Social Skills Contract Job Trends in Halifax

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
West Yorkshire > Halifax

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Halifax. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 4 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Halifax 16.00% - 24.24%
As % of the General category 50.00% - 34.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £527 - -
25th Percentile £558 - £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 - £428
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £683 - £547
90th Percentile £716 - £550
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

All General Skills
Halifax

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 Halifax.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8 1 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Halifax 32.00% 50.00% 69.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 15
10th Percentile - - £330
25th Percentile - £475 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £519 £525 £550
90th Percentile £650 - £655
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £200.00 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.72 £30.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.60% +57.89% -13.64%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Halifax

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Halifax.

Social Skills job vacancy trend in Halifax

Social Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Halifax

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Halifax citing Social Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Halifax citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Halifax

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Halifax over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Halifax

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Halifax

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Halifax citing Social Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Halifax citing Social Skills

Social Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Halifax by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Designer
2 2 (50.00%) UX Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Junior
3 1 (25.00%) Junior Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (75.00%) Journey Map
1 3 (75.00%) Re-Platforming
1 3 (75.00%) Service Design
1 3 (75.00%) Sprint Planning
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) User Experience
1 3 (75.00%) User Research
1 3 (75.00%) UX Design
1 3 (75.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy