Social Skills Contracts in Hatfield

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
Hertfordshire > Hatfield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in contract job vacancies in Hatfield. 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 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Social Skills 22 37 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hatfield 59.46% 45.68% 29.41%
As % of the General category 70.97% 64.91% 51.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 27 11
10th Percentile £411 £119 £400
25th Percentile £500 £172 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £200 £550
Median % change year-on-year +180.51% -63.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £600 £355 -
90th Percentile £705 £500 £600
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £375 £435
% change year-on-year +33.33% -13.79% +2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £17.38 £13.84 -
25th Percentile £17.42 - £12.67
Median hourly rate £17.48 £13.86 £13.56
Median % change year-on-year +26.12% +2.25% +15.07%
75th Percentile £17.55 £14.56 £14.44
90th Percentile £17.58 £15.06 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 £38.12 £61.25
% change year-on-year +57.40% -37.76% +70.14%

All General Skills
Hatfield

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 Hatfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 31 57 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hatfield 83.78% 70.37% 56.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 43 22
10th Percentile £477 £140 £364
25th Percentile £500 £200 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £345 £550
Median % change year-on-year +62.32% -37.27% +25.14%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £575
90th Percentile £730 £510 £598
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £406 £525
% change year-on-year +35.38% -22.62% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 4
10th Percentile £17.38 £13.84 -
25th Percentile £17.42 £13.86 £12.67
Median hourly rate £17.48 £14.21 £24.28
Median % change year-on-year +23.01% -41.47% +92.83%
75th Percentile £17.55 £14.97 £44.38
90th Percentile £17.58 £15.25 £61.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £61.00 £46.56 £60.00
% change year-on-year +31.03% -22.41% +22.45%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Hatfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in Hatfield

Social Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

Daily rate trend for Social Skills in Hatfield

Social Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Hatfield

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

Daily rate histogram for Social Skills in Hatfield

Social Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Skills in Hatfield

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hatfield 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 4 (18.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.55%) GIS
General
1 4 (18.18%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Architect
1 4 (18.18%) Functional Architect
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Technical Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Programme Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Support Specialist
3 2 (9.09%) Technical Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Technical Specialist
3 2 (9.09%) Technical Support
3 2 (9.09%) Technical Support Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Finance Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Lead
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
1 1 (4.55%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) FMCG
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) Agile
2 9 (40.91%) PRINCE2
3 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (31.82%) Customer Requirements
4 7 (31.82%) Mobile Device Management
4 7 (31.82%) Technical Leadership
5 6 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (27.27%) Time Management
6 5 (22.73%) Requirements Workshops
6 5 (22.73%) Scrum
6 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (18.18%) Project Management
7 4 (18.18%) Release Management
7 4 (18.18%) SDLC
7 4 (18.18%) SOA
8 3 (13.64%) Data Governance
8 3 (13.64%) Emotional Intelligence
8 3 (13.64%) ERP
9 2 (9.09%) ETL
10 1 (4.55%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
1 2 (9.09%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.55%) HP ALM
2 1 (4.55%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) Apple
2 7 (31.82%) Samsung
2 7 (31.82%) SOTI
3 4 (18.18%) Oracle
4 2 (9.09%) Computacenter
4 2 (9.09%) SAP
5 1 (4.55%) Anaplan
5 1 (4.55%) HP
5 1 (4.55%) Micro Focus
5 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.55%) Tagetik