Social Skills Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 216 198 163
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 18.80% 26.83% 19.83%
As % of the General category 38.78% 44.49% 36.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 130 110
10th Percentile £180 £168 £183
25th Percentile £313 £250 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £380 £366
Median % change year-on-year +23.68% +3.75% -14.83%
75th Percentile £575 £475 £525
90th Percentile £625 £545 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £511
% change year-on-year - -2.15% -2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 12 17
10th Percentile £17.50 £15.12 £12.73
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.22 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 £18.75 £14.72
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% +27.38% -34.58%
75th Percentile £51.40 £21.39 £18.48
90th Percentile £74.00 £22.84 £20.90
England median hourly rate £24.50 £22.05 £22.50
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.00% +10.73%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 general skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 557 445 443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 48.48% 60.30% 53.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 295 287
10th Percentile £260 £213 £196
25th Percentile £400 £319 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £402 £445
Median % change year-on-year +24.38% -9.66% -6.32%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £558
90th Percentile £669 £555 £633
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 35 49
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.17 £12.28
25th Percentile £17.35 £18.44 £13.50
Median hourly rate £18.75 £23.00 £15.10
Median % change year-on-year -18.48% +52.32% -60.78%
75th Percentile £29.38 £25.15 £35.00
90th Percentile £60.30 £38.18 £51.91
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.16 £35.71
% change year-on-year +29.93% -26.74% +19.03%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 July 2026. 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
Northamptonshire 0 57 £500 +29.03% 43
Nottinghamshire -2 50 £425 -5.56% 60
Derbyshire 0 44 £450 -2.70% 44
Leicestershire 0 39 £513 +105.00% 52
Lincolnshire +6 24 £521 +4.25% 46
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.24%) Confluence
3 4 (1.85%) CMS
4 3 (1.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.93%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.46%) Apache
6 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.31%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.46%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (4.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.85%) SAP CRM
3 3 (1.39%) iTrent
3 3 (1.39%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.93%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.93%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.93%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.46%) ContrOCC
5 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.46%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.46%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 48 (22.22%) Azure
2 25 (11.57%) Power Platform
3 19 (8.80%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.56%) AWS
4 12 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (5.09%) Google Workspace
6 8 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (3.70%) Google Sheets
7 6 (2.78%) Azure AKS
7 6 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (2.78%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 5 (2.31%) GitHub
9 4 (1.85%) Algolia
9 4 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.93%) OCI
11 2 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.78%) DHCP
1 6 (2.78%) DNS
1 6 (2.78%) Network Security
2 5 (2.31%) IPv4
2 5 (2.31%) IPv6
2 5 (2.31%) LAN
2 5 (2.31%) VLAN
3 4 (1.85%) WAN
4 3 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.93%) Firewall
5 2 (0.93%) HTTP
6 1 (0.46%) SAN
6 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.46%) VSAN
6 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.65%) Power BI
2 19 (8.80%) SQL Server
3 11 (5.09%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (3.24%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.85%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.39%) Big Data
7 3 (1.39%) Metadata
7 3 (1.39%) Power Query
7 3 (1.39%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.93%) Aerospike
8 2 (0.93%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.93%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.46%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.46%) Flink
9 1 (0.46%) Redis
9 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (5.09%) JIRA
2 7 (3.24%) Git
3 5 (2.31%) GitLab
4 4 (1.85%) Hudson
4 4 (1.85%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.39%) JUnit
6 2 (0.93%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.93%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.93%) Gatling
6 2 (0.93%) Gradle
6 2 (0.93%) JMeter
6 2 (0.93%) Maven
6 2 (0.93%) MSI
6 2 (0.93%) Postman
6 2 (0.93%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.93%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.93%) TestNG
General
1 44 (20.37%) Finance
