Social Skills Contracts in Gloucestershire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 5 3 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 57 111 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 20.80% 25.87% 17.12%
As % of the General category 42.86% 55.22% 37.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 49 66
10th Percentile £206 £271 £200
25th Percentile £306 £425 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £540 £400
Median % change year-on-year -14.35% +35.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £550
90th Percentile £598 £639 £581
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 1
10th Percentile £40.56 - -
25th Percentile £57.81 £14.00 £31.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £18.13 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +272.31% -44.22% -30.85%
75th Percentile £69.69 £33.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £72.50 - -
South West median hourly rate £58.75 £28.50 £61.10
% change year-on-year +106.14% -53.36% +25.32%

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 133 201 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 48.54% 46.85% 45.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 100 159
10th Percentile £184 £300 £210
25th Percentile £363 £425 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £548 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.24% +9.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £581
90th Percentile £654 £697 £675
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 30 7
10th Percentile £28.78 £14.00 £36.23
25th Percentile £54.44 £18.15 £39.55
Median hourly rate £67.50 £40.00 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% -21.57% +57.41%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.75 £60.25
90th Percentile - £72.63 £79.20
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Gloucestershire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Gloucestershire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Gloucestershire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Gloucestershire

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Gloucestershire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Gloucester -1 24 £500 -14.89% 174
Filton +4 6 £300 - 3
Cheltenham -14 5 £525 +16.67% 194
Tewkesbury +5 3 £195 -74.00% 10
Social Skills
South West

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 9 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 7 (12.28%) Confluence
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.75%) Appian
4 1 (1.75%) MS Project Server
4 1 (1.75%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 17 (29.82%) Azure
2 8 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.77%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.26%) AWS
4 3 (5.26%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.75%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.04%) VPN
2 3 (5.26%) DNS
3 2 (3.51%) Firewall
3 2 (3.51%) LAN
3 2 (3.51%) SAN
3 2 (3.51%) VLAN
3 2 (3.51%) VoIP
3 2 (3.51%) WAN
3 2 (3.51%) WebEx
4 1 (1.75%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.77%) Power BI
2 3 (5.26%) SAP HANA
3 2 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (17.54%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) Selenium
3 1 (1.75%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.75%) Git
3 1 (1.75%) TestRail
General
1 17 (29.82%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (14.04%) Finance
3 7 (12.28%) Local Government
4 5 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.02%) Aerospace
6 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Avionics
8 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (22.81%) Analyst
2 6 (10.53%) Project Manager
2 6 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 5 (8.77%) Architect
4 4 (7.02%) Business Analyst
4 4 (7.02%) Lead
5 3 (5.26%) Data Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) Product Lead
5 3 (5.26%) SAP Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) SAP Data Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) Technical Support
6 2 (3.51%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) IT Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 2 (3.51%) Procurement Project Manager
6 2 (3.51%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) .NET
2 1 (1.75%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.77%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.02%) iPad
2 4 (7.02%) iPhone
3 3 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.51%) PKI
5 1 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.75%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.81%) Windows
2 5 (8.77%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.51%) Android
4 2 (3.51%) Linux
4 2 (3.51%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.88%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (19.30%) Root Cause Analysis
3 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (14.04%) Migration
4 8 (14.04%) Project Management
5 7 (12.28%) Agile
5 7 (12.28%) ERP
5 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (10.53%) Scrum
6 6 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (8.77%) Customer Service
7 5 (8.77%) Data Analysis
7 5 (8.77%) Data Migration
7 5 (8.77%) ITIL
7 5 (8.77%) Risk Management
7 5 (8.77%) User Stories
8 4 (7.02%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.02%) SQL
3 1 (1.75%) C++
3 1 (1.75%) Java
3 1 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.75%) Python
3 1 (1.75%) VB
3 1 (1.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (43.86%) Security Cleared
2 21 (36.84%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 5 (8.77%) Degree
5 4 (7.02%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (5.26%) MCSE
6 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.51%) MCP
8 1 (1.75%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.75%) IIBA
8 1 (1.75%) ISEB
8 1 (1.75%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.75%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (1.75%) MCSA
8 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) NCSC
2 2 (3.51%) PMO
2 2 (3.51%) QA
3 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.75%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (17.54%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.51%) Docker
3 2 (3.51%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.75%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.26%) Terraform
3 2 (3.51%) Ansible
3 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft
1 11 (19.30%) SAP
2 6 (10.53%) Ariba
3 5 (8.77%) McAfee
4 4 (7.02%) VMware
5 3 (5.26%) Atlassian
5 3 (5.26%) Oracle
6 2 (3.51%) Cisco
6 2 (3.51%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.51%) Veeam
7 1 (1.75%) Symantec
7 1 (1.75%) Tenable