Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Coventry. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 46 20 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 33.09% 21.98% 16.58%
As % of the General category 50.55% 37.74% 33.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 12 20
10th Percentile £220 - £173
25th Percentile £269 £375 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £413 £456
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -9.59% +14.06%
75th Percentile £508 £491 £638
90th Percentile £613 £523 £713
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £488
% change year-on-year - -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.50 £26.00
Median hourly rate £27.21 £17.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.06% -37.04% -8.47%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £28.00
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.21 £21.59 £18.00
% change year-on-year +26.03% +19.94% +13.49%

All General Skills
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 91 53 98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 65.47% 58.24% 49.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 34 73
10th Percentile £220 £328 £173
25th Percentile £348 £375 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £561 £626 £550
90th Percentile £632 £675 £685
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £510 £513
% change year-on-year -4.41% -0.49% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £20.64
25th Percentile - £15.50 £21.61
Median hourly rate £27.21 £17.00 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +60.06% -26.79% +10.57%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £25.61
90th Percentile - - £27.04
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.00 £23.82 £21.30
% change year-on-year +21.75% +11.83% +30.20%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Coventry

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Coventry

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Coventry over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Coventry

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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 3 (6.52%) SharePoint
1 3 (6.52%) SugarCRM
2 2 (4.35%) CMS
2 2 (4.35%) Confluence
3 1 (2.17%) Apache
3 1 (2.17%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (10.87%) SAP PM
2 4 (8.70%) SAP HR
3 2 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (2.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.39%) Azure
2 7 (15.22%) AWS
3 3 (6.52%) GitHub
3 3 (6.52%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 2 (4.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.35%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.35%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.17%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.17%) Datadog
5 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.17%) GCP
5 1 (2.17%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) Firewall
2 1 (2.17%) Network Security
2 1 (2.17%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (6.52%) MySQL
2 3 (6.52%) Power BI
3 2 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.35%) Delta Lake
3 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (2.17%) Big Data
4 1 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.17%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (2.17%) EDMS
4 1 (2.17%) GIS
4 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (19.57%) JIRA
2 4 (8.70%) Git
3 2 (4.35%) Android Studio
3 2 (4.35%) Gradle
3 2 (4.35%) Xcode
4 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 13 (28.26%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Finance
3 6 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.52%) Automotive
4 3 (6.52%) Banking
4 3 (6.52%) Retail
5 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (19.57%) Architect
2 8 (17.39%) Developer
3 6 (13.04%) Technical Architect
4 5 (10.87%) Salesforce Architect
4 5 (10.87%) Salesforce Technical Architect
5 3 (6.52%) Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.52%) SAP Support
5 3 (6.52%) Scrum Master
5 3 (6.52%) Support Specialist
5 3 (6.52%) Systems Support
6 2 (4.35%) Administrator
6 2 (4.35%) Automation Specialist
6 2 (4.35%) Business Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Business Project Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Deployment Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) SCCM Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.04%) REST
2 5 (10.87%) GraphQL
3 4 (8.70%) HTML
3 4 (8.70%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (8.70%) SAP PI
3 4 (8.70%) SOAP
3 4 (8.70%) Visualforce
4 3 (6.52%) .NET
4 3 (6.52%) CSS
5 2 (4.35%) .NET Framework
5 2 (4.35%) Jest
5 2 (4.35%) React Native
5 2 (4.35%) Redux
5 2 (4.35%) Software Packaging
6 1 (2.17%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.17%) Kafka
6 1 (2.17%) Middleware
6 1 (2.17%) ODBC
6 1 (2.17%) React
6 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.52%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (6.52%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.52%) Operational Technology
2 3 (6.52%) Replication
3 2 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.35%) Low-Code
3 2 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.35%) SCADA
4 1 (2.17%) Animation
4 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.17%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (2.17%) IoT
4 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.22%) Windows
2 2 (4.35%) Android
2 2 (4.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.17%) Amazon Linux
3 1 (2.17%) Linux
3 1 (2.17%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (39.13%) Agile
3 9 (19.57%) Scrum
4 8 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (17.39%) Migration
5 6 (13.04%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (13.04%) Data Migration
5 6 (13.04%) ETL
5 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (13.04%) Translating Business Requirements
5 6 (13.04%) Use Case
6 5 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (10.87%) CI/CD
6 5 (10.87%) CRM
6 5 (10.87%) Data Modelling
6 5 (10.87%) Project Management
6 5 (10.87%) User Experience
6 5 (10.87%) UX Design
7 4 (8.70%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) SQL
2 7 (15.22%) JavaScript
3 5 (10.87%) Apex Code
4 4 (8.70%) Python
5 3 (6.52%) PHP
5 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
6 2 (4.35%) JSX
6 2 (4.35%) TypeScript
6 2 (4.35%) VBScript
7 1 (2.17%) Bicep
7 1 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (2.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (10.87%) Degree
2 2 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (4.35%) MCSE
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.17%) PMP
3 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) GDPR
1 4 (8.70%) QA
2 3 (6.52%) PMO
3 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.35%) SLA
4 1 (2.17%) GRC
4 1 (2.17%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) SCCM
2 3 (6.52%) Terraform
3 1 (2.17%) Ansible
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.17%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 13 (28.26%) SAP
2 11 (23.91%) Microsoft
3 6 (13.04%) Salesforce
4 4 (8.70%) Oracle
4 4 (8.70%) Workday
5 3 (6.52%) Databricks
5 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.35%) Automation Anywhere
6 2 (4.35%) OpenAI
6 2 (4.35%) UiPath
7 1 (2.17%) BT
7 1 (2.17%) Cribl.io
7 1 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.17%) Darktrace
7 1 (2.17%) Google
7 1 (2.17%) Informatica
7 1 (2.17%) Qualys