Social Skills Contracts in Essex

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Skills over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 5 1
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 44 39 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 19.38% 16.25% 33.25%
As % of the General category 36.36% 27.27% 57.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 27 82
10th Percentile £295 £200 £213
25th Percentile £356 £250 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £300 £495
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -39.39% +10.00%
75th Percentile £523 £556 £579
90th Percentile £581 £604 £631
East of England median daily rate £450 £425 £430
% change year-on-year +5.88% -1.05% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 11
10th Percentile - - £12.50
25th Percentile £10.42 £22.50 £14.38
Median hourly rate £20.04 £25.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.86% +51.52% -45.90%
75th Percentile £34.51 £27.50 £22.25
90th Percentile £35.65 - £35.20
East of England median hourly rate £28.66 £14.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year +97.66% +7.41% -

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 121 143 226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 53.30% 59.58% 57.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 96 151
10th Percentile £250 £189 £213
25th Percentile £302 £257 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £485
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -4.64% +7.78%
75th Percentile £584 £531 £575
90th Percentile £639 £613 £630
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 14
10th Percentile £10.42 £20.79 £12.95
25th Percentile £16.75 £22.50 £14.94
Median hourly rate £35.65 £44.53 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.94% +117.22% -22.22%
75th Percentile £64.25 £62.50 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.61 £62.30
East of England median hourly rate £38.12 £20.56 £14.50
% change year-on-year +85.41% +41.79% -3.33%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Essex

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Essex

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Essex over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Essex

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Essex

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Essex

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Essex over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Essex

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Brentwood 0 15 £300 - 7
Chelmsford +4 4 £308 -33.33% 22
Basildon -1 4 - - 23
Colchester -2 4 £563 +134.38% 13
Thurrock -1 2 £525 +5.21% 3
Braintree - 2 £513 - 4
Epping - 2 £413 -
Witham - 2 £475 - 2
Harlow +4 1 £400 +45.45% 13
Social Skills
East of England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.27%) Apache
2 1 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.27%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.27%) IIS
2 1 (2.27%) Luigi
Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.27%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.27%) SAP SD
2 1 (2.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.36%) Google Sheets
1 5 (11.36%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.82%) Azure
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.27%) AWS
3 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (2.27%) GCP
3 1 (2.27%) Google Drive
3 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) Internet
1 2 (4.55%) LAN
1 2 (4.55%) WAN
2 1 (2.27%) 802.11
2 1 (2.27%) RTMP
2 1 (2.27%) RTP
2 1 (2.27%) RTSP
2 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.27%) Wireless
2 1 (2.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.36%) GIS
1 5 (11.36%) Power BI
2 1 (2.27%) Big Data
2 1 (2.27%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.27%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.27%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) CMake
1 1 (2.27%) Fiddler
1 1 (2.27%) Git
General
1 15 (34.09%) Finance
2 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.64%) Local Government
4 5 (11.36%) Back Office
4 5 (11.36%) Retail
5 4 (9.09%) Law
6 3 (6.82%) Legal
7 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.27%) French Language
8 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.27%) Multimedia
8 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (15.91%) Developer
2 5 (11.36%) Digital Transformation
2 5 (11.36%) Digital Transformation Manager
2 5 (11.36%) Transformation Manager
3 4 (9.09%) Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) Firmware Engineer
3 4 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Audio Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) DTV Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Architect
5 2 (4.55%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) Consultant
5 2 (4.55%) Senior
5 2 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.27%) Administrator
6 1 (2.27%) Finance Systems Manager
6 1 (2.27%) Support Consultant
6 1 (2.27%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.27%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (22.73%) Yocto
2 1 (2.27%) .NET
2 1 (2.27%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.27%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.27%) FFmpeg
2 1 (2.27%) GStreamer
2 1 (2.27%) NumPy
2 1 (2.27%) Pandas
2 1 (2.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) STB
2 5 (11.36%) Digital TV
2 5 (11.36%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.55%) Reinsurance
3 2 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.27%) Housing Association
4 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.27%) MPEG
4 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (27.27%) Linux
2 3 (6.82%) Windows
3 1 (2.27%) Unix
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (25.00%) Agile
3 10 (22.73%) Open Source
4 6 (13.64%) Service Management
5 5 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (11.36%) Data Analysis
5 5 (11.36%) Line Management
6 4 (9.09%) Project Management
7 3 (6.82%) ERP
7 3 (6.82%) Project Delivery
7 3 (6.82%) Service Delivery
7 3 (6.82%) Validation
8 2 (4.55%) Coaching
8 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (4.55%) FMEA
8 2 (4.55%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (4.55%) Market Research
8 2 (4.55%) Programme Management
8 2 (4.55%) SDLC
8 2 (4.55%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.27%) C
2 7 (15.91%) SQL
3 2 (4.55%) Python
3 2 (4.55%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.27%) C++
4 1 (2.27%) Java
4 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (22.73%) Degree
2 4 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.27%) CISA
4 1 (2.27%) CISM
4 1 (2.27%) CISSP
4 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.27%) SAP Certification
4 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.27%) COBIT
2 1 (2.27%) GDPR
2 1 (2.27%) ISO 22301
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.27%) NIST
2 1 (2.27%) NIST 800
2 1 (2.27%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Firmware
2 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.27%) SCCM
1 1 (2.27%) SCOM
1 1 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (15.91%) Google
2 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.27%) Apple
3 1 (2.27%) Cadence
3 1 (2.27%) F5
3 1 (2.27%) Liquidlogic
3 1 (2.27%) PTC
3 1 (2.27%) SAP
3 1 (2.27%) Siemens
3 1 (2.27%) Sparx