Social Skills Contracts 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 advertised in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 172 175 255
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 22.31% 17.11% 18.87%
As % of the General category 43.32% 32.53% 38.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 126 150
10th Percentile £168 £156 £166
25th Percentile £206 £304 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £400 £423
Median % change year-on-year -32.75% -5.33% +24.26%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £520
90th Percentile £638 £600 £619
England median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 29
10th Percentile - £11.48 £9.57
25th Percentile £12.75 £11.80 £10.00
Median hourly rate £14.72 £15.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% -16.22% +85.00%
75th Percentile £19.50 £21.00 £27.50
90th Percentile £26.15 £36.25 £39.00
England median hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -28.00% +38.89% -

All General Skills
East Midlands

Social Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 397 538 670
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 51.49% 52.59% 49.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 417 480
10th Percentile £166 £213 £202
25th Percentile £252 £325 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £521
90th Percentile £638 £700 £600
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 37 53
10th Percentile £12.20 £11.80 £9.59
25th Percentile £13.88 £15.25 £13.45
Median hourly rate £17.25 £22.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.59% -4.35% +53.33%
75th Percentile £35.00 £50.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £51.91 £51.50 -
England median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.38% +51.16% -4.17%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in the East Midlands

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 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in the East Midlands

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in the East Midlands

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024. 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
Derbyshire +4 57 £245 -40.61% 119
Leicestershire +2 46 £266 -45.15% 139
Nottinghamshire +2 29 £500 +5.26% 162
Northamptonshire -2 26 £410 +10.81% 120
Lincolnshire +13 9 £625 +161.78% 67
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (1.74%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.58%) Apache
2 1 (0.58%) Appian
2 1 (0.58%) CMS
2 1 (0.58%) SAS
2 1 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (21.51%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.74%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.16%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.16%) Adobe XD
4 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.16%) Sketch
5 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.58%) Maya
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.58%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.58%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 3 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.16%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.58%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.79%) Azure
2 10 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (4.65%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.49%) AWS
4 6 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.16%) Figma
6 2 (1.16%) GCP
6 2 (1.16%) Serverless
7 1 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.58%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.58%) Discord
7 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.58%) IaaS
7 1 (0.58%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.91%) Wireless
2 4 (2.33%) DNS
2 4 (2.33%) LAN
2 4 (2.33%) VPN
2 4 (2.33%) WAN
3 3 (1.74%) NAS
3 3 (1.74%) SAN
3 3 (1.74%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.16%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (1.16%) DHCP
4 2 (1.16%) Ethereal
4 2 (1.16%) Ethernet
4 2 (1.16%) Firewall
4 2 (1.16%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.58%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.58%) LTE
5 1 (0.58%) PBX
5 1 (0.58%) PSTN
5 1 (0.58%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.91%) Big Data
1 5 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (2.91%) Power BI
2 4 (2.33%) Hadoop
3 3 (1.74%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.74%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.16%) Impala
4 2 (1.16%) MySQL
4 2 (1.16%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.16%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.16%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.58%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.58%) Metadata
5 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.74%) JIRA
2 2 (1.16%) Axure RP
2 2 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.16%) Selenium
2 2 (1.16%) TestRail
3 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (19.19%) Finance
2 19 (11.05%) Public Sector
3 14 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.81%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.23%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.65%) Banking
6 8 (4.65%) Electronics