2 41 (18.98%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (8.80%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.94%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.63%) Retail
7 7 (3.24%) Banking
7 7 (3.24%) Law
8 6 (2.78%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.31%) Marketing
10 4 (1.85%) Police
10 4 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.39%) Fire and Rescue
11 3 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.93%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.93%) German Language
12 2 (0.93%) Local Government
12 2 (0.93%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 40 (18.52%) Analyst
2 19 (8.80%) Architect
3 14 (6.48%) Developer
4 13 (6.02%) Lead
5 12 (5.56%) Administrator
5 12 (5.56%) Senior
6 11 (5.09%) Consultant
7 10 (4.63%) Business Analyst
7 10 (4.63%) Programme Manager
8 8 (3.70%) IT Engineer
9 7 (3.24%) Project Manager
9 7 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.24%) Support Analyst
10 6 (2.78%) .NET Developer
10 6 (2.78%) Data Analyst
10 6 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (2.78%) IT Support
10 6 (2.78%) Support Engineer
11 5 (2.31%) .NET Software Developer
11 5 (2.31%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.17%) Node.js
2 8 (3.70%) RESTful
3 6 (2.78%) .NET
3 6 (2.78%) XML
4 5 (2.31%) Middleware
4 5 (2.31%) React
4 5 (2.31%) REST
5 3 (1.39%) CSS
5 3 (1.39%) HTML
5 3 (1.39%) Jakarta EE
5 3 (1.39%) Kafka
5 3 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.39%) OSGi
5 3 (1.39%) PySpark
5 3 (1.39%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.93%) ADO
6 2 (0.93%) JSON
6 2 (0.93%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.93%) Playwright
6 2 (0.93%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.02%) Onboarding
2 11 (5.09%) Management Information System
2 11 (5.09%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.78%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.31%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.85%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.85%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.39%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.93%) CMDB
9 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.93%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.93%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.93%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 38 (17.59%) Windows
2 14 (6.48%) Windows 10
3 7 (3.24%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.78%) Linux
5 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.93%) Unix
6 1 (0.46%) CentOS
6 1 (0.46%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (35.19%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (24.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (16.67%) Migration
5 35 (16.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 34 (15.74%) Agile
7 29 (13.43%) Validation
8 26 (12.04%) CI/CD
8 26 (12.04%) Decision-Making
9 23 (10.65%) Change Management
9 23 (10.65%) ERP
9 23 (10.65%) Project Management
10 22 (10.19%) Data Protection
11 20 (9.26%) Analytics
11 20 (9.26%) DevOps
12 19 (8.80%) Business Intelligence
12 19 (8.80%) Data Analysis
12 19 (8.80%) Data Modelling
12 19 (8.80%) Workshop Facilitation
13 18 (8.33%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 36 (16.67%) SQL
2 17 (7.87%) Python
3 9 (4.17%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.70%) Java
4 8 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.78%) C#
6 2 (0.93%) ABAP
6 2 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.93%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (14.35%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.04%) Degree
3 25 (11.57%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.31%) ACCA
4 5 (2.31%) CIMA
4 5 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.85%) CISSP
6 3 (1.39%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.93%) CISA
7 2 (0.93%) CISM
7 2 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.93%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.46%) CIPD
8 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.46%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.33%) GDPR
2 7 (3.24%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.24%) QA
3 6 (2.78%) PMO
4 3 (1.39%) SLA
5 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.93%) NIST
5 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.46%) IFRS
6 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (7.87%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.78%) Docker
3 5 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.39%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.63%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.31%) SCCM
3 5 (2.31%) WSUS
4 4 (1.85%) Ansible
4 4 (1.85%) Terraform
5 2 (0.93%) Istio
5 2 (0.93%) Puppet
6 1 (0.46%) SCOM
6 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (26.85%) Microsoft
2 30 (13.89%) SAP
3 16 (7.41%) Oracle
4 14 (6.48%) Workday
5 11 (5.09%) Google
6 10 (4.63%) ServiceNow
7 9 (4.17%) Salesforce
8 8 (3.70%) VMware
9 7 (3.24%) Databricks
10 5 (2.31%) Adobe
10 5 (2.31%) Citrix
10 5 (2.31%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.85%) Apple
12 3 (1.39%) Concur
12 3 (1.39%) Samsung
13 2 (0.93%) NetApp
13 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
14 1 (0.46%) Ariba
14 1 (0.46%) JD Edwards
14 1 (0.46%) NEC