Social Skills Contracts in Cumbria

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
North West > Cumbria

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Cumbria. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 32 77 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 16.41% 29.73% 21.05%
As % of the General category 45.07% 51.33% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 52 7
10th Percentile £413 £424 -
25th Percentile £473 £481 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £493 £533
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -7.42% +7.58%
75th Percentile £606 £559 £638
90th Percentile £643 £650 £755
North West median daily rate £491 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +3.37% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 1
10th Percentile £22.65 £12.06 -
25th Percentile £22.72 - £19.35
Median hourly rate £28.75 £13.00 £20.70
Median % change year-on-year +121.15% -37.20% -56.42%
75th Percentile £47.11 £28.73 £22.05
90th Percentile £58.36 £52.34 -
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £26.00
% change year-on-year +79.02% -38.23% +12.77%

All General Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 71 150 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 36.41% 57.92% 52.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 105 18
10th Percentile £413 £436 £394
25th Percentile £461 £493 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +10.63% -3.65%
75th Percentile £623 £670 £565
90th Percentile £741 £725 £715
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 4
10th Percentile £22.72 £12.10 £20.75
25th Percentile £25.26 £13.00 £22.84
Median hourly rate £27.50 £21.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% -46.84% -16.84%
75th Percentile £49.94 £50.11 £55.81
90th Percentile £58.45 £51.91 £56.83
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Cumbria

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Cumbria

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Cumbria

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Cumbria

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Cumbria

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness -11 22 £578 +17.14% 10
Carlisle +2 2 £419 +51.72% 17
Social Skills
North West

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.13%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.13%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) Skype
2 1 (3.13%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (3.13%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (3.13%) DHCP
2 1 (3.13%) DNS
2 1 (3.13%) Firewall
2 1 (3.13%) LAN
2 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
2 1 (3.13%) WAN
2 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) Metadata
1 5 (15.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 3 (9.38%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Electronics
4 1 (3.13%) Finance
4 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.13%) Military
4 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Architect
1 6 (18.75%) Engagement Manager
2 5 (15.63%) Technical Architect
3 3 (9.38%) Lead
4 2 (6.25%) Network Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) IT Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Migration Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) Network Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Service Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) SharePoint Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.63%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Android
2 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Project Management
1 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 6 (18.75%) Impact Analysis
5 5 (15.63%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (15.63%) Data Engineering
5 5 (15.63%) Data Management
5 5 (15.63%) Data Science
5 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
5 5 (15.63%) Due Diligence
5 5 (15.63%) Information Retrieval
5 5 (15.63%) Mathematics
5 5 (15.63%) Pattern Recognition
5 5 (15.63%) Statistical Modelling
5 5 (15.63%) Statistics
5 5 (15.63%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (15.63%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 17 (53.13%) Security Cleared
2 15 (46.88%) SC Cleared
3 9 (28.13%) Degree
4 2 (6.25%) PMI Certification
4 2 (6.25%) PMP
5 1 (3.13%) CISM
5 1 (3.13%) CISSP
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) GRC
1 1 (3.13%) NCSC
1 1 (3.13%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) SCCM
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 4 (12.50%) VMware
2 3 (9.38%) Wyse
3 2 (6.25%) Siemens
4 1 (3.13%) Apple
4 1 (3.13%) Ariba
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco
4 1 (3.13%) Nintex
4 1 (3.13%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.13%) SAP