Social Skills Contracts in the East of England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 323 552 507
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 34.43% 28.92% 24.54%
As % of the General category 54.56% 46.66% 40.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 201 264
10th Percentile £195 £185 £158
25th Percentile £295 £300 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.39% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £606 £550 £532
90th Percentile £700 £650 £638
England median daily rate £501 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.72% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 202 130
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.02 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.08 £15.00 £13.41
Median hourly rate £33.75 £24.59 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.28% +69.55% +7.41%
75th Percentile £65.81 £38.12 £24.79
90th Percentile £79.26 £65.00 £64.55
England median hourly rate £23.99 £18.13 £25.00
% change year-on-year +32.32% -27.48% +38.89%

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 592 1,183 1,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 63.11% 61.97% 60.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 448 692
10th Percentile £200 £237 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £568 £625
90th Percentile £675 £655 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 458 261
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%
75th Percentile £65.19 £50.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £76.63 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in the East of England

Social Skills
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 Skills within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Hertfordshire 0 107 £500 +33.33% 237
Cambridgeshire +1 82 £475 +0.53% 316
Bedfordshire 0 75 £650 +23.81% 107
Suffolk 0 30 £225 -52.63% 51
Essex -1 22 £400 -5.88% 185
Norfolk 0 7 £178 -62.63% 67
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 26 (8.05%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.57%) Confluence
3 4 (1.24%) Apache
3 4 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.62%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.31%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.31%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 44 (13.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (7.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.86%) Windchill
4 5 (1.55%) Simulink
5 4 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.62%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.31%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.31%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 27 (8.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.10%) Teamcenter
3 8 (2.48%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.24%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.93%) Primavera
5 3 (0.93%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.93%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.31%) ContrOCC
6 1 (0.31%) iTrent
6 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.31%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 30 (9.29%) Azure
2 21 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (4.95%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.33%) Power Platform
5 9 (2.79%) AWS
5 9 (2.79%) GitHub
6 8 (2.48%) SaaS
7 5 (1.55%) GCP
7 5 (1.55%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.24%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.93%) dbt
9 3 (0.93%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.93%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.62%) Cohesity
10 2 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.62%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.26%) DNS
1 17 (5.26%) Network Security
2 16 (4.95%) VPN
3 14 (4.33%) Firewall
4 10 (3.10%) SMTP
5 9 (2.79%) FTP
5 9 (2.79%) HTTP
5 9 (2.79%) SSL
5 9 (2.79%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.48%) Ethernet
7 5 (1.55%) LAN
7 5 (1.55%) VSAN
7 5 (1.55%) WAN
7 5 (1.55%) WLAN
8 4 (1.24%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.62%) SAN
9 2 (0.62%) Skype
9 2 (0.62%) Wireless
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.33%) Power BI
2 9 (2.79%) Tableau
3 6 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.24%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.93%) Looker
5 3 (0.93%) Metadata
5 3 (0.93%) MySQL
5 3 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.62%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.31%) DB2
7 1 (0.31%) GIS
7 1 (0.31%) QlikView
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (4.95%) JIRA
2 5 (1.55%) Eclipse
2 5 (1.55%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.24%) LoadRunner
3 4 (1.24%) NeoLoad
4 3 (0.93%) Git
4 3 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.93%) TestRail
5 2 (0.62%) JMeter
6 1 (0.31%) Gerrit
6 1 (0.31%) GitLab
6 1 (0.31%) MagicDraw
6 1 (0.31%) MSI
6 1 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 65 (20.12%) Analytical Skills
2 45 (13.93%) Finance
3 18 (5.57%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (4.95%) Pharmaceutical
6 14 (4.33%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.41%) Automotive
7 11 (3.41%) Electronics
8 10 (3.10%) German Language
8 10 (3.10%) Legal
9 8 (2.48%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.17%) Law
10 7 (2.17%) Retail
11 6 (1.86%) Aviation
11 6 (1.86%) Hungarian Language
11 6 (1.86%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.55%) Local Government
12 5 (1.55%) Military
