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 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 247 212 168
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 19.45% 27.71% 22.49%
As % of the General category 41.10% 45.40% 39.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 146 100
10th Percentile £171 £185 £187
25th Percentile £292 £264 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £445 £575
90th Percentile £650 £534 £638
England median daily rate £513 £500 £508
% change year-on-year +2.50% -1.48% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 13 20
10th Percentile £12.83 £15.15 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.81 £15.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.87 £16.34 £15.87
Median % change year-on-year +9.40% +2.96% -65.70%
75th Percentile £25.75 £21.39 £18.86
90th Percentile £71.95 - £23.91
England median hourly rate £22.50 £21.63 £22.69
% change year-on-year +4.05% -4.68% +14.09%

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 601 467 423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 47.32% 61.05% 56.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 321 271
10th Percentile £213 £219 £250
25th Percentile £389 £331 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £402 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.51% -10.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £485 £575
90th Percentile £670 £588 £630
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 36 36
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.71 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.51 £18.34 £14.08
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.95 £17.66
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +29.93% -49.59%
75th Percentile £26.61 £25.15 £51.01
90th Percentile £56.25 £33.66 £53.45
England median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +25.25% -34.02% +38.62%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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
Derbyshire +2 57 £488 +41.82% 104
Northamptonshire 0 56 £425 +13.33% 138
Leicestershire 0 51 £545 +118.00% 107
Nottinghamshire -3 46 £425 -5.56% 157
Lincolnshire +3 34 £338 -3.57% 70
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 10 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.24%) Confluence
2 8 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.62%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.21%) CMS
5 1 (0.40%) Apache
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (12.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 30 (12.15%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.02%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.40%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.40%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.02%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.62%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.62%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (1.62%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.62%) SAP CRM
4 3 (1.21%) iTrent
4 3 (1.21%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.81%) ContrOCC
5 2 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.81%) Lorenzo
5 2 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.81%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.81%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.40%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.40%) SAP FI-GL
Cloud Services
1 49 (19.84%) Azure
2 31 (12.55%) Power Platform
3 26 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (6.07%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.05%) AWS
5 10 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.64%) Google Workspace
7 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.43%) Power Automate
8 6 (2.43%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 5 (2.02%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.62%) Algolia
10 4 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.62%) OCI
10 4 (1.62%) SaaS
10 4 (1.62%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (1.21%) GCP
11 3 (1.21%) Intacct
11 3 (1.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.24%) VPN
2 7 (2.83%) DHCP
2 7 (2.83%) DNS
2 7 (2.83%) Network Security
3 5 (2.02%) IPv4
3 5 (2.02%) IPv6
3 5 (2.02%) LAN
3 5 (2.02%) VLAN
3 5 (2.02%) WAN
4 4 (1.62%) Firewall
4 4 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.81%) Wireless
6 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.40%) RIP
6 1 (0.40%) SAN
6 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.74%) Power BI
2 19 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.24%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (3.24%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.02%) Metadata
6 4 (1.62%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.21%) Big Data
8 2 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.81%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.81%) Power Query
8 2 (0.81%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.81%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.40%) Flink
9 1 (0.40%) MySQL
9 1 (0.40%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 12 (4.86%) JIRA
2 7 (2.83%) Git
3 4 (1.62%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.62%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (1.62%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.21%) GitLab
4 3 (1.21%) Hudson
5 2 (0.81%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.40%) Gradle
6 1 (0.40%) JUnit
6 1 (0.40%) Maven
6 1 (0.40%) MSI
