Social Skills Contracts 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 advertised in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 167 179 256
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 21.83% 17.36% 18.67%
As % of the General category 43.04% 32.97% 38.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 127 151
10th Percentile £167 £158 £166
25th Percentile £209 £308 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £425 £420
Median % change year-on-year -36.71% +1.19% +23.53%
75th Percentile £513 £531 £519
90th Percentile £638 £600 £619
England median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 19 29
10th Percentile - £11.64 £9.57
25th Percentile £12.75 £11.80 £10.00
Median hourly rate £14.72 £15.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% -16.22% +85.00%
75th Percentile £19.50 £20.46 £27.50
90th Percentile £26.15 £30.00 £39.00
England median hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -28.00% +38.89% -

All General Skills
East Midlands

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 388 543 672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 50.72% 52.67% 49.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 418 484
10th Percentile £166 £213 £203
25th Percentile £253 £330 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £439
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.56% +15.46%
75th Percentile £550 £585 £521
90th Percentile £638 £700 £602
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 41 51
10th Percentile £12.20 £11.80 £9.59
25th Percentile £13.88 £15.25 £13.33
Median hourly rate £17.25 £21.67 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.40% -3.69% +50.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £40.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £51.91 £51.50 -
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.17%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the East Midlands

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 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the East Midlands