13 4 (1.24%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (11.46%) Analyst
2 30 (9.29%) Lead
3 25 (7.74%) Senior
4 24 (7.43%) Architect
5 18 (5.57%) Project Manager
5 18 (5.57%) Support Engineer
6 16 (4.95%) Consultant
7 14 (4.33%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (4.02%) Desktop Engineer
9 12 (3.72%) Desktop Support
9 12 (3.72%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 10 (3.10%) IT Support
10 10 (3.10%) Support Officer
11 9 (2.79%) 1st Line Support
11 9 (2.79%) Functional Consultant
11 9 (2.79%) SOC Analyst
12 8 (2.48%) Software Engineer
12 8 (2.48%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.17%) Business Analyst
14 6 (1.86%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.79%) LDAP
2 7 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.86%) Web Services
4 5 (1.55%) CSS
4 5 (1.55%) Node.js
5 4 (1.24%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.24%) PySpark
5 4 (1.24%) React
6 3 (0.93%) Kafka
6 3 (0.93%) NumPy
6 3 (0.93%) Pandas
6 3 (0.93%) RESTful
6 3 (0.93%) Yocto
7 2 (0.62%) HTML
8 1 (0.31%) .NET
8 1 (0.31%) JTAPI
8 1 (0.31%) Middleware
8 1 (0.31%) POSIX
8 1 (0.31%) XML
8 1 (0.31%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.60%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (5.57%) Life Science
2 18 (5.57%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.64%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (4.02%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.41%) iPad
5 11 (3.41%) iPhone
6 10 (3.10%) Security Operations Centre
7 9 (2.79%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.79%) Cyberattack
8 8 (2.48%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.48%) FMCG
9 7 (2.17%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.86%) CMDB
10 6 (1.86%) CSOC
10 6 (1.86%) EPoS
11 5 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.55%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.55%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.24%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 57 (17.65%) Windows
2 20 (6.19%) Linux
3 10 (3.10%) Apple iOS
3 10 (3.10%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.62%) Unix
6 1 (0.31%) Android
6 1 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.31%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (38.39%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (16.72%) Agile
3 49 (15.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (13.93%) Project Management
5 40 (12.38%) Customer Service
6 33 (10.22%) Incident Management
7 31 (9.60%) Analytics
7 31 (9.60%) Data Management
8 29 (8.98%) Service Delivery
9 26 (8.05%) Validation
10 23 (7.12%) Change Management
10 23 (7.12%) Migration
11 22 (6.81%) Time Management
12 21 (6.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (6.50%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (6.50%) ERP
12 21 (6.50%) ITIL
13 19 (5.88%) ITSM
13 19 (5.88%) Mathematics
14 18 (5.57%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.74%) SQL
2 18 (5.57%) PowerShell
3 14 (4.33%) Python
4 8 (2.48%) Java
5 7 (2.17%) C++
5 7 (2.17%) MATLAB
6 6 (1.86%) C#
6 6 (1.86%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.24%) SystemVerilog
7 4 (1.24%) Tcl
8 3 (0.93%) ABAP
8 3 (0.93%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.93%) VBA
9 2 (0.62%) C
9 2 (0.62%) PHP
9 2 (0.62%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.31%) Bash
10 1 (0.31%) Bicep
10 1 (0.31%) C-shell
10 1 (0.31%) Perl
Qualifications
1 83 (25.70%) Security Cleared
2 76 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 29 (8.98%) Degree
4 15 (4.64%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.86%) CISSP
8 5 (1.55%) PMP
9 4 (1.24%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (1.24%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.93%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.93%) HNC
10 3 (0.93%) HND
10 3 (0.93%) VCAP
10 3 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.62%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.62%) APMG
11 2 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.19%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.95%) QA
3 9 (2.79%) GDPR
4 8 (2.48%) SLA
5 7 (2.17%) GxP
6 5 (1.55%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.55%) DO-254
7 4 (1.24%) PMO
8 2 (0.62%) DO-160
8 2 (0.62%) NIST
8 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.31%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (8.05%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.48%) VMware NSX
3 5 (1.55%) Firmware
3 5 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.55%) vSphere
4 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (2.79%) Terraform
2 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (2.17%) Ansible
3 7 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.86%) SCCM
5 5 (1.55%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.24%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.24%) PowerCLI
6 4 (1.24%) VxRail
7 2 (0.62%) WSUS
8 1 (0.31%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.31%) Nagios
8 1 (0.31%) PTC Integrity
8 1 (0.31%) Puppet
8 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 96 (29.72%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.46%) SAP
3 20 (6.19%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.33%) Oracle
5 11 (3.41%) VMware
6 9 (2.79%) Apple
7 7 (2.17%) Google
7 7 (2.17%) McAfee
7 7 (2.17%) Samsung
7 7 (2.17%) SOTI
8 5 (1.55%) Ariba
8 5 (1.55%) Cisco
8 5 (1.55%) Dell
9 4 (1.24%) MobileIron
9 4 (1.24%) Nexthink
9 4 (1.24%) Workday
9 4 (1.24%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.93%) Actel
10 3 (0.93%) Altera
10 3 (0.93%) Microsemi