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 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 229 189 177
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 20.52% 27.67% 20.32%
As % of the General category 41.34% 44.37% 39.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 120 125
10th Percentile £263 £168 £167
25th Percentile £393 £250 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £375 £325
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +15.38% -26.14%
75th Percentile £575 £470 £525
90th Percentile £625 £545 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 12 16
10th Percentile £14.27 £15.12 £12.73
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.22 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.81 £18.75 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.65% +29.35% -17.17%
75th Percentile £39.04 £21.39 £17.22
90th Percentile £74.00 £22.84 £21.13
England median hourly rate £22.81 £22.05 £19.00
% change year-on-year +3.45% +16.05% -14.26%

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 554 426 451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 49.64% 62.37% 51.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 282 281
10th Percentile £280 £213 £185
25th Percentile £400 £320 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £402 £425
Median % change year-on-year +23.13% -5.41% -10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £575
90th Percentile £656 £543 £638
England median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 29 57
10th Percentile £12.95 £15.12 £12.22
25th Percentile £14.65 £18.22 £13.50
Median hourly rate £18.75 £21.39 £16.63
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% +28.62% -37.20%
75th Percentile £25.76 £25.15 £35.00
90th Percentile £60.88 £41.17 £51.91
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.64 £32.90
% change year-on-year +17.58% -15.98% +9.65%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 27 June 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 62 £500 +30.72% 54
Nottinghamshire -2 61 £423 -14.28% 85
Derbyshire 0 44 £450 -2.70% 53
Leicestershire 0 38 £533 +113.00% 60
Lincolnshire +4 22 £538 +198.61% 44
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 8 (3.49%) Confluence
1 8 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.75%) CMS
3 3 (1.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.44%) Apache
5 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.44%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 20 (8.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.75%) SAP CRM
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.87%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.87%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.87%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (0.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.44%) ContrOCC
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.44%) iTrent
4 1 (0.44%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.44%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.44%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (0.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 47 (20.52%) Azure
2 26 (11.35%) Power Platform
3 16 (6.99%) AWS
3 16 (6.99%) Google Workspace
4 13 (5.68%) Google Sheets
4 13 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (5.24%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.93%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.06%) GitHub
9 6 (2.62%) Azure AKS
9 6 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.62%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 4 (1.75%) Algolia
11 3 (1.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (1.31%) SaaS
12 2 (0.87%) GCP
12 2 (0.87%) OCI
12 2 (0.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.18%) DHCP
1 5 (2.18%) DNS
1 5 (2.18%) IPv4
1 5 (2.18%) IPv6
1 5 (2.18%) Network Security
1 5 (2.18%) VLAN
2 3 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.87%) HTTP
3 2 (0.87%) LAN
4 1 (0.44%) Firewall
4 1 (0.44%) SAN
4 1 (0.44%) VSAN
4 1 (0.44%) WAN
4 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.48%) Power BI
2 19 (8.30%) SQL Server
3 13 (5.68%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (3.06%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.18%) Aerospike
7 4 (1.75%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.75%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.75%) Redis
8 3 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.31%) Big Data
8 3 (1.31%) Power Query
8 3 (1.31%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.87%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.44%) Flink
10 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (4.80%) JIRA
2 7 (3.06%) Git
2 7 (3.06%) GitLab
3 6 (2.62%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.18%) JUnit
5 4 (1.75%) Hudson
6 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.87%) Gatling
6 2 (0.87%) Gradle
6 2 (0.87%) JMeter
6 2 (0.87%) Maven
6 2 (0.87%) MSI
6 2 (0.87%) Postman
6 2 (0.87%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.87%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.87%) TestNG
General
1 68 (29.69%) Finance
2 39 (17.03%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (12.23%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.11%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (5.68%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.80%) Retail
7 10 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.93%) Banking
9 8 (3.49%) Local Government
10 7 (3.06%) Law
11 5 (2.18%) General Ledger
11 5 (2.18%) Marketing
12 4 (1.75%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.31%) Fire and Rescue
13 3 (1.31%) Police
13 3 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.87%) German Language
14 2 (0.87%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (17.03%) Analyst
2 24 (10.48%) Architect
3 22 (9.61%) Lead
4 16 (6.99%) Consultant
4 16 (6.99%) Developer
4 16 (6.99%) Senior
5 15 (6.55%) Programme Manager
6 12 (5.24%) Administrator
7 10 (4.37%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.37%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.49%) Business Analyst
8 8 (3.49%) IT Engineer
8 8 (3.49%) SAP Architect
8 8 (3.49%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.62%) .NET Developer
9 6 (2.62%) Data Analyst
9 6 (2.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (2.62%) SAP Consultant
9 6 (2.62%) Software Developer
9 6 (2.62%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.24%) Node.js
2 8 (3.49%) Middleware
2 8 (3.49%) RESTful
3 6 (2.62%) .NET
3 6 (2.62%) Kafka
3 6 (2.62%) XML
4 5 (2.18%) React
4 5 (2.18%) REST
5 4 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (1.75%) pytest
6 3 (1.31%) CSS
6 3 (1.31%) HTML
6 3 (1.31%) J2EE
6 3 (1.31%) Jest
6 3 (1.31%) OSGi
6 3 (1.31%) PySpark
7 2 (0.87%) ADO
7 2 (0.87%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.87%) Playwright
7 2 (0.87%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.55%) Public Cloud
2 14 (6.11%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.24%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.37%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.93%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.18%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.75%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.75%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.87%) CMDB
11 2 (0.87%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.87%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.87%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.87%) Smartphone
12 1 (0.44%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.10%) Windows
2 12 (5.24%) Windows 10
3 6 (2.62%) Linux
3 6 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.87%) Unix
5 1 (0.44%) CentOS
5 1 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (32.31%) Problem-Solving
1 74 (32.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (18.78%) Migration
3 41 (17.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 35 (15.28%) Agile
4 35 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (12.66%) Change Management
5 29 (12.66%) CI/CD
5 29 (12.66%) Validation
6 28 (12.23%) Analytics
7 25 (10.92%) Decision-Making
7 25 (10.92%) Project Management
8 23 (10.04%) Data Modelling
9 22 (9.61%) Data Analysis
9 22 (9.61%) Data Protection
9 22 (9.61%) ERP
10 21 (9.17%) DevOps
10 21 (9.17%) User Acceptance Testing
10 21 (9.17%) Workshop Facilitation
11 20 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 42 (18.34%) SQL
2 18 (7.86%) Python
3 11 (4.80%) Java
4 8 (3.49%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.49%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.62%) C#
6 3 (1.31%) VBA
7 2 (0.87%) ABAP
7 2 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 29 (12.66%) Degree
2 26 (11.35%) Security Cleared
3 22 (9.61%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.18%) ACCA
5 5 (2.18%) CIMA
5 5 (2.18%) CISSP
6 4 (1.75%) SAP Certification
7 3 (1.31%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.31%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.87%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (0.87%) CISA
8 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.87%) CSSLP
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.87%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.87%) PMP
9 1 (0.44%) CRISC
9 1 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.55%) GDPR
2 8 (3.49%) QA
3 7 (3.06%) PMO
4 5 (2.18%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.75%) SLA
6 2 (0.87%) NIST
6 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.44%) IFRS
7 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.62%) Docker
3 5 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.31%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (4.37%) Kubernetes
1 10 (4.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.18%) WSUS
3 4 (1.75%) Ansible
3 4 (1.75%) Terraform
4 3 (1.31%) SCCM
5 2 (0.87%) Istio
5 2 (0.87%) Puppet
6 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (20.52%) Microsoft
2 35 (15.28%) SAP
3 17 (7.42%) Google
4 15 (6.55%) Oracle
5 10 (4.37%) Databricks
5 10 (4.37%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.49%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.49%) VMware
6 8 (3.49%) Workday
7 5 (2.18%) Citrix
7 5 (2.18%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.75%) Adobe
9 2 (0.87%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (0.87%) Concur
9 2 (0.87%) NetApp
9 2 (0.87%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.87%) Sparx
10 1 (0.44%) Laserfiche
10 1 (0.44%) Liquidlogic
10 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud