily rate £400 £390 £440
% change year-on-year +2.50% -11.36% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £14.04
25th Percentile £12.25 - £16.75
Median hourly rate £12.50 £13.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -42.22% +60.37%
75th Percentile £12.75 - £24.75
90th Percentile - - £25.35
South Wales median hourly rate £17.59 £10.92 £20.75
% change year-on-year +61.08% -47.37% +24.62%

All General Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 73 158 303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 34.27% 47.02% 56.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 117 236
10th Percentile £143 £162 £201
25th Percentile £211 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £528 £575 £538
90th Percentile £589 £618 £638
South Wales median daily rate £438 £450 £485
% change year-on-year -2.78% -7.22% +15.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile £11.32 £13.50 £14.01
25th Percentile £11.75 £14.26 £16.65
Median hourly rate £13.50 £15.53 £20.63
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% -24.70% +42.09%
75th Percentile £53.75 £16.82 £24.25
90th Percentile £60.50 £17.58 £25.15
South Wales median hourly rate £23.93 £10.92 £23.75
% change year-on-year +119.14% -54.02% +31.94%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Cardiff

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Cardiff

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Cardiff over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Cardiff

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Cardiff

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (8.33%) SAS
2 1 (2.78%) Confluence
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.33%) SPSS
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) SAP HCM
1 2 (5.56%) SAP HR
1 2 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 17 (47.22%) Azure
2 13 (36.11%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (11.11%) GitHub
4 2 (5.56%) AWS
4 2 (5.56%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.78%) GCP
5 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) Firewall
2 2 (5.56%) LAN
2 2 (5.56%) WLAN
3 1 (2.78%) Network Security
3 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Oracle Database
1 3 (8.33%) Oracle ODI
1 3 (8.33%) PowerCenter
2 2 (5.56%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.78%) MySQL
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Selenium
General
1 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (16.67%) Finance
2 5 (13.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 10 (27.78%) Project Manager
2 10 (27.78%) Support Engineer
3 9 (25.00%) IT Support
3 9 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) DBA
4 5 (13.89%) Oracle DBA
5 3 (8.33%) Agile Project Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Data Scientist
5 3 (8.33%) Field Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Software Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Database Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Development Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Development Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.56%) SAP Architect
6 2 (5.56%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Software Development Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Software Development Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.33%) Credit Risk
3 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) AIX
2 5 (13.89%) Linux
3 4 (11.11%) Windows
4 3 (8.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (5.56%) Mac OS
5 2 (5.56%) Windows 10
5 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (27.78%) Project Management
3 9 (25.00%) Agile
4 7 (19.44%) Scrum
5 6 (16.67%) Project Governance
6 5 (13.89%) E-business
6 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
6 5 (13.89%) SDLC
6 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 4 (11.11%) DevOps
7 4 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (11.11%) Kanban
8 3 (8.33%) Computer Science
8 3 (8.33%) Data Analysis
8 3 (8.33%) Data Science
8 3 (8.33%) High Availability
8 3 (8.33%) Migration
8 3 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (8.33%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) Python
1 3 (8.33%) R
1 3 (8.33%) Shell Script
2 1 (2.78%) C#
2 1 (2.78%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.56%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) SLA
2 2 (5.56%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.33%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) Data Guard
2 3 (8.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.56%) SCCM
4 1 (2.78%) Argo
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Atlassian
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
1 5 (13.89%) Oracle
2 3 (8.33%) Cisco
2 3 (8.33%) Informatica
3 2 (5.56%) Dell
3 2 (5.56%) SAP
3 2 (5.56%) SonicWALL
3 2 (5.56%) VMware
3 2 (5.56%) WatchGuard
4 1 (2.78%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (2.78%) Citrix
4 1 (2.78%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.78%) Splunk