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 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 267 138 164
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 24.70% 26.64% 21.41%
As % of the General category 46.68% 43.26% 42.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 89 123
10th Percentile £261 £158 £167
25th Percentile £393 £250 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £269
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +48.70% -37.08%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £525
90th Percentile £588 £558 £638
England median daily rate £500 £501 £515
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.82% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 5 15
10th Percentile £14.98 £14.88 -
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.81 £16.11 £14.72
Median % change year-on-year +41.59% +9.44% -5.03%
75th Percentile £28.63 £23.00 £19.50
90th Percentile £74.00 £23.45 £26.15
England median hourly rate £21.30 £25.00 £18.13
% change year-on-year -14.80% +37.89% -28.23%

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 572 319 382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 52.91% 61.58% 49.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 205 254
10th Percentile £209 £201 £160
25th Percentile £388 £315 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £443 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.52% +10.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £550
90th Percentile £600 £583 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 18 56
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.36 £12.20
25th Percentile £15.74 £16.68 £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.13 £23.75 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% +37.68% -20.40%
75th Percentile £25.50 £30.30 £35.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £38.63 £51.91
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.18 £30.00
% change year-on-year +6.46% -6.07% -12.56%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +1 85 £465 +15.53% 50
Nottinghamshire 0 70 £443 -11.50% 47
Leicestershire 0 45 £450 +80.00% 47
Derbyshire 0 39 £488 +2.63% 58
Lincolnshire -2 25 £521 +73.75% 36
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 11 (4.12%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.75%) Confluence
3 9 (3.37%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.50%) CMS
6 3 (1.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.75%) Apache
8 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.37%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.37%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.37%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (6.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.50%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (1.50%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.50%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (1.50%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.75%) SAP CRM
3 2 (0.75%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.75%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.37%) assyst
4 1 (0.37%) ContrOCC
4 1 (0.37%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.37%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 53 (19.85%) Azure
2 28 (10.49%) AWS
3 24 (8.99%) Power Platform
4 23 (8.61%) Google Workspace
5 20 (7.49%) Google Sheets
6 19 (7.12%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (6.74%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (6.37%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (4.49%) GitHub
9 12 (4.49%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (3.75%) Azure AKS
10 10 (3.75%) GCP
11 8 (3.00%) Entra ID
11 8 (3.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 6 (2.25%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 4 (1.50%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.50%) Serverless
15 3 (1.12%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.25%) DHCP
1 6 (2.25%) DNS
1 6 (2.25%) Network Security
1 6 (2.25%) VLAN
2 5 (1.87%) IPv4
2 5 (1.87%) IPv6
3 4 (1.50%) VPN
4 3 (1.12%) Wireless
5 2 (0.75%) HTTP
5 2 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.37%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.37%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.49%) Power BI
2 15 (5.62%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (4.12%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.37%) Aerospike
5 8 (3.00%) DynamoDB
6 6 (2.25%) Big Data
6 6 (2.25%) Redis
6 6 (2.25%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.50%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.50%) Power Query
9 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.12%) Metadata
9 3 (1.12%) SAP HANA
9 3 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.12%) Tableau
10 2 (0.75%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.75%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 16 (5.99%) JIRA
2 12 (4.49%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.75%) GitLab
4 8 (3.00%) Git
5 7 (2.62%) JUnit
6 4 (1.50%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.50%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.12%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.75%) Gatling
8 2 (0.75%) Gradle
8 2 (0.75%) JMeter
8 2 (0.75%) Maven
8 2 (0.75%) Postman
8 2 (0.75%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.75%) TestNG
9 1 (0.37%) Hudson
9 1 (0.37%) MSI
9 1 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 88 (32.96%) Finance
2 43 (16.10%) Public Sector
3 40 (14.98%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.74%) Local Government
5 16 (5.99%) Retail
6 15 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (4.87%) Fire and Rescue
7 13 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.49%) Banking
9 11 (4.12%) Marketing
10 9 (3.37%) Manufacturing
11 8 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.25%) Legal
14 5 (1.87%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.87%) Law
15 4 (1.50%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.50%) Automotive
16 3 (1.12%) Police
Job Titles
1 42 (15.73%) Analyst
2 25 (9.36%) Lead
3 23 (8.61%) Architect
4 21 (7.87%) Senior
5 17 (6.37%) Developer
5 17 (6.37%) Programme Manager
6 16 (5.99%) Consultant
7 15 (5.62%) Project Manager
8 12 (4.49%) Business Analyst
9 10 (3.75%) Project Officer
10 9 (3.37%) Trainer
11 8 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.62%) Administrator
13 6 (2.25%) Operations Manager
13 6 (2.25%) SAP Architect
13 6 (2.25%) SAP Solutions Architect
13 6 (2.25%) Senior Manager
13 6 (2.25%) Software Developer
14 5 (1.87%) .NET Software Developer
14 5 (1.87%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.24%) Node.js
2 13 (4.87%) Kafka
3 10 (3.75%) EDI
3 10 (3.75%) RESTful
4 8 (3.00%) pytest
4 8 (3.00%) REST
5 7 (2.62%) Middleware
6 6 (2.25%) ADO
6 6 (2.25%) XML
7 5 (1.87%) .NET
7 5 (1.87%) Jest
7 5 (1.87%) PySpark
8 4 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.50%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (1.50%) VML
9 3 (1.12%) OSGi
9 3 (1.12%) Pandas
9 3 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (1.12%) React
9 3 (1.12%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.99%) Management Information System
2 17 (6.37%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.99%) Public Cloud
4 14 (5.24%) Product Ownership
5 13 (4.87%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (2.62%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.62%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.25%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.25%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.50%) Educational Technology
9 4 (1.50%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.50%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.12%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.12%) Smartphone
10 3 (1.12%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.75%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.61%) Windows
2 9 (3.37%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.87%) Linux
3 5 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.50%) Unix
5 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.75%) Data ONTAP
5 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (34.83%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (33.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 53 (19.85%) Agile
4 49 (18.35%) Migration
5 48 (17.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 37 (13.86%) Analytics
6 37 (13.86%) CI/CD
6 37 (13.86%) Project Management
7 35 (13.11%) Change Management
8 34 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (10.86%) Decision-Making
10 28 (10.49%) Data Analysis
11 27 (10.11%) DevOps
12 25 (9.36%) Programme Management
12 25 (9.36%) User Experience
13 23 (8.61%) Business Intelligence
14 22 (8.24%) Dashboard Development
15 21 (7.87%) Workshop Facilitation
16 20 (7.49%) Regulatory Compliance
16 20 (7.49%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 52 (19.48%) SQL
2 29 (10.86%) Python
3 15 (5.62%) Java
4 10 (3.75%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.25%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.87%) C#
6 5 (1.87%) R
7 4 (1.50%) VBA
8 2 (0.75%) ABAP
8 2 (0.75%) Bash
9 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 37 (13.86%) Security Cleared
2 36 (13.48%) Degree
3 27 (10.11%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.50%) CSPO
6 4 (1.50%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.50%) PMP
6 4 (1.50%) SAP Certification
7 3 (1.12%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.75%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (0.75%) CISSP
8 2 (0.75%) CSSLP
8 2 (0.75%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.37%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.99%) GDPR
2 11 (4.12%) PMO
2 11 (4.12%) QA
3 8 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.25%) SLA
5 4 (1.50%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.75%) GRC
6 2 (0.75%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.37%) NIST
7 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (5.99%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.62%) Docker
4 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.24%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.00%) SCCM
4 6 (2.25%) Terraform
5 5 (1.87%) Ansible
5 5 (1.87%) WSUS
6 4 (1.50%) Istio
6 4 (1.50%) Puppet
Vendors
1 52 (19.48%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.24%) SAP
3 29 (10.86%) Google
4 14 (5.24%) Databricks
4 14 (5.24%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.12%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.37%) Oracle
6 9 (3.37%) VMware
7 8 (3.00%) Citrix
8 4 (1.50%) Adobe
8 4 (1.50%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.12%) iManage
9 3 (1.12%) Informatica
9 3 (1.12%) Talend
10 2 (0.75%) BiZZdesign
10 2 (0.75%) NetApp
10 2 (0.75%) Sparx
11 1 (0.37%) Apple
11 1 (0.37%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.37%) Siemens