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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
Derbyshire +3 57 £245 -44.94% 131
Leicestershire +2 45 £269 -42.77% 136
Nottinghamshire +3 28 £520 +9.47% 162
Northamptonshire -3 23 £381 +3.04% 119
Lincolnshire +11 9 £625 +161.78% 61
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (1.80%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.80%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.60%) Apache
2 1 (0.60%) Appian
2 1 (0.60%) CMS
2 1 (0.60%) SAS
2 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (22.16%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.20%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.20%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.20%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.20%) Sketch
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.60%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.20%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.60%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 23 (13.77%) Azure
2 10 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (4.79%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.59%) AWS
4 6 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.20%) Figma
5 2 (1.20%) GCP
5 2 (1.20%) Serverless
6 1 (0.60%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.60%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (0.60%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.60%) Discord
6 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.40%) DNS
1 4 (2.40%) LAN
1 4 (2.40%) VPN
1 4 (2.40%) WAN
2 3 (1.80%) NAS
2 3 (1.80%) SAN
2 3 (1.80%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.80%) Wireless
3 2 (1.20%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.20%) DHCP
3 2 (1.20%) Ethereal
3 2 (1.20%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.20%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.60%) Firewall
4 1 (0.60%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.60%) LTE
4 1 (0.60%) PBX
4 1 (0.60%) PSTN
4 1 (0.60%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.99%) Big Data
1 5 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (2.99%) Power BI
2 4 (2.40%) Hadoop
3 3 (1.80%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.80%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.20%) Impala
4 2 (1.20%) MySQL
4 2 (1.20%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.20%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.20%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.60%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.60%) Metadata
5 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Axure RP
1 2 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (1.20%) Selenium
1 2 (1.20%) TestRail
2 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (17.96%) Finance
2 19 (11.38%) Public Sector
3 15 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.99%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.39%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.79%) Electronics
7 7 (4.19%) Banking
8 6 (3.59%) Games
8 6 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.99%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.99%) Marketing
10 4 (2.40%) Legal
11 3 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Automotive
12 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.60%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.60%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.60%) Publishing
12 1 (0.60%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 24 (14.37%) Analyst
2 16 (9.58%) Project Manager
3 15 (8.98%) Lead
4 12 (7.19%) Test Engineer
5 9 (5.39%) Support Engineer
6 8 (4.79%) Architect
7 7 (4.19%) Team Leader
7 7 (4.19%) Test Manager
8 6 (3.59%) Consultant
9 5 (2.99%) Administrator
9 5 (2.99%) Coordinator
9 5 (2.99%) Production Manager
9 5 (2.99%) Project Coordinator
9 5 (2.99%) Quality Inspector
10 4 (2.40%) Business Analyst
10 4 (2.40%) Data Architect
10 4 (2.40%) Developer
10 4 (2.40%) Validation Engineer
10 4 (2.40%) Verification Engineer
11 3 (1.80%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.99%) React
2 4 (2.40%) HTML
3 2 (1.20%) .NET
3 2 (1.20%) CSS
3 2 (1.20%) JSON
4 1 (0.60%) Apache Beam
4 1 (0.60%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.60%) HTML5
4 1 (0.60%) OpenMP
4 1 (0.60%) REST
4 1 (0.60%) SOAP
4 1 (0.60%) Vue
4 1 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (22.16%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (3.59%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.99%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.80%) iPad
4 3 (1.80%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.20%) DataPower
5 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.20%) NHS
5 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.20%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.60%) BYOD
6 1 (0.60%) Clustering
6 1 (0.60%) CMDB
6 1 (0.60%) FMCG
6 1 (0.60%) iPhone
6 1 (0.60%) PDA
6 1 (0.60%) Robotics
6 1 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (13.17%) Windows
2 9 (5.39%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.99%) Linux
3 5 (2.99%) Windows 7
4 3 (1.80%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.20%) AIX
5 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.20%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.60%) Unix
6 1 (0.60%) VMS
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.60%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (29.34%) Time Management
2 47 (28.14%) Conflict Management
2 47 (28.14%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (13.17%) Customer Service
5 17 (10.18%) Asset Management
5 17 (10.18%) Decision-Making
6 16 (9.58%) Critical Thinking
6 16 (9.58%) People Management
7 15 (8.98%) Migration
8 14 (8.38%) Agile
8 14 (8.38%) Project Management
8 14 (8.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (7.19%) Computer Science
10 11 (6.59%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (6.59%) Validation
11 10 (5.99%) Software Testing
12 9 (5.39%) Business Strategy
13 8 (4.79%) Information Security
14 7 (4.19%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.98%) SQL
2 10 (5.99%) Python
3 9 (5.39%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.99%) C#
5 3 (1.80%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.20%) Java
6 2 (1.20%) R
6 2 (1.20%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.20%) X++
7 1 (0.60%) Bash
7 1 (0.60%) C
7 1 (0.60%) C++
7 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.60%) PHP
7 1 (0.60%) Rust
7 1 (0.60%) Scala
7 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 50 (29.94%) Degree
2 31 (18.56%) Security Cleared
3 28 (16.77%) NVQ Level 3
4 22 (13.17%) SC Cleared
5 19 (11.38%) HNC
5 19 (11.38%) HND
6 8 (4.79%) DV Cleared
7 6 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.40%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.20%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.20%) CCNA
10 2 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.20%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.60%) CBAP
11 1 (0.60%) ISEB
11 1 (0.60%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.60%) PMP
11 1 (0.60%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.59%) QA
2 6 (3.59%) SLA
3 5 (2.99%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.80%) PMO
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.60%) GDPR
5 1 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) Docker
2 1 (0.60%) Firmware
2 1 (0.60%) HDFS
2 1 (0.60%) KVM
2 1 (0.60%) Lustre
2 1 (0.60%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 3 (1.80%) SCCM
2 2 (1.20%) OpenView
2 2 (1.20%) Terraform
2 2 (1.20%) VxRail
3 1 (0.60%) Ansible
3 1 (0.60%) Hadoop YARN
3 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.60%) PowerBroker
3 1 (0.60%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 23 (13.77%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.19%) SAP
3 5 (2.99%) Oracle
4 4 (2.40%) Computacenter
5 3 (1.80%) Dell
6 2 (1.20%) Adobe
6 2 (1.20%) Cisco
6 2 (1.20%) IBM
6 2 (1.20%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.20%) VMware
7 1 (0.60%) Apple
7 1 (0.60%) Ariba
7 1 (0.60%) Google
7 1 (0.60%) HP
7 1 (0.60%) Infor
7 1 (0.60%) Intel
7 1 (0.60%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.60%) Peregrine
7 1 (0.60%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.60%) Workday