Social Skills Contracts in Derby

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Derby. 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 2 1 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 16 54 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 19.51% 36.73% 17.88%
As % of the General category 40.00% 62.79% 35.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 41 10
10th Percentile £162 £160 £274
25th Percentile £168 £188 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £200 £448
Median % change year-on-year +137.50% -55.31% +11.88%
75th Percentile £550 £267 £534
90th Percentile £720 £525 £579
Derbyshire median daily rate £475 £245 £375
% change year-on-year +93.88% -34.67% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £11.28
25th Percentile - £17.00 £11.80
Median hourly rate £23.00 £18.00 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +36.78% -45.17%
75th Percentile - £19.00 £14.46
90th Percentile - - £31.45
Derbyshire median hourly rate £15.50 £18.00 £13.16
% change year-on-year -13.89% +36.78% -19.02%

All General Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40 86 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 48.78% 58.50% 50.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 64 42
10th Percentile £168 £150 £213
25th Percentile £299 £168 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £252 £448
Median % change year-on-year +88.49% -43.69% +15.48%
75th Percentile £550 £441 £575
90th Percentile £655 £596 £650
Derbyshire median daily rate £425 £245 £425
% change year-on-year +73.47% -42.35% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 11
10th Percentile £23.13 - £11.80
25th Percentile £23.31 £16.25 £12.48
Median hourly rate £23.75 £17.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% +12.90% -27.06%
75th Percentile £24.31 £18.75 £23.63
90th Percentile £24.58 £18.88 £40.25
Derbyshire median hourly rate £15.50 £17.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -11.43% +12.90% -13.89%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Derby

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Derby

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Derby

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Derby

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Primavera
2 1 (6.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) AWS
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
1 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
2 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Batch
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
1 1 (6.25%) Selenium
1 1 (6.25%) SpecFlow
1 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio
1 1 (6.25%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
2 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Law
3 1 (6.25%) Local Government
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Architect
1 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Break Fix Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Lead
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Credit Controller
3 1 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Platform Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Programme Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Telephony Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) JSON
1 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
1 1 (6.25%) iPhone
1 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (12.50%) Break/Fix
4 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 2 (12.50%) DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) Performance Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Product Backlog
4 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 2 (12.50%) Time Management
4 2 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (6.25%) Data Integration
5 1 (6.25%) Data Mapping
5 1 (6.25%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.25%) Data Validation
5 1 (6.25%) Kanban
5 1 (6.25%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) Bash
2 1 (6.25%) Bicep
2 1 (6.25%) C#
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) AAT
2 1 (6.25%) CIMA
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Avaya
2 1 (6.25%) Logitech
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.25%) Siemens