Social Skills Contracts in East Sussex

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > East Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in East Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 27 35 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Sussex 23.89% 43.75% 22.76%
As % of the General category 31.03% 67.31% 37.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 26 18
10th Percentile £366 £303 £189
25th Percentile £439 £350 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £588
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -13.19% +17.50%
75th Percentile £575 £673 £700
90th Percentile £664 £825 £731
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £505
% change year-on-year +2.56% -3.47% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £11.00 £13.15
25th Percentile - £12.10 £13.15
Median hourly rate - £15.38 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year - +16.91% -
75th Percentile - £42.47 £13.16
90th Percentile - £51.50 £13.16
South East median hourly rate £18.50 £18.35 £38.14
% change year-on-year +0.82% -51.88% +117.91%

All General Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 87 52 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 76.99% 65.00% 60.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 38 50
10th Percentile £334 £304 £183
25th Percentile £450 £325 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £430 £600
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -28.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £628 £556 £700
90th Percentile £656 £825 £778
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 5
10th Percentile £16.89 £11.00 £13.15
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.10 £13.16
Median hourly rate £19.36 £15.38 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.86% -14.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £20.82 £42.47 £32.75
90th Percentile £21.59 £51.50 £47.60
South East median hourly rate £24.18 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -46.27% -5.26% +137.50%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in East Sussex

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in East Sussex.

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in East Sussex

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in East Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in East Sussex over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in East Sussex

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in East Sussex.

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in East Sussex

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 3 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
Brighton 0 26 £500 +2.04% 73
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Chatbot
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Azure
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (18.52%) IaaS
3 5 (18.52%) PaaS
4 4 (14.81%) AWS
5 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
6 2 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.70%) Figma
7 1 (3.70%) GitHub
7 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Firewall
2 1 (3.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Lead
2 3 (11.11%) Analyst
2 3 (11.11%) DBA
2 3 (11.11%) Developer
2 3 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (11.11%) IT Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Lead Developer
2 3 (11.11%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (11.11%) SQL DBA
3 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
3 2 (7.41%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Service Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Service Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) CSS
1 3 (11.11%) HTML
1 3 (11.11%) React
1 3 (11.11%) React Native
1 3 (11.11%) Redux
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.70%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
1 6 (22.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (29.63%) ITIL
3 7 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (18.52%) Asset Management
4 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (14.81%) Analytics
5 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
6 3 (11.11%) Data Modelling
6 3 (11.11%) Database Migration
6 3 (11.11%) Database Security
6 3 (11.11%) DevOps
6 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 3 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (11.11%) High Availability
6 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (11.11%) SQL Optimisation
7 2 (7.41%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 3 (11.11%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.70%) Bash
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
2 2 (7.41%) CCNA
2 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (7.41%) CISM
2 2 (7.41%) CISSP
2 2 (7.41%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (7.41%) ISSEP
2 2 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (7.41%) SSCP
3 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) SLA
2 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.70%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (7.41%) SCCM
2 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.41%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) Openreach
4 1 (3.70%) Salesforce