Social Skills Contracts in Chesterfield

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Derbyshire > Chesterfield

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 7 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chesterfield 58.33% 4.35% 4.35%
As % of the General category 77.78% 50.00% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £134 £455 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.55% - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £319 £320 £475
% change year-on-year -0.39% -32.63% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.25 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £15.50 - £27.50
75th Percentile £15.75 - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £15.50 £17.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -8.82% -38.18% +39.84%

All General Skills
Chesterfield

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 Chesterfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chesterfield 75.00% 8.70% 26.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £123 - £221
25th Percentile £125 £440 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £129 £455 £438
Median % change year-on-year -71.76% +4.00% +14.01%
75th Percentile £132 £470 £606
90th Percentile £133 - £663
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +23.33% -21.05% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.25 £45.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £15.50 £50.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.00% +81.82% -
75th Percentile £15.75 £55.00 £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £23.75 £17.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +35.71% -18.60% +12.67%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Chesterfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Chesterfield

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chesterfield

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Chesterfield

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chesterfield

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Chesterfield

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chesterfield 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) PuTTY
1 3 (42.86%) SSH
1 3 (42.86%) Telnet
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Break Fix Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Line Management
2 3 (42.86%) Break/Fix
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) BitLocker
1 3 (42.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) Dell
1 3 (42.86%) Draytek
1 3 (42.86%) McAfee
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft