Social Skills Contracts 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Social Skills 11 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Halifax 39.29% - 24.00%
As % of the General category 55.00% - 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 2
10th Percentile £393 - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.58%
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile £628 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £528
% change year-on-year - -5.21% +5.50%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20 4 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Halifax 71.43% 66.67% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 15
10th Percentile £200 £263 £460
25th Percentile £363 £356 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £578 £556
90th Percentile £660 £603 £603
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £200.00 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.57 £14.63 £18.00
% change year-on-year +61.16% -18.75% -3.74%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Halifax

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills 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 22 August 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 and Capabilities in Halifax 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
1 1 (9.09%) WebSphere
1 1 (9.09%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) IBM Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) IDMS
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
1 1 (9.09%) Log4j
General
1 4 (36.36%) Banking
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Local Government
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) Lead
1 3 (27.27%) Lead Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Leader
2 2 (18.18%) Data Architect
2 2 (18.18%) GCP Architect
2 2 (18.18%) GCP Data Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Migration Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) WebSphere Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) WebSphere MQ Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) WebSphere MQ Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Kafka
2 1 (9.09%) JDBC
2 1 (9.09%) JMS
2 1 (9.09%) JNDI
2 1 (9.09%) LDAP
2 1 (9.09%) OAuth
2 1 (9.09%) SAML
2 1 (9.09%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (9.09%) NHS
3 1 (9.09%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
2 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
3 2 (18.18%) Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) API Integration
3 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) CAD
3 2 (18.18%) Design Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Change Management
4 1 (9.09%) Coaching
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.09%) Scrum
4 1 (9.09%) User Experience
4 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Prometheus
1 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
2 2 (18.18%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) Dynatrace
3 1 (9.09%) IBM
3 1 (9.09%) Red Hat
3 1 (9.09%) Splunk
3 1 (9.09%) TIBCO