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 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 271 184 121
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 31.26% 30.36% 16.51%
As % of the General category 51.33% 48.94% 34.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 102 86
10th Percentile £202 £194 £154
25th Percentile £358 £275 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £419
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.53% -6.37%
75th Percentile £523 £497 £497
90th Percentile £606 £611 £606
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 9
10th Percentile £15.53 £15.29 £15.73
25th Percentile £16.17 - £16.67
Median hourly rate £16.68 £17.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -38.18% +74.77%
75th Percentile £23.71 £23.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £24.49 £25.15 £88.75
England median hourly rate £20.35 £23.99 £20.50
% change year-on-year -15.17% +17.02% +0.15%

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 528 376 346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 60.90% 62.05% 47.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 228 241
10th Percentile £190 £250 £160
25th Percentile £353 £317 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £430 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.39% -5.26%
75th Percentile £519 £531 £575
90th Percentile £613 £643 £675
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 19 28
10th Percentile £15.58 £15.01 £13.58
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.00 £16.31
Median hourly rate £22.27 £18.32 £26.34
Median % change year-on-year +21.53% -30.45% +62.24%
75th Percentile £25.15 £32.76 £51.50
90th Percentile £26.35 £55.00 £55.55
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.21 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.21% -8.45% +28.35%

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 15 December 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 15 December 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 15 December 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 90 £420 +1.82% 47
Leicestershire 0 57 £421 +40.42% 47
Nottinghamshire 0 55 £385 -8.33% 50
Derbyshire 0 39 £375 -16.67% 53
Lincolnshire -3 23 £503 +67.50% 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 10 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.32%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.58%) Confluence
4 4 (1.48%) Apache
5 3 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.74%) CMS
6 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.37%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.37%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.37%) Documentum
7 1 (0.37%) IIS
7 1 (0.37%) Mule
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.21%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.37%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.37%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (5.17%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (3.69%) Oracle General Ledger
3 9 (3.32%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (2.95%) Oracle Cash Management
5 7 (2.58%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (1.85%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (1.48%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (1.11%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.74%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.37%) assyst
10 1 (0.37%) Endur
10 1 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.37%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.37%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.37%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 50 (18.45%) Azure
2 36 (13.28%) AWS
3 19 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.27%) Power Platform
5 16 (5.90%) GCP
6 15 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (4.06%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.06%) Serverless
8 10 (3.69%) GitHub
9 9 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.95%) Azure AKS
11 7 (2.58%) PowerApps
12 6 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.85%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.85%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.85%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.85%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 4 (1.48%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.48%) VPN
2 3 (1.11%) PuTTY
2 3 (1.11%) SSH
2 3 (1.11%) Telnet
2 3 (1.11%) Wireless
3 2 (0.74%) DHCP
3 2 (0.74%) DNS
3 2 (0.74%) NetScaler
3 2 (0.74%) Network Security
4 1 (0.37%) Firewall
4 1 (0.37%) Internet
4 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.37%) Softphone
4 1 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.37%) VLAN
4 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.80%) Power BI
2 10 (3.69%) Big Data
3 9 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.95%) DynamoDB
5 7 (2.58%) Hadoop
5 7 (2.58%) Metadata
5 7 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (2.21%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.48%) Apache Hive
7 4 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.48%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.11%) Aerospike
8 3 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.11%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.11%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (1.11%) HBase
8 3 (1.11%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.11%) Power Query
8 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.17%) JIRA
2 8 (2.95%) Git
3 7 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.48%) Selenium
5 3 (1.11%) GitLab
6 2 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.74%) Grunt
6 2 (0.74%) gulp
6 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.74%) webpack
7 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.37%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.37%) JUnit
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.37%) Postman
7 1 (0.37%) SoapUI
General
1 66 (24.35%) Finance
2 31 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.23%) Public Sector
4 21 (7.75%) Retail
5 17 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (5.90%) Banking
6 16 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (5.17%) Legal
8 13 (4.80%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (4.06%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (4.06%) Fire and Rescue
9 11 (4.06%) Local Government
9 11 (4.06%) Manufacturing
10 9 (3.32%) Marketing
11 8 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.58%) Automotive
13 6 (2.21%) Aerospace
13 6 (2.21%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.74%) Publishing
14 2 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (15.13%) Analyst
2 27 (9.96%) Lead
3 19 (7.01%) Developer
3 19 (7.01%) Project Manager
4 18 (6.64%) Business Analyst
5 16 (5.90%) Senior
6 15 (5.54%) Architect
7 10 (3.69%) Consultant
7 10 (3.69%) Data Engineer
7 10 (3.69%) Project Officer
7 10 (3.69%) Trainer
8 9 (3.32%) Support Engineer
9 8 (2.95%) Product Owner
10 7 (2.58%) Help Desk Analyst
10 7 (2.58%) IT Support
11 6 (2.21%) Desktop Support
11 6 (2.21%) Programme Manager
11 6 (2.21%) Senior Manager
11 6 (2.21%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.21%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.80%) Kafka
1 13 (4.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.69%) EDI
3 8 (2.95%) ADO
3 8 (2.95%) RESTful
4 6 (2.21%) .NET
4 6 (2.21%) Django
4 6 (2.21%) GraphQL
4 6 (2.21%) REST
5 4 (1.48%) Node.js
5 4 (1.48%) pytest
5 4 (1.48%) VML
6 3 (1.11%) CSS
6 3 (1.11%) Hibernate
6 3 (1.11%) HTML
6 3 (1.11%) LDAP
6 3 (1.11%) OAuth
6 3 (1.11%) OpenID
6 3 (1.11%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (1.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.38%) Management Information System
2 18 (6.64%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.80%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.80%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.69%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.95%) e-Learning
6 6 (2.21%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.21%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.21%) Robotics
7 5 (1.85%) Learning Management System
8 4 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.11%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.11%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.11%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.11%) NHS
9 3 (1.11%) Smartphone
9 3 (1.11%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.74%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.74%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 41 (15.13%) Windows
2 11 (4.06%) Windows 10
3 10 (3.69%) Linux
4 8 (2.95%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.85%) OpenVMS
5 5 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.48%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.48%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.11%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.11%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.74%) Unix
9 1 (0.37%) Android
9 1 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (32.84%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (23.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 56 (20.66%) Agile
4 35 (12.92%) Migration
5 30 (11.07%) Project Delivery
6 29 (10.70%) CI/CD
7 28 (10.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 27 (9.96%) Analytics
9 26 (9.59%) Project Management
10 25 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (9.23%) Customer Service
10 25 (9.23%) DevOps
11 21 (7.75%) Change Management
11 21 (7.75%) ERP
11 21 (7.75%) Project Governance
12 20 (7.38%) Business Analysis
13 19 (7.01%) Decision-Making
13 19 (7.01%) Roadmaps
13 19 (7.01%) Scrum
14 18 (6.64%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 41 (15.13%) SQL
2 28 (10.33%) Python
3 14 (5.17%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.32%) Java
5 8 (2.95%) C#
6 7 (2.58%) Bash
6 7 (2.58%) R
7 5 (1.85%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.48%) PHP
8 4 (1.48%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.11%) Scala
10 2 (0.74%) C
10 2 (0.74%) C++
10 2 (0.74%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.37%) ABAP
11 1 (0.37%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.37%) VBA
11 1 (0.37%) X++
Qualifications
1 26 (9.59%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.01%) Degree
3 16 (5.90%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.85%) PMP
7 4 (1.48%) CSPO
7 4 (1.48%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.48%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.11%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.11%) CISM
8 3 (1.11%) CISSP
8 3 (1.11%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.74%) CISA
9 2 (0.74%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.27%) GDPR
2 15 (5.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.43%) QA
4 11 (4.06%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.21%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.85%) SLA
7 4 (1.48%) NIST
7 4 (1.48%) PMO
8 3 (1.11%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.11%) NIST 800
8 3 (1.11%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.74%) COBIT
9 2 (0.74%) GRC
9 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.37%) EMIR
10 1 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 24 (8.86%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.21%) Docker
4 5 (1.85%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.11%) Firmware
5 3 (1.11%) HDFS
5 3 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (7.38%) SCCM
2 14 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.32%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.21%) Terraform
5 3 (1.11%) Hadoop YARN
5 3 (1.11%) Oozie
5 3 (1.11%) Tivoli Identity Manager
6 2 (0.74%) Ansible
6 2 (0.74%) Istio
6 2 (0.74%) Puppet
7 1 (0.37%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (22.51%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.23%) Oracle
3 12 (4.43%) VMware
4 11 (4.06%) Citrix
4 11 (4.06%) Databricks
5 10 (3.69%) Google
6 9 (3.32%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.58%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.85%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.85%) SAP
9 4 (1.48%) Cisco
10 3 (1.11%) Dell
10 3 (1.11%) Draytek
10 3 (1.11%) IBM
10 3 (1.11%) iManage
10 3 (1.11%) Informatica
10 3 (1.11%) McAfee
10 3 (1.11%) Ping Identity
10 3 (1.11%) Siemens
10 3 (1.11%) Talend