Social Skills Contracts in Glasgow

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 268 174 270
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 33.58% 19.84% 29.54%
As % of the General category 48.55% 35.80% 43.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 125 195
10th Percentile £285 £166 £255
25th Percentile £363 £313 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% +2.78%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £600 £613 £701
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £14.48 £15.74 £12.90
25th Percentile £15.36 £15.84 £13.13
Median hourly rate £16.87 £16.34 £60.55
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -73.01% +75.98%
75th Percentile £18.41 £25.38 £66.56
90th Percentile £19.31 £30.40 £67.88
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £19.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +7.38% +10.05% -47.38%

All General Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 552 486 616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 69.17% 55.42% 67.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 328 471
10th Percentile £313 £225 £325
25th Percentile £399 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £479
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% -0.84% +6.44%
75th Percentile £550 £591 £600
90th Percentile £606 £696 £723
Scotland median daily rate £465 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 11
10th Percentile £16.75 £11.50 £13.13
25th Percentile £19.63 £15.42 £26.63
Median hourly rate £23.17 £18.00 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year +28.69% -62.29% +88.84%
75th Percentile £55.69 £41.56 £59.65
90th Percentile £74.10 £75.00 £66.56
Scotland median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
% change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Glasgow

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Glasgow

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Glasgow

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Glasgow

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 20 (7.46%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.87%) Confluence
3 3 (1.12%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.75%) CMS
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.37%) IIS
5 1 (0.37%) JBoss
5 1 (0.37%) SAS
5 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.37%) WebLogic
Applications
1 33 (12.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (9.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (2.99%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.75%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.75%) Sketch
8 1 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.37%) Finacle
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 49 (18.28%) Azure
2 29 (10.82%) AWS
3 27 (10.07%) Cloud Computing
4 21 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (5.60%) OpenShift
6 12 (4.48%) Amazon S3
7 11 (4.10%) Entra ID
7 11 (4.10%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.73%) Yammer
9 7 (2.61%) IaaS
10 5 (1.87%) Cohesity
11 4 (1.49%) GCP
12 3 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.12%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.75%) Figma
13 2 (0.75%) OCI
13 2 (0.75%) Serverless
13 2 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.10%) SAN
2 10 (3.73%) NAS
3 9 (3.36%) VPN
4 8 (2.99%) Network Security
5 6 (2.24%) WAN
6 4 (1.49%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.12%) BGP
7 3 (1.12%) LAN
7 3 (1.12%) OSPF
7 3 (1.12%) Wireless
8 2 (0.75%) Firewall
8 2 (0.75%) Internet
8 2 (0.75%) Intranet
9 1 (0.37%) DHCP
9 1 (0.37%) DNS
9 1 (0.37%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.37%) HTTP
9 1 (0.37%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.37%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.45%) DB2
1 28 (10.45%) Relational Database
2 27 (10.07%) MongoDB
3 13 (4.85%) KDB
3 13 (4.85%) Kdb+
4 9 (3.36%) Power BI
5 4 (1.49%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.75%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.75%) EDRMS
6 2 (0.75%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle Exadata
6 2 (0.75%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.37%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.37%) Sybase ASE
7 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (8.96%) JUnit
2 23 (8.58%) Git
3 15 (5.60%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.85%) JIRA
5 3 (1.12%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.12%) Xcode
6 2 (0.75%) Subversion
6 2 (0.75%) Toad
7 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.37%) GitLab
7 1 (0.37%) GoCD
General
1 116 (43.28%) Finance
2 99 (36.94%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (26.49%) Banking
4 44 (16.42%) Investment Banking
5 32 (11.94%) Public Sector
6 22 (8.21%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (6.72%) Front Office
8 11 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.36%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.49%) Legal
11 4 (1.49%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.75%) Back Office
12 2 (0.75%) Military
12 2 (0.75%) Retail
13 1 (0.37%) Marketing
13 1 (0.37%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.37%) Publishing
13 1 (0.37%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 61 (22.76%) Developer
2 54 (20.15%) Analyst
3 30 (11.19%) Senior
4 27 (10.07%) Java Developer
5 24 (8.96%) Architect
6 19 (7.09%) Business Analyst
6 19 (7.09%) Python Engineer
7 17 (6.34%) Python Developer
8 16 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.85%) C++ Developer
10 12 (4.48%) Change Analyst
10 12 (4.48%) Project Manager
10 12 (4.48%) Senior Developer
11 11 (4.10%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
11 11 (4.10%) Linux Developer
11 11 (4.10%) Senior C++ Developer
11 11 (4.10%) Senior Python Developer
12 8 (2.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 8 (2.99%) Designer
12 8 (2.99%) JavaScript Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.33%) Spring
2 22 (8.21%) Kafka
3 18 (6.72%) JMS
4 6 (2.24%) Loki
4 6 (2.24%) Middleware
5 5 (1.87%) CSS
5 5 (1.87%) HTML
6 4 (1.49%) SOAP
7 3 (1.12%) J2EE
7 3 (1.12%) JSON
7 3 (1.12%) LDAP
7 3 (1.12%) REST
7 3 (1.12%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.12%) SwiftUI
7 3 (1.12%) UIKit
7 3 (1.12%) XML
7 3 (1.12%) X-Windows
8 2 (0.75%) AWS CDK
8 2 (0.75%) RESTful
8 2 (0.75%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.45%) Data Structures
2 25 (9.33%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (7.84%) Management Information System
4 20 (7.46%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (7.09%) Equities
6 13 (4.85%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (4.85%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.99%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.61%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.24%) CMDB
10 5 (1.87%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.87%) Equity Derivative
10 5 (1.87%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.49%) Derivative
11 4 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.49%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.49%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.12%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 76 (28.36%) Linux
2 54 (20.15%) Windows
3 34 (12.69%) Unix
4 19 (7.09%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.87%) AIX
6 5 (1.87%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.12%) Android
7 3 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.12%) Solaris
7 3 (1.12%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.37%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (47.01%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (33.21%) Agile
3 49 (18.28%) SDLC
4 39 (14.55%) Decision-Making
5 34 (12.69%) Project Management
6 28 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 27 (10.07%) Data Protection
7 27 (10.07%) Data Security
8 26 (9.70%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (9.33%) CI/CD
9 25 (9.33%) ITIL
9 25 (9.33%) Performance Tuning
10 24 (8.96%) Change Management
10 24 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (8.96%) Data Science
11 22 (8.21%) Database Tuning
12 21 (7.84%) Open Source
13 20 (7.46%) Multithreading
14 19 (7.09%) Data Analysis
14 19 (7.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 87 (32.46%) Python
2 52 (19.40%) SQL
3 41 (15.30%) Java
4 27 (10.07%) Shell Script
5 18 (6.72%) JavaScript
6 13 (4.85%) C++
7 9 (3.36%) PowerShell
7 9 (3.36%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.61%) Perl
9 5 (1.87%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.49%) Erlang
10 4 (1.49%) Prolog
11 3 (1.12%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.12%) R
11 3 (1.12%) Swift
12 2 (0.75%) Bicep
12 2 (0.75%) C#
12 2 (0.75%) PHP
12 2 (0.75%) Tcl
13 1 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 25 (9.33%) Degree
2 11 (4.10%) AWS Certification
3 10 (3.73%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 6 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.87%) CISM
6 5 (1.87%) CISSP
7 4 (1.49%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.12%) CCNP
8 3 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.12%) PMP
8 3 (1.12%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.75%) ISACA
10 1 (0.37%) APMP
10 1 (0.37%) CBAP
10 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.34%) Disclosure Scotland
2 11 (4.10%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.73%) QA
4 5 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.87%) SLA
5 4 (1.49%) PMO
6 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.12%) NIST
7 2 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.75%) Basel III
7 2 (0.75%) FINREP
7 2 (0.75%) GDPR
7 2 (0.75%) GRC
8 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.37%) COREP
System Software
1 26 (9.70%) Docker
2 17 (6.34%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 5 (1.87%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 3 (1.12%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.75%) RACF
8 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.37%) GPFS
9 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.37%) NFS
9 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (14.18%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.10%) Ansible
3 10 (3.73%) NetBackup
3 10 (3.73%) Oracle RMAN
4 6 (2.24%) Grafana
4 6 (2.24%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.24%) Terraform
5 5 (1.87%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.49%) Puppet
6 4 (1.49%) SCCM
7 3 (1.12%) Data Guard
7 3 (1.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.75%) CASB
8 2 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.75%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.75%) Oracle Flashback
8 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 55 (20.52%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.45%) Sybase
3 26 (9.70%) ServiceNow
4 17 (6.34%) Veritas
5 14 (5.22%) VMware
6 10 (3.73%) Oracle
7 6 (2.24%) CyberArk
7 6 (2.24%) Splunk
8 5 (1.87%) Adobe
8 5 (1.87%) Cisco
8 5 (1.87%) Pega
9 4 (1.49%) Google
9 4 (1.49%) IBM
9 4 (1.49%) Qualys
9 4 (1.49%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.12%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.12%) Juniper
10 3 (1.12%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.12%) Sun
10 3 (1.12%) Workday