Social Skills Contracts in Hampshire

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 209 221 272
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 28.51% 13.49% 21.10%
As % of the General category 49.29% 33.13% 38.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 113 154
10th Percentile £200 £363 £200
25th Percentile £325 £463 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £583 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.24% +11.05% +12.90%
75th Percentile £588 £738 £624
90th Percentile £638 £768 £721
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £509
% change year-on-year +2.56% -4.18% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 34 33
10th Percentile £17.20 £7.43 £15.33
25th Percentile £21.50 £12.04 £18.25
Median hourly rate £26.34 £15.00 £31.27
Median % change year-on-year +75.57% -52.03% +60.19%
75th Percentile £65.63 £19.62 £58.59
90th Percentile £72.25 £53.18 £59.75
South East median hourly rate £15.50 £18.35 £31.27
% change year-on-year -15.53% -41.32% +78.69%

All General Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 424 667 698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 57.84% 40.72% 54.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 309 461
10th Percentile £256 £279 £233
25th Percentile £400 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £650 £738 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 122 73
10th Percentile £18.94 £13.01 £16.63
25th Percentile £23.63 £16.77 £28.50
Median hourly rate £60.25 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.06% -0.26% +187.50%
75th Percentile £75.00 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile - £69.50 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -51.11% -5.26% +137.50%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Hampshire

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Hampshire

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in Hampshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Hampshire

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Hampshire

Social Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Skills in Hampshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Skills in Hampshire

Social Skills
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Portsmouth +2 47 £422 -21.90% 108
Farnborough +14 31 £475 +13.10% 54
Southampton +9 30 £420 -18.05% 99
Basingstoke +15 24 £560 -22.72% 73
Havant +2 15 £600 -0.83% 3
Eastleigh 0 14 £294 -39.74% 7
Winchester +3 8 £498 +20.61% 35
Fareham -5 5 £372 - 37
Fleet - 4 £300 - 6
Andover -5 3 - - 8
Aldershot +13 1 £525 +1.94% 4
Romsey +4 1 - - 1
Hook +3 1 £320 +82.86% 5
Gosport -4 1 - - 2
Social Skills
South East

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 17 (8.13%) Confluence
2 4 (1.91%) Anypoint
2 4 (1.91%) Mule
3 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.44%) Mule ESB
3 3 (1.44%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.48%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (6.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.39%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.91%) SAP ECC
4 3 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.44%) SAP CO
4 3 (1.44%) SAP FI
4 3 (1.44%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.96%) SAP GTS
5 2 (0.96%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.96%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.48%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.48%) Maximo
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.48%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.48%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.00%) AWS
2 22 (10.53%) Azure
3 8 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (3.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 4 (1.91%) Cloudflare
4 4 (1.91%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.44%) Adobe Analytics
5 3 (1.44%) iPaaS
5 3 (1.44%) OCI
6 2 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.96%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.96%) GCP
7 1 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.48%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.48%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.48%) Serverless
7 1 (0.48%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.18%) VPN
2 14 (6.70%) Firewall
3 11 (5.26%) WAN
4 8 (3.83%) Network Security
5 7 (3.35%) LAN
6 6 (2.87%) Wireless
7 4 (1.91%) MPLS
8 2 (0.96%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.96%) Cisco Wireless
8 2 (0.96%) DHCP
8 2 (0.96%) DNS
8 2 (0.96%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.96%) NGFW
8 2 (0.96%) SAN
8 2 (0.96%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.96%) VLAN
9 1 (0.48%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.48%) SDH
9 1 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (0.48%) MySQL
2 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.48%) Power BI
2 1 (0.48%) Redis
2 1 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 21 (10.05%) JIRA
2 10 (4.78%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.91%) MSI
3 4 (1.91%) TestRail
4 3 (1.44%) Git
5 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.48%) Snyk
General
1 42 (20.10%) Analytical Skills
2 36 (17.22%) Finance
3 17 (8.13%) Manufacturing
4 15 (7.18%) Marketing
4 15 (7.18%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.74%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.87%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.91%) Legal
9 4 (1.91%) Retail
10 3 (1.44%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.44%) Banking
11 2 (0.96%) Aviation
11 2 (0.96%) Billing
11 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.96%) Law
12 1 (0.48%) French Language
12 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (12.44%) Architect
2 19 (9.09%) Analyst
2 19 (9.09%) Developer
3 17 (8.13%) Network Engineer
4 13 (6.22%) Communications Engineer
5 12 (5.74%) Network Architect
5 12 (5.74%) Project Manager
5 12 (5.74%) Senior
6 10 (4.78%) Delphi Developer
7 9 (4.31%) Lead
8 8 (3.83%) Consultant
9 7 (3.35%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.35%) Digital Executive
9 7 (3.35%) E-Commerce Executive
9 7 (3.35%) Tester
10 5 (2.39%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (2.39%) Cloud Network Engineer
10 5 (2.39%) Data Analyst
10 5 (2.39%) Service Manager
11 4 (1.91%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.87%) CSS
2 4 (1.91%) JSON
2 4 (1.91%) React
2 4 (1.91%) RESTful
2 4 (1.91%) SOAP
2 4 (1.91%) Web Services
2 4 (1.91%) XML
3 3 (1.44%) HTML
3 3 (1.44%) Next.js
3 3 (1.44%) Playwright
3 3 (1.44%) RAML
3 3 (1.44%) REST
4 1 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.48%) Kafka
4 1 (0.48%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.48%) MUnit
4 1 (0.48%) Symfony
4 1 (0.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.35%) IoT
2 6 (2.87%) Driving Licence
3 5 (2.39%) Algorithms
3 5 (2.39%) Device Driver
3 5 (2.39%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (2.39%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.39%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.39%) Public Cloud
4 4 (1.91%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.44%) e-Learning
5 3 (1.44%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.44%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.44%) Smartphone
6 2 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.96%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.96%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.00%) Windows
2 12 (5.74%) Linux
3 5 (2.39%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.48%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (32.54%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (15.79%) Agile
3 28 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (11.48%) Project Management
5 22 (10.53%) Migration
6 18 (8.61%) Collaborative Working
7 17 (8.13%) Network Architecture
8 16 (7.66%) ITIL
9 15 (7.18%) Computer Science
9 15 (7.18%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (6.70%) Analytics
10 14 (6.70%) Change Management
10 14 (6.70%) CRM
10 14 (6.70%) Risk Management
10 14 (6.70%) Validation
11 13 (6.22%) Network Design
12 12 (5.74%) Decision-Making
12 12 (5.74%) Test Automation
13 11 (5.26%) Email Marketing
13 11 (5.26%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.05%) SQL
2 13 (6.22%) C#
3 10 (4.78%) Delphi
3 10 (4.78%) PL/SQL
4 9 (4.31%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.87%) Python
6 5 (2.39%) Embedded C
7 4 (1.91%) C
7 4 (1.91%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.44%) DataWeave
8 3 (1.44%) Java
9 2 (0.96%) ABAP
9 2 (0.96%) Bash
9 2 (0.96%) C++
9 2 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.96%) VB
10 1 (0.48%) PHP
Qualifications
1 90 (43.06%) Security Cleared
2 61 (29.19%) SC Cleared
3 28 (13.40%) DV Cleared
4 22 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (8.61%) CCNP
6 17 (8.13%) CCNA
6 17 (8.13%) Degree
7 7 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.35%) JNCIS
8 6 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.39%) CCIE
9 5 (2.39%) CISSP
10 4 (1.91%) CISM
10 4 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.44%) CISA
11 3 (1.44%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.96%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.96%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.00%) SLA
2 13 (6.22%) QA
3 8 (3.83%) NIST
3 8 (3.83%) PMO
4 5 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.44%) GDPR
5 3 (1.44%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.44%) P3O
5 3 (1.44%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.96%) GRC
6 2 (0.96%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.48%) COBIT
7 1 (0.48%) COSO
7 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.48%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.48%) ITGC
7 1 (0.48%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.39%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.39%) Firmware
2 2 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.96%) vSphere
3 1 (0.48%) Docker
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.35%) Ansible
2 4 (1.91%) SCCM
2 4 (1.91%) Terraform
3 3 (1.44%) CloudHub
4 2 (0.96%) WMI
5 1 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.48%) Grafana
5 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.48%) Packer
5 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.48%) Puppet
5 1 (0.48%) SCOM
5 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.48%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (19.14%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.57%) Cisco
3 16 (7.66%) Oracle
4 15 (7.18%) Google
4 15 (7.18%) SAP
5 11 (5.26%) Fortinet
5 11 (5.26%) Juniper
6 6 (2.87%) Fujitsu
6 6 (2.87%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.91%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.91%) Citrix
7 4 (1.91%) F5
7 4 (1.91%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.91%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.91%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.44%) Adobe
9 2 (0.96%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.96%) Dell
9 2 (0.96%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.96%) VMware