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 29 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 275 150 167
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 27.12% 29.41% 21.92%
As % of the General category 47.99% 46.15% 44.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 109 133
10th Percentile £263 £152 £167
25th Percentile £393 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £275
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +45.45% -31.25%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £525
90th Percentile £600 £546 £638
England median daily rate £500 £505 £513
% change year-on-year -0.99% -1.46% -4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 4 13
10th Percentile £13.90 £15.07 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.74 £13.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £19.31 £14.72
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +31.15% -5.03%
75th Percentile £25.50 £23.19 £19.00
90th Percentile £62.60 £23.53 £27.00
England median hourly rate £20.35 £27.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -26.00% +52.78% -28.74%

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 573 325 378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 56.51% 63.73% 49.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 225 257
10th Percentile £200 £185 £157
25th Percentile £369 £308 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -10.11%
75th Percentile £538 £503 £550
90th Percentile £625 £570 £643
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 14 55
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.01 £12.28
25th Percentile £16.21 £16.68 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.13 £26.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.48% +51.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £25.50 £31.40 £34.13
90th Percentile £30.93 £45.13 £51.50
England median hourly rate £25.50 £30.00 £26.03
% change year-on-year -15.00% +15.25% -25.63%

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 29 March 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 29 March 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 29 March 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 +2 94 £450 +0.90% 68
Nottinghamshire 0 64 £475 +13.10% 79
Leicestershire 0 52 £450 +50.00% 59
Derbyshire -1 40 £381 -19.74% 46
Lincolnshire -4 21 £423 +40.83% 43
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 12 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.64%) Confluence
3 8 (2.91%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.45%) CMS
4 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.36%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.36%) Apache
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.36%) IIS
6 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.55%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.36%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (6.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (4.00%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (3.27%) Oracle General Ledger
3 9 (3.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.82%) Oracle Cash Management
5 4 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (1.09%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (1.09%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.73%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.73%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.73%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.36%) assyst
8 1 (0.36%) ContrOCC
8 1 (0.36%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.36%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.36%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 50 (18.18%) Azure
2 29 (10.55%) AWS
3 24 (8.73%) Google Workspace
4 20 (7.27%) Cloud Computing
4 20 (7.27%) Google Sheets
4 20 (7.27%) Power Platform
5 17 (6.18%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (6.18%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (4.73%) GitHub
7 12 (4.36%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (3.64%) GCP
9 9 (3.27%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.91%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.82%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.82%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.82%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 4 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.45%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (1.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.45%) VPN
2 3 (1.09%) DHCP
2 3 (1.09%) DNS
2 3 (1.09%) Wireless
3 2 (0.73%) HTTP
3 2 (0.73%) NetScaler
3 2 (0.73%) Network Security
3 2 (0.73%) VLAN
4 1 (0.36%) IPv4
4 1 (0.36%) IPv6
4 1 (0.36%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.18%) Power BI
2 13 (4.73%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (3.27%) Aerospike
4 8 (2.91%) DynamoDB
5 7 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.55%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.55%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.18%) Redis
7 5 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.82%) Big Data
7 5 (1.82%) Power Query
8 4 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.45%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.09%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (1.09%) Metadata
9 3 (1.09%) SAP HANA
9 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.73%) EDMS
10 2 (0.73%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 16 (5.82%) JIRA
2 12 (4.36%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.64%) GitLab
4 7 (2.55%) Git
4 7 (2.55%) JUnit
5 4 (1.45%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.45%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.09%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.73%) Gatling
7 2 (0.73%) Gradle
7 2 (0.73%) JMeter
7 2 (0.73%) Maven
7 2 (0.73%) Postman