6 1 (0.40%) Selenium
General
1 47 (19.03%) Finance
2 46 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (13.36%) Organisational Skills
4 22 (8.91%) Retail
5 17 (6.88%) Manufacturing
5 17 (6.88%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.86%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.64%) Law
8 7 (2.83%) Banking
8 7 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.83%) Police
9 6 (2.43%) General Ledger
10 5 (2.02%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.21%) Marketing
11 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Automotive
12 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Local Government
13 1 (0.40%) Billing
13 1 (0.40%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (14.98%) Analyst
2 21 (8.50%) Administrator
3 16 (6.48%) Architect
3 16 (6.48%) Developer
4 14 (5.67%) Business Analyst
5 13 (5.26%) Lead
5 13 (5.26%) Senior
6 12 (4.86%) Trainer
7 10 (4.05%) Consultant
7 10 (4.05%) IT Engineer
8 9 (3.64%) Data Analyst
8 9 (3.64%) Project Manager
8 9 (3.64%) Windows Engineer
9 8 (3.24%) Accountant
10 7 (2.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (2.83%) Support Engineer
10 7 (2.83%) Systems Accountant
11 6 (2.43%) .NET Developer
11 6 (2.43%) Deployment Engineer
11 6 (2.43%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (3.24%) Node.js
3 7 (2.83%) RESTful
4 6 (2.43%) .NET
4 6 (2.43%) React
4 6 (2.43%) XML
5 3 (1.21%) CSS
5 3 (1.21%) HTML
5 3 (1.21%) Kafka
5 3 (1.21%) REST
5 3 (1.21%) Terraform
6 2 (0.81%) ADO
6 2 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.81%) Hibernate
6 2 (0.81%) Middleware
6 2 (0.81%) PySpark
6 2 (0.81%) pytest
6 2 (0.81%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.81%) Spring
6 2 (0.81%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.10%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.48%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.86%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.83%) CMDB
4 7 (2.83%) Smartphone
5 6 (2.43%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.43%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.02%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.02%) Learning Management System
7 4 (1.62%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.62%) e-Learning
7 4 (1.62%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.21%) EPoS
8 3 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.21%) NHS
8 3 (1.21%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 43 (17.41%) Windows
2 21 (8.50%) Windows 10
3 8 (3.24%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.83%) Linux
5 3 (1.21%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.81%) Unix
7 1 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.40%) CentOS
7 1 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (33.20%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 47 (19.03%) Migration
4 44 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (16.19%) Validation
6 38 (15.38%) Agile
7 36 (14.57%) Decision-Making
7 36 (14.57%) ERP
8 29 (11.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 28 (11.34%) Data Migration
10 27 (10.93%) Process Improvement
11 26 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (9.31%) Workshop Facilitation
13 22 (8.91%) Project Management
14 21 (8.50%) AI
14 21 (8.50%) Data Modelling
14 21 (8.50%) Logistics
14 21 (8.50%) User Acceptance Testing
15 20 (8.10%) CI/CD
16 19 (7.69%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 35 (14.17%) SQL
2 15 (6.07%) Python
3 9 (3.64%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.83%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.43%) C#
6 5 (2.02%) Java
7 2 (0.81%) ABAP
7 2 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.93%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.69%) Degree
4 9 (3.64%) ACCA
4 9 (3.64%) CIMA
5 8 (3.24%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.02%) CISSP
6 5 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.21%) CISM
7 3 (1.21%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.21%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.21%) PMP
8 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.81%) CISA
8 2 (0.81%) CRISC
8 2 (0.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (0.81%) NVQ Level 3
8 2 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.88%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.86%) GDPR
3 8 (3.24%) QA
4 6 (2.43%) PMO
5 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.21%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.21%) SLA
6 2 (0.81%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.40%) IFRS
System Software
1 24 (9.72%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.62%) Docker
4 2 (0.81%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (7.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.45%) SCCM
3 7 (2.83%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.02%) WSUS
5 4 (1.62%) Ansible
6 2 (0.81%) Istio
6 2 (0.81%) Puppet
7 1 (0.40%) SCOM
7 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (33.60%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.53%) Oracle
3 25 (10.12%) SAP
4 15 (6.07%) Workday
5 9 (3.64%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.83%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.83%) VMware
7 6 (2.43%) Databricks
7 6 (2.43%) Google
8 5 (2.02%) Adobe
8 5 (2.02%) Citrix
9 4 (1.62%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.21%) Apple
10 3 (1.21%) Concur
10 3 (1.21%) Sage
10 3 (1.21%) Samsung
11 2 (0.81%) JD Edwards
11 2 (0.81%) Liquidlogic
11 2 (0.81%) NetApp
11 2 (0.81%) Red Hat