Social Skills Contracts in Cheltenham

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 18 4 14
Rank change year-on-year -14 +10 -7
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 5 41 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 8.06% 22.04% 13.46%
As % of the General category 27.78% 61.19% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 13
10th Percentile £233 £185 £134
25th Percentile £338 £344 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £338
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +33.33% -35.71%
75th Percentile £544 £558 £590
90th Percentile £548 £600 £640
Gloucestershire median daily rate £463 £540 £400
% change year-on-year -14.35% +35.00% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £15.77 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £16.17 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £17.10 -
Median % change year-on-year +250.98% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £17.77 -
90th Percentile - £18.02 -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £67.50 £18.13 £32.50
% change year-on-year +272.31% -44.22% -30.85%

All General Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 18 67 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 29.03% 36.02% 35.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 20 40
10th Percentile £513 £255 £206
25th Percentile £540 £425 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.60% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £556 £591 £656
90th Percentile £750 £623 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £548 £500
% change year-on-year -13.24% +9.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £16.85 £67.05
25th Percentile £55.00 £31.27 £67.13
Median hourly rate £60.00 £71.00 £74.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% -4.70% +520.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.19 £88.13
90th Percentile - £74.38 £91.95
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £67.50 £40.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year +68.75% -21.57% +57.41%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Cheltenham

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Cheltenham

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Cheltenham

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Cheltenham

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) RBAC
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware