Social Skills Contracts in Derbyshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 3 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 22 57 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 22.68% 33.53% 17.92%
As % of the General category 44.00% 57.58% 36.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 44 17
10th Percentile £140 £162 £200
25th Percentile £168 £188 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £245 £375
Median % change year-on-year +93.88% -34.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £544 £262 £538
90th Percentile £710 £499 £563
East Midlands median daily rate £398 £269 £425
% change year-on-year +47.77% -36.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 9
10th Percentile £14.81 - £11.54
25th Percentile £15.09 £17.00 £11.80
Median hourly rate £15.50 £18.00 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +36.78% -19.02%
75th Percentile £17.56 £19.00 £15.75
90th Percentile £20.83 - £26.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £15.81 £14.72 £15.50
% change year-on-year +7.37% -5.03% +3.33%

All General Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 50 99 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 51.55% 58.24% 48.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 71 61
10th Percentile £140 £150 £200
25th Percentile £170 £168 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £245 £425
Median % change year-on-year +73.47% -42.35% +21.43%
75th Percentile £538 £415 £538
90th Percentile £610 £588 £650
East Midlands median daily rate £443 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +10.63% -11.11% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 13
10th Percentile £14.88 £12.13 £11.80
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.19 £13.16
Median hourly rate £15.50 £17.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +12.90% -13.89%
75th Percentile £23.00 £18.75 £23.00
90th Percentile £24.05 - £37.05
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.00 £17.25 £21.67
% change year-on-year +33.33% -20.40% +0.79%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Derbyshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Derbyshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Derbyshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Derbyshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire 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
Derby -1 16 £475 +137.50% 203
Chesterfield - 6 £140 - 158
Social Skills
East Midlands

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Primavera
2 1 (4.55%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) AWS
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Batch
3 1 (4.55%) GitHub
3 1 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.55%) Selenium
1 1 (4.55%) SpecFlow
1 1 (4.55%) Visual Studio
1 1 (4.55%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Local Government
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (13.64%) Architect
1 3 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (9.09%) Analyst
2 2 (9.09%) Break Fix Engineer
2 2 (9.09%) Consultant
2 2 (9.09%) Deployment Engineer
2 2 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (9.09%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (9.09%) Lead
2 2 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Credit Controller
3 1 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Senior
3 1 (4.55%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Senior Platform Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Technical Programme Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Telephony Architect
3 1 (4.55%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
1 1 (4.55%) JSON
1 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) iPhone
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
1 2 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (18.18%) Migration
2 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (13.64%) Line Management
3 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (9.09%) Break/Fix
4 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
4 2 (9.09%) Data Governance
4 2 (9.09%) DevOps
4 2 (9.09%) Performance Analysis
4 2 (9.09%) Product Backlog
4 2 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 2 (9.09%) Time Management
4 2 (9.09%) Validation
5 1 (4.55%) CI/CD
5 1 (4.55%) Containerisation
5 1 (4.55%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (4.55%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 2 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) Bicep
2 1 (4.55%) C#
2 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.55%) AAT
4 1 (4.55%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Avaya
2 1 (4.55%) Logitech
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle
2 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.55%) Siemens