Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Northern Ireland > County Down
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in County Down. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 1 | 1 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | 0 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Social Skills | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Down | - | 75.00% | 66.67% |
| As % of the General category | - | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | £413 | £435 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.17% | +8.75% | +19.40% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £12.25 | - |
| Northern Ireland median hourly rate | £29.00 | £12.62 | £15.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +129.79% | -18.58% | +11.59% |
All General Skills
County Down
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 County Down.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Down | - | 75.00% | 66.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | £425 | £400 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.25% | -5.88% | +3.03% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £12.25 | - |
| Northern Ireland median hourly rate | £24.18 | £15.38 | £15.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +57.22% | -0.77% | +11.59% |
Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down
Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Down.
Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Down
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in County Down.