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

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 220 180 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 28.50% 23.05% 16.40%
As % of the General category 46.81% 40.09% 33.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 97 100
10th Percentile £185 £187 £194
25th Percentile £300 £288 £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £430
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -6.98% -4.44%
75th Percentile £448 £575 £570
90th Percentile £525 £638 £650
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 20 10
10th Percentile £15.16 £12.75 £16.20
25th Percentile £15.48 £13.31 £20.70
Median hourly rate £16.34 £16.82 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% -63.64% +164.29%
75th Percentile £21.39 £17.37 £70.00
90th Percentile - £23.91 £88.75
England median hourly rate £21.63 £22.00 £18.97
% change year-on-year -1.70% +16.00% -0.18%

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 470 449 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 60.88% 57.49% 49.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 272 294
10th Percentile £213 £250 £249
25th Percentile £331 £356 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £481 £575 £638
90th Percentile £591 £625 £741
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 36 27
10th Percentile £15.62 £12.75 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.19 £14.56 £15.96
Median hourly rate £21.39 £17.00 £31.76
Median % change year-on-year +25.82% -46.47% +64.73%
75th Percentile £25.15 £44.97 £51.50
90th Percentile £30.30 £53.45 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

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
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 September 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 September 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 September 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 +1 96 £380 -5.00% 113
Leicestershire +4 45 £250 -13.04% 115
Nottinghamshire 0 35 £380 -24.00% 133
Derbyshire -1 32 £413 +28.50% 120
Lincolnshire +3 9 £338 -46.00% 71
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 5 (2.27%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.36%) Apache
2 3 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.36%) Confluence
2 3 (1.36%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.45%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.45%) CMS
3 1 (0.45%) Documentum
3 1 (0.45%) MS Project Server
3 1 (0.45%) Mule
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.36%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.45%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.45%) InDesign
5 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.45%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.45%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.82%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.36%) Sprinklr
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.91%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.91%) Primavera
3 2 (0.91%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.45%) Endur
4 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.45%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (16.36%) Azure
2 34 (15.45%) AWS
3 20 (9.09%) GCP
4 15 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.18%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.18%) Serverless
7 5 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.27%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.27%) GitHub
8 4 (1.82%) Azure AKS
8 4 (1.82%) SaaS
9 3 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.91%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.91%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.91%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.36%) Firewall
1 3 (1.36%) HTTP
1 3 (1.36%) HTTPS
1 3 (1.36%) PuTTY
1 3 (1.36%) SSH
1 3 (1.36%) SSL
1 3 (1.36%) Telnet
2 2 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.45%) ATM
3 1 (0.45%) Internet
3 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.45%) LAN
3 1 (0.45%) Network Security
3 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.45%) VLAN
3 1 (0.45%) VPN
3 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.18%) Big Data
1 7 (3.18%) Hadoop
2 6 (2.73%) Power BI
3 5 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.27%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.82%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.82%) Metadata
4 4 (1.82%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.82%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.36%) Apache Hive
5 3 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.36%) HBase
5 3 (1.36%) MySQL
5 3 (1.36%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.91%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.91%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.91%) Power Query
6 2 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.64%) Git
2 7 (3.18%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.82%) JIRA
3 4 (1.82%) Postman
3 4 (1.82%) Selenium
4 2 (0.91%) Grunt
4 2 (0.91%) gulp
4 2 (0.91%) webpack
5 1 (0.45%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.45%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.45%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.45%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.45%) WebDriver
General
1 39 (17.73%) Finance
2 38 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (11.36%) Organisational Skills
4 21 (9.55%) Banking
5 16 (7.27%) Retail
6 10 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.18%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.27%) Legal
11 3 (1.36%) Publishing
12 2 (0.91%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.91%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.91%) Local Government
