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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 270 191 126
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 31.43% 28.90% 16.73%
As % of the General category 51.43% 47.63% 34.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 106 89
10th Percentile £188 £189 £155
25th Percentile £356 £275 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £419
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.53% -5.84%
75th Percentile £513 £519 £516
90th Percentile £612 £616 £638
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 10
10th Percentile £15.53 £15.01 £16.20
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.53 £17.63
Median hourly rate £16.68 £17.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -41.38% +87.10%
75th Percentile £23.71 £19.80 £68.75
90th Percentile £24.49 £25.15 £88.75
England median hourly rate £20.40 £24.18 £20.00
% change year-on-year -15.63% +20.90% -5.73%

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 525 401 363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 61.12% 60.67% 48.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 237 250
10th Percentile £190 £250 £160
25th Percentile £350 £322 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £440 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £510 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £641 £687
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 20 34
10th Percentile £15.60 £14.54 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.21 £15.10 £15.60
Median hourly rate £22.27 £17.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.97% -38.18% +72.20%
75th Percentile £25.15 £32.26 £51.50
90th Percentile £26.20 £55.00 £60.95
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.45 £32.50
% change year-on-year -22.58% -6.31% +26.41%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 87 £420 +1.63% 185
Leicestershire 0 59 £418 +39.17% 182
Nottinghamshire 0 53 £390 -7.14% 193
Derbyshire -1 42 £375 -16.67% 284
Lincolnshire -3 23 £500 +66.67% 149
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 9 (3.33%) Apache Spark
1 9 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.22%) Confluence
3 4 (1.48%) Apache
4 3 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.74%) CMS
6 1 (0.37%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.37%) Documentum
6 1 (0.37%) IIS
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.37%) Mule
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.22%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.74%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.37%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.37%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (5.19%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (3.70%) Oracle General Ledger
3 9 (3.33%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (2.96%) Oracle Cash Management
5 7 (2.59%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (1.85%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (1.48%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (1.48%) Payment Gateway
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 48 (17.78%) Azure
2 34 (12.59%) AWS
3 17 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (6.30%) Power Platform
4 15 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.19%) GCP
6 12 (4.44%) Serverless
7 10 (3.70%) GitHub
8 9 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (2.96%) Azure AKS
9 8 (2.96%) Entra ID
9 8 (2.96%) PowerApps
10 6 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.22%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.85%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.48%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 3 (1.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.11%) PuTTY
1 3 (1.11%) SSH
1 3 (1.11%) Telnet
1 3 (1.11%) VPN
1 3 (1.11%) Wireless
2 2 (0.74%) NetScaler
2 2 (0.74%) Network Security
2 2 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.37%) DHCP
3 1 (0.37%) DNS
3 1 (0.37%) Firewall
3 1 (0.37%) Internet
3 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.37%) Softphone
3 1 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.44%) Power BI
2 10 (3.70%) Big Data
3 9 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.96%) DynamoDB
5 7 (2.59%) Hadoop
5 7 (2.59%) Metadata
5 7 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (2.22%) 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%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (4.81%) JIRA
2 8 (2.96%) Git
3 7 (2.59%) 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 65 (24.07%) Finance
2 31 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (8.52%) Public Sector
4 21 (7.78%) Retail
5 18 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.93%) Banking
8 14 (5.19%) Legal
9 12 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (4.07%) Fire and Rescue
10 11 (4.07%) Local Government
10 11 (4.07%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.96%) Marketing
12 7 (2.59%) Automotive
12 7 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (2.22%) Aerospace
13 6 (2.22%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.74%) Military
14 2 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (15.56%) Analyst
2 26 (9.63%) Lead
3 20 (7.41%) Developer
4 19 (7.04%) Project Manager
5 17 (6.30%) Business Analyst
6 16 (5.93%) Senior
7 14 (5.19%) Architect
8 10 (3.70%) Data Engineer
8 10 (3.70%) Project Officer
9 9 (3.33%) Consultant
9 9 (3.33%) Support Engineer
9 9 (3.33%) Trainer
10 8 (2.96%) IT Support
10 8 (2.96%) Product Owner
11 7 (2.59%) Desktop Support
11 7 (2.59%) Help Desk Analyst
11 7 (2.59%) Support Technician
12 6 (2.22%) Deployment Engineer
12 6 (2.22%) Senior Manager
12 6 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.81%) Kafka
1 13 (4.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.70%) EDI
3 8 (2.96%) ADO
3 8 (2.96%) RESTful
4 6 (2.22%) .NET
4 6 (2.22%) Django
4 6 (2.22%) GraphQL
4 6 (2.22%) REST
5 4 (1.48%) Node.js
5 4 (1.48%) pytest
6 3 (1.11%) CSS
6 3 (1.11%) FHIR
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%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 17 (6.30%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.81%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.59%) e-Learning
6 6 (2.22%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.22%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.22%) Robotics
7 4 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.48%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.11%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.11%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.11%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.11%) NHS
8 3 (1.11%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.74%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.74%) SCADA
9 2 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.81%) Windows
2 10 (3.70%) Linux
3 8 (2.96%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.59%) 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 88 (32.59%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (21.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 55 (20.37%) Agile
4 32 (11.85%) Migration
5 29 (10.74%) CI/CD
5 29 (10.74%) Project Delivery
6 26 (9.63%) Analytics
6 26 (9.63%) Customer Service
6 26 (9.63%) DevOps
6 26 (9.63%) Project Management
7 24 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (7.78%) Project Governance
10 20 (7.41%) ERP
11 18 (6.67%) Business Analysis
11 18 (6.67%) Change Management
11 18 (6.67%) Scrum
11 18 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
12 17 (6.30%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (6.30%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.07%) SQL
2 28 (10.37%) Python
3 11 (4.07%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.33%) Java
5 8 (2.96%) C#
6 7 (2.59%) R
7 5 (1.85%) Bash
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
9 3 (1.11%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.74%) C
10 2 (0.74%) C++
10 2 (0.74%) X++
11 1 (0.37%) ABAP
11 1 (0.37%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (9.63%) Security Cleared
2 18 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.30%) Degree
4 8 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.48%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.48%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.48%) PMP
7 3 (1.11%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.11%) CISM
7 3 (1.11%) CISSP
7 3 (1.11%) CSPO
7 3 (1.11%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.74%) CISA
8 2 (0.74%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.37%) MBA
9 1 (0.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.93%) GDPR
2 14 (5.19%) QA
3 13 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.07%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.22%) 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%) HL7
10 1 (0.37%) MiFID
10 1 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 21 (7.78%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.22%) Docker
4 5 (1.85%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.11%) Firmware
5 3 (1.11%) HDFS
5 3 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.74%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (6.67%) SCCM
2 12 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.33%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.22%) 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 59 (21.85%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.26%) Oracle
3 11 (4.07%) Databricks
4 9 (3.33%) Citrix
4 9 (3.33%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.33%) VMware
5 6 (2.22%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.85%) Google
6 5 (1.85%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.85%) SAP
7 4 (1.48%) Cisco
8 3 (1.11%) Dell
8 3 (1.11%) Draytek
8 3 (1.11%) IBM
8 3 (1.11%) iManage
8 3 (1.11%) Informatica
8 3 (1.11%) McAfee
8 3 (1.11%) Ping Identity
8 3 (1.11%) Siemens
8 3 (1.11%) Talend