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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 +8 -9
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 6 40 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 10.53% 19.23% 14.86%
As % of the General category 37.50% 57.97% 45.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 12
10th Percentile £353 £193 £133
25th Percentile £455 £384 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £495 £583
Median % change year-on-year +31.31% -15.02% +10.95%
75th Percentile £711 £626 £650
90th Percentile £733 £630 £695
Gloucestershire median daily rate £450 £537 £500
% change year-on-year -16.12% +7.30% -
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 £18.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year +271.70% -44.12% -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 16 69 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 28.07% 33.17% 32.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 30
10th Percentile £513 £263 £145
25th Percentile £545 £425 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £583
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -5.58% +10.95%
75th Percentile £749 £625 £669
90th Percentile £750 £630 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile £19.05 £17.38 £33.75
25th Percentile £25.04 £55.17 £39.38
Median hourly rate £37.55 £70.50 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.74% +27.03% +362.50%
75th Percentile £52.54 £72.81 £78.38
90th Percentile £60.02 £74.13 £88.05
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £63.75 £40.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year +59.38% +1.14% +22.07%

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 30 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 (16.67%) Confluence
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) VoIP
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Network Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Business Case
3 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Data Science
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
1 1 (16.67%) VMware