12 2 (0.91%) Marketing
12 2 (0.91%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.45%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.45%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 40 (18.18%) Analyst
2 17 (7.73%) Developer
3 15 (6.82%) Lead
4 12 (5.45%) Business Analyst
4 12 (5.45%) Consultant
4 12 (5.45%) Security Analyst
5 11 (5.00%) Product Owner
6 10 (4.55%) Information Analyst
6 10 (4.55%) Information Security Analyst
7 9 (4.09%) IT Support
8 7 (3.18%) Data Engineer
8 7 (3.18%) Help Desk Analyst
8 7 (3.18%) Support Engineer
9 6 (2.73%) Architect
9 6 (2.73%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
9 6 (2.73%) Identity Management Engineer
9 6 (2.73%) Programme Manager
9 6 (2.73%) Project Manager
9 6 (2.73%) Tester
9 6 (2.73%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.91%) LDAP
1 13 (5.91%) RESTful
2 11 (5.00%) Spring
3 10 (4.55%) HTML
4 8 (3.64%) CSS
4 8 (3.64%) Hibernate
4 8 (3.64%) OAuth
4 8 (3.64%) OpenID
4 8 (3.64%) REST
4 8 (3.64%) SAML
5 7 (3.18%) .NET
6 5 (2.27%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.27%) Flash
6 5 (2.27%) Kafka
7 4 (1.82%) Django
7 4 (1.82%) GraphQL
7 4 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.82%) RAML
7 4 (1.82%) React
7 4 (1.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.27%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (3.64%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.73%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.27%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.27%) EPoS
5 5 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.36%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (1.36%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.36%) Smartphone
6 3 (1.36%) State Machine
7 2 (0.91%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.91%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.91%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.91%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.45%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (0.45%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.45%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.91%) Windows
2 9 (4.09%) Windows 10
3 6 (2.73%) Linux
3 6 (2.73%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.82%) Android
5 3 (1.36%) OpenVMS
5 3 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.36%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.36%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.91%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (35.45%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (20.91%) Agile
3 39 (17.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (11.82%) Project Management
5 24 (10.91%) CI/CD
5 24 (10.91%) Computer Science
6 22 (10.00%) Customer Service
7 21 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (9.09%) Roadmaps
9 19 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (8.64%) Project Delivery
9 19 (8.64%) Scrum
10 17 (7.73%) Identity Access Management
11 16 (7.27%) Analytics
11 16 (7.27%) Data Protection
11 16 (7.27%) Process Improvement
12 15 (6.82%) Decision-Making
12 15 (6.82%) DevOps
13 13 (5.91%) Information Security
13 13 (5.91%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 39 (17.73%) SQL
2 20 (9.09%) Java
3 18 (8.18%) Python
4 10 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 8 (3.64%) C#
6 5 (2.27%) Bash
6 5 (2.27%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (1.36%) PHP
7 3 (1.36%) R
7 3 (1.36%) Scala
7 3 (1.36%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.91%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.45%) ABAP
9 1 (0.45%) Bicep
9 1 (0.45%) C
9 1 (0.45%) C++
9 1 (0.45%) X++
Qualifications
1 29 (13.18%) Degree
2 20 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.82%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.36%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.36%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.36%) PMP
6 2 (0.91%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.91%) CCNA
6 2 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.45%) CCNP
7 1 (0.45%) CIMA
7 1 (0.45%) CISM
7 1 (0.45%) CISSP
7 1 (0.45%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.09%) GDPR
2 16 (7.27%) QA
3 11 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (4.09%) GRC
5 8 (3.64%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.64%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.27%) NIST
7 3 (1.36%) NIST 800
7 3 (1.36%) PMO
8 2 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.91%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.91%) SLA
9 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.45%) EMIR
9 1 (0.45%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.45%) MiFID
9 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.45%) PSD2
System Software
1 20 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.45%) Docker
3 7 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.73%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.36%) Firmware
5 3 (1.36%) HDFS
6 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.91%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.45%) SCCM
3 10 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (3.64%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 4 (1.82%) Terraform
6 3 (1.36%) Hadoop YARN
6 3 (1.36%) Oozie
6 3 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (21.82%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.18%) Oracle
3 9 (4.09%) IBM
4 8 (3.64%) Ping Identity
5 7 (3.18%) VMware
6 5 (2.27%) Cisco
6 5 (2.27%) Citrix
6 5 (2.27%) SAP
6 5 (2.27%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.82%) Databricks
8 3 (1.36%) Apple
8 3 (1.36%) Dell
8 3 (1.36%) Draytek
8 3 (1.36%) McAfee
8 3 (1.36%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.91%) Avaya
9 2 (0.91%) Genesys
9 2 (0.91%) Google
9 2 (0.91%) Siemens
10 1 (0.45%) OpenText