7 2 (0.73%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.73%) TestNG
8 1 (0.36%) Hudson
8 1 (0.36%) MSI
8 1 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 96 (34.91%) Finance
2 47 (17.09%) Public Sector
3 38 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.55%) Local Government
5 17 (6.18%) Retail
6 16 (5.82%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (5.45%) Banking
8 14 (5.09%) Marketing
9 13 (4.73%) Fire and Rescue
10 12 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (4.00%) Manufacturing
12 10 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (3.27%) Legal
14 8 (2.91%) General Ledger
14 8 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (2.18%) Automotive
15 6 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.82%) Aerospace
17 3 (1.09%) Law
17 3 (1.09%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (13.45%) Analyst
2 32 (11.64%) Lead
3 23 (8.36%) Architect
4 21 (7.64%) Consultant
4 21 (7.64%) Senior
5 18 (6.55%) Project Manager
6 17 (6.18%) Programme Manager
7 14 (5.09%) Developer
8 10 (3.64%) Business Analyst
8 10 (3.64%) Project Officer
8 10 (3.64%) Trainer
9 9 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.91%) Data Engineer
10 8 (2.91%) Workstream Lead
11 6 (2.18%) Administrator
11 6 (2.18%) SAP Architect
11 6 (2.18%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.18%) Senior Manager
12 5 (1.82%) AWS Engineer
12 5 (1.82%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.36%) Kafka
2 10 (3.64%) EDI
2 10 (3.64%) Oracle Fusion
3 9 (3.27%) Node.js
4 8 (2.91%) Middleware
4 8 (2.91%) pytest
4 8 (2.91%) RESTful
5 7 (2.55%) ADO
6 6 (2.18%) REST
7 5 (1.82%) .NET
7 5 (1.82%) Jest
7 5 (1.82%) XML
8 4 (1.45%) CSS
8 4 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.45%) HTML
8 4 (1.45%) PySpark
8 4 (1.45%) VML
9 3 (1.09%) J2EE
9 3 (1.09%) OSGi
9 3 (1.09%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 17 (6.18%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.82%) Public Cloud
4 13 (4.73%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.27%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.91%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (2.18%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.18%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.82%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.82%) Learning Management System
9 5 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.45%) Educational Technology
10 4 (1.45%) Robotics
10 4 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.09%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.09%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.64%) Windows
2 7 (2.55%) Linux
3 5 (1.82%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.45%) Unix
5 3 (1.09%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.73%) Data ONTAP
6 2 (0.73%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.73%) OpenVMS
6 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (34.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 83 (30.18%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (19.64%) Migration
4 49 (17.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 47 (17.09%) Agile
6 38 (13.82%) Change Management
6 38 (13.82%) Project Management
7 36 (13.09%) Analytics
8 33 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (10.55%) CI/CD
10 27 (9.82%) Data Analysis
11 26 (9.45%) DevOps
12 24 (8.73%) Programme Management
13 23 (8.36%) User Experience
14 22 (8.00%) Dashboard Development
15 20 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
15 20 (7.27%) Data Transformation
15 20 (7.27%) Risk Management
15 20 (7.27%) Technology Transformation
15 20 (7.27%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (18.18%) SQL
2 29 (10.55%) Python
3 17 (6.18%) Java
4 10 (3.64%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.18%) R
6 5 (1.82%) C#
7 4 (1.45%) VBA
8 2 (0.73%) ABAP
8 2 (0.73%) Bash
8 2 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.73%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.36%) PHP
9 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 32 (11.64%) Degree
3 25 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.82%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.82%) PMP
7 4 (1.45%) CSPO
7 4 (1.45%) SAP Certification
8 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.73%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (0.73%) CISSP
9 2 (0.73%) CSSLP
9 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.73%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.36%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.09%) GDPR
2 13 (4.73%) QA
3 10 (3.64%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.27%) PMO
4 9 (3.27%) SLA
5 4 (1.45%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.73%) GRC
7 2 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.36%) HL7
8 1 (0.36%) NIST
8 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (5.82%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.55%) Docker
3 5 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.73%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (4.36%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.91%) SCCM
4 5 (1.82%) Ansible
4 5 (1.82%) Terraform
5 4 (1.45%) Istio
5 4 (1.45%) Puppet
6 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (15.64%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.55%) Google
3 23 (8.36%) SAP
4 15 (5.45%) Oracle
5 14 (5.09%) Databricks
6 12 (4.36%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.27%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.18%) VMware
9 5 (1.82%) Citrix
10 4 (1.45%) Adobe
11 3 (1.09%) iManage
11 3 (1.09%) Informatica
11 3 (1.09%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.09%) Talend
12 2 (0.73%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (0.73%) NetApp
12 2 (0.73%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.73%) Sparx
13 1 (0.36%) Apple
13 1 (0.36%) Siemens