Social Skills Contracts in Chester

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 43 17 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 59.72% 30.36% 26.00%
As % of the General category 71.67% 45.95% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 11
10th Percentile £423 £518 £288
25th Percentile £563 £563 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +52.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £738 £688 £550
90th Percentile £753 £718 £700
Cheshire median daily rate £491 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.26% +5.56% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 4
10th Percentile £29.92 - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - £23.15
Median hourly rate £86.00 £35.00 £26.95
Median % change year-on-year +145.71% +29.86% +22.51%
75th Percentile - - £34.67
90th Percentile - - £37.87
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.95 £17.72 £27.50
% change year-on-year +85.95% -35.56% +25.00%

All General Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 60 37 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 83.33% 66.07% 65.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 36
10th Percentile £465 £475 £350
25th Percentile £569 £545 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% +17.02%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £588
90th Percentile £783 - £688
Cheshire median daily rate £485 £497 £480
% change year-on-year -2.46% +3.59% +3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 13
10th Percentile £19.00 £38.13 £24.24
25th Percentile £39.83 £41.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £30.76
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +38.19% +33.72%
75th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile - - £39.01
Cheshire median hourly rate £33.40 £26.66 £30.54
% change year-on-year +25.28% -12.70% +32.78%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Chester

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Chester

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Chester over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Chester

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Chester

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Chester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Chester over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Chester

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 8 (18.60%) Skype for Business
2 7 (16.28%) Mattermost
3 4 (9.30%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (39.53%) SAP HR
1 17 (39.53%) SAP Payroll
2 6 (13.95%) SAP CO
2 6 (13.95%) SAP FI
2 6 (13.95%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (6.98%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (2.33%) SAP MM
4 1 (2.33%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.33%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.58%) Skype
2 8 (18.60%) WebEx
3 7 (16.28%) Softphone
3 7 (16.28%) Unified Communications
4 3 (6.98%) VPN
5 2 (4.65%) LAN
5 2 (4.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Apache Hive
1 3 (6.98%) Hadoop
1 3 (6.98%) MySQL
2 1 (2.33%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.33%) Tableau
General
1 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (20.93%) Banking
2 6 (13.95%) Investment Banking
3 5 (11.63%) Finance
3 5 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Aviation
5 1 (2.33%) German Language
5 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
1 11 (25.58%) Consultant
1 11 (25.58%) SAP Consultant
2 10 (23.26%) Payroll Consultant
2 10 (23.26%) SAP Payroll Consultant
3 8 (18.60%) HR Consultant
3 8 (18.60%) SAP HR Consultant
3 8 (18.60%) Support Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Messaging Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Messaging Support
4 7 (16.28%) Messaging Support Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Operations Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Operations Support Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
5 6 (13.95%) Messaging Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Messaging Support Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Operational Support Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Operations Support Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) SAP Developer
5 6 (13.95%) SAP HR Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.28%) XMPP
2 3 (6.98%) PySpark
3 2 (4.65%) Middleware
4 1 (2.33%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (2.33%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.98%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Linux
2 4 (9.30%) Windows
3 3 (6.98%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (23.26%) Test Scripting
3 7 (16.28%) B2B
3 7 (16.28%) ITIL
3 7 (16.28%) Problem Management
3 7 (16.28%) Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (16.28%) Time Management
4 6 (13.95%) Customer Service
5 5 (11.63%) Agile
5 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.30%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (9.30%) Migration
6 4 (9.30%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (6.98%) Analytics
7 3 (6.98%) Chat Support
7 3 (6.98%) Data Analytics
7 3 (6.98%) Internal Audit
7 3 (6.98%) ITSM
7 3 (6.98%) Risk Management
7 3 (6.98%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.60%) PowerShell
2 7 (16.28%) SQL
3 6 (13.95%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (9.30%) Degree
3 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (18.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (16.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (41.86%) SAP
2 14 (32.56%) Microsoft
3 10 (23.26%) Cisco
4 7 (16.28%) Red Hat
4 7 (16.28%) Splunk
5 6 (13.95%) Google
5 6 (13.95%) Workday
6 3 (6.98%) Citrix
6 3 (6.98%) Cloudera
6 3 (6.98%) Remedy
7 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow