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 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +5
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 21 33 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Sussex 18.58% 41.25% 22.69%
As % of the General category 21.21% 67.35% 34.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 16
10th Percentile £323 £303 £179
25th Percentile £406 £363 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £525 £556 £700
90th Percentile £575 £825 £744
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £505
% change year-on-year - -0.99% +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 £16.00 £18.35 £47.50
% change year-on-year -12.81% -61.37% +171.43%

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 99 49 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 87.61% 61.25% 65.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 36 48
10th Percentile £263 £303 £197
25th Percentile £398 £325 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -30.43% +15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £745
90th Percentile £656 £825 -
South East median daily rate £500 £493 £500
% change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £16.89 £11.00 £13.08
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.10 £13.15
Median hourly rate £19.36 £15.38 £15.58
Median % change year-on-year +25.86% -1.28% +3.87%
75th Percentile £20.82 £42.47 £29.31
90th Percentile £21.59 £51.50 £45.13
South East median hourly rate £19.94 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -55.69% -10.00% +150.00%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +1 21 £450 +12.50% 473
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 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Chatbot
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.76%) Figma
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Lead
2 3 (14.29%) Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) DBA
2 3 (14.29%) Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Lead Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (14.29%) SQL DBA
3 2 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) IT Manager
3 2 (9.52%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Service Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Service Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Desktop Support
4 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) CSS
1 3 (14.29%) HTML
1 3 (14.29%) React
1 3 (14.29%) React Native
1 3 (14.29%) Redux
2 2 (9.52%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
1 1 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
1 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
1 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (38.10%) ITIL
3 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (19.05%) Analytics
5 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
5 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
5 4 (19.05%) DevOps
6 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 3 (14.29%) Database Migration
6 3 (14.29%) Database Security
6 3 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (14.29%) E-Commerce
6 3 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (14.29%) High Availability
6 3 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (14.29%) SQL Optimisation
7 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
7 2 (9.52%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (9.52%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 3 (14.29%) TypeScript
3 2 (9.52%) Bash
3 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) SLA
2 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (9.52%) SCCM
1 2 (9.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Openreach
3 1 (4.76%) Salesforce