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 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 287 191 135
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 32.36% 26.13% 17.05%
As % of the General category 51.34% 44.73% 34.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 103 100
10th Percentile £205 £183 £160
25th Percentile £341 £275 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £398 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% -6.47% -5.56%
75th Percentile £492 £488 £538
90th Percentile £581 £613 £639
England median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 10
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.72 £16.20
25th Percentile £15.76 £15.10 £17.63
Median hourly rate £16.68 £17.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -63.24% +193.93%
75th Percentile £21.39 £18.48 £70.00
90th Percentile £24.36 £24.99 £88.75
England median hourly rate £20.71 £24.19 £20.00
% change year-on-year -14.39% +20.95% -3.47%

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 common skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 559 427 388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 63.02% 58.41% 48.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 254 270
10th Percentile £212 £263 £200
25th Percentile £350 £343 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £445 £453
Median % change year-on-year -7.30% -1.77% -4.63%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £598
90th Percentile £617 £624 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 20 32
10th Percentile £15.57 £14.54 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.17 £15.10 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.94 £17.00 £26.34
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -35.46% +62.24%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.90 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.83 £55.00 £69.50
England median hourly rate £24.48 £31.97 £31.09
% change year-on-year -23.44% +2.84% +20.92%

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 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
Northamptonshire 0 114 £403 -0.92% 73
Leicestershire 0 56 £425 +41.67% 72
Nottinghamshire 0 52 £380 -9.52% 114
Derbyshire -1 41 £375 - 85
Lincolnshire -2 20 £461 +53.75% 35
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 6 (2.09%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.39%) Apache
4 3 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.05%) Confluence
5 2 (0.70%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.35%) Documentum
6 1 (0.35%) IIS
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.35%) Mule
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 15 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.09%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.70%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.35%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.35%) InDesign
6 1 (0.35%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.35%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.18%) Oracle Payables
2 8 (2.79%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (2.44%) Oracle Cash Management
3 7 (2.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.74%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.39%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (1.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (1.05%) Sprinklr
7 2 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.70%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.35%) Endur
8 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.35%) Primavera
8 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.35%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 51 (17.77%) Azure
2 39 (13.59%) AWS
3 20 (6.97%) GCP
4 16 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (5.23%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (4.18%) Serverless
7 9 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (2.44%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.44%) GitHub
9 6 (2.09%) Azure AKS
9 6 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.74%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.39%) Amazon Kinesis
11 4 (1.39%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.39%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.05%) PuTTY
1 3 (1.05%) SSH
1 3 (1.05%) Telnet
1 3 (1.05%) VPN
1 3 (1.05%) Wireless
2 2 (0.70%) Firewall
2 2 (0.70%) NetScaler
2 2 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.35%) DHCP
3 1 (0.35%) DNS
3 1 (0.35%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.35%) Network Security
3 1 (0.35%) Softphone
3 1 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
1 11 (3.83%) Power BI
2 9 (3.14%) Big Data
3 7 (2.44%) Hadoop
3 7 (2.44%) Metadata
4 6 (2.09%) DynamoDB
4 6 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.09%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.09%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.74%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.39%) Apache Hive
6 4 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.39%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.05%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.05%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (1.05%) HBase
7 3 (1.05%) MySQL
7 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.14%) JIRA
2 6 (2.09%) Git
3 4 (1.39%) Postman
3 4 (1.39%) Selenium
4 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.70%) Grunt
5 2 (0.70%) gulp
5 2 (0.70%) webpack
6 1 (0.35%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.35%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 56 (19.51%) Finance
2 41 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.71%) Banking
3 25 (8.71%) Retail
4 22 (7.67%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (6.97%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.57%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (4.18%) Legal
9 11 (3.83%) Fire and Rescue
9 11 (3.83%) Local Government
9 11 (3.83%) Manufacturing
10 9 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.44%) Automotive
12 6 (2.09%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.74%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.74%) Marketing
13 5 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.05%) Publishing
15 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (17.42%) Analyst
2 22 (7.67%) Lead
3 19 (6.62%) Developer
4 18 (6.27%) Project Manager
5 16 (5.57%) Business Analyst
6 14 (4.88%) Senior
7 13 (4.53%) Architect
7 13 (4.53%) Product Owner
7 13 (4.53%) Security Analyst
8 12 (4.18%) Consultant
9 10 (3.48%) Data Engineer
9 10 (3.48%) Information Analyst
9 10 (3.48%) Information Security Analyst
9 10 (3.48%) Project Officer
9 10 (3.48%) Support Engineer
10 9 (3.14%) IT Support
11 8 (2.79%) Tester
12 7 (2.44%) Automation Tester
12 7 (2.44%) Help Desk Analyst
12 7 (2.44%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.48%) EDI
2 10 (3.48%) Kafka
2 10 (3.48%) LDAP
2 10 (3.48%) RESTful
3 9 (3.14%) REST
4 8 (2.79%) .NET
4 8 (2.79%) HTML
5 6 (2.09%) ADO
5 6 (2.09%) CSS
6 5 (1.74%) Django
6 5 (1.74%) Flash
6 5 (1.74%) GraphQL
6 5 (1.74%) Hibernate
6 5 (1.74%) OAuth
6 5 (1.74%) OpenID
6 5 (1.74%) SAML
6 5 (1.74%) Spring
7 3 (1.05%) FHIR
7 3 (1.05%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.67%) Management Information System
2 19 (6.62%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.53%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.79%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.09%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.09%) Robotics
8 5 (1.74%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.05%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.05%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.05%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.05%) NHS
9 3 (1.05%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.70%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.70%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.70%) SCADA
10 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.70%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.70%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 39 (13.59%) Windows
2 9 (3.14%) Linux
2 9 (3.14%) Windows 10
3 7 (2.44%) Mac OS
4 5 (1.74%) OpenVMS
4 5 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.39%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.05%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.05%) Windows 8
7 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.35%) Android
8 1 (0.35%) Unix
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (20.21%) Agile
3 55 (19.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 34 (11.85%) Project Management
5 31 (10.80%) Project Delivery
6 29 (10.10%) Migration
7 25 (8.71%) Analytics
7 25 (8.71%) CI/CD
7 25 (8.71%) Customer Service
8 24 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (8.01%) DevOps
9 23 (8.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (7.67%) Scrum
11 21 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (7.32%) Project Governance
11 21 (7.32%) Roadmaps
12 20 (6.97%) Decision-Making
12 20 (6.97%) ERP
13 19 (6.62%) Business Analysis
13 19 (6.62%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (17.07%) SQL
2 25 (8.71%) Python
3 15 (5.23%) Java
4 12 (4.18%) PowerShell
5 10 (3.48%) C#
6 9 (3.14%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.74%) Bash
8 4 (1.39%) PHP
8 4 (1.39%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.39%) R
9 3 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.05%) Scala
9 3 (1.05%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.70%) C
10 2 (0.70%) C++
10 2 (0.70%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.70%) X++
11 1 (0.35%) ABAP
11 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 23 (8.01%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.32%) Degree
3 18 (6.27%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.39%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.39%) PMP
7 3 (1.05%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.05%) CISM
7 3 (1.05%) CISSP
7 3 (1.05%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (0.70%) CISA
8 2 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CCNP
9 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.35%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.35%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.32%) GDPR
2 20 (6.97%) QA
3 15 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (4.18%) Data Quality
5 9 (3.14%) GRC
6 7 (2.44%) NIST
7 5 (1.74%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.74%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.74%) SLA
8 4 (1.39%) ISO 20022
9 3 (1.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.05%) PMO
10 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.70%) COBIT
10 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.35%) EMIR
11 1 (0.35%) HL7
11 1 (0.35%) MiFID
System Software
1 25 (8.71%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.09%) Docker
4 5 (1.74%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.05%) Firmware
5 3 (1.05%) HDFS
5 3 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (5.92%) SCCM
2 13 (4.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.14%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.09%) Terraform
5 5 (1.74%) Tivoli Identity Manager
6 3 (1.05%) Hadoop YARN
6 3 (1.05%) Oozie
6 3 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.35%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 57 (19.86%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.06%) Oracle
3 9 (3.14%) Citrix
3 9 (3.14%) VMware
4 7 (2.44%) Databricks
5 6 (2.09%) IBM
5 6 (2.09%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.74%) Ping Identity
6 5 (1.74%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.39%) Cisco
7 4 (1.39%) SAP
8 3 (1.05%) Dell
8 3 (1.05%) Draytek
8 3 (1.05%) Informatica
8 3 (1.05%) McAfee
8 3 (1.05%) Siemens
8 3 (1.05%) Talend
9 2 (0.70%) Google
9 2 (0.70%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.70%) Salesforce