Social Science Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Social Science
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Science in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Science over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Social Science 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.063% - -
As % of the General category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
England median daily rate £626 £313 £500
% change year-on-year +100.40% -37.50% -12.59%

All General Skills
East of England

Social Science 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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 957 641 1,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 60.23% 59.24% 61.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 295 510
10th Percentile £185 £250 £208
25th Percentile £313 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £560
90th Percentile £688 £691 £650
England median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 104 289
10th Percentile £13.50 - £14.00
25th Percentile £15.79 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.82 £21.96 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.28% +21.97% -11.66%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £30.48
% change year-on-year -23.33% -1.56% +18.53%

Social Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Social Science job vacancy trend in the East of England

Social Science
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Social Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Social Science

Social Science
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Science within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Bedfordshire - 1 £650 -
Social Science
England

Social Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes