Social Skills Contracts in Gloucester

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Gloucester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 2 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +5
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 22 33 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 28.57% 40.74% 20.97%
As % of the General category 64.71% 60.00% 46.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 24
10th Percentile £214 £398 £223
25th Percentile £325 £513 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £588 £400
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +46.88% +39.13%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £532
90th Percentile £700 £625 £550
Gloucestershire median daily rate £438 £537 £488
% change year-on-year -18.45% +10.05% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £17.56 -
25th Percentile - £17.66 £31.25
Median hourly rate £26.12 £18.57 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.69% -42.88% -
75th Percentile - £19.91 £33.75
90th Percentile - £20.26 -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £67.50 £18.60 £32.50
% change year-on-year +263.00% -42.78% -30.85%

All General Skills
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34 55 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 44.16% 67.90% 45.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 42 41
10th Percentile £208 £451 £275
25th Percentile £341 £488 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +18.89% +28.57%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £538
90th Percentile £730 £638 £650
Gloucestershire median daily rate £455 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -17.27% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £17.56 -
25th Percentile - £17.66 £31.25
Median hourly rate £26.12 £18.57 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.69% -42.88% -
75th Percentile - £19.91 £33.75
90th Percentile - £20.26 -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £60.00 £37.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +60.00% -5.18% +22.07%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Gloucester

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Gloucester

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Gloucester over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Gloucester

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Gloucester

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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 7 (31.82%) SharePoint
2 6 (27.27%) Confluence
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.55%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (9.09%) GitHub
4 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Stack
4 1 (4.55%) IaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (40.91%) JIRA
General
1 9 (40.91%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Local Government
3 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.64%) Finance
4 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Analyst
1 4 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Data Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Lead
2 3 (13.64%) Product Lead
2 3 (13.64%) SAP Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) SAP Data Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support
3 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 2 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Chief Technology Officer
4 1 (4.55%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (13.64%) iPad
2 3 (13.64%) iPhone
2 3 (13.64%) Product Ownership
3 2 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.55%) Android
3 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (31.82%) Migration
2 7 (31.82%) Scrum
3 6 (27.27%) Agile
3 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (22.73%) Data Migration
5 4 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) ERP
5 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) User Stories
6 3 (13.64%) Backlog Management
6 3 (13.64%) Inventory Management
6 3 (13.64%) Product Backlog
6 3 (13.64%) Product Strategy
6 3 (13.64%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) VB
2 1 (4.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) MCP
3 1 (4.55%) MCSA
3 1 (4.55%) MCSE
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) NCSC
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (9.09%) Docker
3 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.55%) BitLocker
4 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (18.18%) Terraform
3 2 (9.09%) Ansible
3 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Ariba
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
1 5 (22.73%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) McAfee
3 3 (13.64%) Atlassian
4 2 (9.09%) VMware
5 1 (4.55%) NetApp
5 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.55%) Symantec