7 6 (3.49%) Games
7 6 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.91%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.91%) Marketing
9 4 (2.33%) Legal
10 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Automotive
11 1 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.58%) Publishing
11 1 (0.58%) Retail
11 1 (0.58%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 24 (13.95%) Analyst
2 16 (9.30%) Project Manager
3 15 (8.72%) Lead
4 12 (6.98%) Test Engineer
5 10 (5.81%) Support Engineer
6 7 (4.07%) Architect
6 7 (4.07%) Developer
6 7 (4.07%) Team Leader
6 7 (4.07%) Test Manager
7 6 (3.49%) Consultant
7 6 (3.49%) Coordinator
7 6 (3.49%) Project Coordinator
8 5 (2.91%) Administrator
8 5 (2.91%) Network Engineer
8 5 (2.91%) Production Manager
8 5 (2.91%) Quality Inspector
9 4 (2.33%) Business Analyst
9 4 (2.33%) Validation Engineer
9 4 (2.33%) Verification Engineer
10 3 (1.74%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.33%) HTML
1 4 (2.33%) React
2 3 (1.74%) SAP PI
3 2 (1.16%) .NET
3 2 (1.16%) CSS
3 2 (1.16%) JSON
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Beam
4 1 (0.58%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.58%) HTML5
4 1 (0.58%) OpenMP
4 1 (0.58%) REST
4 1 (0.58%) SOAP
4 1 (0.58%) Vue
4 1 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (21.51%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (4.07%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.74%) iPad
4 3 (1.74%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.16%) DataPower
5 2 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.16%) NHS
5 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.16%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.58%) Clustering
6 1 (0.58%) CMDB
6 1 (0.58%) FMCG
6 1 (0.58%) iPhone
6 1 (0.58%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.58%) PDA
6 1 (0.58%) Robotics
6 1 (0.58%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (12.79%) Windows
2 9 (5.23%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.91%) Linux
3 5 (2.91%) Windows 7
4 3 (1.74%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.16%) AIX
5 2 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.16%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.58%) Unix
6 1 (0.58%) VMS
6 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.58%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (28.49%) Problem-Solving
1 49 (28.49%) Time Management
2 47 (27.33%) Conflict Management
3 26 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (13.37%) Customer Service
5 18 (10.47%) Migration
6 17 (9.88%) Agile
6 17 (9.88%) Decision-Making
7 16 (9.30%) Asset Management
7 16 (9.30%) Critical Thinking
7 16 (9.30%) People Management
8 15 (8.72%) Project Management
9 14 (8.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (6.98%) Computer Science
11 11 (6.40%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (6.40%) Validation
12 9 (5.23%) Business Strategy
12 9 (5.23%) Software Testing
13 8 (4.65%) Information Security
14 7 (4.07%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.72%) SQL
2 10 (5.81%) Python
3 8 (4.65%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.91%) Java
5 4 (2.33%) C#
6 3 (1.74%) ABAP
6 3 (1.74%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.16%) R
7 2 (1.16%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.16%) X++
8 1 (0.58%) Bash
8 1 (0.58%) C
8 1 (0.58%) C++
8 1 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.58%) PHP
8 1 (0.58%) Rust
8 1 (0.58%) Scala
8 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (28.49%) Degree
2 32 (18.60%) Security Cleared
3 28 (16.28%) NVQ Level 3
4 22 (12.79%) SC Cleared
5 19 (11.05%) HNC
5 19 (11.05%) HND
6 8 (4.65%) DV Cleared
7 6 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.33%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.16%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.16%) CCNA
10 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.16%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.58%) CBAP
11 1 (0.58%) ISEB
11 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.58%) PMP
11 1 (0.58%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.40%) QA
2 6 (3.49%) SLA
3 5 (2.91%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.74%) PMO
5 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.58%) GDPR
6 1 (0.58%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (3.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.74%) Firmware
3 1 (0.58%) Docker
3 1 (0.58%) HDFS
3 1 (0.58%) KVM
3 1 (0.58%) Lustre
3 1 (0.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 3 (1.74%) SCCM
2 2 (1.16%) OpenView
2 2 (1.16%) Terraform
2 2 (1.16%) VxRail
3 1 (0.58%) Ansible
3 1 (0.58%) Hadoop YARN
3 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.58%) PowerBroker
3 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 23 (13.37%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.72%) SAP
3 5 (2.91%) Oracle
4 4 (2.33%) Cisco
4 4 (2.33%) Computacenter
5 3 (1.74%) Dell
6 2 (1.16%) Adobe
6 2 (1.16%) Broadcom
6 2 (1.16%) Brocade
6 2 (1.16%) IBM
6 2 (1.16%) VMware
7 1 (0.58%) Ariba
7 1 (0.58%) Google
7 1 (0.58%) Infor
7 1 (0.58%) Intel
7 1 (0.58%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.58%) Peregrine
7 1 (0.58%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.58%) Workday